what was the last ORIGINAL movie?

Question

a movie NOT based off a book, a comic, a video game etc...

Answer 1

Pulp Fiction

Answer 2

How about Ratatouille? Or Hot Rod? Lots of new movies aren't based on a book, comic, or video game.

Answer 3

There were many original movies that don't have their basis on a book, comic or video.

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I find it entertaining that Mystic Moon indicates that there are no truly original movies, and then pulls her information from Wikipedia, how unoriginal.

Answer 4

There are no truly original films. Someone can always point to an influence. Someone says "Pulp Fiction", but Quentin Tarantino is very good at pointing out all of his influences.

It's how an idea is reworked that counts. "The Maltese Falcon" is brilliant, but it was the nth remake of a story. John Huston approached it differently and succeeded.

"Fred Clause" is not original. Santa has had dozens of relatives in various stories. A brother is not a unique idea. Most notions have been borrowed from other sources. Generally, you have to know about a lot of movies to recognize the source. There were zombies, then "Invisible Invaders" and "Zombies of the Stratosphere" gave them a science fiction approach. Then, George Romero borrowed sci fi resurrection and made them cannibalistic. Since then, there have been other twists.

It's the same with most films. Even gangster stuff is just grittier Warner Bros. films of the Thirties and Forties. The only thing separating them besides decades are loosening of the movie code until anything goes~very nearly.

All of the Pixar stuff is based on situations that have been used before. Let's make them bees! Let's make them zoo animals! Let's make them more zoo animals! But, the stories don't vary. Watch critics narrow down a situation: "Think "Jaws" meets (whatever other movie)." is one of their favorite expressions.

But, as I said before, someone can do an old story with a fresher twist, better casting, a sharper script, etc. The blessing for most movies is that most of the audience hasn't seen the films they copy or are inspired by. So, they seem to be original.

Even in "Cloverfield", J.J. Abrams might give us an entirely new monster, but it's the same old monster attack on a city. The differences might like in the monster they created, the script, the cinematography, and everything else that makes a movie. Monster attacks city in films goes back as far as the brontosaurus in the silent version of "The Lost World", and there might be an instance of one further back. Yet, you could argue that the story dates back to myths and legends.

So, it might be impossible to create an "ORIGINAL movie".

NOTE: "Brazil"'s bureaucratic, totalitarian government is reminiscent of the British government depicted in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (aka "1984"), except that it has a buffoonish, slapstick quality totally lacking in that bleak novel. Check out some of the silents from dreamlike sequences very reminiscent to this admittedly remarkable film. Terry Gilliam would never deny borrowing ideas from various places to combine them in a different and intriguing way. ...
Gilliam has stated that Brazil was inspired by "Nineteen Eighty-Four"—which he has admitted never having read— but is written from today's perspective rather than looking to the future like Orwell's novel. In Gilliam's words, "'Brazil' was, 'the Nineteen Eighty-Four' for 1984." In fact, Gilliam's working title for the movie was "1984½", which also pays tribute to the influence of Fellini's "8½".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(movie)

Answer 5

There are many that are not based on books, comics or video games.

I'm not sure what answer you are looking for. Although it is obvious that, many movies are not purely original and have thematic ties with other movies, a good many are original works.

Crash, Spanglish, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Casablanca, Blue Crush, etc.,

Answer 6

Most random blockbusters aren't based off of anything. Looking at the movies in theaters now, the following are "original" in this sense:

Grace is Gone
The Walker
The Moguls
Disney's Enchanted
Hitman
Awake
Fred Claus
and more...

Of course, if by "original" you mean "good," it's a bit subjective. I haven't yet seen "Juno," but it looks promising.

Answer 7

i don't know about the LAST, but the MOST original movie i've ever seen was Tarantino/Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn. Who else would've thought to combine a crime movie and a Vampire flick? Definitely the most original idea i've ever seen because no one else could pull it off:p. I guess the last original movie i saw was Grindhouse (Planet Terror / Death Proof) on DVD.

Answer 8

Reservoir Dogs.

Answer 9

"Zorba the Greek" 1964 starring Anthony Quinn
"Rashomon" 1951 starring toshiro Mifune

Both were great film originals.

Answer 10

Citizen Kane