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Hey, You Kinda Stole That Idea

This list pairs together a book or movie or TV episode that's well known, with an earlier and lesser known book or movie or TV episode whose plot and/or characters and/or world-building etc. were ripped off to make the more famous one. I started this list first with 4 similarities that I noticed myself, and then added the fairly well known Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale, and the Aladdin vs. The Thief and The Cobbler debates. (Ignore the date on the Thief and the Cobbler...it's a long story...) Then I searched for more examples. Most of these come from:
https://www.looper.com/98877/plots-stolen-movies/
Or https://www.cracked.com/article_21898_5-famous-authors-who-stole-their-biggest-ideas.html
Turns out Alexandre Dumas, Jack London, and even Shakespeare outright plagiarized some of their most famous works!
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The Village (2004)
The Village (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   43%
2
Running Out of Time (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Running Out of Time (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
3
Black Mirror S3E1 Nosedive
Black Mirror S3E1 Nosedive
4
Community S5E8 Meow Meow Beans
Community S5E8 Meow Meow Beans
5
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
6
Animorphs Series (K.A. Applegate)
Animorphs Series (K.A. Applegate)
7
The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot)
The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot)
8
A Royal Pain (Ellen Conford)
A Royal Pain (Ellen Conford)
9
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
10
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
11
Aladdin (1992)
Aladdin (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   56%
13
The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
14
Kimba, the White Lion (1966)
Kimba, the White Lion (1966)
15
Cars (2006)
Cars (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
16
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
17
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
It! the Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
It! the Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
19
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
20
Romeus and Juliet: Being the Original of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Arthur Brooke)
Romeus and Juliet: Being the Original of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Arthur Brooke)
21
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
22
Hecatommithi (Cinthio)
Hecatommithi (Cinthio)
23
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
24
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
25
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
27
Lockout (2012)
Lockout (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   37%
28
Escape From New York (1981)
Escape From New York (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
29
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
City on Fire (1979)
City on Fire (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
32
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
33
The Island (2005)
The Island (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   39%
34
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
35
Bright (2017)
Bright (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   27%
36
Alien Nation (1988)
Alien Nation (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
37
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
38
My Dogs in the Northland (Egerton R. Young)
My Dogs in the Northland (Egerton R. Young)
39
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
40
Mémoires De M. D'Artagnan (Gatien De Courtilz De Sandras)
Mémoires De M. D'Artagnan (Gatien De Courtilz De Sandras)
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