36 Ridiculous “Mock-Busters” That Ripped Off Famous Movies

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John Summers • Contributor
Aug 30, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

There's an entire genre of movies that doesn't even try to be good. Their only mission? To trick well-meaning, slightly naive, out-of-touch shoppers into thinking they're picking up a famous blockbuster - when in reality, they're about to experience pure cinematic chaos.

You know the type. Grandma thinks she grabbed The Incredible Hulk at the bargain bin, but nope - it's The Amazing Bulk. A distracted parent goes to buy Cars for their kid and ends up with A Car's Life. Or maybe you spot Chop Kick Panda, The Fast and the Fierce, or Guardians of the Universe and wonder who, exactly, thought this was fooling anyone.

And here's the kicker: it must actually work, because they keep making them. Every year, new low-budget "mock-busters" pop up, borrowing just enough from the real thing to be recognizable, while cutting every corner possible. They're cheap, they're ridiculous, and somehow they've become their own bizarre sub-genre of film.

So buckle up. Here are 36 of the most shameless mock-busters ever released - proof that sometimes bad movies are bad on purpose.

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    THE AMAZING BULK "THIS IS THE ROOM OF SUPERHERO MOVIES!" -JAMES DEPAOLO, WICKED CHANNEL
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    ADRIAN PAUL DOMINIQUE SWAIN THE FAST AND THE FIERCE A RACE IN THE STREETS AND SKY IT'S GONNA BE A BUMPY RIDE!
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    TAPPY TOES He's Just Winging It!
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    ANTHONY "TREACH" CRISS DAVID CHOKACHI AND GRAHAM GREENE ATLANTIC RIM MONSTERS VS MACHINES
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    KIARA THE BRAVE
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    ACTION PACKED MASTERPIECE TERMINATOR VS UNIVERSAL SOLDIER" ANDROID COP TBC "GREAT FIGHT SCENES" TBC WATERFLICK.COM
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    Spider's Web A PIG'S TALE 2 U
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    DMX FRESH FAST AND FIERCE: DEATH RACE RIDE OR DIE
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    JOEY LAWRENCE TOM GREEN HOMEWARD AN ORC-TASTIC JOURNEY OF ELVISH PROPORTIONS A boastful elf and his prank-happy orc brother must learn to work together to stop a fiendish orc gang from retrieving a magical stone that will give them the power to take over the world.
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    THE RETURN OF THE GOLDEN AGE COMIC BOOK LEGEND! CAPTAIN BATTLE LEGACY WAR
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    NOT YOUR ORDINARY HIGH SCHOOL! SUNDAY SCHOOL MUSICAL
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    PATRICIA VELASQUEZ KEVIN NASH AND RICHARD GRIECO ALMIGHTY THOR THE LEGEND IS BORN
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    霉菌性物 DVD VIDEO AC-35.1 《海底总动员》 Clare Thomas ·克莱儿·汤玛斯 《史莱克》 Martin Clunes 马丁克·鲁勒斯 广州音像出版社出版ISRC:CN-F28-06-0044-0/V.J9国权像字54-2006-0478号文像进字(2006)498号
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    the Burgess Reed Taylor Max Parget Wide Connie Franklin Bryton Syd PHIL SNEAK OVER Get Ready for One Wild Night! You have got to be kidding me with this Stranger Things rip off THE SNEAK OVER DVD 13 BETAIL $996 1996 16274
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    ALIENS VS AVATARS DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE A.STERLING CASSIE FLIESEL EXECUTIVE PROVOCER DIRECTED BY MOENBRUN RIN DE WARE
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