Twin films

Not to be confused with Mockbuster.

Twin films are films with the same, or very similar, plot produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. The phenomenon can result from two or more production companies investing in similar scripts around the same time, resulting in a race to distribute the films to audiences. Some attribute twin films to industrial espionage, the movement of staff between studios, or that the same screenplays are sent to several film studios before being accepted. Another possible explanation is if the films deal with topical issues, such as volcanic eruptions, reality television, terrorist attacks or significant anniversaries, resulting in multiple discovery of the concept.

Screenwriter Terry Rossio notes that there are always multiple film projects with similar subjects being developed in multiple studios while usually only one of them makes it into production in a given period of time, and therefore twin films are better regarded as exceptions. In one case, for the 1974 film The Towering Inferno, the fear of having competing action thrillers, both set in a burning skyscraper, convinced two Hollywood studios to merge their productions into one (all-star) film.

While twin films usually are big budget films, a mockbuster can be made with a low budget, with similar titles, aesthetics or theme as blockbuster films. Mockbusters are usually given more limited release and marketing, intending to take advantage of the public interest in the topic driven by the major film.

Producer Bingham Ray recalls a conversation where the screenwriter of the 2006 Truman Capote biopic Infamous phoned to announce that his script had been finished. Ray said "I know, I've got it on my desk!" before realizing that he actually had the screenplay to Capote, a biopic by a different writer.

Notable examples

Notable examples of twin films are included in this list:

First film	Release date	Second film	Release date	Further info
The Rise of Catherine the Great	1934	The Scarlet Empress	1934	Both are about Catherine the Great.
Jezebel	1938	Gone with the Wind	1939	William Wyler's Jezebel (1938) was reportedly created for Bette Davis when she failed to win the highly coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Both films were about feisty, independent Southern belles during the American Civil War.
Young Mr. Lincoln	1939	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	1940	Both are about Abraham Lincoln.
Oscar Wilde	1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	1960	Both are about the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde.
Dr. Strangelove	1964	Fail-Safe	1964	Both deal with the concept of accidental nuclear war, although Dr. Strangelove is satire, while Fail-Safe is a drama.
Harlow	1965	Harlow	1965	Both were based on the life story of Jean Harlow.
You're a Big Boy Now	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.
Yours, Mine and Ours	1968	With Six You Get Eggroll	1968	Both movies deal with widowed parents marrying and combining both of their families.
Leo the Last	1970	The Landlord	1970	Both deal with issues of class and race and feature an upper-class white man who moves into a lower-class black neighborhood and gets involved with the residents.
The Strawberry Statement	1970	Getting Straight	1970	Also The Revolutionary and R. P. M. (1970). All are dramas about campus revolt.
Bloody Mama	1970	The Grissom Gang	1971	Both based on the life story of Ma Barker.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	1971	Shaft	1971	Both are frequently credited as the earliest examples of the blaxploitation genre.
Godspell	1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	1973	Both adaptations of Broadway musicals based on the life of Jesus Christ.
The Gambler	1974	California Split	1974	Both portray Jewish protagonists addicted to gambling on a downward spiral.
The Conversation	1974	The Parallax View	1974	Also Executive Action (1973). All are paranoid thrillers about an assassination.
Cannonball	1976	The Gumball Rally	1976	Both about the same illegal cross-country race.
Go Tell the Spartans	1978	Coming Home	1978	Also The Deer Hunter (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979). All are about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
The Warriors	1979	The Wanderers	1979	Both are about gang wars between New York teenage street gangs of various ethnicities.
Nosferatu the Vampyre	1979	Dracula	1979	Also Love At First Bite (1979). All are based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
The Amityville Horror	1979	The Shining	1980	Both are supernatural horror films about a family moving into a building where a previous family of tenants has been murdered, in which the father "becomes" the previous murderer, ultimately attacking his family with an axe.
Border Cop	1979	Borderline	1980	Also The Border (1982); All involve border patrol or immigration enforcement agents that have dangerous encounters with criminals.
The Howling	1981	Wolfen	1981	Also An American Werewolf In London (1981); All either involve werewolves or supernatural wolf-like creatures.
Porky's	1981	The Last American Virgin	1982	Also Screwballs and Losin' It (both 1983); All are sex comedies depicting a group of young male friends trying to lose their respective virginities or perform another sexually related mission.
Some Kind of Hero	1982	First Blood	1982	Both feature a Vietnam War vet who returns home who then has trouble adjusting to civilian life.
Carmen	1983	Carmen	1984	Both are adaptations of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen.
Octopussy	1983	Never Say Never Again	1983	Both films feature slightly older than usual versions of the fictional super-spy, James Bond as played by actors who had played him in multiple past Bond films (Roger Moore and Sean Connery respectively). Both films are based on older prose stories authored or co-authored by Ian Fleming; Octopussy was based on the short story of the same name and 'The Property of a Lady' and Never Say Never Again was based on Thunderball.
Wild Style	1983	Beat Street	1984	Both are well-received golden age hip hop films, focusing on all four pillars of hip hop culture. See also 1983 documentary, Style Wars, focusing on graffiti and to a lesser extent breakdancing; 1984 film Breakin' focused largely on breakdancing; 1985's Krush Groove, a fictionalized retelling of the founding of Def Jam, focused more on and rap music. Many overlapping performers appear in the films, such as the Rock Steady Crew in Wild Style, Style Wars, and Beat Street.
Country	1984	The River	1984	Also Places in the Heart (1984); All are about the difficulties faced by family farms.
Dreamscape	1984	A Nightmare On Elm Street	1984	Both are about people entering the dreams of others and being able to kill them in real-life by killing them in their dreams.
Gremlins	1984	Ghoulies	1985	Also Critters (1986). All involve small destructive, evil creatures.
Rambo: First Blood Part II	1985	Commando	1985	Also Missing in Action (1984). All are one-man army action films.
The Return of the Living Dead	1985	Day of the Dead	1985	Both are zombie movies, released almost simultaneously, and arising from the collaboration between John Russo and George A. Romero on Night of the Living Dead.
Weird Science	1985	Real Genius	1985	Also My Science Project (1985). All feature teens dabbling in mad science and winding up in over their heads.
Back to the Future	1985	Peggy Sue Got Married	1986	Both feature protagonists who go back in time and meet high school versions of their family members, played by the same actors.
Fright Night	1985	Vamp	1986	Also The Lost Boys and Near Dark (1987); All are vampire films involving teenage characters.
Top Gun	1986	Iron Eagle	1986	Both are films about fighter pilots.
An American Tail	1986	The Great Mouse Detective	1986	Both are animated feature films featuring mice.
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	1986	The Transformers: The Movie	1986	Both are animated feature films derived from TV cartoons based on toy lines about transforming robots.
The Vindicator	1986	RoboCop	1987	Both are about an innocent man who is left mutilated and near-dead by villains, is reconstructed into a cyborg by a special-weapons company, and seeks revenge on the people responsible for his fate.
Gothic	1986	Haunted Summer	1988	Also Rowing with the Wind (1988). All are set in 1816 when Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley and John William Polidori spend a summer in the isolated Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva.
Link	1986	Monkey Shines	1988	Both are horror-films with primates as the antagonist.
The Secret of My Succe$s	1987	Working Girl	1988	Both are about people starting new lower-level jobs in New York City, pretending to be executives, coming up with great ideas regarding takeovers, and getting the girl/guy that was "out of their league".
Like Father, Like Son	1987	Big	1988	Also Vice Versa, 18 Again! and 14 Going on 30 (1988); all portray boys who transform into, or who switch bodies with, adult men.
Dangerous Liaisons	1988	Valmont	1989	Both are adaptations of the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Dangerous Liaisons being based on the recently successful stage play of Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton.
K-9	1989	Turner & Hooch	1989	Both are buddy cop-dog films about a police officer who gets a dog for a partner.
DeepStar Six	1989	Leviathan	1989	Also The Abyss, The Evil Below, Lords of the Deep and The Rift (1989); all are underwater thrillers involving explorers discovering strange new (and in most of the movies hostile) creatures in the ocean.
The Forbidden Dance	1990	Lambada	1990	Both are films that centre around the dance, the Lambada. See also 1990's Lambada, also known as Rhythm and Passion, a third similar film from Brazil and Italy.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	Robin Hood	1991	Both are based on the legend of Robin Hood.
The Super	1991	Life Stinks	1991	Both are about ruthless upper-class white men who are forced to live in an urban slum.
December Bride	1991	The Playboys	1992	Both films tell of a young Irish woman in a small rural community who decides to have a child out of wedlock.
Point Break	1991	Stone Cold	1991	Also Beyond the Law (1992). All are stunt heavy, action-crime films where an undercover cop must infiltrate a criminal organization while being berated by their superiors.
1492: Conquest of Paradise	1992	Christopher Columbus: The Discovery	1992	Both are about Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas in 1492.
Fear of a Black Hat	1993	CB4	1993	Both are hip hop parodies, Fear of a Black Hat is a mockumentary, and both films largely parody N.W.A, among other popular acts.
Mad Dog and Glory	1993	Indecent Proposal	1993	Both films involve a man buying a woman who is not a prostitute for a short period of time and a large amount of money.
Hard Target	1993	Surviving the Game	1994	Both are modern-day action-adventure thrillers that are heavily inspired by The Most Dangerous Game.
Tombstone	1993	Wyatt Earp	1994	Both are Wyatt Earp biopics.
Rookie of the Year	1993	Little Big League	1994	Both are films in which a 12-year-old boy becomes involved in Major League Baseball.
Kalifornia	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.
Three of Hearts	1993	Threesome	1994	Both films involve a love triangle between a heterosexual, a homosexual and a bisexual.
Terminal Velocity	1994	Drop Zone	1994	Both are action films that involve skydiving.
The Air Up There	1994	The Scout	1994	Both films are about a desperate American scout who thinks he found an extraordinary talent in an unlikely foreign locale, but bringing the player to stardom has unthought-of difficulties and the scout learns life lessons from the player he is supposed to be developing.
Camp Nowhere	1994	Heavyweights	1995	Both movies take place at summer camp and include a preteen protagonist who's initially reluctant to go.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	1994	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	1995	Both have the plot of drag queens going on a road trip across their continent (in one case Australia, in the other, the United States), in a journey of self-discovery.
Street Fighter	1994	Mortal Kombat	1995	Also Double Dragon (1994). All are martial arts action adventure films based on video game franchises.
Braveheart	1995	Rob Roy	1995	Also The Bruce (1996); All are adventure/war biopics set in Scotland.
Babe	1995	Gordy	1995	Both are family films starring piglets.
A Kid in King Arthur's Court	1995	Kids of the Round Table	1995	Both involve a modern American boy who encounters characters from Arthurian legend, leading the boy to experience adventure and an increase in self-confidence.
Showgirls	1995	Striptease	1996	Both are erotic drama films centered around a lead character involved in the stripper profession.
Powder	1995	Phenomenon	1996	Both tell the story of a man with telepathic powers that make him an outcast in a small town.
The Craft	1996	Little Witches	1996	Both are films about young teenage outcasts becoming witches.
Executive Decision	1996	Air Force One	1997	Both are films about terrorists hijacking a plane and a rescue team saving the passengers and defeating the terrorists.
Dante's Peak	1997	Volcano	1997	Both are disaster films centered around volcanic eruptions.
The Jackal	1997	The Assignment	1997	Both are action thrillers dealing with assassins called "Jackal."
Kundun	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.
Murder at 1600	1997	Absolute Power	1997	Both films center around a Washington, D.C. murder investigation involving the President/at the White House.
The House of Yes	1997	The Myth of Fingerprints	1997	Both films center around dysfunctional families gathering for Thanksgiving.
Prefontaine	1997	Without Limits	1998	Both are biographical sports films about distance runner Steve Prefontaine.
Antz	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.
Deep Impact	1998	Armageddon	1998	Also Doomsday Rock (1997), Asteroid (1997), Judgment Day (1999), 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. Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 had impacted Jupiter in 1994.
Saving Private Ryan	1998	The Thin Red Line	1998	Both are prestige dramas about World War II.
Dead Man on Campus	1998	The Curve	1998	Both films involve college students attempting to utilize pass by catastrophe.
54	1998	Last Days of Disco	1998	Both films are set again the backdrop of the waning disco era of the late 1970s.
The Truman Show	1998	Ed TV	1999	Both are films in which a man's life is a 24-hour-a-day TV show.
Tale of the Mummy	1998	The Mummy	1999	Both are about mummies coming back to life and killing people.
Dark City	1998	The Matrix	1999	Also The Thirteenth Floor and eXistenZ (1999); all are science fiction films involving the theme of whether the world is real or an illusion. All except for Dark City involve virtual reality in a computer system.
Entrapment	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. (Coincidentally, the male lead in both films is also played by an actor who has portrayed James Bond.)
End of Days	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.
The Haunting	1999	House on Haunted Hill	1999	Both are horror films in which a group of strangers are brought under false pretenses to spend a night in a haunted house. Both based on original works from 1959 with similar names, the novel The Haunting of Hill House and the film House on Haunted Hill, respectively.
The Legend of the Titanic	1999	Titanic: The Legend Goes On	2000	Both are Italian animated films involving the maiden voyage and sinking of the Titanic. Both these films involve a romantic relationship between a young man and woman of different social backgrounds, and both feature anthropomorphic talking mice who are emigrating to America, as well as other talking animals.
Bicentennial Man	1999	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	2001	Both are science fiction films dealing with the theme of humanoid robots seeking to experience emotion and be human. Both are also adapted from works of prominent sci-fi authors; Isaac Asimov and Brian Aldiss respectively. See also I, Robot.
Pokémon: The First Movie	1999	Digimon: The Movie	2000	Both are animes adapted from media franchises involving pocket sized monsters
The Road to El Dorado	2000	The Emperor's New Groove	2000	Both are historical animated comedies set in what is now Latin America.
Scary Movie	2000	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth	2000	Both are horror movie spoofs.
Mission to Mars	2000	Red Planet	2000	Both are science fiction adventure films about expeditions to Mars.
Wonder Boys	2000	Finding Forrester	2000	Both are films involving a writer and his friendship with a student.
Gone in 60 Seconds	2000	The Fast and the Furious	2001	Both are action crime films in which cars are an important part of the plot.
The Score	2001	Heist	2001	Both are crime thriller films involving a major robbery.
Autumn In New York	2000	Sweet November	2001	Both films center on free-spirited young women who are diagnosed with terminal illnesses set against the fall backdrop.
Shrek	2001	Monsters, Inc.	2001	Both are computer-animated films that tell stories about monsters (the two movies were even nominated for an Academy Award).
Joe Dirt	2001	Run Ronnie Run!	2002	Both are crude humor stories about lovable-ish rednecks. There are jokes that are nearly identical in each movie. However, Run Ronnie Run! is based on a Mr. Show with Bob and David character that first appeared in 1995.
Stealing Harvard	2002	Orange County	2002	Both are comedy films about someone resorting to drastic measures in order to obtain acceptance to, or tuition for, a prestigious college.
Liberty Stands Still	2002	Phone Booth	2002	Both movies revolve around people who answer a ringing phone in a public place and are held hostage there by a sniper who has an agenda.
Treasure Planet	2002	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	2003	Both are traditionally-animated films about pirates that set sail. However, they're both box office failures.
Finding Nemo	2003	Shark Tale	2004	Both are computer-animated films that take place in the ocean and center around anthropomorphic fish characters.
Freddy vs. Jason	2003	Alien vs. Predator	2004	Both feature horror icons from the '80s fighting against each other, while humans end up in the crossfire.
Chasing Liberty	2004	First Daughter	2004	Both are romantic comedy films about the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States.
The Cave	2005	The Descent	2005	Both are horror films in which people encounter deadly creatures in a cave system.
Red Eye	2005	Flightplan	2005	Both are thriller films set on airplanes.
War of the Worlds	2005	H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds	2005	Both are adaptations of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.
Sky High	2005	Zoom	2006	Both are about kids training to become superheroes.
Madagascar	2005	The Wild	2006	Both are computer-animated films involving similar animal characters from New York's Central Park Zoo being introduced to the wild. See The Wild#Madagascar similarities.
Capote	2005	Infamous	2006	Both are dramas about Truman Capote and the writing of In Cold Blood.
Beowulf & Grendel	2005	Beowulf	2007	Both are fantasy adventure films based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
Zzyzx	2006	Zyzzyx Road	2006	Both are thrillers about people trying to hide a dead body on Zzyzx Road in California
United 93	2006	Flight 93	2006	Both are dramas about United Airlines Flight 93.
The Prestige	2006	The Illusionist	2006	Both are films about 19th-century magicians.
Over The Hedge	2006	Open Season	2006	Both are computer-animated films about wild animals who are at war with humans.
Happy Feet	2006	Surf's Up	2007	Both are Computer-animated family comedy films about penguins.
The Zodiac	2006	Zodiac	2007	Also Curse of the Zodiac (2007); All are films based on the story of the Zodiac Killer.
An American Crime	2007	The Girl Next Door	2007	Both are based on the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens.
27 Dresses	2008	Made of Honor	2008	Both are romantic comedies centering on weddings and loyal friends taking part as bridesmaids.
Coco Chanel	2008	Coco Before Chanel	2009	Also Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009). All are related to French fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Eagle Eye	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.
Repo! The Genetic Opera	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.
Observe and Report	2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	2009	Both are comedy films about an overweight mall cop.
Gamer	2009	Surrogates	2009	Also Avatar (2009); all are science fiction films in which people control physical remotely-operated bodies.
Knowing	2009	2012	2009	Both are science fiction disaster films about the end of the world.
The Road	2009	The Book of Eli	2010	Both films are set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the main characters try to survive by travelling.
Armored	2009	Takers	2010	Both are stylized, action-crime robbery thrillers. Matt Dillon stars in both films.
The A-Team	2010	The Losers	2010	Both are fast-paced action films about dishonored military operatives seeking redemption and revenge after being betrayed on a secret mission. In addition, both are based on pre-existing series from other mediums (one is based on a television show and the other a comic book).
Despicable Me	2010	Megamind	2010	Both are computer-animated films about super-villains who turned evil because of bad upbringings, finding themselves seduced to the good side to defeat an even worse villain.
Skyline	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.
The Bounty Hunter	2010	One for the Money	2012	Both are films about a bounty hunter and going after a former love interest.
No Strings Attached	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.
War of the Buttons	2011	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.
The Raid	2011	Dredd	2012	Both films deal with a law enforcement officer infiltrating a tall residential building in pursuit of a crimelord, wherein the crimelord attempts to turn the residents against the officer.
Extraterrestrial	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.
Quartet	2012	A Late Quartet	2012	Both are about the members of a string quartet facing old age.
The Girl	2012	Hitchcock	2012	Both are Alfred Hitchcock biopics.
Mirror Mirror	2012	Snow White and the Huntsman	2012	Both are Snow White films.
Zero Dark Thirty	2012	Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden	2012	Both films are about the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Battleship	2012	Pacific Rim	2013	Both involve the invasion of Earth by extraterrestrials that are fought at sea. The protagonist also loses his brother in combat during both movies.
Upside Down	2012	Patema Inverted	2013	Both are a romance between characters of twin worlds, each with gravity opposite to the other.
The Other Son	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.
A Hijacking	2012	Captain Phillips	2013	Both are about a pirate attack on a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia.
Jobs	2013	Steve Jobs	2015	Both are Steve Jobs biopics.
Olympus Has Fallen	2013	White House Down	2013	Both are action films about terrorist attacks on the White House.
Oblivion	2013	After Earth	2013	Both films include a protagonist who must fight for survival on a post-apocalyptic Earth.
This Is the End	2013	The World's End	2013	Also Rapture-Palooza (2013); all are apocalyptic comedy films.
Rush	2013	Snake and Mongoose	2013	Both are biopics about a pair of racecar drivers and their rivalries.
The Double	2013	Enemy	2013	Both are about a man who finds his physical doppelgänger in a seemingly totalitarian state.
The Machine	2013	Automata	2014	Also Transcendence (2014), Uncanny (2015), and Ex Machina (2015); All are science fiction films involving robots and/or artificial intelligence.
Yves Saint Laurent	2014	Saint Laurent	2014	Both are Yves Saint Laurent biopics.
Hercules	2014	The Legend of Hercules	2014	Also Hercules Reborn (2014); All are about Hercules.
The Equalizer	2014	John Wick	2014	Both films involve a highly trained protagonist who seeks vengeance through killing.
Life After Beth	2014	Burying the Ex	2014	Also Warm Bodies (2013). All three are romantic comedies involving zombies.
This Is Where I Leave You	2014	August: Osage County	2014	Both movies involve dysfunctional families reuniting after the death of the patriarch.
Unfriended	2014	Friend Request	2016	Both are horror films with plots centered around social media.
Labyrinth of Lies	2014	The People vs. Fritz Bauer	2015	Also Die Akte General (2016). All are films depicting the effort which led to the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials by a group of prosecutors headed by Fritz Bauer.
Moonwalkers	2015	Operation Avalanche	2016	Both are films based on Moon landing conspiracy theories.
The Beauty Inside	2015	Every Day	2018	Both are a romance between a woman and a spirit who wakes up every day in a different body.
Marguerite	2015	Florence Foster Jenkins	2016	Both films are based on Florence Foster Jenkins' life.
The Martian	2015	Approaching the Unknown	2016	Both are about a man who is stranded in space on a mission to Mars and has to figure out a way to survive.
Spectre	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. Paramount had to advance the release date of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to avoid conflicting with Spectre.
Freaks of Nature	2015	Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse	2015	Both are comedy horror films involving zombies.
Coming Through the Rye	2015	Rebel in the Rye	2017	Both are films about J. D. Salinger.
Other People	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.
Christine	2016	Kate Plays Christine	2016	Both are films about Christine Chubbuck, though Kate Plays Christine is a documentary about the acting process.
Captain Fantastic	2016	The Glass Castle	2017	Both are about a large family who lives secluded from the civilized world and deal with its moral ramifications.
Zootopia	2016	Sing	2016	All are animated movies set in modern cities populated by anthropomorphic animals.
The Boss Baby	2016	Storks	2017	Both films explain the origin, delivery, and business of newborn babies.
Anthropoid	2016	The Man with the Iron Heart	2017	Both films are about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
The Jungle Book	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.
Churchill	2017	Darkest Hour	2017	Both are films about Winston Churchill. Also, the TV film Churchill's Secret (2016) is about Winston Churchill.
Darkest Hour	2017	Dunkirk	2017	Both films are about planning of the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Goodbye Christopher Robin	2017	Christopher Robin	2018	Both films are about the life of Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne's son Christopher Robin.
Crowhurst	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".
U – July 22	2018	22 July	2018	Both are dramas based on the 2011 Utøya, Norway massacre.
Sink or Swim	2018	Swimming with Men	2018	Both are about a man who is facing a midlife crisis and joins an all-male synchronised swimming team.
Upgrade	2018	Venom	2018	Both are films about intelligent symbiotes, which are attached to and talk to their human host, giving the human enhanced powers and abilities, but gradually take control of the host. Respective stars Logan Marshall-Green and Tom Hardy are also noted to be physically similar.
Smallfoot	2018	Abominable	2019	Both are computer-animated films about abominable snowmen making first contact with humans and are both set in the Himalayas.
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich	2018	The Happytime Murders	2018	Both are dark comedies featuring puppets.
A Quiet Place	2018	The Silence	2019	Both involve the world coming under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey by sound.
Beautiful Boy	2018	Ben Is Back	2018	Both are melodramas about a family with a teenage son facing a drug addiction.
Skate Kitchen	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.
Fyre Fraud	2019	Fyre	2019	Both are documentaries about the Fyre Festival.
A Dog's Journey	2019	The Art of Racing in the Rain	2019	Both are films about a dog's life in their owner's lives and are narrated and seen through the eyes of the dogs.

Other meanings

One story from two perspectives

The term "twin films" has also been used for films produced by the same production company with the purpose of telling the same story from two different points of view:

• Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964) and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964) use the same cast to tell the same story from two different points of view.
• The World War II films Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) are about the Battle of Iwo Jima, told from the perspective of United States Marines and Japanese soldiers.

Multiple-language films

The term "twin films" has also been used for multiple-language versions of films:

• Raavan (2010) and Raavanan (2010) use similar casts filming the scenes in both Hindi and Tamil.