Twin films#Notable examples

|1920

|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

|1920

|Based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886){{Cite book |last1=Workman |first1=Christopher |title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era |last2=Howarth |first2=Troy |publisher=Midnight Marquee Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1936168-68-2 |pages=217}}

|1930

|Africa Speaks!

|1930

|Both exploitation films about an expedition in the Belgian Congo.{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/601050259 |title=Columbia Pictures: horror, science fiction and fantasy films, 1928-1982 |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4447-2 |location=Jefferson, N.C |oclc=601050259}}

| 1931

| Mata Hari

| 1931

| Both films are about female spies. MGM studios, alarmed by the competition that the Sternberg-Dietrich phenomena posed to star Greta Garbo, responded with the copycat Mata Hari the same year.Chicago Film Society, 2011
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|1934

| Maniac

|1934

|Both are loose adaptations of The Black Cat.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/am38582 |title=The Black Cat (1934) - Edgar G. Ulmer {{!}} Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related {{!}} AllMovie |language=en |access-date=2024-10-24 |via=www.allmovie.com}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/maniac-am3932 |title=Maniac (1934) - Dwain Esper {{!}} Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related {{!}} AllMovie |language=en |access-date=2024-10-24 |via=www.allmovie.com}}

| 1939

| Abe Lincoln in Illinois

| 1940

| Both are about Abraham Lincoln.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762434,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123020206/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762434,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2008|title=Cinema: New Picture: Jun. 12, 1939|date=12 June 1939|magazine=Time|access-date=21 June 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002208/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Cinema: Popeye the Magnificent|date=28 March 1938|magazine=Time|access-date=21 June 2015}}

|1949

|Alice in Wonderland

|1951

|Both are feature-length animated adaptations of Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Walt Disney Company would sue the French film's distributors to prevent release of the British version in the U.S., and the case was extensively covered in Time magazine.{{Cite web |date=2010-03-28 |title=Cinema: Battle of Wonderland - TIME |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889135,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328183004/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889135,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-03-28 |access-date=2024-09-02 }} The company that released the British version accused Disney of trying to exploit their film by releasing its version at virtually the same time.

| 1954

| Attila

| 1954

| Both films about Attila and his invasion of the Western Roman Empire; a contemporary review in The New York Times writes, "Attila the Hun, quite ignored by moviemakers up to now, is about to step into the limelight in two new films."{{cite news|title=With Toga and Gladius: Sign of the Pagan. By Roger Fuller. 373 pp. New York. Dial Press|last=Chubb|first=Thomas Caldecot|work=The New York Times|date=9 January 1955|page=BR23}}

| 1965

| The Great Race

| 1965

| Both are slapstick films about a race in the early 1900s, inspired by the success of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).{{cite book |last1=Hannan |first1=Brian |title=The Magnificent '60s: The 100 Most Popular Films of a Revolutionary Decade |date=2 June 2022 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8723-0 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYl0EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Those+Magnificent+Men+In+their+Flying+Machines+%22+%22the+great+race%22&pg=PA118 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Lumenick |first1=Lou |title=It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Nothing Succeeds Like Excess |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3030-it-s-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-nothing-succeeds-like-excess |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Polan |first1=Dana |title=Dreams of Flight: "The Great Escape" in American Film and Culture |date=9 November 2021 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-97661-0 |page=246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nI-EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Those+Magnificent+Men+In+their+Flying+Machines+%22+%22the+great+race%22&pg=PA246 |language=en}} The films were released two weeks apart.{{cite web |title=Commemorating 50 Years of 'The Death Of Hollywood' |url=https://www.austinfilm.org/2015/07/commemorating-50-years-of-the-death-of-hollywood/ |website=Austin Film Society |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=en |date=2 July 2015}}

| 1966

| The Graduate

| 1967

| Also Benjamin (1968). All are coming-of-age comedy-drama films about a young man being pursued by an older woman.{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19680717/REVIEWS/807170301/1023|title=You're a Big Boy Now|author=Roger Ebert|date=17 July 1968|work=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 1970

| The Landlord

| 1970

| Both deal with issues of class and race and feature an upper-class man who moves into a lower-class black neighborhood and gets involved with the residents.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878319,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930070258/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878319,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|title=Cinema: This Property Is Condemned|date=1 June 1970|magazine=Time|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 1970

| Getting Straight

| 1970

| Also The Revolutionary and R. P. M. (1970). All are dramas about campus revolt.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878383,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030181509/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878383,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2010|title=Cinema: Andy Hardy Gets Busted|date=6 July 1970|magazine=Time|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 1970

| The Grissom Gang

| 1971

| Both based on the life story of Ma Barker.{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19710714/REVIEWS/107140301/1023|title=The Grissom Gang|author=Roger Ebert|date=14 July 1971|work=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 1973

| Jesus Christ Superstar

| 1973

| Both adaptations of 1971 Broadway musicals based on the life of Jesus Christ.{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19730815/REVIEWS/301010316/1023|title=Jesus Christ Superstar|author=Roger Ebert|date=15 August 1973|work=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|access-date=21 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19730321/REVIEWS/301010312/1023|title=Godspell|author=Roger Ebert|date=21 March 1973|work=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 1981

| Heatwave

| 1982

| Both were loosely based on the disappearance of Australian anti-development activist Juanita Nielsen.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/25/straight-to-the-pool-room-top-ten-films-about-the-australian-dream |title=Straight to the pool room: top 10 films about the Australian dream |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |date=25 April 2016 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=15 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/10-great-australian-crime-films |title=10 great Australian crime films |last=Nette |first=Andrew |date=12 April 2018 |website=BFI.org.uk|access-date=15 May 2020}}

| 1983

| Beat Street

| 1984

| Both are well-received old-school hip hop films, focusing on all four pillars of hip hop culture.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/from-wild-style-to-8-mile-20-landmark-films-in-hip-hop-history-20150812/style-wars-1983-20150812|title=20 Landmark Films in Hip-Hop History|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=12 August 2015|access-date=22 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/08/the-get-down-8-things-to-watch-after/great-gatsby|title=8 Things to Watch After You've Binged 'The Get Down'The Great Gatsby|website=Complex|access-date=22 November 2017}}

| 1986

| Iron Eagle

| 1986

| Both are films about fighter pilots.

| 1986

| Full Metal Jacket

| 1987

| Also Hamburger Hill (1987) and 84C MoPic (1989). All are bleak, violent and unglamorized depictions of the Vietnam War.[https://www.flashbackfiles.com/john-irvin-interview John Irvin interview], The Flashback Files

| 1989

| Turner & Hooch

| 1989

| Both are buddy cop-dog films about a police officer who gets a dog for a partner.

| 1989

| Leviathan

| 1989

| Also The Abyss, The Evil Below, Lords of the Deep (1989) and The Rift (1990); all are underwater thrillers involving explorers discovering strange new (and in most of the movies hostile) creatures in the ocean.

|1989

|Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

|1990

|Both are biopics of James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

|1990

|New Jack City

|1990

|Both portray gang culture in New York City and were released within 6 months of each other near the end of 1990.

|1992

|Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

|1992

|Both films deal with Columbus' discovery of the New World. These films were released to commemorate the 500th anniversary of this discovery. A comedic version of the discovery was also released in 1992 with Carry on Columbus.

| 1992

| Blood In Blood Out

| 1993

| Both films depict gang violence in the Mexican-American community in California. At one point, American Me star and director Edward James Olmos was offered to star in and direct Blood In Blood Out, but passed on the film due to creative differences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/03/21/the-last-hope-of-eddie-olmos/247ea008-a6dc-40e6-8818-17b820d8b1c1/|title=The Last Hope Of Eddie Olmos|date=March 22, 1992|newspaper= The Washington Post|access-date=July 9, 2020}} Floyd Mutrux is credited as a co-writer on both films.

|1993

|Jurassic Park

|1993

|Both are action adventure films involving the genetic recreation of dinosaurs or prehistoric animals. Both are also based on books.

|1993

|12:01

|1993

|Both are about an individual stuck in a 24 hour time loop where the protagonist wakes every morning on the same day and experiences the events of that day over and over until they discover how to break the cycle. 12:01 is based on a 1973 short story previously made into a short film in 1990.

|1993

|Natural Born Killers

|1994

|Also 1993 mini-series Murder in the Heartland. All are road movies about a couple engaging in multi-state killing sprees and all directly or loosely based on real murderer Charles Starkweather. Both films have Juliette Lewis as a main character.

| 1993

| Wyatt Earp

| 1994

| Both are Wyatt Earp biopics.

| 1995

| Rob Roy

| 1995

| Both are adventure/war biopics set in Scotland.

| 1994

| Babe

| 1995

| Both are family films starring piglets.

|1994

|To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

|1995

|Both have the plot of drag queens going on a road trip across their country (in one case Australia, in the other, the United States), in a journey of self-discovery.

|1995

|Rob Roy

|1995

|Also The Bruce (1996); all are adventure/war biopics set in Scotland.{{Cite news |date=2008-07-11 |title=Tvillingfilmer vi minns |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/tvillingfilmer-vi-minns/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |work=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |issn=1101-2447}}

| 1995

| Striptease

| 1996

| Also Stripteaser (1996). All three are erotic drama films featuring a lead character involved in the stripper profession.Gary Dudak. "[http://www.mandatory.com/2013/04/24/twin-movies-a-history-of-two-similar-films-coming-out-at-the-sa/ Twin Movies: A History of Two Similar Films Coming Out at the Same Time]" Mandatory, 14 April 2014

|1995

|Phenomenon

|1996

|Both tell the story of a man with telepathic powers that make him an outcast in a small town. Both films were also released by Disney's Buena Vista Pictures.

|1996

|Twister

|1996

|Also Night of the Twisters (1996). All deal with tornado chasers in their line of work who must track down a large tornado.

|1996

|Contact

|1997

|Both are science fiction thriller films in which the main character is a radio astronomer that takes part in a conspiracy involving making first contact with an alien race.

|1996

|Air Force One

|1997

|Both are films about terrorists hijacking a plane and a rescue team saving the passengers and defeating the terrorists. Con Air (1997) also has a similar concept, though involving convicts.

| 1997

| Volcano

| 1997

| Also Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997). All three are disaster films centered around volcanic eruptions.

| 1997

| Seven Years in Tibet

| 1997

| Both are fact-based dramas set in mid-20th century Tibet, with the 14th Dalai Lama as a main character.

|1997

|The Myth of Fingerprints

|1997

|Also The Ice Storm (1997). Both films center around dysfunctional families gathering for Thanksgiving.

| 1997

| Absolute Power

| 1997

| Both films center around a Washington, D.C. murder investigation involving the President/at the White House.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-04-18-9704180370-story.html |title='1600' JUST ANOTHER MURDER AT THE HOUSE |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2019-01-30}}{{cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |author-link=Emanuel Levy |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/murder-at-1600-1117341451/ |title=Film Reviews: Murder at 1600 |magazine=Variety |access-date=2019-01-30}}

| 1998

| A Bug's Life

| 1998

| Both are computer-animated films about insects, starring a non-conformist ant who falls in love with an ant princess, leaves the mound, and eventually returns and is hailed as a hero.

|1998

|Dead Man On Campus

|1998

|Both are thrillers where two college roommates try to get roommate to commit suicide in order to get a passing grade. Both are also based on the same urban legend.

| 1998

| Armageddon

| 1998

| Also Doomsday Rock (1997), Asteroid (1997), Judgment Day (1998), and Tycus (1998). All are global catastrophic risk disaster films centered around an impending impact event that threatens to end most or all life on Earth.

| 1998

| The Thin Red Line

| 1998

| Also Life Is Beautiful (1997). All are dramas about World War II.

| 1998

| Run Lola Run

| 1998

| Both films tell the same story of a woman multiple times, changing a minor detail at the beginning and depicting how that change drastically affects the outcome.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,95264,00.html |title=Run Lola Run |last=French |first=Philip |work=The Observer |date=24 October 1999 |access-date=28 October 2021}}

| 1998

| Last Days of Disco

| 1998

| Both films are set against the backdrop of the waning disco era of the late 1970s and early 1980s.{{cite news |last1=Weinraub |first1=Bernard |title=At the Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/08/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=May 8, 1998}}

| 1998

| EDtv

| 1999

| Also Pleasantville (1998). All are films in which a person or a large group of people's lives are broadcast on TV.

|1998

|Road Trip

|2000

|Both are romantic comedy road films where a college student believes his girlfriend, attending another college, is cheating, and sends nasty letter. He then discovers that she's not cheating, and must embarks on a road trip to her campus recover the package before she gets it., while being joined by his friends.

| 1999

| The Thirteenth Floor

| 1999

| Also eXistenZ (1999); all are science fiction films involving virtual reality in a computer system, and the theme of whether the world is real or an illusion.

| 1999

| Tumbleweeds

| 1999

|Both films concern a mother-daughter pair who drive across the country to settle in California.{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Amy |title=Two Sides of the Same Conundrum |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-23-ca-36608-story.html |access-date=13 September 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 23, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913043155/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-23-ca-36608-story.html |archive-date=September 13, 2022}}

| 1999

| The Thomas Crown Affair

| 1999

| Both are caper films focused on the relationship between an attractive female insurance investigator and a male thief who steals an expensive painting by a famous artist.

| 1999

| Stigmata

| 1999

| Also Lost Souls (2000); all are supernatural religious horror films involving the Catholic Church. Both End of Days and Stigmata star Gabriel Byrne as a main character. Both End of Days and Lost Souls involve the theme of Satan taking possession of a man's body.

| 1999

| Hamlet

| 2000

| Also O (2001); All are modern-day adaptations of William Shakespeare plays, featuring Julia Stiles as the female lead.{{cite magazine |title=Shakespeare is hot in Hollywood |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/02/12/shakespeare-hot-hollywood/ |first=Jessica |last=Shaw |date=February 12, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

| 2000

| Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

| 2000

| Both are horror movie spoofs featuring a killer wearing a Ghostface mask; Scary Movie additionally had the working title Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween.

|2000

|Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth

|2000

|Both are Italian television films are about Padre Pio.

| 2000

| Red Planet

| 2000

| Also Blood Red Planet (2000) and Ghosts of Mars (2001). All are science fiction adventure films about expeditions to Mars.{{Cite news |last=King |first=Tom |date=2000-02-04 |title=Two Films About Fourth Planet Make Rival Studios See Red |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94961652455058514 |access-date=2022-04-23 |issn=0099-9660}} However, Ghosts of Mars is a horror film.

| 2000

| Finding Forrester

| 2000

| Both are films involving a writer and his friendship with a student.

| 2000

| Sugar & Spice

| 2001

| Both films are comedies about high school cheerleading squads. Sugar & Spice star Marley Shelton was the second choice to play Bring It On character Torrance Shipman, prior to Kirsten Dunst being cast in the role, after previously turning it down.{{Cite web |last=Wickman |first=Kase |date=August 6, 2015 |title='Bring It On': The Complete Oral History |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2224189/bring-it-on-complete-oral-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808064630/http://www.mtv.com/news/2224189/bring-it-on-complete-oral-history/ |archive-date=August 8, 2015 |website=MTV News}} Also, according to Bring It On star Gabrielle Union, she and many of her Bring It On co-stars also auditioned for Sugar & Spice.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/gabrielle-union-role-call/?slide=5922960#5922960|title=Gabrielle Union's big-screen breakout is finally here|last=Lawrence|first=Derek|magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date=May 4, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402175012/https://ew.com/movies/gabrielle-union-role-call/?slide=5922960#5922960 |archive-date=2020-04-02 }}

|2000

|Enigma

|2001

|Both are fictional thrillers set in World War II about the Germans' Enigma machine.

| 2001

| Heist

| 2001

| Both are crime thriller films involving a major robbery.

| 2004

| First Daughter

| 2004

| Both are romantic comedy films about the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States.

| 2005

| Flightplan

| 2005

| Both are thriller films set on airplanes.

| 2005

| Infamous

| 2006

| Both are drama films about Truman Capote and the writing of In Cold Blood. The confluence of the two films led to an incident in 2003 when Infamous writer-director Douglas McGrath called producer Bingham Ray to announce that his script had been finished, and Ray responded "I know, I've got it on my desk!" before realizing that he actually had the screenplay to Capote.John Seabrook. "[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/25/060925ta_talk_seabrook Tru, Two]", The New Yorker, 25 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

| 2005

| Zodiac

| 2007

| Also Curse of the Zodiac (2007);{{cite web|url=http://www.citv.com.au/crime-profiles/detail.aspx?f=106&c=8|title=Crime Profiles: The Zodiac Killer - The Aftermath|work=Citv.com.au|access-date=21 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021114553/http://www.citv.com.au/crime-profiles/detail.aspx?f=106&c=8|archive-date=21 October 2013}} All are films based on the story of the Zodiac Killer.

| 2006

| Zyzzyx Road

| 2006

| Both are thrillers about people trying to hide a dead body on Zzyzx Road in California.Faraci, Devin. (January 10, 2007) Chud.com [http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8472 Crisis on infinite Zyzzyx roads.]

| 2006

| Flight 93

| 2006

| Both are dramas about United Airlines Flight 93.

| 2006

| The Illusionist

| 2006

| Both are films about 19th-century magicians.

| 2006

| Surf's Up

| 2007

| Both are computer-animated comedy films about penguins.{{cite news | last =King | first =Susan | title =In 'Surf's Up,' penguins again are the go-to birds | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date =2007-06-04 | url =https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-04-et-weekmovies4-story.html | access-date =2017-09-04 }}

| 2008

| Echelon Conspiracy

| 2009

| Both center around a government AI supercomputer that is tasked with protecting the US through ubiquitous surveillance and endless access to nearly all technology, which becomes too autonomous and powerful.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-02-et-echelon2-story.html|title=Echelon Conspiracy|first=Glenn|last=Whipp|date=2 March 2009|access-date=11 October 2017|via=Los Angeles Times}}

| 2008

| Repo Men

| 2010

| Set in a dystopian future, both films are about one or more corporate-employed "repo men" who fatally repossess artificial organs when patients default on their payments.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irepo-meni-vs-irepo-the-g_b_505173|title=Repo Men vs. Repo! The Genetic Opera : Behind The Controversy|first=Lee|last=Stranahan|date=18 May 2011|work=Huffington Post|access-date=4 May 2019}}

| 2009

| Paul Blart: Mall Cop

| 2009

| Both are comedy films about an overweight mall cop.

| 2009

| Surrogates

| 2009

| Also Avatar (2009); Science fiction films in which people control physical remotely-operated bodies.{{cite news|last=Hesse|first=Monica|date=August 30, 2009|title='Gamer,' 'Surrogates' and 'Avatar': Upcoming Films on Humans Abandoning Reality|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704450.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 2, 2016}}{{cite news|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=September 3, 2009|title='Gamer,' 'Surrogates,' 'Avatar' and the meaning of (second) life|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/gamer-surrogates-and-the-meaning-of-second-life/|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 2, 2016}}

| 2010

| Megamind

| 2010

| Both are computer-animated films featuring a stereotypical villain as the protagonist.{{cite web|url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20101103/articles/101109832|title='Megamind' very similar to 'Despicable Me'|author=David Germain|agency=Associated Press|work=starnewsonline.com|access-date=11 January 2017}}

| 2010

| Battle: Los Angeles

| 2011

| Both are alien invasion movies that primarily take place in Los Angeles. Sony Pictures, the studio of Battle, initiated legal action against the directors and special effects gurus of Skyline for allegedly ripping off ideas and equipment for their similar film. Sony later dismissed their arbitration, stating they were satisfied their own special effects were not used in Skyline.{{cite web | url =http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-settles-dispute-skyline-directors-168944 | title =Sony Settles Dispute With 'Skyline' Directors Over 'Battle: LA' Special Effects | last =Belloni | first =Matthew | date =2011-03-17 | website =The Hollywood Reporter | publisher =Lynne Segall | access-date =2017-09-15}}

| 2011

| Friends with Benefits

| 2011

| Both are romantic comedies about a pair of friends who have a casual, non-romantic sexual relationship and eventually fall in love. No Strings Attached had the working title Friends with Benefits, but had to be renamed due to a conflict with the other film.{{cite magazine |title=Know Your Natalie Portman/Mila Kunis Sex Comedies |url=http://flavorwire.com/139303/know-your-natalie-portmanmila-kunis-sex-comedies |first=Jason |last=Bailey |date=December 29, 2010 |magazine=Flavorwire}}

| 2011

| Christophe Barratier's War of the Buttons

| 2011

| Both are French film adaptations of the 1912 novel War of the Buttons, released a week apart from one another, though the first was set in the Algerian War while the second was set in World War II.{{cite news |last=de La Baume |first=Maia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/movies/two-versions-of-war-of-the-buttons-open-in-france.html |title=A Battle at the French Box Office: Two Remakes of One Classic Film |work=The New York Times |date=2011-09-14 }}

| 2011

| Dredd

| 2012

| Both films deal with a law enforcement officer infiltrating a tall residential building in pursuit of a crime lord, wherein the crime lord attempts to turn the residents against the officer.{{cite news|last=Hewitt|first=Chris|date=July 13, 2012|url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/dredd/review/|title=Dredd Review|work=Empire|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2011

| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

| 2012

| Also 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) and Melancholia (2011). All are apocalyptic science fiction films.{{cite news|last=Symonds|first=Alexandria|date=February 16, 2012|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/trailer-face-off-seeking-a-friend-for-the-end-of-the-world-vs-extraterrestrial|title=Trailer Face-Off! Seeking a Friend for the End of the World vs. Extraterrestrial|work=Interview|access-date=August 14, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/movies/seeking-a-friend-for-the-end-of-the-world-and-other-apocalyptic-movies.html|title='Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' and Other Apocalyptic Movies|first=Terrence|last=Rafferty|work=The New York Times |date=15 June 2012|access-date=11 October 2017|via=www.nytimes.com}}

| 2012

| A Late Quartet

| 2012

| Both are about the members of a classical music quartet facing old age.{{cite news|last=Cieply|first=Michael|date=October 27, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/movies/a-late-quartet-and-quartet-films-built-on-classical-music.html|title=Two Films in Which Classical Music Is Much More Than a Score|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2012

| Snow White and the Huntsman

| 2012

| Both are loose adaptations of the fairy tale Snow White. Also the Spanish 2012 film {{lang|es|Blancanieves}} adapts Snow White, using black-and-white silent cinematography like the 2012 French film The Artist.{{cite news |last1=Kruppa |first1=Jason |title='Blancanieves': Snow White in 1920s Spain (film review) |url=https://www.vianolavie.org/2013/05/08/blancanieves-snow-white-in-1920s-spain-film-review-29176/ |access-date=17 May 2022 |work=ViaNolaVie |date=2013-05-08 |language=en-us}}

| 2012

| Patema Inverted

| 2013

| Both are a romance between characters of twin worlds, each with gravity opposite to the other.{{cite news|last=Scheck|first=Frank|date=August 27, 2014|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/patema-inverted-film-review-728422|title='Patema Inverted': Film Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2012

| Like Father, Like Son

| 2013

| Both films revolve around two young men who were switched at birth and raised by families from contrasting socioeconomic strata.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/finalcut/like-father-like-son/5409774|title=Like Father Like Son|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=April 24, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2012

| Captain Phillips

| 2013

| Both are about a pirate attack on a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia.{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/on-captain-phillips-a-hijacking-and-the-year-of-movie-twins|title=On Captain Phillips, A Hijacking and the year of movie twins|author=Guy Lodge|date=12 October 2013|work=HitFix|access-date=21 June 2015}}

|2013

| Steve Jobs

|2015

|Both are Steve Jobs biopics.{{Cite news |date=2022-08-30 |title=Twin films: How two new Pinocchio movies reflect a Hollywood trend |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61195211 |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=en-GB}}

| 2013

| White House Down

| 2013

| Both are action films about terrorist attacks on the White House.Roger Wilson. "[https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=438&artikel=5864181 Tvillingfilmer]", Godmorgon, världen!, Sveriges Radio P1, 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014. (In Swedish)

| 2013

| After Earth

| 2013

| Both films include a protagonist who must fight for survival on a post-apocalyptic Earth.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/12/oblivion-after-earth-trailer/|title=Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Trailer Smackdown: Oblivion Versus After Earth|last=Wallace|first=Lewis|magazine=Wired|access-date=2017-09-13|language=en}}

| 2013

| The World's End

| 2013

| Also Rapture-Palooza (2013); all are apocalyptic comedy films.{{cite news|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=August 23, 2013|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/simon-pegg-nick-frost-the-worlds-end-interview.html|title=Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on The World's End, Pub Crawls, and Destruction Porn|work=Vulture|access-date=August 14, 2016}} Both This Is the End and Rapture-Palooza star Craig Robinson as a main character.

| 2013

| Enemy

| 2013

| Both are about a man who finds his physical doppelgänger in a seemingly totalitarian state.{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Dana|date=May 9, 2014|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/05/the_double_and_enemy_a_double_review_new_doppelganger_movies_star_jesse.html|title=Enemy and The Double|work=Slate|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2014

| Saint Laurent

| 2014

| Both are Yves Saint Laurent biopics.

| 2014

| John Wick

| 2014

| Both films involve a highly trained protagonist who seeks vengeance through killing.{{cite web|url=http://www.cineman.ch/en/movie/2014/JohnWick/review.html|title=film reviews - John Wick - Cineman|author=Geoffrey Crété|work=Cineman.ch|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 2014

| Burying the Ex

| 2014

| Also Warm Bodies (2013). All three are romantic comedies involving zombies.{{cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/112435/what-are-all-our-zombies-telling-us-review-warm-bodies|title=What Are All Our Zombies Telling Us?|author=David Thomson|magazine=The New Republic|date=March 2013|access-date=18 December 2018}}

| 2015

| Operation Avalanche

| 2016

| Both are films based on Moon landing conspiracy theories.{{cite news|last=Prigge|first=Matt|date=September 16, 2016|url=https://www.metro.us/entertainment/operation-avalanche-is-another-comedy-about-the-fake-moon-landing/zsJpip---5fBFkt60461q6|title='Operation Avalanche' is another comedy about the 'fake' moon landing|work=Metro New York|access-date=March 18, 2018}}

| 2015

| Every Day

| 2018

| Both are a romance between a woman and a spirit who wakes up every day in a different body.{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Ji-yeong|date=August 27, 2015|url=http://english.donga.com/3/all/26/411356/1|title=American novel 'Everyday' vs. Korean movie 'Beauty Inside'|work=The Dong-a Ilbo|access-date=February 8, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1138332/every-day-movie/|title=3 Things You Didn't Know About the New Movie Every Day|work=SheKnows|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2019}}

| 2015

| Florence Foster Jenkins

| 2016

| Both films are based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/finalcut/marguerite-vs-florence-foster-jenkins/7344920|title=Marguerite vs Florence Foster Jenkins|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=April 22, 2016|access-date=August 14, 2016}}

| 2015

| Approaching the Unknown

| 2016

| Also Forsaken (2018). Both are about a man who is stranded in space on a mission to Mars and has to figure out a way to survive.{{cite news|last=Kenigsberg|first=Ben|date=June 2, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/movies/approaching-the-unknown-review-mark-strong.html|title=Review: In 'Approaching the Unknown,' Mark Strong Trades Earth for Mars|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 10, 2017}}

| 2015

| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

| 2015

| Both films feature the protagonists chasing after secret criminal organisations through Austria, Morocco and London while their intelligence agencies are shutting down.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/fab-medium/here-s-proof-that-spectre-and-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-are-the-same-film-d030fc9c1576|title=Here's proof that 'Spectre' and 'Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation' are the same film|author=Fabrizio Rinaldi|date=16 November 2015|work=Medium|access-date=25 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/james-bond-007/news/a776396/reddit-explains-how-spectre-and-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-are-actually-the-same-movie/|title= Reddit explains how Spectre and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation are actually the same movie|author=Tasha Hegarty|date=16 December 2015|work=Digital Spy|access-date=25 April 2017}} Paramount had to advance the release date of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to avoid conflicting with Spectre.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-shifts-mission-impossible-5-767313 | title = Paramount Shifts Mission: Impossible 5 Release Date to Summer 2015 | first1 = Erik |last1=Hayden| first2=Pamela |last2=McClintock | magazine = The Hollywood Reporter | date = January 26, 2015 | access-date = January 27, 2015}} Also, Spooks: The Greater Good.

| 2016

| The Hollars

| 2016

| Both are about a male writer living in New York City who returns to his hometown for his mother dying of cancer.{{cite web|last=Duralde|first=Alonso|date=August 25, 2016|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-hollars-review/|title='The Hollars' Review: Margo Martindale Can Only Do So Much With a Clichéd Script|work=The Wrap|access-date=April 13, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|date=September 8, 2016|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-other-people-review-20160902-snap-story.html|title=Tears and wry laughs fuel Chris Kelly's insightful 'Other People'|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 13, 2018}}

| 2016

| Kate Plays Christine

| 2016

| Both are films about Christine Chubbuck, though Kate Plays Christine is a documentary about the acting process.{{cite news|last=Halperin|first=Moze|date=October 25, 2016|url=http://flavorwire.com/592021/christine-and-kate-plays-christine-writers-on-one-of-the-strangest-and-thematically-weighty-cinematic-coincidences-in-recent-memory|title=The Writers of 'Christine' and 'Kate Plays Christine' on One of the Strangest Cinematic Coincidences in Recent Memory|work=Flavorwire|access-date=December 5, 2016}}

| 2016

| Stronger

| 2017

| Both films revolve around the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and their aftermath.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2017/09/22/the-cast-and-crew-of-stronger-say-its-not-the-boston-marathon-bombing-movie-youre-expecting/|title=The cast and crew of 'Stronger' say it's not the Boston Marathon bombing movie you're expecting|website=Boston.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2016/06/08/patriots-day-and-stronger-are-finished-filming/I3TpwdDtp8Ntk7J6mpVw4H/story.html|title='Patriots Day,' 'Stronger' are finished filming|website=The Boston Globe}}

| 2016

| The Glass Castle

| 2017

| Both are about a large family who lives secluded from the civilized world and deal with its moral ramifications.{{cite news|last=Kohn|first=Eric|date=August 6, 2017|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/the-glass-castle-review-brie-larson-woody-harrelson-1201863578/|title='The Glass Castle' Review: Brie Larson Can't Rescue a Family Drama That Turns Anarchy Into Soap Opera|work=Indiewire|access-date=August 14, 2017}}

| 2016

| The Man with the Iron Heart

| 2017

| Both films are about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.{{cite news|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|date=2 March 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/02/fifty-shades-jamie-dornan-anthropoid|title=Fifty Shades star Jamie Dornan in new wartime drama Anthropoid|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 April 2017}}

| 2016

| Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

| 2018

| Both are live-action, CGI-heavy adaptations of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, though the 2016 film is a remake of the 1967 animated musical film.{{cite web|url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/19842/20140823/www-imdb-com.htm|title=Race to Make the 'Jungle Book' Movie: Disney Versus Warner Bros.|author=Chaka Phillips|date=23 August 2014|work=Latin Post|access-date=21 June 2015}}

| 2017

| The Mercy

| 2018

| Both films are about Donald Crowhurst's ill-fated entry in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a non-stop round-the-world sailing competition. Uniquely, these films not only have an identical subject, but were also distributed by the same studio, namely StudioCanal: according to the head of StudioCanal UK, Danny Perkins, the company bought the low-budget production Crowhurst "so we could control it".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2018/feb/07/colin-firth-donald-crowhurst-solo-yachtsman-mercy-biopic |title=Doomed sailor Donald Crowhurst is ripe for a biopic – as two rival films demonstrate |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=7 February 2018 |website=theguardian.com|access-date=2 February 2018}}

| 2018

| Swimming with Men

| 2018

| Both are about a man who is facing a midlife crisis and joins an all-male synchronised swimming team.{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Nicholas|date=July 6, 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/06/swimming-with-men-v-le-grand-bain-cinemas-battle-for-the-pool|title=Swimming With Men v Le Grand Bain: cinema's battle for the pool|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 15, 2018}}

| 2018

| The Happytime Murders

| 2018

| Both are dark comedies featuring puppets.{{cite news |date=August 24, 2018 |last1=Fretts |first1=Bruce |title=Made of Blue Felt and Working Blue, Too: Dirty Puppets on the Big Screen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/movies/happytime-murders-puppet-movies.html |work= The New York Times |url-status= live |url-access= registration |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183933/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/movies/happytime-murders-puppet-movies.html |archive-date= 2018-08-24 }}

| 2018

| Ben Is Back

| 2018

| Both are melodramas about a family with a teenage son facing a drug addiction.{{cite web|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/beautiful-boy-ben-is-back-addiction-dramas-awards-season/|title=Why addiction melodramas are set to strike a chord this awards season|website=Little White Lies|access-date=2019-01-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/julia-roberts-frets-about-her-beautiful-boy-in-the-year-1830899969|title=Julia Roberts frets about her beautiful boy in the year's weaker teen addict drama, Ben Is Back|last=Dowd|first=A. A.|website=Film|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03}}

| 2018

| Mid90s

| 2018

| Both are coming of age stories about a group of skateboarding teenagers played by inexperienced actors who skateboard in real life. In both films, the primary character is the newest member of the group and has a contentious relationship with their single mother.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/08/09/skate-kitchen-director-crystal-moselle-interview|title=n a year obsessed with skating, this film is a true peek into the always-evolving subculture|last=Elmi|first=Rooney|website=Fader|access-date=2019-01-05}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/three-new-skateboarding-movies-three-explorations-of-gender-norms/2018/10/31/35d93712-dc3b-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?noredirect=on|title=These new skateboarding movies challenge gender stereotypes in surprising ways|last=Rao|first=Sonia|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-05}}

| 2018

| The Kitchen

| 2019

| Both are about the law-abiding wives of criminals who take up their husbands' criminal plans when they are gone.{{Cite web|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=2019-08-07|title=Film Review: 'The Kitchen'|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-kitchen-review-melissa-mccarthy-tiffany-haddish-elisabeth-moss-1203293593/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=August 7, 2019|title=Mob wives turn mobsters in 'The Kitchen,' a pale shadow of last year's similarly themed 'Widows'|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/mob-wives-turn-mobsters-in-the-kitchen-a-pale-shadow-of-last-years-similarly-themed-widows/2019/08/07/adeb8a60-b490-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html|access-date=2021-09-27}}

|2018

| Happiest Season

| 2020

| Both films revolve around lesbians who plan to come out to their conservative families during the holidays, only to be confronted by their ex-boyfriends; Lez Bomb is set on Thanksgiving while Happiest Season takes place on Christmas.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=2020-11-19|title=Happiest Season review – queer Christmas comedy is a festive treat|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/19/happiest-season-review-queer-christmas-comedy|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Guardian|language=en}}

| 2019

| Fyre

| 2019

| Both are documentaries about the Fyre Festival.{{cite news|last=McLevy|first=Alex|date=January 17, 2019|url=https://www.avclub.com/who-has-the-better-fyre-festival-documentary-netflix-o-1831779719|title=Who has the better Fyre Festival documentary, Netflix or Hulu?|work= The A.V. Club |access-date=January 17, 2019}}

| 2019

| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

| 2019

| Both are films about Sharon Tate and her murder. Although the former is a horror thriller film that dramatizes the events, the latter takes place in an alternate universe where the murder did not take place.{{Cite web|last=Parker|first=Ryan|date=2021-07-16|title=Quentin Tarantino Says Sharon Tate No Longer "Defined by Her Murder" Thanks to 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sharon-tate-manson-no-longer-defined-by-murder-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1234983671/#!|access-date=2021-08-05|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}

| 2019

|Forbidden Dream

| 2019

|Both are about King Sejong the Great and his patronage of scholarship.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/newfilm.jsp?blbdComCd=601011&seq=382&mode=VIEW|title=Forbidden Dream|work=Korean Film Biz Zone|publisher=Korean Film Council|access-date=December 6, 2020}}

| 2019

|Bala

| 2019

|Both movies are about men facing premature baldness, hence becoming a subject of social ridicule and facing problems finding a spouse.{{Cite web|date=October 23, 2019|title=Ujda Chaman director moves Supreme Court to stall release of Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/ujda-chaman-director-moves-supreme-court-to-stall-release-of-ayushmann-khurrana-s-bala-1612097-2019-10-23|access-date=2021-09-27|website=India Today|language=en}}

|2019

|La Llorona

|2019

| Both films are about the legend of La Llorona.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Challen |date=2023-06-25 |title=These 3 Horror Movies Explored The Same Legend (To Varying Results) |url=https://gamerant.com/horror-movies-same-legend-la-llorona/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

| 2020

|Holy Spider

| 2022

|Both are dramatizations of the case of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted sex workers in Iran.{{cite news|last=Ghadarkhan|first=Samaneh|date=23 May 2022|url=https://iranwire.com/en/society/104181-irans-infamous-spider-killer-is-re-dramatized-in-a-third-film|title=Iran's 'Spider Killer' is Re-Dramatised Two Decades After Original Documentary|work=IranWire|access-date=24 May 2022}}

| 2022

|Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

| 2022

|Also Pinocchio: A True Story (2022) and Pinocchio and the Water of Life (2023). All films are based on The Adventures of Pinocchio. Three of the films—Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Pinocchio: A True Story, and The Adventures of Pinocchio—star Tom Kenny.{{Cite web |last=McCoy |first=Joshua Kristian |date=2022-02-13 |title=Why Are There 3 Pinocchio Movies Coming Out This Year? |url=https://gamerant.com/pinocchio-movies-2022/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

| 2022

|The Mean One

| 2022

|Also Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022). All are films about a murderous Santa Claus figure.{{cite magazine|last=December 8, 2022|url=https://ew.com/movies/killer-santa-movies-violent-night-christmas-bloody-christmas-the-mean-one/|title=What's up with all these killer Santa movies? An EW investigation|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 10, 2022}}

| 2022

|Priscilla

| 2023

|Both are films about or revolve around Elvis Presley.{{Cite web |title=Priscilla - The Dark Side Of The Elvis Phenomenon |url=https://dukeslancaster.org/news/priscilla-the-dark-side-of-the-elvis-phenomenon |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=The Dukes |language=en}}

| 2023

| The Beast

| 2023

| Both are French adaptations of the Henry James novella The Beast in the Jungle.{{cite news|last=Jonathan|first=Romney|date=3 September 2023|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-beast-venice-review/5185101.article|title='The Beast': Venice Review|work=Screen Daily|access-date=May 21, 2025}}

| 2023

|Kandahar

| 2023

|Also Warhorse One. All films are set in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.{{Cite web |last=Sicard |first=Sarah |date=2023-03-07 |title=Gerard Butler's 'Kandahar' latest to feature Afghan interpreter story |url=https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/03/07/gerard-butlers-kandahar-to-feature-afghan-interpreter-storyline/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Military Times |language=en}}

| 2023

|The Last Rifleman

| 2023

|Based on the true story of Bernard Jordan, both are films about an elderly World War II veteran who escapes his nursing home in order to attend a milestone anniversary commemorations of the Normandy landings in France.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Pierce Brosnan Undergoes Amazing Transformation For 'The Last Rifleman'|date=July 25, 2022|website=Entertainment Tonight Canada|url=https://etcanada.com/news/915535/pierce-brosnan-undergoes-amazing-transformation-for-the-last-rifleman/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725220842/https://etcanada.com/news/915535/pierce-brosnan-undergoes-amazing-transformation-for-the-last-rifleman/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2022|access-date=June 23, 2023}}

|2023

|Winner

|2024

|Both are films about American whistleblower Reality Winner.{{Cite magazine |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=2023-10-31 |title=Reality Winner Is Hollywood's New Muse. And She Won't See a Dime |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/reality-winner-nsa-whistleblower-hollywood-muse-sydney-sweeney-trump-1234865597/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

|2023

|The Mouse Trap

|2024

|Also Bambi: The Reckoning (2025). All three are slasher films based on famous works only recently made part of the public domain – Bambi, Winnie-the-Pooh, and the Steamboat Willie design of Mickey Mouse, respectively.{{Cite magazine |title=Why all your favorite childhood icons are becoming movie monsters |url=https://ew.com/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-2-imaginary-mickeys-mouse-trap-8578825 |access-date=2024-04-16 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

|2023

|The Exorcism

|2024

|Both films star Russell Crowe, in which he plays some form of exorcist.{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/russell-crowe-exorcism-new-horror-movie-first-trailer-1851435499|title=No, This Is Not a Pope's Exorcist Sequel, It's a Different Russell Crowe Exorcist Movie|website=Gizmodo|date=25 April 2024 }}

|2023

|Time Cut

|2024

|Both films are about a female high school student who is accidentally transported back in time and must unmask an unidentified serial killer who terrorized their town and prevent the murder of a female relative who is in high school at the time.{{cite web |last1=Pereira |first1=Sergio |title=Wait, Did Netflix's 'Time Cut' Copy Prime Video's 'Totally Killer'? |url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/sergio-pereira/2024/10/wait-did-netflixs-time-cut-copy-prime-videos-totally-killer/ |website=Thought Catalog |access-date=October 31, 2024 |date=October 24, 2024}}

|2024

|Immaculate

|2024

|Both films are about young American nuns who travel to Rome, Italy, and become unexpectedly pregnant with what turns out to be a demon fetus/the antichrist.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Twin film review: Immaculate and The First Omen |url=https://www.deadlettermovies.com/blog/2024/4/14/twin-film-review-immaculate-and-the-first-omen |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Dead Letter Movies |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2024-04-04 |title='The First Omen' Review: A Decently Executed Prequel Pales Next to Superior 'Immaculate' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-first-omen-review-omen-prequel-1235960076/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

|2024

|Caught by the Tides

|2024

|Both are Chinese films set during the COVID-19 pandemic that use footage of the same actors filmed by the director in the 2000s and 2010s.{{cite news|last=Li|first=Jenny S.|date=July 28, 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lou-ye-cannes-an-unfinished-film-remains-not-completed-1236088284/|title=Chinese Auteur Lou Ye Continues to Experiment, Confirms That Cannes Title 'An Unfinished Film' Remains to Be Completed|work=Variety|access-date=May 21, 2025}}

|2024

|Better Man

|2024

|Both movies are musical biopics about artists with the surname Williams depicted in an unorthodox fashion: Piece by Piece shows Pharrell Williams' life through Lego animation, while Better Man depicts Robbie Williams as a CGI chimpanzee.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/piece-by-piece-better-man-lego-cgi-monkey-1236125749/|title=Pharrell Is a Lego and Robbie Williams Is a Monkey in Two Music Biopics Aiming for Oscar Attention|first=Clayton|last=Davis|date=August 31, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/better-man-robbie-williams-monkey-exclusive-newspdate/|title=Better Man director reacts to pushback depicting Robbie Williams as a monkey | Radio Times|website=www.radiotimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-12-06/piece-by-piece-pharrell-williams-better-man-robbie-williams|title=Animation and VFX shake up the well-worn musical biopic format|first=Ramin|last=Zahed|date=December 6, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times}}