Alternate Storylines for Famous Films - Part V
by The-Social-Introvert | created - 26 Aug 2016 | updated - 16 Feb 2017 | PublicWhich of these alternate plots, based on the titles of the films, do you find the most appealing?
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1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 1,060,592 | Gross: $74.28M
Action, Sci-fi
In 2136, the Neo-Feminist movement successfully take control of the US and enslave all men, establishing a rule which dictates that after each man reaches the age of 40, he is killed and his body fluids are used to feed the FEMNET, a central HUB that controls all technology in the States.
Renegade Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger will ensure that that's not the case.
2. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia Bendixsen, Alfred Lutter III
Votes: 27,476 | Gross: $18.60M
Drama
Nicolas Cage receives another Oscar for playing an alcoholic, this time in the moving but difficult-to-watch drama in which a now-sober ex-husband searches up and down the county for the wife that deserted him, desperate to make up for his abusive nature and violent past.
3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 646,843 | Gross: $57.14M
Action, Sci-fi
With the original working title being "Rise of the Dawn of the War for the Sequel of the Reboot of the Remake of the Prequel of the Planet of the Apes", this Asylum-produced knock-off revolves around Cheaser and his 11 council members, as they battle humans, political unrest and the odd craving for a banana.
4. Raging Bull (1980)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Votes: 380,342 | Gross: $23.38M
Sports
Bullfighters Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci work their way up the bullfighting hierarchy, until they are given the chance to take on the legendary mammal himself, the celebrity known throughout all of Spain, the one they call...Raging Bull.
5. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 725,833 | Gross: $16.50M
Drama
A group of men sit in a field and talk about life and all its oddities. Occasionally a train blares past.
6. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel Shalikar
Votes: 46,837 | Gross: $58.66M
Horror
From Eli Roth, a mild mannered family man snaps after being repeatedly frustrated at the flaws he sees in society. In his new-found insanity, he locks his children up in his home and proceeds to torture them one by one, as they look for a means to escape and get to the police.
Famously banned in 32 countries and obtained a 0/100 Metacritic score. Critics were displeased at the tasteless violence. Roth notably hit back, claiming his film was satire and a metaphor for adults who take out their frustrations of failure on their children.
7. The Elephant Man (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Votes: 258,530
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Jack Breyner has been fighting back against animal poachers in Africa for years when one day he is ambushed by his enemies and left for dead. Nursed to health by the same magical calf he himself once rescued, a new crime-fighting superhero is born - The Elephant Man.
8. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Votes: 507,851 | Gross: $234.04M
Documentary
David Attenborough returns with another acclaimed nature doc. Here he focuses on the weird and wonderful, the bizarre and the deadly, providing details on the whereabouts of such wonderful creatures.
9. Predator (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 455,027 | Gross: $59.74M
Thriller
The disappearances of several young girls in a sleepy town in Canada sends a police detective to near breaking point. Matters are only complicated when the detective receives a tip informing him that a local community leader, a much loved and fiercely defended figure, is a secret child molester.
10. Predators (2010)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga
Votes: 243,935 | Gross: $52.00M
Thriller
Sequel to the critically-adored thriller. Four years after the community leader is put behind bars, more children start to go missing. Could the local leader be orchestrating a child molestation ring from his jail cell? Is there more than one predator on the streets? Or did the detective nail the wrong man four years ago?
11. The Great Wall (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau
Votes: 146,211 | Gross: $45.54M
Drama, History, Thriller
Having successfully worked his way to the Presidential post, Donald Trump begins work on what he calls his masterpiece - the wall between Mexico and the US. Other world leaders help and hinder his vision, and political unrest from the citizens threatens to crumble his dream. Directed by Oliver Stone.
12. Get Out (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
Votes: 697,240 | Gross: $176.04M
Comedy
Having found a new niche with films like Dirty Grandpa (2016) and The War with Grandpa (2020), Robert De Niro returns as a filthy old man, this time as a tenant who refuses to leave his rented accommodation when thrown out for too much sex, drugs and poop-stains on the ceiling. Land-owner Zack Efron must up his game to get rid of the annoying tenant, so he sends in his 'fixers' - played by Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel.
13. Before I Fall (2017)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
February 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life, until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's losing.
Director: Ry Russo-Young | Stars: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Cynthy Wu, Medalion Rahimi
Votes: 56,826 | Gross: $12.24M
Drama
A low-key drama about a young woman who suffers from regular blackouts and her attempts to find success as a paramedic in spite of it. The film was noted for raising awareness for syncope-sufferers.
14. The Bye Bye Man (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.
Director: Stacy Title | Stars: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Michael Trucco
Votes: 26,019 | Gross: $22.38M
Drama
Little Timmy only remembered two words that his father ever said to him before he walked out on him and his mother - "bye bye." But now Timothy is all grown up, and he looks for his father to find the reason why he left.
15. Sleepless (III) (2017)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Gabrielle Union
Votes: 34,206 | Gross: $20.78M
Horror
Trying her hand at playing a scream queen, Margot Robbie stars in this disturbing feature film bought to you by James Wan as woman plagued by Insomnia, who tries desperately let go of her traumatic past. Are the demons who visit her at night all in her head, or a personification of her unsettling background?
16. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 219,774 | Gross: $124.12M
Mystery, Fantasy, Drama
Traffic concerns a middle-aged insurance salesman as he is forced to confront the emptiness of his life whilst stuck in traffic on the M25. We watch as he retreats into his memories and fantasies.
17. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 157,003 | Gross: $20.16M
History, Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Musical, Romance, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Fantasy
A milestone in film-making and a feat of human skill. What started off as an experimental independent film has grown into a cultural phenomenon.
The basic idea of The NeverEnding Story is that almost a hundred film-makers gather every year to film and add chapters to a film that had no ending, the intention of which is to create a story that never ends, utilizing state-of-the-art live editing technology and a vast film crew.
18. Trolls (2016)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.
Directors: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Votes: 92,052 | Gross: $153.71M
Documentary
A study on IMDb's most persistent message board trolls, including what they do, what drives them and ultimately what can be done to stop them.
19. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 1,107,089 | Gross: $44.02M
Drama
The story of a man who works at a car wash. The movie chronicles his days as he meets people.
*suggested by JimmyWhimmyNutrinSon
20. The Birds (1963)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 204,570 | Gross: $11.40M
Drama
The story of a middle-aged man who just sits at home watching birds everyday.
*suggested by JimmyWhimmyNutrinSon
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