Top 20 Most Copied Movies

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  • The influence of these movies and franchises on cinema history cannot be overstated. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most influential movies that either created a genre or inspired endless copycats in their wake. Our countdown of the most copied movies includes “Pulp Fiction”, "The Matrix", "Die Hard", “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope”, and more! Do you prefer these original films or their copycats? Let us know in the comments below!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Před 16 dny +15

    Do you prefer these original films or their copycats? Let us know in the comments below!
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    • @underland1983
      @underland1983 Před 15 dny +2

      You forgot Enter the Dragon. After Bruce Lee died came Bruceploitation. Everybody wanted to make kung fu, and found their own Bruce Lee lookalike.

    • @tarryteeth
      @tarryteeth Před 15 dny +1

      Please do top 20. Copycat tv cartoon shows

    • @mojo3318
      @mojo3318 Před 15 dny

      Original films.

    • @erzaender
      @erzaender Před 15 dny

      godzilla and the matrix

    • @aramusbolden1780
      @aramusbolden1780 Před 9 dny

      😅😢

  • @alejandronajera728
    @alejandronajera728 Před 15 dny +23

    The Dark Knight was way ahead of it's time than any other superhero films.👍

  • @EdinMike
    @EdinMike Před 15 dny +14

    I still laugh uncontrollably sometimes at Airplane and I must have seen it dozens of times. Leslie Nielsen was something else ! 😂

    • @Idontwant1
      @Idontwant1 Před 15 dny +1

      Surely you just????
      No I’m not. And don’t call me Shirley!!!
      Lol that was hilarious

    • @slothreacts34
      @slothreacts34 Před 15 dny

      That inflatable co pilot had some fun in that movie

  • @manchesterunitedno7
    @manchesterunitedno7 Před 15 dny +7

    Gosh, still fresh in my memory just after The Matrix came out. Suddenly, Cybergoth's style became cool. Countless imitations copied the aesthetic from the movie Surge Up. Advertising, music videos, and copycat movies, from the 99s to the 00s.
    Sure long black trenchcoats, cool shade, and goth sensibilities weren't new in the '90s. From the period aesthetics such as Dracula, Interview With The Vampire, to more modern The Crow, Dark City, Strange Days, and especially Blade preceded it. But The Matrix made it cool as hell.

  • @ruuddekoff1090
    @ruuddekoff1090 Před 15 dny +6

    How "The exorcist" didn't make it into this list is beyond me.

    • @albertPI007
      @albertPI007 Před 15 dny +2

      I don't know if there are so many horrors movies that includes exorcism.

  • @sarahpettipher1759
    @sarahpettipher1759 Před 13 dny +2

    You picked the wrong Batman series, Tim Burton is the one who showed how to make dark superhero movies. The first two he directed were incredible

  • @kleine.5438
    @kleine.5438 Před 15 dny +2

    Why wasn't King Kong(mainly this one), Dracula, Frankenstein, werewolf movies, Men in Black, The Terminator or The exorcist in this list

  • @matteomascaropennacchi2220

    Honorable mentions, Redhosaurus from the beast from50000 phantoms in 1953, after this film, Toho decided not only creating Godzilla based on ww2 but also Based on Redhosaurus

  • @Toledotourbillion
    @Toledotourbillion Před 15 dny +5

    How about Rebel without a cause? That started the whole antihero angst genre.

  • @madtheghost337
    @madtheghost337 Před 15 dny +4

    Me: I should go to sleep freals
    Watchmojo: Top 20 most copied movies-
    Me: Okay!!

  • @vincecramer7950
    @vincecramer7950 Před 15 dny +4

    I don't understand why y'all don't do research on the dates of movies Belleville mountain 1999 Lord of the rings didn't come out till 2001

  • @grayshigami6797
    @grayshigami6797 Před 14 dny +1

    Shrek has defined the humor of animated movies this century as well as having an unlikely hero and his charismatic sidekick

  • @competitionglen
    @competitionglen Před 15 dny +3

    Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket for war films. Saving pte Ryan, Dunkirk War Horse.

  • @MrMagyar5
    @MrMagyar5 Před 15 dny

    Excellent list. Agreed on all points. These were the genre defining films.

  • @waittillfamewtf2385
    @waittillfamewtf2385 Před 15 dny +4

    "Basic Instinct" (1992)

  • @DieseNerdInhalte
    @DieseNerdInhalte Před 15 dny +2

    what i miss : Gladiator and %Black Hawk Down (kind of camera)

  • @2neetoon
    @2neetoon Před 15 dny +1

    With the way some of us have been copied, it's weird to hear it being called out.

  • @kali3665
    @kali3665 Před 13 dny +1

    The joke was Goldfinger inspired more copycats WITHIN the James Bond canon! Yet another reason why Goldfinger is STILL considered by many to be the finest Bond film ever made.

  • @SpencerM180
    @SpencerM180 Před 15 dny +16

    Late at night, bro

  • @Gor85
    @Gor85 Před 15 dny +1

    So many fantastic ones. Hard to choose in order. Dark Knight,LOTR,Matrix,Jaws,Alien,A New Hope,The Godfather,Die Hard,A New Hope,Rocky,Halloween. I believe how Psycho is so influential. Deserving number 1. I like these,the originals. Great video

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan Před 15 dny +1

    The Drak Knight is an amazing movie, but I don't think it was nearly as influential as most movies on this list, outside of other DC live action movies. In contrast, something like Guardians of the Galaxy did so well that its director is now in charge of all the DC movies.

  • @rrqkuaci
    @rrqkuaci Před 12 dny +1

    blade runner ? that movie basically created cyberpunk sub-genre, harry potter movies also inspired many studio to adapting young-adult novel series

  • @TheWorldMemeDatabase
    @TheWorldMemeDatabase Před 15 dny +1

    While the books were influenced by LOTR (Tolkien and Lewis were friends), the movie adaptations of Chronicles of Narnia exist primarily due to the success of Harry Potter, not LOTR. LOTR targets a slightly older demographic than Harry Potter and Narnia after it.

  • @granger2malfoy
    @granger2malfoy Před 15 dny +2

    Okay... maybe I am missing something, but what about the first musicals, or first mystery movies, or Alfred Hitchcock movie ... I forget which one was first... wizard of oz... disney snow white... your list is a bit lacking..

  • @kennethferrari5232
    @kennethferrari5232 Před 14 dny

    The Color Purple which redefined familial drama, influencing movies such as Steel Magnolias, Mystic Pizza and Beloved. The Princess Bride was an influence on kids sword and sorcery such as The Never ending story and Willow.

  • @whitedevil2
    @whitedevil2 Před 14 dny +1

    excuse me, but the "drastically dark shift in tone" for comic book movies started with Tim Burton's Batman, not Christopher Nolan.

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max Před 15 dny

    ... a seriously high bar for competition... That is the best description of Nolan's work.

  • @greggkrueger
    @greggkrueger Před 15 dny +2

    Star Wars even copied itself in the force awakens

  • @mojo3318
    @mojo3318 Před 15 dny +1

    I've seen "The Matrix", "Jurassic Park", and some of "The Dark Knight". "The Matrix" came out the same year I was born!

  • @Heavymetallord1
    @Heavymetallord1 Před 14 dny

    One movie you forgot is the 1968 Movie Bullitt, before that movie car chases were quirky and goofy (ex: it's a mad mad mad world) but after Bullitt car chases became more gritty, exciting, and grounded in reality. Examples include Gone in 60 seconds (the original), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing Point, and The French Connection
    Even comedic car chases took a more grounded approach mixing it with cartoon style goofiness (ex: Smokey and the Bandit, The Dukes of Hazzard, and The Blues Brothers)
    And it was all thanks to Bullitt

  • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
    @Jeremiah_Rivers76 Před 15 dny +1

    In terms of the _Star Wars_ franchise versus movies that copied it, like Zack Snyder’s _Rebel Moon_ movies, I’ll always go with the former. Accept no substitutes.

  • @eugeniapatroncosta920
    @eugeniapatroncosta920 Před 15 dny +1

    Die Hard, The Dark Knight and the Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King are my favourites.

  • @CaptainMcTubeSnoot
    @CaptainMcTubeSnoot Před 15 dny +1

    Pinocchio?
    Frankenstein?
    Taken?
    King Kong?

  • @tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500

    Pulp Fiction is one of my all-time favorite movies 🎉
    Jaws and Halloween definitely scared the crap out of me back in the day!

  • @FRN2013
    @FRN2013 Před 14 dny

    The Ten Commandments, Indiana Jones, Shrek, King Kong, Wizard of Oz.

  • @Bathorypriest
    @Bathorypriest Před 15 dny +3

    Star Wars itself was a ripoff of many other properties

  • @MarkLaw13
    @MarkLaw13 Před 13 dny +1

    7 samurai is missing. The team work genre

  • @armandogoncalves7226
    @armandogoncalves7226 Před 14 dny +1

    7 samurais is the most influencer movie of all time

  • @Tangeni.
    @Tangeni. Před 10 dny +1

    Die Hard
    The Matrix
    The Dark Knight
    Rocky
    The Godfather
    Pulp Fiction
    Halloween

  • @jamalvargas6146
    @jamalvargas6146 Před 15 dny +16

    Men In Black (1997-)
    The Terminator (1984-)
    Rocky (1976-2006)
    Die Hard (1988-2013)
    Lethal Weapon (1987-)
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
    Splash (1984)
    Fight Club (1999)
    Breakin' (1984)
    Transformers (2007-)
    Purple Rain (1984)

    • @jskelly1979
      @jskelly1979 Před 14 dny

      Your mom's box! (1969) Dust off them cobwebs!

  • @stephaniemiya9757
    @stephaniemiya9757 Před 15 dny

    I read where FFCoppola took a class to learn how to write a screenplay. The first chapter in the textbook said to study Coppola's Godfather movies. He didn't even know how to write a screenplay but he won Oscars for his work.

  • @NickCC23
    @NickCC23 Před 2 dny

    If Airplane! wasn't on this list I would have rioted.

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan Před 15 dny +1

    I'd say Godzilla created the Kaiju genre in name only. King Kong came out in the 30s, and even Godzilla was inspired by The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 Před 14 dny +1

      That’s what I thought too

    • @DMBLaan
      @DMBLaan Před 14 dny

      @@jakealter5504 Don't get me wrong, its a really great movie and it did a lot for cinema, it just wasn't the first. I guess one could argue it brought it to a new level, but even then here in the US at the time it was more of a "just another giant monster movie" feel at the time.

    • @jakealter5504
      @jakealter5504 Před 14 dny +1

      @@DMBLaan I had meant that King Kong was one of the first giant monster movies. The first giant monster movie was the lost world in 1925 but King Kong was the first icon of that genre

  • @jfreshig
    @jfreshig Před dnem

    Not having the wizard of oz is irredeemable

  • @EntertainmentCreatorDrWho

    I watch these videos. It’s a Thursday night, come out of a shower. I’m dripping a bit. It’s dark and I’m in my bed with my lamp on. Probs 10PM. After a long day, I just pull up these videos.

  • @BlackHatCinephile
    @BlackHatCinephile Před 14 dny

    I feel so much better after that last poop. I gotta BUNCHA stuff outta me that needed to be out so bad.

  • @anhurtorrez
    @anhurtorrez Před 15 dny

    2 things about Airplane that wasn't mentioned here. First the expectation of it wasn't that high since it came out around the same time as a few other movies they thought would do better. But Airplane became more popular than those others. And second was the great Leslie Nielsen who almost didn't get the part because they wasn't sure if he could do comedy since he was more of a serious actor at the time. But after they saw him do his parts they knew he was the right choice which launched him into the comedy legend.

  • @Shady4Dayz
    @Shady4Dayz Před 15 dny

    That REALLY hurt! Honestly, who throws a shoe?

  • @kaylapounds1359
    @kaylapounds1359 Před 15 dny

    I mean, when I think of copycats, I think of movies that directly have the same plot. I don't consider movies that are inspired by others, especially when they have their own unique plot lines to be copycats. It's like somebody dying their hair blonde because their friends or a dejection does it, versus getting a haircut.

  • @jamesmnaylor
    @jamesmnaylor Před 15 dny +1

    How could you miss heathers of this list that brought a lot of cliq films to the market.

  • @Fightarcade
    @Fightarcade Před 13 dny

    Maximo is an original video game character from Maximo: Ghost to Glory from 2001 and Anakin Skywalker is a copy movie character from Star Wars Episode II 2002 and III 2005.

  • @raymondbermudez555
    @raymondbermudez555 Před 15 dny

    I think you misspelled Iron Man/The Avengers with Psycho considering Iron Man showed the viability of less popular comic book characters and The Avengers showed interconnectivity was super successful.

  • @to.kanali
    @to.kanali Před 15 dny +1

    You forgot about in the name of the king,it's copy of lotr

  • @96miffy
    @96miffy Před 15 dny +2

    I say John Wick is the most copied film in the 2020's

  • @ScarysReviews
    @ScarysReviews Před 15 dny

    Good list, no one really copies a SLASHER, they, just tend to do something better and different. these days, it's copy, remake, but back then, no. just took points and went bigger. You missed Grease, The Exorcist, MAD MAX,

  • @halfghaniteevee3559
    @halfghaniteevee3559 Před 15 dny

    Okay, hear me out on this....
    Deep Blue Sea > Jaws 💯💯💯

  • @Alam-jg2rx
    @Alam-jg2rx Před 2 dny

    I feel like bond movie OHMSS might have inspired die hard and Christmas action films

  • @vincentsaia6545
    @vincentsaia6545 Před 15 dny

    Mario Puzo did not make up the term "Godfather." In the footage of Joe Velachi testifying before Congress about the Mafia, he mentions "the Godfather" in the finger-pricking ritual.

  • @Idontwant1
    @Idontwant1 Před 15 dny

    After I had watched The Offer. I went back and watched all 3 Godfather movies. I’ve always been a mob movie fan. Casino, Goodfella’s. So dang good.

  • @johnmcnulty2705
    @johnmcnulty2705 Před 14 dny

    The first movie I think about after reading the title of this video is
    Die Hard

  • @adamhoward1408
    @adamhoward1408 Před 15 dny

    Top 10 greatest movie scenes shot in black and white

  • @henrymilles5744
    @henrymilles5744 Před 15 dny

    I would have thought that any of the "Amityville Horror" film Movies (Regardless of whether they are from the original series of films, a remake, or just Based on the Amityville haunting) would be on this list. I mean just Look at Amityville Horror Movies their are.

  • @MercedesGarcia-fb1et
    @MercedesGarcia-fb1et Před 14 dny

    Nothing from the MCU, no mention of Bourne identity no John Wick no Taken

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Před 15 dny +5

    There are so many Star Wars copycats.

    • @Bathorypriest
      @Bathorypriest Před 15 dny

      Star Wars itself was a copycat of Valerian (french comic) & samurai films

  • @lindabarnhouse3724
    @lindabarnhouse3724 Před 15 dny

    Did I miss it? How is Night of the Living Dead on this list??

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan Před 15 dny

    Who else loves the Clerks cartoon and wish they made more of it?

    • @CTladiesman
      @CTladiesman Před 15 dny

      That’s show seems mean spirited.

  • @fawziekefli2273
    @fawziekefli2273 Před 15 dny

    6:49 Mary O. Pootsoe? _Mary O?_ WatchMojo, WatchMojo; what has he ever done for you to treat him so disrespectfully?

  • @maloperverso8118
    @maloperverso8118 Před 15 dny

    Scream (1996)!?

  • @thepikminbrawler1746
    @thepikminbrawler1746 Před 15 dny

    Ok so you used a parody in the thumbnail. What else is on this list, Spaceball?

  • @maloperverso8118
    @maloperverso8118 Před 15 dny

    Jaws (1975)!?

  • @maloperverso8118
    @maloperverso8118 Před 15 dny

    Goodfellas (1990)!?

  • @grassfedcharlie
    @grassfedcharlie Před 15 dny

    Cyclopes is so fine

  • @erikthompson619
    @erikthompson619 Před 14 dny

    Helloooo? "Raiders of the lost ark"?

  • @josh72456
    @josh72456 Před 14 dny

    I’ve not seen Godzilla.

  • @maloperverso8118
    @maloperverso8118 Před 15 dny

    Batman (1989)!?

  • @CTladiesman
    @CTladiesman Před 15 dny

    Are the films that are copied films that started genres that people know and love today?

  • @TimHayes
    @TimHayes Před 15 dny

    The Alien Ripoffs are fun, so is the original!

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max Před 15 dny

    where's Indiana Jones?

  • @alexfallah7
    @alexfallah7 Před 15 dny +1

    Maybe mention top gun maverick is a 1:1 parallel with Star Wars IV

  • @AndreaDoesYoga
    @AndreaDoesYoga Před 15 dny

    🎬Wow, didn't realize how influential these movies were!🍿

  • @Cisco_24
    @Cisco_24 Před 15 dny

    Ok we get it. The 70s was the best ever decade for movies.

  • @wilrivera2668
    @wilrivera2668 Před 15 dny

    ... 7 samurai

  • @Lana2k6
    @Lana2k6 Před 15 dny

    Sorry, but the first Superman film should have been in the top five. The superhero blockbuster wouldn't exist if not for this 1978 classic.

  • @manoftheusajones5147
    @manoftheusajones5147 Před 15 dny +5

    TOP 10 Ugliest Robots

  • @kingoogie23rd16
    @kingoogie23rd16 Před 15 dny

    Time stamps?

  • @j189512
    @j189512 Před 15 dny +1

    Maybe don't use a man who committed unspeakable crimes in your thumbnail? His name is Joe son and if I say what his crimes were I'd probably get a ban from CZcams

  • @jtmanwill
    @jtmanwill Před 15 dny

    Silence of the Lambs
    48 hours

    • @robertelliott2026
      @robertelliott2026 Před dnem

      Silence of the lambs was great, but the Michal Mann's Hannibal Lecter movie Manhunter with Brian Cox and William Petersen was so much better. The Red Dragon remake just to try and make Hopkins' canon, was absolute sh!t.

  • @melskitchenservices5923

    2001 Space Odyssey was so boring.

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye Před 7 dny

    I'm fighting this too hard to watch. If you guys insist on having Phoebe narrate can you guys like coach her on how to narrate enthusiastically? She always sounds like she's just reading a script. She sounds like she's not into what she's talking about and I'm not saying she doesn't know what she's talking about but the fact that she doesn't sound like she's into it could suggest that she doesn't know what she's talking about. At least make her sound like she does and geez just have some enthusiasm. She sounds so robotic

  • @SirsasthNigam.
    @SirsasthNigam. Před 15 dny

    No matter how ethnically, racially, sexually or any way diverse cast you have, If your film or series has Inhumans - level writing, It just won’t work just like Wish and Madame Web
    The IMAX presentation of the first two episodes grossed $3.5 million worldwide.[120]
    "Nobody is going to root for a cast of characters who stand for discrimination, eugenics, and racism." with 5 out of 8 episodes having zero plot and zero-character development -Inhumans review.
    How did MCU went from Homecoming and GOTG2 to Inhumans in 2017?

  • @zeokingsilver
    @zeokingsilver Před 15 dny

    who throws a shoe honestly

    • @Mike-DuBose
      @Mike-DuBose Před 15 dny +1

      Throwing a shoe at someone is a universal sign of insult and disrespect. Here are some of the most famous shoe-throwing incidents:
      2008: Shoe thrown at George W. Bush:The most famous instance of shoe-throwing might be the one that involved former US President George W. Bush. During a 2008 press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi hurled both his shoes at Bush, shouting, "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!" Bush famously ducked out of the way of the shoes.
      2011: Shoe thrown at Tony Blair: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair also wasn't spared from a shoe-throwing incident. In 2011, while attending a book signing event in Dublin, an anti-war protestor threw a shoe at him. This incident occurred just days after another shoe-throwing incident at a separate book signing event for Blair.
      2011: Shoe thrown at Anders Behring Breivik: In 2011, during the trial of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, the brother of one of Breivik's victims threw a shoe at him while yelling, "You killed my brother! Go to hell!" The shoe didn't hit Breivik but struck his lawyer instead.

    • @robertelliott2026
      @robertelliott2026 Před dnem

      It's a nod to the hat in Goldfinger.

  • @edwardjaymescamino6896
    @edwardjaymescamino6896 Před 15 dny +1

    hello

  • @greenisnice9345
    @greenisnice9345 Před 15 dny +3

    Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: If Indiana Jones stayed out of the movie, the Nazis would've brought the ark to Hitler, opened it and kill everyone including Hitler. (Someone ruined this movie to me, and now I ruined it to you.)

    • @daneparsons8983
      @daneparsons8983 Před 15 dny

      You realize that this was brought up on The Big Bang Theroy

    • @greenisnice9345
      @greenisnice9345 Před 15 dny

      @@daneparsons8983 They got it wrong because they said that it would happen exactly the same way as how the movie ended, when in fact, Indiana Jones destroyed the Nazi's plane, but if he didn't, the Nazis would've brought it to Hitler instead. They got it half way right.

  • @jorgeadairramos7469
    @jorgeadairramos7469 Před 15 dny

    Hello good morning 😮😮😮😮😮

  • @carlitoapplespitter
    @carlitoapplespitter Před 15 dny +1

    Late af

  • @DJ-Frostbite64
    @DJ-Frostbite64 Před 15 dny +1

    I don't know if this counts, but I feel like Coco straight up copied The Book of Life.

    • @Bathorypriest
      @Bathorypriest Před 15 dny +1

      No. Coco was conceived prior to the release of TBOL. Two similar ideas can co-exist. Besides, Coco is the better film, by far.

  • @MudSluggerBP
    @MudSluggerBP Před 8 dny

    You don’t know what copying means 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @troublenyc4092
    @troublenyc4092 Před 15 dny

    More AI guys???? It’s getting a bit obvious now I miss the REAL presenters!!!!

  • @user-ml2so8dp8i
    @user-ml2so8dp8i Před 15 dny

    Star Wars is good.Not great star trek is better

  • @G1Grimlock94
    @G1Grimlock94 Před 15 dny

    Rip off