Set A (2006) Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy Mumble, a tap-dancing penguin is an spurned by his community, only later to return as its savior.
Set A (2007) Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel Not really a similar plot, but penguins again...this time surfing penguins!
Set B (2009) Kevin James, Jayma Mays About a middle-aged, single dad who aspires to become a member of the NJ State Police, but settles for a job in mall security. He takes his job very seriously and is the butt of much humor, until he saves the day.
Set B (2009) Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña Zealous mall security guard who wants to become a policeman, is humiliated and looses his job. Eventually he captures a flasher, and becomes head of mall security.
Set C (2009) John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet Neutrinos from a solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to rapidly increase. Arks are constructed to save humanity. Publicity for the movie included setting up a website to sell raffle tickets for ark, hundreds of people wrote in thinking the raffle was real.
Set C (2009) Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury An earth-destroying solar flare had been predicted by a young girl in a series of numbers she 'received'. Aliens save a few, including the girls granddaughter, depositing them on an Eden-like planet.
Set D (2009) Both in this set have the same star! Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro Subway is hijacked, ransom demanded.
Set D (2010) Both in this set have the same star! Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson Loosely based on the real-life CSX 8888 incident, tells the story of a runaway freight train, and the two men who attempt to stop it.
Set E (2010) Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams Based on the life of professional boxers Micky Ward and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund.
Set E (2011) Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte Two estranged brothers enter a mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament.
Set F (2012) Søren Malling A Swedish movie about a ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
Set F (2013) Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi An American movie about a ship hijacked by Somali pirates. Based on the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking.
Set G (1986) Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Gedrick, Caroline Lagerfelt High School hot shot pilot, saves his father.
Set G (1986) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer Hot Shot naval pilot's training at the Fighter's Weapons School, and subsequent daring mission.
Set H (2010) Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler Vigilante becomes The Crimson Bolt, armed with a pipe wrench.
Set H (2010) Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Chloë, Grace Moretz Vigilante and would-be superhero, armed with a baton is seriously wounded. During rehabilitation he gains the ability to endure great pain and receives enhanced durability.
Set H (2010)(North American Release) Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly Mentally ill man adopts the persona of a real-life superhero on a quest to find his arch enemy, Captain Industry.
Set I (2011) Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz Green superhero without super powers, but has Kato for his sidekick.
Set I (2011) Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard Green superhero, actually has super powers given to him by a ring.
Set J (2011) Brit Marling, William Mapother Young woman riddled with guilt, wins a trip to an alternate earth, and gives her ticket to the man whose family she accidentally killed.
Set J (2011) Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård Two sisters, one extremely depressed, realize that a mysterious planet projected to fly by earth, will lead to earth's destruction.
Set K (1987) Kirk Cameron, Dudley Moore, Margaret Colin Father and son switch bodies through an experimental body switching formula.
Set K (1987) Renato Pozzetto, Giulia Boschi, Ottavia Piccolo Eight-year-old boy, distraught that his father didn't buy him legos, turns into a 40-year old, popular babysitter.
Set K (1988) Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage Divorced father with little time for his son, and his son, change bodies through the intervention of a mystical skull from Thialand.
Set K (1988) George Burns, Charlie Schlatter Comatose millionaire switches souls with his grandson.
Set K (1988) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia 12-year-old boy, too short for an amusement park ride, wishes he was big, and turns into a 40-year-old.
Set L (1989) James Belushi, Jerry Lee, Mel Harris Bad-tempered San Diego police detective Michael Dooley gets a mischievous smart aleck drug-sniffing dog, who works only when and how he wants to.
Set L (1989) Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson An obsessively neat police investigator, acquires a large and slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux, who destroys his house and car, and turns his life upside-down.
Set M (2004) Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight Search for a treasure hidden by Freemason's during the American Revolution.
Set M (2005) Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz Search for a treasure lost by the Confederate States of America in Africa.
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