movie trivia game

Here's the game : describe a movie in a way that is specific enough for most people to recognize it but generally enough that it can also describe another movie.  Ideally, the second movie is radically different than the first (ie. referencing sequels is cheating).


example one
Description : a young man leaves home and goes far, far away to save a community under siege by an old guy and some monsterous creatures trying to take over and along the way gets wise advise from a little green guy.
Answer : Star Wars
Alternative answer : the Muppets (2011) 
a young man (Luke Skywalker/Walter) leaves home and goes far, far away to save a (Ewok/Muppet) community under siege by an old guy (The Emperor/Tex Richman) and his lackeys (Stormtroopers/henchmen muppets) and his monsters (bounty hunters/henchmen muppets) trying to take over and along the way gets wise advise from a little green guy (Yoda/Kermit).


example two

Description : Milla Jovovich plays a peculiar woman who doesn't seem to understand the prevailing customs, she shows up to help this guy (and he helps her) and she thinks she is a savior for the cause  all among a barrage of violence. 

Answer : The Fifth Element

Alternative answer : Messenger the Story of Joan of Arc

Milla Jovovich plays a peculiar woman (Leeloo/Joan of Arc) who doesn't seem to understand the prevailing customs, she shows up to help this guy (Korben Dallas/the Dauphin)  (and he helps her) and she thinks she is a savior for the cause  all among a barrage of violence (the Mangalores/the Hundred Years' War). 


example three

Description : An archaeologist will go any distance to find ancient relics and along the way he climbs in ancient ruins, befriends a small boy, meets a girl and fights an evil villain and his henchmen.

Answer : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Alternative answer : Stargate

An archaeologist (Indiana Jones/Dr. Daniel Jackson) will go any distance to find ancient relics and along the way he climbs in ancient ruins, befriends a small boy (Short Round/egyptian kid), meets a girl and fights an evil villain (Thugee high Priest/Ra) and his henchmen (Thugee cultists/animal head guards).


Example of what not to do : 
Description : a guy goes away to fulfill a task, faces a challenge where his actions decide the fate of others, and in the process overcomes something.
Answer : it might be easier to count the movies that don't match the description.