#5. The Prestige/The Illusionist

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There’s always room for more movies about magic, but these two are bizarrely similar. Plus, they came out within 2 months of each other! That seems more than coincidental to me. I think The Prestige is the better movie (and one of Christopher Nolan’s best), but The Illusionist is quite good, as well. I recommend watching both and making up your own mind.

#4. A Bug’s Life/Antz

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Loosely based on Aesop’s fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, A Bug’s Life (Disney/Pixar) – about an ant who couldn’t quite seem to find his place in an ordered society – was a huge commercial success. Its Dreamworks twin, Antz, totally flopped.

#3. Friends With Benefits/No Strings Attached

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There have been any number of movies made about friends who sleep together for fun and, of course, promise not fall in love, only to find themselves doing just that. Of these two, I preferred Friends With Benefits because a) Timberlake and Kunis were amazing together and b) it was more realistic in terms of modern relationships. No Strings Attached was cute, because Natalie Portman, but slightly annoying, because Ashton Kutcher.

You know what I mean.