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Mockbusters iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. A text version, "Mockbusters/Rip-Offs Movies" by BirdsofDestiny, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 607 views as of 29 October 2026.[1]

The IcebergThreads author describes it as: "Please be advised that the descriptions will explain why they are mockbusters unless they aren't because of people usually looking at the picture or title of the film and think it's a ripoff when their not. Twin Films are similar but different for example A Bugs Life and Antz or Disney's Pinocchio 2023 and Stop Motion Pinocchio 2023, Parodies are something else people are confused with like…"

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers[edit]

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version[1]. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1[edit]

  • The Asylum – Started in the year 2005 (Some of the movies aren't mockbusters)
  • Video Brinquedo – Started in the year 2006 (Some of the movies aren't mockbusters)
  • Dingo Pictures – Most of the films are based on Disney Movies but they existed as literature work for everyone to use. Used to be lost media but all movies are now found
  • 365 Days Series – 50 Shades of Grey
  • The Wild – Madagascar/The Lion King/Finding Nemo
  • The Monster of Piedras Blancas – Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • The Lion King – Kimba the White Lion
  • Super Kid – Dragon Ball
  • WowNow Entertainment
  • Shark Tale – It's got nothing to do with Father looking for his son, and originally the film was going to be different being named Shark Slayer which hasn't been found

Tier 2[edit]

  • Airplane Mode – Airplane
  • Alone in the Dark 2005 – Evil Dead/Alien
  • Spark Plug Entertainment
  • Secret Life of Pets
  • Village of the Giants – Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
  • Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds – The Land That Time Forgot
  • Angels Revenge – Charlie's Angels TV Show
  • Cars – Doc Hollywood
  • Fantastic Four 2005 – The Incredibles, Luckily they changed some things in the script to avoid being compared
  • The Prodigy – Kung Fu Panda
  • The Amazing Bulk – The Incredible Hulk
  • Wings – Planes
  • Wheely – The plot isn't the same as cars
  • The Reef/Deep/Go Fish/Sea Level – Not related to Finding Nemo/Dory
  • The Legend of Sarila – While the title says Frozen Land, the plot was different not relating the snow queen adapation
  • The Snow Queen Series – The original version of frozen would have been like this but was changed into it's own thing
  • Aladdin – The thief and the cobbler being in development long before disney's film, they did have similar things to each other but are different to their fairy tale

Tier 3[edit]

  • Super K/Kiara the Brave – The movie brave is what people say it's a ripoff. Came out before brave, Kiara isn't the protagonist or resembles Merida because of her hair color
  • The Autobots – Characters in Poster design from Cars 2
  • The Adventures of Panda Warrior – Kung Fu Panda
  • 3 Dev Adam – Marvel Comics
  • Frankie Stein – Most likely not a ripoff
  • Brujerías/Caroline and the Magic Potion – The movie was in CGI with the plot having nothing to do with Coraline or her name said incorrectly. Coraline was planned to have CGI but decided to just be stop motion, However they did mention the…
  • Blaxploitation films – Shampoo/Lolita/The Godfather/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  • Badi
  • Las Aventuras de Rataldo – Flushed Away
  • Birds of Paradise – Rio
  • Newt – The plot was similar to rio, so they cancelled it
  • The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin – The film's was released on DVD 2011, with the name Tappy Feet
  • Freedom Force – Some might think it's The Incredibles but it isn't

Tier 4[edit]

  • Anatar
  • Braver – Brightspark Productions has a poster looking like the poster of brave (Even though the movie was just A Fairytale Christmas from 2005) with Disney sending a cease and desist for copyright…
  • Fungus the Bogeyman Duology – A weird crossover that nobody has been able to find a copy of the films
  • How To Train a Dragon Warrior – You can guess by the title
  • Tangled Up – Instead of being about tangled, the film "Britannica's Tales Around the World" is a bizarre anthology of fairytales

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdsofDestiny. Mockbusters/Rip-Offs Movies. IcebergThreads. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.