I have this on my bookshelf and it is brilliant. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36220699-abridged-classics
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A cab driver living in a tiny apartment meets an attractive woman and goes on a cruise and vacation with her
Radio personality's show is derailed by a boring guest who is only interested in rocks.
Oh God fucking dammit.
One guy leaves society and goes exploring, eventually dies.
Into the wild.
Ding ding ding
A fluffle of rabbits is violently and steadily decimated.
Watership Down?
Basketball game where one of the players isn't supposed to be there. But there is no rule about it. 🐶🏀
Space Jam when Bill Murray fills in the spot.
Air Bud
An unqualified impostor tricks his way into being an astronaut.
Among Us.
Nope. Gattaca.
A guy takes a pill that makes him learn kung fu, than he dies.
The Matrix
Some aliens forgot to update their spaceships anti-malware definitions.
Spoiler
Independence day?
Two people falls off a ship, the ship sinks. The boy dies. The girl cries.
Documentary about a failed buoyancy study in 1912.
Spoiler
Titanic.
Guy gets sent to war, makes the best of it by taking photos. Guy training them is a real comedian.
Most of the descriptions in this thread sound rather awesome
A powerful talking animal comes to earth from a different world only to be pursued by a intelligent inventor who is hell bent to capture it.
Sonic?
Also, humans are talking animals
You are correct!
Howard the duck?
Nope, not Marvel.
Park ranger takes a family on a hike, family is attacked by giant lizards
Spoiler
Jurassic Park? Not really a hike, or lizards, though.
I challenge you to reframe it..
Disgruntled sysadmin sabotages zoo security system while attempting to make off with a company's trade secrets. Child saves the day by rebooting a Unix system.
Clever girl
Office clerk daydreams he's part of a huge government conspiracy to escape his plumbing issues.
College kid gets booked, calls the family lawyer.
Spoiler
My Cousin Vinny?
Yes!
A guy makes a science experiment that fails and it takes a long time to get back home.
Boy's incestuous mother and pervert father help teach him about adhering to speed limits and proper labeling of undergarments.
Back to the Future 2.
They were essentially in their mid twenties...
Frodo was 50 and Sam was 38, no?
Worst.
Trash can.
Ever.