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Poll: Most Overused Movie Idea in Hollywood

A poll by pere-25366.
These are the plot elements we've seen time and again in movies, which seem to be more prevalent now than ever in a time where many people have argued that originality has started to dwindle.

Which of these overused movie tropes have you seen enough of at this point?

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    Tamer Hassan in The Business (2005)

    I'm tired of seeing mafia / organized crime movies.
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    Ashton Kutcher in The Butterfly Effect (2004)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with time travel.
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    Brenton Thwaites and Courtney Eaton in Gods of Egypt (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing sword-and-sandals movies.
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    Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing alien invasion movies.
  5. Vote!

    Elle Fanning in Maleficent (2014)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with princes / princesses.
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    Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with cowboy cops.
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    Jennifer Garner in Nine Lives (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with talking animals.
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    Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli (2010)

    I'm tired of seeing post apocalyptic movies.
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    2012 (2009)

    I'm tired of seeing disaster movies.
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    Maggie Q and Shailene Woodley in Divergent (2014)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with the chosen one.
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    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Twilight (2008)

    I'm tired of seeing vampire movies.
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    Gaspard Ulliel in Hannibal Rising (2007)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with serial killers.
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    Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing movies in space.
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    Andy Garcia in Max Steel (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing superhero movies.
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    Ivy George in Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

    I'm tired of seeing movies with supernatural beings.
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    Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch (2017)

    I'm tired of seeing movies based on TV shows.
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    Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing movies based on novels.
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    Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in A Cinderella Story (2004)

    I'm tired of seeing opposites attract movies.
  19. Vote!

    Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in Beauty and the Beast (2017)

    I'm tired of seeing movies that are remakes.
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    Alien: Covenant (2017)

    I'm tired of seeing movies that are prequels.
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    Tyrese Gibson in The Fate of the Furious (2017)

    I'm tired of seeing movies that are sequels.
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    Colman Domingo, Chiké Okonkwo, and Nate Parker in The Birth of a Nation (2016)

    I'm tired of seeing movies about slavery.

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