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News & Current Events Mar 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM

Movie adaptations with a twist

Posted by Vickrktk

You know how clueless, pride, prejudice & zombies and O'dessa are adaptations of books or myths but mix/add something up. I'm looking for movie recomendations that do the same thing, an adaptation with a twist or cool aesthetics. It can be in any language as long as is subbed in english or spanish (or maybe italian or portugese, since they are similar) That Romeo & Juliette movie with Dicaprio counts too. Thanks & sorry for my bad english!
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therealusurper Mar 23, 2026 +7
Would you count the new ugly stepsister, since it tells Cinderella but from the perspective of the stepsister?
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ME24601 Mar 23, 2026 +4
There are a lot of Shakespeare adaptations that do this: * [Forbidden Planet \(1956\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_forbidden%20planet): *The Tempest* in space * [Ran \(1958\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_in_0_q_ran): *King Lear* in feudal Japan * [Scotland, PA \(2001\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265713/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_scotland%20pa): *Macbeth* with a fast food restaurant * [She's the Man \(2006\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454945/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_she%27s%20the%20man): *Twelfth Night* in a high school * [Throne of Blood \(1957\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/): *Macbeth* in feudal Japan * [Warm Bodies \(2013\)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_warm%20bodies): *Romeo and Juliet* with zombies * [10 Things I Hate about You](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_10%20things): *Taming of the Shrew* in a high school
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sylendar Mar 23, 2026 +3
The Mist....or if that's not what you mean then maybe Westside Story
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huck500 Mar 23, 2026 +4
Starship Troopers is a satirical take on the original story and ended up much better than the book, IMO.
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GtrGbln Mar 23, 2026 +2
Seconded...
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GtrGbln Mar 23, 2026 +2
Clerks is a modern retelling of Dante's Inferno.
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Frajer Mar 23, 2026 +2
Killing of a Sacred Deer is loosely based on an ancient Greek tragedy Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor Johnson is staged as a play
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lily-spoiler Mar 23, 2026 +2
10 Things I Hate About You fits exactly what you're looking for - Taming of the Shrew dropped into 90s high school and it just works perfectly
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I_Weep_for_Willow Mar 23, 2026 +1
Galaxy Quest is just Three Amigos in spaaaaace. I'm kidding. Sort of. 
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BornIn1142 Mar 23, 2026 +1
*The French Lieutenant's Woman* is based on a book, but the adaptation is about actors in an adaptation of the book.
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mightyatom13 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is a retelling of The Odyssey.
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ValentineRita1994 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Clueless based on Emma by Jane Austen Lion King based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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prodigalAvian Mar 23, 2026 +1
Strange Brew, as well, eh
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ZorroMeansFox Mar 23, 2026 +1
Darren Aronofsky's **Mother!** crashes patriarchal Biblical symbolism into the myth of Mother Earth and plays out the tragic results as an existential/psychological Horror Film. Kubrick's masterpiece **2001: A Space Odyssey** references the structure and mythological figures in Homer's **Odyssey** --especially the vanquishing of the Cyclops, represented by Kubrick as **HAL**.
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