10 Famous Movies You Didn't Realise Were Already Other Movies

9. Drive (2011) Is The Driver (1978)

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Drive is a recent and rather popular movie about a quiet, broody man (played by Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver, has no life except for his work, and is forced into a violent conflict when he gets involved with a woman. The Driver, a movie from 1978, is also about a quiet, broody man (played by Ryan O'Neal) whose job is that of a getaway driver, has no life except for his work, and is forced into a violent conflict when he gets involved with a woman. Did you notice, too, that both characters are played by actors called Ryan? Although I've made it sound like these movies are exactly the same, even I'll admit that the final products are fairly different from one another. Driver is like a western, wheras Drive is a blockbuster/arthouse mash-up. That doesn't mean that Drive isn't wholly reminiscent of TheDriver for much of its runtime. Drive owes a lot to The Driver, whether it wants to admit it or not: that the main characters remain nameless, too, referred to only as "Driver," is another interesting connection that these movies share. You're only truly cool if you're nameless, see.
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