1989 saw "The Abyss" "Leviathan" and "Deep Star Six" all come out. Scary submarine movies, all inspired by the late 80s mania about finding the wreck of Titanic.
What other matched sets of movies came out at the same time?
Dante's Peak / Volcano (1997) *Thanx Moth3r*
Event Horizon / Sphere (1997 / 1998) *Thanx Bingo*
Armageddon / Deep Impact (1998)
Mission To Mars / Red Planet (2000)
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In the same vein and around the same time as each other but a decade after the late 80's batch also came Virus and Sphere (which should have been called Sfear really) and the semi-related Event Horizon.
Virus alien created cyborgs on a submarine. Sphere a giant ship found in the ocean depths, the contents of which play on fears of the discoverers, Event Horizon, a giant ship that has returned from an unknowable dimension, become self aware and plays on the fears of the discoverers.
Also around the same time Hellraiser Bloodline and Jason X took their horror film series into spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!
There were a couple of chess movies at the same time.
And a couple of movies about that marathon dude.
...
But the thread really should be titled "Movies in b*tches." Heck, I might just go b*tch about it in the other thread.
"Drop Zone" / "Terminal Velocity."
Was 1994 just a good year for skydiving? Was it really becoming popular?
Trying to think of the reasons for these pairings is fun.
"Antz" and "Bugs Life" are both movies choosing the same way (insects) to hide the technical limitations of CGI at the time.
But why were volcanoes in the air in 1997? I have no idea.
I thought the same thing.TV's Frink said:
But the thread really should be titled "Movies in b*tches." Heck, I might just go b*tch about it in the other thread.
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Low budget 'found footage' shaky-cam horror about a group of amateur documentary film makers who disappear investigating a local myth promoted heavily on the web before it became commonplace.
Blair Witch Project (1999) or
The Last Broadcast (1998).
Davnes007 said:
Dante's Inferno / Volcano (1997)
Dante's Inferno was 2007. I assume you meant Dante's Peak.
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There was that batch of films questioning the nature of perceived reality.
Open Your Eyes (1997)
The Truman Show (1998)
Dark City (1998)
eXistenZ (1999)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
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A bunch of dance related films came out together in 1983/84.
Footloose
Flashdance
Breakin
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo
Staying Alive
Most likely inspired by the surprise success and rekindled interest in musical films such as "Grease" (1978) and "Fame" (1980).
A cluster of Vietnam era related war films hit theaters from 87-89
Casualties of War
Gardens of Stone
Hamburger Hill
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam
The Hanoi Hilton
Missing in Action III
Distant Thunder
Platoon Leader
Born on the 4th of July
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Moth3r said:
Davnes007 said:
Dante's Inferno / Volcano (1997)
Dante's Inferno was 2007. I assume you meant Dante's Peak.
Thanx Moth3r. :)
Corrections made.
Self-Punishment inflicted.
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Davnes007 said:
Moth3r said:
Davnes007 said:
Dante's Inferno / Volcano (1997)
Dante's Inferno was 2007. I assume you meant Dante's Peak.
Thanx Moth3r. :)
Corrections made.
Self-Punishment inflicted.
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District 9 (2009)
Nine Miles Down (2009)
Nine (2009)
9 (2009)
Nine Dead (2010) 
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twister111 - What about "the Nines" - that Ryan Reynolds movie. 2007
FanFiltration said:
1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
in 1992
Bingowings said:
There was that batch of films questioning the nature of perceived reality.
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
same movie, dog.
Johnny Ringo said:
twister111 - What about "the Nines" - that Ryan Reynolds movie. 2007
Also Session 9....well, 2001, but still...
In 2004 we had Starsky & Hutch, followed by The Dukes of Hazzard in 2005 and Miami Vice in 2006. All three movies are based on TV shows; S&H finished in 1979, the same year that DoH started, and Miami Vice started in 1984 one year before DoH ended.
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Moth3r said:
All three movies are based on TV shows;
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Bingowings said:
There was that batch of films questioning the nature of perceived reality.
TV's Frink said:
Johnny Ringo said:
twister111 - What about "the Nines" - that Ryan Reynolds movie. 2007
Also Session 9....well, 2001, but still...
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Screw release date, I watched District 9, Session Nine, Nine Dead, and 9 within a few months of each other.
within 9 months?
what about the Illusionist and the Prestige? - both 2006.
TV's Frink said:
There were a couple of chess movies at the same time.
I'm betting one is "Searching For Bobby Fischer", but what is the other one?