# Movies with the same plot.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839 "2010-08-20T05:16:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839/121 "2011-08-19T08:39:59Z")

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college kids disappear and all that is found is a video tape to show what happened.

blair witch-\>evil things

I am so tired of seeing the shaky handheld movies still coming out

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839/122 "2011-08-19T13:12:54Z")

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Here’s what Cecil says on the limited number of plots:

> **[What are the seven basic literary plots?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343503/what-are-the-seven-basic-literary-plots)**

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**Author:** ![Melysnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Melysnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melysnl)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839/123 "2011-08-23T23:40:53Z")

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Back to the Future and The Butterfly Effect

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-same-plot/550839/124 "2011-08-24T11:21:21Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> Here’s what Cecil says on the limited number of plots:
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> [What are the seven basic literary plots? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2366/what-are-the-seven-basic-literary-plots)

And here’s [Roger Ebert’s list](http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm) of predictable and overused film devices (most, but not all, plot-related.)

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