Have there ever been movies with the same name, released in the same year?

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I was thinking about the typical citation standard for referencing movies, where one writes the title and the release year, in the format "Title (Release year)" e.g. Jurassic Park (1993).

This works quite well, except if there ever is a movie which has the same name as another movie that came out during the same year.

Does there exist an example of two movies with the same name, and same release year?



Best Answer

It's quite rare, but yes, it has happened with Hollywood movies. One example is Chaos (2005).

Chaos (2005)

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Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Tony Giglio
Stars: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes
Distributed by: Capitol Films, Lionsgate

Two cops, a rookie, and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Chaos (2005), IMDB


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Crime, Horror, Thriller
Director: David DeFalco
Stars: Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone, Kelly K.C. Quann
Distributed by: Dominion Entertainment, Dinsdale Releasing

Two girls, looking to score some ecstasy at a rave, follow a young man to a house where terror awaits. There, a gang of felons captures and torment the girls, drawing them into a nightmare of violence.
Chaos (2005), IMDB


The way Wikipedia disambiguates or distinguishes the two is by adding a distributor of the film in with the release date:

Incidentally, Wikipedia lists the Capitol film's release date as 2006, rather than 2005, based on a German release date. Looking at the release dates for this film, you can see that this movie has been released in '05, '06, '07, '08 (in USA and UK) and '09, yet IMDB considers it a 2005 release because it was first released in 2005 in the UAE, which technically makes this fit your criteria. Another piece of trivia: the Dominion film was first (August '05, versus Capitol's December '05).




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Can there be 2 movies with the same name?

There have been a lot of movies throughout history that have the same title as an already existing film. While it is not unusual to see such coincidental movie titles, it says something about its marketing that producers would want to use the same title over again.

Are there any movies with the same title?

Bad Boys (1983) and Bad Boys (1995) The 1983 Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn as a teenage hoodlum sent to reform school, on the other hand, was gushed over by critics (89% on RT), but totally shunned by cinemagoers.

What similar movies came out at the same time?

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  • 4 The Cave And The Descent (2005) ...
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  • Can movie titles be repeated?

    Is that legal? Reusing movie titles happens all the time, mostly because copyright law generally does not protect words or short phrases and titles of one-off or \u201csingle work\u201d films (as opposed to a series or movie franchise), generally are not protected by federal trademark law. (See In re Cooper, 254 F.



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    More answers regarding have there ever been movies with the same name, released in the same year?

    Answer 2

    Here is another example of the movies with same name and same release year.

    Night Club (1989)

    Night Club poster

    Genre: Comedy
    Director: Sergio Corbucci
    Stars: Christian De Sica, Mara Venier, Massimo Wertmüller

    From IMDb,

    The nightlife of young carefree friends in a wonderful 60s Rome

    Night Club (1989)

    Night Club 1989 poster

    Genre: Drama
    Director: Michael Keusch
    Stars: Nicholas Hoppe, Elizabeth Kaitan, Ed Trotta

    From IMDb,

    A young married couple try to convert an old warehouse into a nightclub, but face opposition from both the council and local mobsters.

    Answer 3

    Another example is two of the adaptations of Jane Austen's Emma that came out in 1996, both which retained the name "Emma".

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118308/

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116191/

    In this case, one of them was made for Television in the UK, while the other was made for theaters in the USA.

    Answer 4

    In 1965, two movies about Jean Harlow, each named "Harlow" were released. One with Carroll Baker and one with Carol Lynley.

    There were two TV movies called 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1997.

    In addition to Steven Spielberg's 2005 War of the Worlds film, there were two direct-to-video retellings of the story that year.

    Answer 5

    Black Rain (1989)

    Black Rain poster

    Genre: Drama
    Director: Shôhei Imamura
    Stars: Yoshiko Tanaka , Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara

    From IMDb,

    Mr and Mrs Shizuma, and their niece Yasuko, make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, just after the atomic bomb has dropped. Five years later, Yasuko is living with her aunt and uncle, and her senile grandmother, in a village containing many of the bomb survivors. Yasuko does not appear to be affected by the bomb, but the Shizuma's are worried about her marriage prospects, as she could succumb to radiation sickness at any time.

    Black Rain (1989)

    Black Rain 1989 poster

    Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Stars: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura

    From IMDb,

    Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

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