# Amazingly Similar Movies that Premiered Within Weeks of Each Other

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**Created:** [July 15, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-similar-movies-that-premiered-within-weeks-of-each-other/312678 "2005-07-15T17:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-similar-movies-that-premiered-within-weeks-of-each-other/312678/61 "2005-07-24T04:53:33Z")

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:smack:

I meant to add, though, that they still have more in common than other movies listed, and still count, I would say.

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**Author:** ![lhovis73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-similar-movies-that-premiered-within-weeks-of-each-other/312678/62 "2005-07-24T17:15:09Z")

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**ArchiveGuy** points out that _Dr. Strangelove_ and _Fail-Safe_ are quite similar and came out in 1964. Let’s not forget _Seven Days in May_, which was released only a couple of weeks after _Dr. Strangelove_, and has the same basic plot (psychotic general attempts to trigger World War 3).

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