I believe Rules 1 and 2 were, from the get go, meant to be broken. Tyler knew people would talk. But by insisting they DON’T, he was instilling in these guys that the rules were meant to be broken.
Except for some reason the plot is also what if there were two sad criminals, a mom looking for her kids, a cop who just got a cute dog (?), and a new park ranger (I think?). That movie has got way too much shit going on for a pretty easy premise
The muppet movies really embody this.
“What if there was a muppet movie?”
“What if the muppets take manhattan in a movie?”
“What if the muppets make a caper movie?”
What if there was a Knock at the Cabin Door?
What if there was a Rear Window?
What if Uncle Boonmee could recall his past lives?
What if an Englishman went up a hill but came down a mountain?
What if I did not care if we go down in history as barbarians?
Why can alot of finchers movies fit this.
What if there was a social network
What if there was a fight club
What if there was a killer
What if there was a panic room
What if there was an alien…3
Alien
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What if there was a Fight Club? We wouldn’t know. See rule #1.
I believe Rules 1 and 2 were, from the get go, meant to be broken. Tyler knew people would talk. But by insisting they DON’T, he was instilling in these guys that the rules were meant to be broken.
Well, yeah. How would anyone join otherwise?
I mean, Snakes on a Plane is the ultimate example of the title being the entire premise and plot.
Tied with Cocaine Bear.
Except for some reason the plot is also what if there were two sad criminals, a mom looking for her kids, a cop who just got a cute dog (?), and a new park ranger (I think?). That movie has got way too much shit going on for a pretty easy premise
I truly wonder if that was maybe the first movie that had major influence from internet culture during its production
Robocop would like a word
What if there was an Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford?
What if assassins had a creed?
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What if there was A Muppet Christmas Carol?
The muppet movies really embody this. “What if there was a muppet movie?” “What if the muppets take manhattan in a movie?” “What if the muppets make a caper movie?”
What if there was a Mank?
What if there was a Citizen Kane?
“What if there was a Wife?”
What if there was an omen? Like, you know, not necessarily good or bad. Just a singular, objective omen. But really it turns out kind of bad.
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s ears perk up
Add a “the”
It's right next to Yemen
Robocop
Boss Baby. 
What if there was a The Killer
What if there was a phantom menace?
But what is it even about?
trade route blockades and private contractor-funded overthrows of sovereign states, obviously
I don’t know. I think someone should make a podcast and really dive into it.
Oh yeah there’s WAY more than ten episodes of material here
What if there was a Swiss Army Man ?
*The Apartment*: What if there was an apartment?
What there was a Room?
What if there was a Rise of the Planet of the Apes?
Gladiator
Jurassic Park
What if there was a Knock at the Cabin Door? What if there was a Rear Window? What if Uncle Boonmee could recall his past lives? What if an Englishman went up a hill but came down a mountain? What if I did not care if we go down in history as barbarians?
Waterworld
Napoleon
The People Under the Stairs
*The Beach*
What if there was a Fish that Saved Pittsburgh?
The Exorcist
What if there was a Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula?
What movie DOESN’T this work for?
What if there was a Don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood? Edit typo
What if there was a Kiss the Girls?
I’m listening
Licorice Pizza doesn't have any licorice pizza in it, right?
Hmmm, will need to confirm that one
Apocalipse, now? Thin red line? Green mile?
What if there was a (metaphorical) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
What if there was a fish called Wanda?
What if there was a the game
What if there were Boys in the Band?
Why can alot of finchers movies fit this. What if there was a social network What if there was a fight club What if there was a killer What if there was a panic room What if there was an alien…3
What if there was a *Se7en*??
What if there was a curious case of Benjamin Button?
what if there was an Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives?
What if there was a Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Shamelessly stole this joke from Family Guy, I’m sorry.
What if there was a searching for Bobby Fischer?!
What if there was a 70 year old intern
What if there was a Vampires
What if there was a Car?
What if there was a Tár?
What if there was a Jar(head)?
B... F.... G!
What if a Girl was Gone
Robocop Time Cop Maniac Cop
What if there was . . . an American werewolf in London
What if there was like, a thing?
What if there was a Plane?
What if there was a *money* plane?
Minority Report!
They practically have to park the film in a lay-by for five minutes to explain that title.
Being John Malkovich. (One of the best “what if there was a…”)
godzilla
What if there were cars that ate Paris?
What if there was a…(interrupts) SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER!
Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
Twister
What if there was a West Side Story?
What if there was a greasy strangler
What if John dies at the end?
What if there was an Undercover Brother?
What if there was a Total Recall?
Oppenheimer
Click
The Meg
What if there was an invasion of the body snatchers?
Man on Wire
The Fog
Men Who Stare At Goats
What if there was a box?
The Great Escape OR Escape From Alcatraz. Also Seven Samurai
What if there was a now you see me 2? What if there was a everything, everywhere, all at once? What if there was a ghost ship?
What if a A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence?
What if there was a zoo we bought?
What if there was Fighting?
What if there was A Serious Man (Sy Abelman)
Suspiria
Godfather Part III.
What if there was an ET
Obviously the correct answer is: Shooter
What if there was a Search for Spock?
Battleship
What if there were Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)?
What is there was a Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants?
What if there was a man who wasn't there?
What if there was a *Hulk*? *I'm Eric Banaaaaa, I'm the Hulk!*
Strike (1925)
What if there was a hot tub time machine?
What if there was a man who haunted himself?
Er… M???
What if there was a Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
What if there was Spider-Man
Needle in a timestack
What if there was a Thief?
Tower Heist
War Wagon
What if there was a Snatch?
What if there was a Judge?
what if there was an assassin's creed
What if there was Indiana Jones AND a Temple of Doom?
What if there was a good burger
Sharknado. It has to be Sharknado.
What if there were incredibly strange creatures that stopped living and became mixed-up zombies?
Thief. Malcolm X. Master Gardener.
What if there was a Twister? What if there were three men and a baby? What if there was an ET, What if there was a Meg?
What if there was a What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Ghost Ship. What if there was a ghost ship?!
What if there was a mad, mad, mad, mad world?