# "versus" movies
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972 "2022-08-02T13:14:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/1 "2022-08-02T13:14:05Z")
Kramer v. Kramer
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Godzilla vs. the Thing
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster
Alien vs. Predator
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Monsters vs, Aliens
Atom Man vs. Superman
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) seems to be one of the earliest
I like the SNL skit of Kramer vs. Godzilla
Any more? Any you find interesting or notable?
Oh, yeah – we just saw The Mitchells vs. the Machines
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/2 "2022-08-02T13:19:49Z")
I quite liked [vs.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4177018/reference/)
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/3 "2022-08-02T13:30:46Z")
Batman V Superman.
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/4 "2022-08-02T13:40:06Z")
Although “vs.” isn’t part of the movie title, I think “The One” deserves an honorable mention because the whole movie was about Jet Li’s character facing off against many other versions of himself in parallel universes. It came down to the good Jet Li, “Gabe”, vs. the ultimate villainous alter ego of himself, “Lawless”.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/5 "2022-08-02T13:46:05Z")
1958 – Earth vs The Spider
The title was shortened to, “The Spider,” for some reason.
2001 – Earth vs The Spider
TVM featuring Dan Aykroyd and John Cho. Rip-off of Spider Man.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/6 "2022-08-02T13:54:34Z")
Freddy vs Jason
Tucker and Dale vs Evil – Funny take on teen slasher films, well done of its type. Alan Tudyk stars.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/7 "2022-08-02T14:10:20Z")
Well, technically doesn’t count because it’s a series, but my favorite vs. is Ash vs. Evil Dead
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/8 "2022-08-02T14:18:08Z")
The People vs Larry Flynt – with Woody Harrelson
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/9 "2022-08-02T14:20:09Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zOPlGjJU0)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/10 "2022-08-02T14:28:37Z")
Eagle vs. Shark
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/11 "2022-08-02T14:38:27Z")
Where did this comes from?
It may not have “vs” in the title, but here’s the REAL Bambi meets Godzilla, by Marv Newland. accept no substitutes
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-rbzcEM8A)
His “Anijam” was great, too.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/12 "2022-08-02T14:41:37Z")
and there’s the original Shark vs. Octopus. Stills from this appeared in the **Wonders of Science** book I had as a kid, and it was spliced into Ray Harryhausen’s first solo film, _The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms_. One commenter noted that it showed up in the first _Flash Gordon_ serial, too
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-VxBbWJzeA)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/13 "2022-08-02T14:46:36Z")
Joe vs The Volcano
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/14 "2022-08-02T14:53:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Where did this comes from?
Marv’s version didn’t “meet” the terms of the OP, so I selected an homage with “vs” in the title. Marv is thanked in the credits.
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/15 "2022-08-02T14:54:56Z")
…and, of course, now there’s Godzilla vs. Kong
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/16 "2022-08-02T14:56:16Z")
Unfortunately, it’s _Cowboys and Aliens_. But they’re fighting, so it should really be _Cowboys vs. Aliens_
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/17 "2022-08-02T14:58:48Z")
…and one of the great unmade movies **King Kong vs. Frankenstein** (AKA **King Kong vs. Prometheus** )
[King Kong vs. Prometheus | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia](https://wikizilla.org/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Prometheus#:~:text=edit%20%7C%20edit%20source%5D-,King%20Kong%20vs.,Frankenstein's%20grandson%20in%20San%20Francisco).
> **[King Kong vs. Prometheus](https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/King_Kong_vs._Prometheus)**
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> King Kong vs. Prometheus is an unmade, but retooled King Kong film, having been turned into the 1962 classic, King Kong vs. Godzilla. King Kong vs. Frankenstein was a project originally conceived as a sequel to the 1933 film King Kong, with a...
> **[King Kong Vs. Frankenstein : The greatest Monster Movie never made! – Tales...](https://videostoretales.com/king-kong-vs-frankenstein-the-greatest-monster-movie-never-made/)**
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### Author:  [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/18 "2022-08-02T14:59:35Z")
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (was on over the weekend)
Sharktopus vs Pteracuda
Sharktopus vs Whalewolf
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### Author:  [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/19 "2022-08-02T14:59:36Z")
[The Mitchells vs. the Machines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mitchells_vs._the_Machines)
> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Unfortunately, it’s _Cowboys and Aliens_. But they’re fighting, so it should really be _Cowboys vs. Aliens_
I thought the title was a play on the title of the childhood game, “Cowboys and Indians.”
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972/20 "2022-08-02T15:02:59Z")
It’s not a movie, only a book, but the title is great
_Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula_ by Loren D. Estleman
He later wrote _Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Holmes._
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