Favorite Twin Movie Offspring, Second Born
Twin films are movies with similar plots or themes developed by different studios at the same time. Some of these movies result from capitalizing on the timely relevance based on recent events or an anniversary. Other projects are the product of a script being shopped at different studios at the same time. Finally, some films are purposefully developed to piggyback and capitalize off the big budgeted marketing efforts of a competing studio. Whatever the reason, the result is usually a mad rush to be the first studio to release their film version in theaters.
Which of these similarly themed twin movie groups developed at the same time is your favorite movie pair?
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Which of these similarly themed twin movie groups developed at the same time is your favorite movie pair?
Vote in the companion poll: Triplet Movie Sets, Favorite Triple Play?
Take the First Born Twin Film Poll or Discuss the topic.
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- DirectorRob CohenStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerMichelle RodriguezLos Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to end it.Twin Films: The Fast and the Furious and Gone in 60 Seconds
Theme: Car-Centered Action/Crime Films - DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.Twin Films: Finding Nemo and A Shark's Tale
Theme: Anthropomorphic Fish Computer-Animated Films - DirectorJon FavreauStarsNeel SethiBill MurrayBen KingsleyAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.Twin Films: The Jungle Book and Mowgli
Theme: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book Films - DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura LinneyAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.Twin Films: The Truman Show and Ed TV
Theme: Man's Life Based 24-Hour-a-Day Reality TV Show Films - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Twin Films: Jurassic Park and Carnosaur
Theme: Genetically Created Dinosaur Films - DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Twin Films: Gone with the Wind and Jezebel
Theme: Southern Belle Centered American Civil War Films - DirectorPierre CoffinChris RenaudStarsSteve CarellJason SegelRussell BrandGru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.Twin Films: Despicable Me and Megamind
Theme: Supervillian Compter-Animated Films (Bad Childhood Created) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Twin Films: Jaws and Orca
Theme: Single-Minded Ocean Predator Films - DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.Twin Films: The Graduate and You're a Big Boy Now
Theme: Older Woman Pursuing Younger Man Films - DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.Twin Films: The Mummy and Tale of the Mummy
Theme: Re-Animated Mummy Killing Spree Films - 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Twin Films: Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe
Theme: Presidential Accidental Nuclear War Films - DirectorEric DarnellTom McGrathStarsChris RockBen StillerDavid SchwimmerA group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.Twin Films: Madagascar and The Wild
Theme: NYC's Central Park Zoo to the Wild Films - DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsDenzel WashingtonMarton CsokasChloë Grace MoretzA man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.Twin Films: The Equalizer and John Wick
Theme: Righteous Highly Trained Killer Protagonist Films - DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenDan O'HerlihyIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.Twin Films: Robocop and The Vindicator
Theme: Reconstructed Cyborg Cop Films - DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsViggo MortensenCharlize TheronKodi Smit-McPheeIn a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.Twin Films: The Road and Book of Eli
Theme: Post-Apocolyptic Man On-The-Road Films - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsTom HardyMichelle WilliamsRiz AhmedA failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.Twin Films: Venom and Upgrade
Theme: Enhanced Human Hosts/Intelligent Symbiotes Films - DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsLiam NeesonBradley CooperSharlto CopleyA group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.Twin Films:The A-Team and The Losers
Theme: Dishonored Military Operatives Redemption Films - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.Twin Films: Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth
Theme: Elizabethan Era Films (Queen Elizabeth/London) - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsSylvester StalloneBrian DennehyRichard CrennaA veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.Twin Films: First Blood and Some Kind of Hero
Theme: Vietnam War Vet Films (Difficulty Adjusting to Civilian Life) - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen GarfieldA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.Twin Films:The Conversation and Parallax View
Theme: Paranoid Assassination Thrillers - DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsKevin CostnerMorgan FreemanMary Elizabeth MastrantonioRobin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.Twin Films: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Robin Hood (1991)
Theme: Robin Hood Films - DirectorWalter HillStarsMichael BeckJames RemarDorsey WrightA street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.Twin Films: The Warriors and The Wanders
Theme: New York Teen Ethnic Gang Films - DirectorSteve CarrStarsKevin JamesKeir O'DonnellJayma MaysWhen a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.Twin Films: Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Observe and Report
Theme: Overweight Mall Cop Comedies - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsMichael FassbenderKate WinsletSeth RogenSteve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.Twin Films: Steve Jobs and Jobs
Theme: Steve Jobs Biopics - DirectorSacha GervasiStarsAnthony HopkinsHelen MirrenScarlett JohanssonThe relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.Twin Films: Hitchcock and The Girl
Theme: Alfred Hitchcock Biopics (Women in His Life) - DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsChris EvansRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett JohanssonPolitical involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.Twin Films: Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Theme: Superheroes Dispute Films (Expansive Superhero Line-ups) - DirectorSean EllisStarsJamie DornanCillian MurphyBrian CaspeBased on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.Twin Films: Anthropoid and The Man with an Iron Heart
Theme: Operation Anthropoid Films - DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonJessica ChastainKristen WiigAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.Twin Films: The Martian and Approaching the Unknown
Theme: Stranded Astronaut Films (Mars Mission ) - DirectorJames FrancoStarsJames FrancoDave FrancoAri GraynorWhen aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.Twin Films: The Disaster Artist and Best F(r)iends
Theme: Tommy Wiseau/Greg Sestero Friendship Biopics - DirectorChristopher LandonStarsTye SheridanLogan MillerJoey MorganThree scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.Twin Films: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Freaks of Nature
Theme: Zombie Horror Comedies - DirectorLucia AnielloStarsScarlett JohanssonKate McKinnonZoë KravitzThings go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party in Miami.Twin Films: Rough Night and Girls Trip
Theme: Girls Night Out Gown Awry Films - DirectorJill CultonTodd WildermanStarsChloe BennetAlbert TsaiTenzing Norgay TrainorThree teenagers must help a Yeti return to his family while avoiding a wealthy man and a zoologist who want him for their own needs.Twin Films: Abominable and Smallfoot
Theme: Yeti First Contact Computer-Animated Films - DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntJohn KrasinskiMillicent SimmondsA family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.Twin Films: A Quiet Place and The Silence
Theme: Sound Stalking Creatures Overtake the World Films - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsEwan McGregorHayley AtwellBronte CarmichaelA working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.Twin Films: Christopher Robin and Goodbye Christopher Robin
Theme: Christopher Robin Biopics - DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.Another Twin Movie Pair Not Listed
Twin Films: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) and Pinocchio (2022) (pictured example)
Theme: Both films are based on The Adventures of Pinocchio.
Added 05 February 2023