Movies with similar plots — Deja vu

“The Matrix” has a plot very similar to the “The Truman Show”. Both movies are about people who are living in a simulated reality and they have to figure out what is real and what is not.

We all know the feeling of watching a movie and thinking “I’ve seen this before.” It turns out, there are a lot of movies with similar plots, settings, and even characters. In some cases, it’s intentional. For example, Quentin Tarantino has admitted that his films Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds are both alternate history versions of the spaghetti western genre. But in other…