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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
movie crossovers
ever
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well that sounds like the bad guys
teaming up come on princesses and
cartoon characters
blame for this list we'll be looking at
movies that featured crossovers between
different
films tv shows video games or even
between
fiction and real life we'll also
consider motion pictures that hinted at
or fully confirmed
the existence of a shared cinematic
universe between separate properties
what's your favorite crossover movie let
us know in the comments
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number 20 jackie brown and out of sight
pleasure to meet you i heard a lot about
you both these films are based on elmore
leonard novels and featured the same
actor playing the same character
okay who's the other one but admittedly
that's more or less where the
similarities between these movies
i end michael keaton's atf agent ray
nicolette
is a major character in jackie brown but
his importance is reduced to a brief
cameo when he appears beside george
clooney and j
lo in out of in their full sight
two choppers that whole deal even so
it's also an example of a movie
crossover between
two ingenious directors in this case
quentin tarantino and steven soderbergh
i've got one thing to say
i better hope we find him before he
finds you number 19.
the shared tarantino and rodriguez
universe
jungle julia lucas that man mike mckay
oh good to meet you stuntman
mike directors quentin tarantino and
robert rodriguez are close friends
who have collaborated on more than one
occasion they also may have quietly
created their own shared fictional
universe
the most obvious example of this is
grindhouse their collaborative double
feature that contained
two seemingly unconnected full-length
stories with a few crossover elements
during rodriguez's planet terror we hear
a radio memoriam for jungle julia
a character who appeared in tarantino's
death proof
dedicated to our own jungle julia in
loving memory
the two films also share a character
named earl mcgraw
mcgraw has also appeared in rodriguez's
film from dusk till dawn
and tarantino's kill bill volume 1. the
character's presence across these films
suggests that all these seemingly
disparate movies take place within the
same universe
well sure instead of hand did this
the monster squad
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so very long throughout the 1920s to
1950s
universal continuously released a string
of stellar horror films
this shared universe consisted of
classic movies like frankenstein
the mummy and the invisible man long
after universal had stopped making these
films
tristar released a movie called the
monster squad that reunited all the big
names and put them under one roof
see you later band-aid breath dracula
frankenstein's monster the wolfman
gilman
the mummy and some vampire brides all
made appearances
it was wonderfully nostalgic for older
audiences to see the creatures get
together
as well as an exciting opportunity for
80s kids to meet classic movie monsters
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number 17 rugrats go wild yeah
now nigel strawberry you're not even a
nigel
raspberry you're never gonna have real
adventures
despite containing rugrats in the title
this movie is actually a crossover
between
the famous babies and the wild
thornberries both nickelodeon franchises
were insanely popular
the wild thornberries ran from 1998 to
2004
and rugrats enjoyed an astonishing
unbroken run between 1991
and 2004 they were also popular enough
to warrant their own films
while rugrats go wild served as the
second wild thornberry's film
it was also the third rugrats movie
children
stay right there i'm coming down
despite the crossover element and strong
fan bases the movie was not a success
it received negative reviews from
critics and underperformed at the box
office
to make matters worse for fans both tv
franchises ended their respective runs
after this disappointing 2003 crossover
well eliza this dog is my witness
i'll never lose my babies again number
16
abbott and costello meet frankenstein
hey
you'll have to get your dog away in the
phone i can't hear a word you're saying
you're also silly to call me all the way
from london just to have your dog talk
to me
perhaps the most bizarre and unexpected
crossover movie of all time
abbott and costello meet frankenstein is
widely regarded as one of the funniest
movies ever made
it mainly serves as a spoof of classic
horror movies
starring the legendary comedic duo
abbott and costello
like the monster squad this movie also
utilizes the famous universal monsters
don't be afraid he won't hurt you
and despite the title the movie actually
contains three universal creatures
frankenstein's monster dracula and the
wolfman all scare up some laughs
the movie was inventive cleverly crafted
and hilarious
it also launched a series of further
abbott and castello meat movies
where they would later encounter the
mummy dr jekyll and mr hyde
and the invisible man now that we've
seen the last of dracula
the wolf man and the monster there's
nobody to fight this anymore oh that's
too bad i was hoping to get in on the
excitement
who said that allow me to introduce
myself i'm the invisible man
number 15 space jam what i'm trying to
say is
we need your help it's an idea that
probably
shouldn't have worked a bizarre
crossover between looney tunes
and a highly fictionalized account of
michael jordan's brief retirement from
the nba
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lady
all the major looney tunes characters
show up alongside original tunes like
danny devito's swac hammer
we also see bill murray playing himself
and get a who's who of 90s nba stars
including jordan patrick ewing larry
johnson
and charles barkley everyone is game for
the outlandish story on display
and it only makes the movie that much
more enjoyable how about we go out get
some alien butt huh
let's go number 14
mothra vs godzilla
kaiju films became all the rage after
godzilla one of the most popular
standouts was 1961's mothra
by taking heavy inspiration from both
godzilla and
king kong mothra became an enormously
popular kaiju
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the monster proved so popular in fact
that touhou studios quickly went to work
on a crossover event that would
eventually be known as mothra vs
godzilla
released only three years after the
original mothra the movie was a special
effects extravaganza
filled to the brim with inventive
filmmaking and epic battles
it may look a little crude by today's
standards however
mothra vs godzilla serves as an
important piece of kaiju history
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number 13 terminator 2 judgment day
and wayne's world are you the legal
guardian of john connor
that's right officer what's he done now
could i speak with him please despite
having a long hollywood career
robert patrick is still best remembered
as the t-1000 who pursued john connor in
terminator 2 judgement day
the t-1000 proved so popular that it
made its way into wayne's world
a film released just seven months after
t2 in one of the weirdest
non-sequiturs in movie history a
speeding wayne is pulled over by a
motorcycle cop
the cop walks up to the car removes his
helmet and reveals himself as the t-1000
yes officers there's something wrong
have you seen this boy
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there's no in-universe explanation for
this bizarre crossover
but since this is wayne's world we're
talking about does it really need
explaining
am i supposed to say that's okay i don't
mind
i don't mind well i might i buy it big
time
number 12 zatoichi and the one armed
swordsman
this is a classic example of a crossover
between different franchises
genres of film cultures and languages
zatoichi and the one armed swordsman
mashes up the wusha and chambara genres
from hong kong and japan respectively
and the movie's dialogue is in both
mandarin and japanese
but the most badass of fight scenes
don't need dialogue
and this one's got plenty featuring two
major action heroes
one from each country it's a movie where
friends become foes
and an epic battle ensues to settle
things once and for all
number 11 the view of skuniverse oh i'm
jay
this is my head with life mate sam bob
first introduced in clerks
jay and silent bobber mainstays in kevin
smith's filmography the films
comics and tv shows that they appear in
comprise smith's fictional universe
the view-esque universe while they did
star in their own films
the duo's best moments arguably come in
clerks and dogma
i feel good today sambal we're gonna
make some money and you were gonna do
whatever that party
in these films they go from loitering
outside quick stop groceries
to being seen as prophets and playing
key roles in preventing the end of the
world
father banter is of course rather
one-sided they make for some of the most
hilarious moments in both movies
but what are you doing hanging around
well we're here to pick up chicks
number 10 glass well
that sounds like the bad guys teaming up
in 2000 m night shyamalan released the
superhero movie unbreakable
which seemed like a standalone film but
at the end of his 2016 film split
a final twist revealed that the film
occurred within the unbreakable universe
the major characters from both films
came together for glass
which served as both a split crossover
film and the end of the unbreakable
storyline
fans of the latter had to wait nearly 20
years to see this hit screens
while the results weren't entirely
satisfactory we have to commend
shyamalan's commitment and creative
vision
i created you as i created david
it just took longer
19 years number nine
ready player one live action cartoon
it's all your call we know this isn't a
crossover in the usual sense and that it
doesn't place different movies within
the same universe
instead it features a virtual reality
world chock full of pop culture
references and iconic characters
but we had to include it for just how
many disparate franchises it brings
together
hello come play with us
there are way too many to count but a
few of the most outstanding cameos
come when wade watts races his back to
the future delorean
through a city being destroyed by king
kong and jurassic park's t-rex
then there's the final battle which pits
rx-728 gundam and the iron giant against
mechagodzilla in these scenes blink and
you will
actually miss an easter egg and if you
do happen to find that easter egg
there's a bonus 25 million dollars
number eight ralph breaks the internet
come on princesses and cartoon
characters blame
the original wreck-it ralph featured a
number of cute video game cameos
ranging from sonic the hedgehog to clyde
the orange ghost from pac-man
but the sequel managed to go even bigger
moving the setting from a video game
arcade to the internet
hey you have a permit for that pop-up
that's unauthorized clickbait you're
coming with us kid
this allowed cameos from a plethora of
studios and properties
most notably star wars marvel and of
course disney's animated films
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there's r2d2 and c3po as well as groot
iron man and stan lee but the real
crossover highlight is when vanellope
meets the disney princesses
each gets a turn in the spotlight
showcasing their individual quirks
and the things that they very weirdly
have in common
i don't even have a mom neither do we
and now for the million-dollar question
do people assume
all your problems got solved because a
big strong man showed up
yes what is up with that she is a
princess
number seven frankenstein meets the wolf
man
it was a wild animal around here a few
years ago
it killed people the fifth movie based
on mary shelley's frankenstein character
ended up being a crossover film
featuring performances from bella lugosi
and lon chaney jr
a bit difficult to believe my good man
this 40s monster flick is one of the
earliest examples of a successful
crossover movie
bringing everyone's favorite horror
characters together to torture townsfolk
and fight each other
it was a hit with audiences and was
followed by a slew of ensemble monster
movies
one of which gave the wolfman the chance
to meet count dracula in house of
frankenstein
all that i will do whatever you wish
number six monsterverse but these are
not monsters they are animals rising to
reclaim a wall that was once theirs
king kong and godzilla first faced off
back in 1962
in a film that remains the most attended
godzilla film in japan
ever but featured the giant ape
receiving last minute lightning powers
fast forward over half a century and the
monster burst is making their shared
universe canon
this shared storyline began in 2014's
godzilla reboot
the monster verse continued to expand in
2016's
kong skull island which rebooted the
king kong story for younger audiences
there's more out there what do you mean
more
this world never belonged to us it
belonged to them
the question is how long before they
take it back that dynamic film was
followed by godzilla king of the
monsters
and the upcoming godzilla vs kong unlike
in the crossover movies of old
visual effects are finally at a point
that they can give these two behemoths
to destructive and
epic crossover they deserve
let them fight number five star trek
generations
it is very important that you tell me
everything that you know
it was the character crossover that fans
had been dreaming about
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that is true although william shatner's
captain kirk is retired and
missing in the year 2293 he and patrick
stewart's picard
meet up after jean-luc goes through the
nexus an energy ribbon that allows those
within it to experience their wildest
dreams for an
infinite amount of time
it's in the nexus that the two captains
meet up to stop
dr tully and sorin the crossing of the
two generations of this sci-fi series
helped give the movie plenty of box
office success
we have to work together we are working
together trust me
good luck captain jim
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number four who framed roger rabbit ah
he's a tune you can drop anything you
want on his head
shake it off the combination of
animation and live action wasn't the
only great crossover this movie brought
us
cut cut cut cut fat what the hell is
wrong with that cake
in his fictional world of toontown roger
rubbed shoulders with numerous iconic
cartoon characters
from several other franchises and
studios
including disney and looney tunes in
fact in one notable scene
private detective eddie valiant falls
through the sky with a particularly
classic bunny and mouse
what's up doc jumping without a
parachute kinda dangerous
yeah yeah you could get killed looks
like these two actually get along quite
well
of course the epic piano battle with
daffy and donald
is also unforgettable
number three freddy versus jason this
mashup of the friday the 13th and a
nightmare on elm street franchises
is definitely one of the best slasher
movie crossovers ever
despite what the critics thought i'll
have to pass that message myself
won't i fans had been waiting since 1993
and the end of jason goes to hell to see
what kind of trouble these horror movie
mainstays would get into
were together too old after meeting in
hell
jason upsets freddie by not totally
succeeding in the job freddie wanted him
to do
and that's when the razer gloves and
machetes come out in full force
number two the alien vs predator
franchise
although these sci-fi movie monsters had
briefly crossed over thanks to an
alien skull cameo in predator 2 it's
alien vs predator that really pit them
against each other
bringing to the big screen what was once
just a comic book idea the movie sees a
group of archaeologists caught up in a
battle between the titular monsters
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with the psychological fear of the alien
franchise and the explosive fright of
the predator series
as well as eye-popping special effects
it performed well enough at the box
office to merit a sequel in 2007
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number one avengers endgame look out for
each other
this is the fight of our lives and we're
gonna win
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whatever it takes we may never see a
more momentous and epic crossover event
in our lifetime
than this all-star superhero spectacle
while end game was preceded by avengers
age of ultron and infinity war all those
movies were overshadowed by the sheer
scope of
end game it concluded a decade of plot
and character development
while working in all of the marvel
cinematic universe properties
is that everyone but you wanted more
mcu veterans like iron man hulk and thor
fought alongside relative newcomers like
the guardians of the galaxy
black panther and ant-man the fact that
these lesser-known characters fit in
perfectly with well-established
cinematic icons
speaks volumes to the power and quality
of the mcu
as a crossover end game is the mcu's
crowning achievement
avengers
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