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* '' {{spoiler|[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]}}'': A look at obsessive fans of a beloved science fiction series.
** Or: [[Tim Allen]] is in a movie whose plot revolves around the fact that he's famous. [[Monk]] helps.
*** Alternate: [[Toy Story (franchise)||Buzz Lightyear]], [[Harry Potter|Professor Snape]], [[Monk]], [[Ghostbusters|Dana Barrett]] and some other people meet real aliens in a ripoff of [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series|an old TV show]].
* ''{{spoiler|[[Gamera]]}}'': A little boy becomes best friends with a big turtle who is really neat.
** ''{{spoiler|Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe}}'': Big turtle saves Japan from giant man-eating bats.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Ghostbusters]]''}}: Four guys drive around in a van and trap restless spirits. They save New York City from a giant candy mascot by [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun|taking serious risks with their equipment]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Ghostbusters]] II''}}: Evil painting comes to life and summons pink goo within disused subway tunnels to stalk an infant. He is eventually defeated by four guys piloting a mobile national monument.
* '' {{spoiler|[[G.I. Joe: theThe Rise of Cobra]]}}'': Man fights his ex-girlfriend's new friends.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Ginger Snaps]]}}'': Coming of age/werewolf drama. Morbid friendless sisters feature in a study of the similarity between premenstrual tension and uncontrollably violent lycanthropic blood-lust.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Millennium Trilogy|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]}}'': To get his job back, man brings the girl who lead to his dismissal to a [[Town Withwith a Dark Secret|small, cold village]].
* '' {{spoiler|Glengarry Glen Ross}}'': A band of real estate agents endeavor to sell undesirable property to unwilling prospective buyers.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]}}'': [[Romeo and Juliet]]...with lawn gnomes!
* '' {{spoiler|[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]}}'': Importer of olive oil struggles to keep with the times. It gets violent.
** '' {{spoiler|The Godfather Part II}}'': Son inherits family business and flashbacks are shown throughout.
** '' {{spoiler|The Godfather Part III}}'': Organization leader starts a charity fund.
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** '' {{spoiler|Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack}}'': [[Our Ghosts Are Different|enraged spirits of Japanese soldiers who fought in WWII]] possess a dead giant dinosaur and fight against a dragon, a butterfly, and a red dinosaur thing while trying to destroy Japan.
** '' {{spoiler|Godzilla Final Wars}}'': A mustachioed [[Badass]] and his crew release giant dinosaur he once imprisoned to stop the invasion of leather wearing aliens by beating the shit out of all the monsters they control. Also, one of the crew members is the Japanese equivalent to [[The Matrix|Neo]]
** '' {{spoiler|[[Godzilla (Filmfilm)|Godzilla]]}}'' {{spoiler|(1998, American)}}: Sea critter gets stuck with a misnomer and tries to nest despite humans disturbing the area.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]] (1974)}}'': Professional carjacker steals [[Cool Car|'73 Mustang]], proceeds to [[Car Fu|utterly void its warranty]].
** '' {{spoiler|[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]] (2000)}}'': Professional carjacker steals [[Cool Car|'67 Shelby Mustang]] in order to prevent [[Doctor Who (TV)|The Doctor]] from killing his brother.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]}}'': A spoiled bitch and a lecherous scoundrel fight for chattel slavery to be made a subtitute against both wage slavery and the use of taxes to transfer money from one place to another. They're our heroes.
* '' {{spoiler|Good Bye Lenin!}}'': Woman falls into coma, [[The Great Politics Mess -Up|wakes up in another country]]. Her son tries to cover it up.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Goodfellas]]}}'': A kid gets a job parking cars for the people across the street and talks about the things his employers have him do.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Good Will Hunting]]}}'': A therapist, a mathematician, and working class roughs vie for the soul of a really smart janitor.
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** '' {{spoiler|[[Grindhouse]] - Death Proof}}'': Women who are tired of putting up with celebrities go and rent a car, kill Kurt Russell.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]}}'': A hit-man attends his ten-year reunion to get back together with his high school sweetheart.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]}}'': A journalist falls into a time loop, and kills himself and a woodchuck several times. Eventually he becomes enlightened.
** Or: Big town weatherman experiences small-town life.
 
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