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Same Plot, Different Movie
Many times, productions are in a race to release a film before the release of an almost identical film. Here are 11 examples.

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Example:
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Armageddon (1998)

- 1998, 1998
- both were films that featured ensemble casts, both concerned a celestial body hitting the Earth, and both were major successes on a global scale

Deep Impact (1998)

Armageddon (1998)

1 - Rookie of the Year (1993)
- Little Big League (1994)

- 1993, 1994
- both have main characters as preteen boys who find themselves thrust into pivotal roles in the Major League (starting pitcher and manager) in poorly-performing teams (the Chicago Cubs and the Minnesota Twins), and turning those franchises' fortunes around

Rookie of the Year (1993)

Little Big League (1994)

2 - Tombstone (1993)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)

- 1993, 1994
- both are dramatizations of the life of Wyatt Earp, his family, and their exploits in Tombstone, Arizona.

Tombstone (1993)

Wyatt Earp (1994)

3 - Turner & Hooch (1989)
- K-9 (1989)

- 1989, 1989
- both are movies where a police officer gets a dog for a partner

Turner & Hooch (1989)

K-9 (1989)

4 - The Truman Show (1989)
- EdTV (1999)

- 1998, 1999
- both about people who spend their lives as a reality TV star

The Truman Show (1989)

EdTV (1999)

5 - A Bug's Life (1998)
- Antz (1998)

- 1998, 1998
- both are computer animated features with about a colony of ants under threat with an underdog ant becoming a hero

A Bug's Life (1998)

Antz (1998)

6 - Madagascar (2005)
- The Wild (2006)

- 2005, 2006
- both are computer animated features featuring zoo animals escaping and navigating the terrain of New York City, and later being introduced to their natural habitat

Madagascar (2005)

The Wild (2006)

7 - The Illusionist (2006)
- The Prestige (2006)

- 2006, 2006
- both are period films about magicians in turn-of-the-century Europe

The Illusionist (2006)

The Prestige (2006)

8 - Happy Feet (2006)
- Surf's Up (2007)

- 2006, 2007
- both are computer-animated films starring penguins

Happy Feet (2006)

Surf's Up (2007)

9 - V for Vendetta (2005)
- Children of Men (2006)

- 2005, 2006
- both are sci-fi films set in the future where most countries in the world are near-destroyed by natural disasters, riots and war. England has established a totalitarian regime that shields the country from outsiders. In both movies the society is portrayed as extremely racist and xenophobic. In both movies, the main characters are part of an underground movement.