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* {{spoiler|''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''}}: A couple sets out to rescue their 15 children from a fashion-obsessed woman. By the end of the film, they've adopted 84 more.
* {{spoiler|''[[12 Monkeys]]''}}: John McClane acts almost as crazy as Benjamin Button. Monkeys don't really enter into it.
* {{spoiler|''[[12 Angry Men]]''}}: A dozen guys sit in a room and argue for an hour and a half.
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*** Or: The rectangles destroy a planet.
* {{spoiler|''[[2012]]''}}: Estranged husband tries to bond with his kids, only to find out that he ''really'' picked a bad time to do so.
* {{spoiler|''[[24 Hour Party People|Twenty Four Hour Party People]]''}}: Socially inept news reader sets up record label where the top bands include a band who are accused of being Nazis and whose singer commits suicide, an anorexic man and a group of drug-addled lunatics, including their maracas-wielding dealer. Based on a true story.
* {{spoiler|''25th Hour''}}: A man goes to jail.
* ''{{spoiler|[[28 Days Later]]}}'': Bicycle courier finds himself on the run from extremely ticked-off urbanites. He meets up with a woman keen on hacking people to death with a machete, a slightly mad taxi driver, and his quiet daughter, who take him on a road trip through the countryside. The four encounter a small group of soldiers living in a country mansion who intend to restart the human race. One of them wears a pink apron.
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* ''{{spoiler|50 First Dates}}'': Remember Adam Sandler? Drew Barrymore doesn't.
** And how we envy her.
* ''{{spoiler|[[500 Days of Summer|(500) Days of Summer]]}}'': A hopeless romantic falls for a quirky young woman who doesn't believe in true love. Hilarity/heartache ensue.
* ''{{spoiler|[[8 Mile|Eight Mile]]}}'': White man successfully co-opts black culture to impress other whites.
* ''{{spoiler|[[8½|Eight and A Half]]}}'': A philandering [[Jerkass]] of a filmmaker tries to make a film while dealing with a midlife crisis and hallucinating elements from his past. Is not the kind of thing you go around making musicals for.
* ''{{spoiler|[[9]]}}'': Dolls take on a rogue [[Mook Maker]].
** Alternately, a "hero" is born...and proceeds to kill the first friendly person he meets. Before it's over, many others are dead, including the pope.
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