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[1] 17 March 2009 A fail video of Mark Hicks auditioning for a Nike commercial[2] 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[3] Pat Corbitt, Dan Dipierro
FRED: The Movie 17 December 2010 Based on the popular YouTuber Fred Clay Weiner
Safety Not Guaranteed[4] 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"[4] Colin Trevorrow
Bad Ass[5] 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[6] Jurgen Korduletsch, Bernie Denk
Sneezing Baby Panda: The Movie[7] 17 April 2014 A viral video of a mother panda being scared by her cub sneezing[8] Lesley Hammond, Jenny Walsh
Tusk[9] 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.[10] 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[11] 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[12] Toshio Lee
Next Gen[13] 7 September 2018 A rage comic thread titled 7723[14] Kevin R. Adams, Joe Ksander
@zola[15] 24 January 2024 A twitter thread of a woman detailing her experience being sex 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[16] 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

References

  1. ↑ "The story behind Afro Ninja: The father of all martial arts fails". mixedmartialarts.com. 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  2. ↑ airmoney (2006-01-17). afro ninja. Retrieved 2025-12-25 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ MNRK Music Group (2009-02-03). Hampton the Hamster "The Hamsterdance Song". Retrieved 2025-12-25 – via YouTube.
  4. 1 2 Faraci, Devin (2012-06-07). "The True Story Behind SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED's Time Travel Ad". Birth.Movies.Death. Archived from the original on 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  5. ↑ "'Bad Ass,' inspired by an amateur video of a fight on a bus, falls short of the original". POLITICO. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  6. ↑ icanrockyourworld (2007-10-09). The Gummy Bear Song - Long English Version. Retrieved 2025-12-25 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Independent Music Productions - "Sneezing Baby Panda - The Movie"". indmusicprods.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  8. ↑ Wild Candy (2016-02-09). Sneezing Baby Panda | Original Video. Retrieved 2025-12-25 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Cuffari, Steve; Russell, Tom; McCormick, Colin (2020-05-20). "Tusk Might Be Utter Nightmare Fuel, But It's Based On A True Story". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  10. ↑ Kendall, James (2013-07-29). "Brighton Walrus Gumtree Ad Becomes Hollywood Movie". Brighton Source. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  11. ↑ Schwartz, Rob (2018-06-05). "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead | Metropolis". Metropolis Japan. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  12. ↑ "When I get home my wife always pretends to be dead". Know Your Meme. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  13. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (2018-09-05). "Building a Girl-and-Robot Dream Team for Netflix's 'Next Gen'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  14. ↑ Cahill, Ann-Marie (2018-09-25). "NEXT GEN: On the Netflix Adaptation of 7723". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  15. ↑ "'Zola': A Mesmerizing Film From Janicza Bravo". The Nerd Corps. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  16. ↑ LeBeau, Ariel (2023-11-21). "Why 'Dream Scenario' Director Kristoffer Borgli Dreamed of Nicolas Cage With K-Pop Hair". GQ. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
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