List of movies based on memes
A list of movies based around internet phenomenon and memes. This list does not include films that had memes produced from them such as Shrek or The Muppets nor does it include YouTuber movies such as Smosh: The Movie and Airplane Mode, although YouTuber movies that fit the criteria, such as Fred: The Movie, do appear on this list.
List of films
Title |
Release |
Based on |
Director |
|---|---|---|---|
Densha Otoko |
4 June 2005 |
A viral post on 2chan detailing a man and how he stopped a woman being assaulted on a train earning him the name Train Man |
Shosuke Murakami |
Afro Ninja |
17 March 2009 |
A fail video of Mark Hicks auditioning for a Nike commercial |
Mark Hicks |
How the Hamsters Saved Winter |
2 April 2009 |
A collage of dancing hamsters with a high pitched song in the back named The Hamster Dance |
Pat Corbitt, Dan Dipierro |
FRED: The Movie |
17 December 2010 |
Based on the popular YouTuber Fred |
Clay Weiner |
Safety Not Guaranteed |
22 January 2012 |
A magazine editor filled a blank space with a joke advertisement looking for a time travel partner saying, "Safety not guaranteed, I've only done this once before" |
Colin Trevorrow |
Bad [...] |
12 April 2012 |
A fight on a train with a veteran dubbed "Epic Beard Man" wearing a shirt reading "I am a motherf*cker" |
Craig Moss |
The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa |
8 October 2012 |
An animated music video of a singing gummy bear |
Jurgen Korduletsch, Bernie Denk |
Sneezing Baby Panda: The Movie |
17 April 2014 |
A viral video of a mother panda being scared by her cub sneezing |
Lesley Hammond, Jenny Walsh |
Tusk |
6 September 2014 |
A fake Gumtree advertisement AbOUT a man who would allow people into his home as long as they dress up as a walrus, to remind him of his old friend Gregory. |
Kevin Smith |
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story |
7 April 2015 |
A found footage style horror series titled Marble Hornets |
James Moran |
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever |
29 November 2019 |
A cat with dwarfism and an underbite, resulting in a constant unpleased expression that the internet would call Grumpy Cat |
Tim Hill |
Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge |
20 July 2016 |
The Charlie Charlie challenge |
Derek Presley |
Slender Man |
17 May 2018 |
An online horror character of the same name created by Eric Knudsen |
Sylvain White |
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead |
8 June 2018 |
A Japanese man posted a question on Yahoo answers asking why his wife is pretending to be dead in various ways when he gets home, the question sparked a planking like trend in Japan |
Toshio Lee |
Next Gen |
7 September 2018 |
A rage comic thread titled 7723 |
Kevin R. Adams, Joe Ksander |
@zola |
24 January 2024 |
A twitter thread of a woman detailing her experience being [...] trafficked and involved in a pimp rivalry |
Janicza Bravo |
#DOGPOOPGIRL |
25 April 2021 |
A South Korean woman on a train didn't clean up after her dog defecated on the floor, leading to online jokes and harassment towards the woman. |
Andrei Huțuleac |
Karen |
3 September 2021 |
A joke about middle aged white women who are argumentative, nicknamed Karens |
Coke Daniels |
Amityville Karen |
21 June 2022 |
A joke about middle aged white women who are argumentative, nicknamed Karens |
Shawn C. Phillips |
Dream Scenario |
9 September 2023 |
A reworked script based on an original film on the This Man hoax |
Kristoffer Borgli |
Dear David |
13 October 2023 |
A viral twitter thread by comic artist Adam Ellis |
John McPhail |
This Man |
7 June 2024 |
A sketched face of a person that people had reportedly seen in their dreams named This Man |
Tomojirô Amano |
I Want to Be Neenja! The Movie |
21 June 2024 |
A video of Jennifer Murphy singing in a stereotypical Asian accent about wanting to be a ninja |
Sunny Zhao, Jennifer Murphy |
Snorp: My Alien Friend |
20 March 2025 |
A sculpture of an elephant seal like creature sat waiting, titled the homunculus loxodontus |
Dmitriy Suvorov |
Backrooms |
29 May 2026 |
A creepypasta originating on 4chan's /x/ board. |
Kane Parsons |