Are you familiar with the concept of twin films, fellow puzzlers?
The basic idea involves the commercial release of two films with extremely similar plots or concepts being released in proximity to each other.
For example, if I described a 1998 global disaster film centered around an impending impact event that threatens to end most or all life on Earth, what film would you name?
You could answer Deep Impact or Armageddon and be correct either way. These are quintessential twin films.
So if I give you the year of release and a description, can you name the twin films that fit the clue?
Let’s find out, shall we?
Twin Films Film Festival Test!
- 1997: disaster films centered around volcanic eruptions
- 2012: loose adaptations of the fairy tale Snow White
- 2024: fourth installments of action-comedy franchises centered around African-American cops
- 2004: romantic comedy films about the rebellious daughter of the President of the United States
- 1999: supernatural horror films with a man and his relatives, experiencing a series of frightening visions and having the ability to interact with ghosts.
- 2017: films prominently feature the planning of the evacuation of Dunkirk.
- 1998: computer-animated films about insects, starring a non-conformist ant who falls in love with an ant princess, leaves the mound, eventually returns, and is hailed as a hero
- 2018/2019: computer-animated films about abominable snowmen making first contact with humans, both set in the Himalayas.
- 2006: films about 19th-century magicians
- 2022/2023: adolescent girls who transform into larger creatures under certain conditions.
- 1994/1995: films with drag queens going on a road trip across their country (in one case Australia, in the other, the United States) in a journey of self-discovery. Both have eight-word titles.
- 2023: films based on Dracula released by Universal Pictures
- 1999: 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.)
- 2010: films featuring a stereotypical villain as the protagonist
- 1996: alien invasion films where the earth is rapidly and suddenly overwhelmed, only to be defeated by a ragtag group with borrowed technology
- 2005/2006: computer-animated films involving similar animal characters from New York’s Central Park Zoo being introduced to the wild.
How many did you get? Let us know in the comments section below, we’d love to hear from you!
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