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[Zingoleb]

Well, yeah, but it does cut out quite a bit of context.

[Lines]

Yeah.

A young girl rebels against the new mother in her life.

Snow White?

[Pilchard123]

That was quick.

Not really, I just happened to be looking at that thread right after you posted. I'd have said it was that this morning if that was when I'd looked. Not sure who the devil is meant to be, I've never actually watched it.

[jwhouk]

Yeah.

A young girl rebels against the new mother in her life.

Actually, I was going to say "Brave".

[Carl-E]

...and I was going to say "Cinderella". 

I guess it's a trope.

[Lines]

It's pretty much any fairy tale ever that involves a not perfect relationship with a girl and her step mother.

[Spiff]

AFAIR Cinderella is mostly rebelling against her stepsisters and Snow White isn't rebelling but merely trying not to get killed.
I think it's a story where the stepmother is actually nice but her stepdaughter still rebels against her.

[Zingoleb]

Well, it *was* Coraline I was thinking of. Technically speaking, the other mother was very nice...

[ackblom12]

"A creature wakes up, knowing nothing of it's surroundings and is mercilessly hunted by a frightened group of fanatics."

[Lines]

Frankenstein?

[Papersatan]

Iron Giant

[ackblom12]

No and no. I'll explain why neither of those fit once it's guessed.

[BeoPuppy]

Warm bodies?

[ackblom12]

Not out yet, and also no.

[Carl-E]

Goodnight, Mr. James (by Clifford Simak), aka "The Duplicate Man"

[ackblom12]

Incorrect.

[Thrillho]

The Thing?

[pwhodges]

I was going to suggest The Kraken Wakes, but then realised it's never been filmed!

[Carl-E]

Wait, do they need to be films? 

[pwhodges]

I was assuming - they have all been so far, haven't they?

[ackblom12]

The Thing?

Got it!

[Pilchard123]

The opening post makes no stipulation about the subject of the accurate-but-misleading description thing, so I suppose anything goes. Does it really matter what it started as though?

Machines malfunction time and time again; experts try to fix them.

[Carl-E]

12 Monkeys sprang to mind, but it's probably the Matrix. 

[Spiff]

"Chasing the dragon leads to a hunt for a murderer."

Dragonheart?

[Zingoleb]

A man's attempt at traveling is interrupted by bureaucrats.

[Carl-E]

The Terminal?

[StevenC]

The Thing?

Got it!

Coincidentally I just watched that movie yesterday with the boys and I wouldn't have guessed that. Care to explain why you chose that description (and why you said those others don't fit)?

Anyway...
"A poor girl is abused by her family and screamed at by two strangers for an hour."

[Lines]

"Chasing the dragon leads to a hunt for a murderer."

From Hell?

[Zingoleb]

The Terminal?

Nope.

[Pilchard123]

12 Monkeys sprang to mind, but it's probably the Matrix.

Nope, also nope. It's a book that at least some people on here should have read. There's also a film, but it doesn't really fit that description.

[TheEvilDog]

"Chasing the dragon leads to a hunt for a murderer."

From Hell?

Yep, you got it. XD

[Is it cold in here?]

Around the World in 80 Days?

Gilligan is the devil. For anyone who escaped seeing the show, every attempt to escape from the island is thwarted by Gilligan "accidentally" doing something "stupid".

[Pilchard123]

If that 80 Days was a guess at mine, nope.

I thought it was probably Gilligan though again I'm not sure why. Probably brain-static from trying to get two assignments done in as many days.

WHY DID I GET A JOB?

[Carl-E]

Machines malfunction time and time again; experts try to fix them.

It's a book that at least some people on here should have read. There's also a film, but it doesn't really fit that description.

I Robot

[Pilchard123]

Indeed. I'm not a huge fan of the film. I mean, I know it's *based on* the book, but there's just a few things that don't match up enough to make it grate a little for me.

[Asterus]

Machines malfunction time and time again; experts try to fix them.

You know, for some reason I automatically think "terminator" when I see this. Though that kinda leaves "experts" up to interpretation

I'm a little sad that no one guessed Paprika for mine. Or should I be happy? It was a point brought up in a conversation with a friend after all.

[PthariensFlame]

Nobody's guessed mine yet!

I'll give you a hint: it's a manga that got turned into an anime.

[Carl-E]

"A group of 10 complete strangers decide to save to world by destroying the organization that initially brought them together."

Geez, that was two pages ago!  I can't remember anything from before breakfast...

[Lines]

"Chasing the dragon leads to a hunt for a murderer."

From Hell?

Yep, you got it. XD

It was the "chasing the dragon" phrase. I think that was the first time I'd heard someone refer to smoking opium in that way. (Even though I don't do drugs, I find the history of opiates really interesting. Dunno why!)

[Lines]

Here's another one:

"Three sisters are cruelly punished by some nasty little children."

[jwhouk]

"A group of 10 complete strangers decide to save to world by destroying the organization that initially brought them together."

Heroes?

[Welu]

Here's another one:

"Three sisters are cruelly punished by some nasty little children."

That makes me think of Hocus Pocus.

[Lines]

Yes it is!

[Spiff]

"A single father and expert marksman tries to ensure justice in his hometown."

To give you a hint: The movie in question appeared in several lists for the best movies of all time.

[TheEvilDog]

To Kill A Mockingbird.

[Spiff]

Yes.

[TheEvilDog]

"This stinks. In every sense of the word."

[Carl-E]

Is that a quote, a review, or a description? 

[TheEvilDog]

Describes a film and a major theme to the film. It might be a little out there, so I'll give another clue. Its a horror

[Spiff]

The Human Centipede?