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| ''[[Dante's Peak]]'' || ''[[Volcano]]'' ||Movies about volcanoes! The former is set in a small town, and is [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|very loosely based on the Mt. St. Helens explosion]]. The latter is set in Los Angeles and is therefore much crazier in scale. ||As above, not ''exactly'' imitations, but these were both released around the same time and dueled each other with very similar plots. The former, incidentally, is considered notable for being one of the few popcorn disaster movies that actually [[Shown Their Work|tries for scientific accuracy]]. ||Surprisingly, ''Dante's Peak'' won, with $6 million more in box office receipts. ''Volcano'' gets the consolation prize of being shown on cable much more often. Heck, it's probably on right now somewhere!
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| ''[[Twister]]'' || ''[[Tornado]][[Excited Show Title!|!]]'', ''[[Night of the Twisters]]'' || Yes, three films all dealing with tornadoes - ''Twister'' being a major Hollywood production, while the other two were [[Made for TV Movie|made for TV movies]]. || ''[[Twister]]'' was directed by Jan [[De Bont]] of ''[[Speed]]'' fame and co-written by [[Jurassic Park|Michale Crichton]] while ''Tornado!'' was written by [[The Last Samurai|John]] [[The Aviator|Logan]]. ''Night of the Twisters'' was based on a novel which was [[Based on a True Story]]. || Pretty much as expected: Hollywood won with ''Twister'' grossing over $200 million. The other two pretty much faded into footnotes; however, ''Night of the Twisters'' was able to outlast ''Tornado!'' thanks to more repeats on television. ''Twister'' still gets more showings on TV while the others do not.
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| ''[[Dark City]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'' || ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]'', ''[[eXistenZ]]'' ||Each film centered around reality not being really real and [[It Was His Sled|just a simulation]] in the future, albeit for different reasons and created by different sources. ||Of course, the Matrix was a huge blockbuster, while ''Thirteenth Floor'' was viewed to be a copy. It's really not, as the two movies have almost nothing in common. The same applies to ''[[eXistenZ]]'', but with a generous helping of [[Body Horror]]. ||''[[The Matrix]]'' by a country mile. It re-used the exact same sets and camera angles as the previous ''[[Dark City]]'', causing much consternation by fans of the latter film such as [[Roger Ebert]].
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| ''Can't Stop the Music'' || ''[[Xanadu]]'' || 1980 disco musicals, each with a $20 million budget, that double as [[Non-Actor Vehicle|non-actor vehicles]]. Both involve alumni of the 1978 blockbuster ''[[Grease]]'': producer Allan Carr and screenwriter Bronte Woodard with the former, and lead actress Olivia Newton-John with the latter. (Carr wanted Newton-John for the female lead in ''Can't Stop'', but it didn't work out.) || The former fictionalizes the creation and rise to stardom of [[The Village People]] and intertwines it with a romance between an uptight lawyer (Bruce Jenner) and a feisty ex-model (Valerie Perrine). The latter is a fantasy about a Greek Muse (Newton-John) who inspires a struggling artist (Michael Beck) to open a lavish roller disco; complications ensue when she falls in love with him. || ''Can't Stop'' opened in June, ''Xanadu'' in August -- either way, they were victims of the [[Deader Than Disco|"Disco Sucks" backlash]]. Both received wretched reviews and [[Star-Derailing Role|derailed the film careers]] of several of their leads. They inspired the very first Golden Raspberry Awards when they ran as a double feature; the former "won" Worst Picture and Screenplay, and the latter Worst Director. But ''Xanadu'' barely made back its budget, had a hit soundtrack, became a [[Camp]] classic via cable, and received an intentionally tongue-in-cheek [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] in 2007. ''Can't Stop the Music'' only grossed $2 million and sounded the death knell for [[The Village People]]'s popularity.
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| ''[[Legend (film)|Legend]]'' || ''[[Labyrinth]]'' || Big-budget, lavishly designed and special effects-heavy fantasies with a youthful hero/heroine and newfound fantastical companions on a quest to face off with a [[Big Bad]] and right a terrible wrong. A major plot point has the seductive, [[Large Ham]] villain (played by [[Tim Curry]] in the former, [[David Bowie]] in the latter) attempting to woo the leading lady. Both films share a cinematographer (Alex Thomson). While in the U.K. they were Christmas releases for 1985 and '86, respectively, the North American releases were but two months apart in the spring/summer of '86. || The two movies take [[
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| ''[[Para Norman]]'' || ''[[Frankenweenie]]'' || Battle of the stop-motion kids' horror movies 2012! || Norman [[I See Dead People|sees dead people]] (and zombies), is in color, and produced by the makers of ''[[Coraline]]'' while Victor [[Frankenstein's Monster|brought his dog back to life]], is [[Deliberately Monochrome]], and is a remake of director [[Tim Burton]]'s live-action [[Short Film]]. || If the trailers are any indication everyone wins.
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