# Coincidental film releases

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-film-releases/651956 "2013-03-04T01:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-film-releases/651956/61 "2013-04-01T06:13:02Z")

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They’re called [Twin Films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films)  
There’s a whole list of them there,

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-film-releases/651956/62 "2013-04-01T06:27:13Z")

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Babe and Gordy prove that it’s no coincidence. Two similar actioners or thrillers? Sure. Two PIG movies!?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-film-releases/651956/63 "2013-04-01T06:40:58Z")

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[Dead Man on Campus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man_on_campus)is a 1998 dark comedy film starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tom Everett Scott. It centers on the urban legend that a student gets straight As if his or her roommate commits suicide (see pass by catastrophe). Two friends attempt to find a depressed roommate in order to push him over the edge and receive As.

[The Curve](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curve_%28film%29)is a 1998 thriller starring Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell and Michael Vartan … The story follows Tim, Chris and Rand who are campus roommates. After hearing of a school policy, which says that anyone whose roommate commits suicide gets an automatic 4.0 GPA (see: Pass by catastrophe), Tim and Chris plot to kill Rand and make it look like suicide

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-film-releases/651956/64 "2013-04-01T07:15:23Z")

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Speaking of Channing Tatum, [21 Jump Street](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Jump_Street_%28film%29) and [The Other Guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Guys) were very similar to each other.

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