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===Cinema=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ballas|first=Anthony James|year=2017|title=The Orientation of Future Cinema: Technology, Aesthetics, Spectacle|url=https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/download/194/483|journal=CINEJ Cinema Journal|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]]|volume=6|issue=2 |page=224|issn=2158-8724|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[Back to the Future]]'' (1985)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pazos Ramirez |first=Evie |title=From Time Travel to Superheroes: The Impact of the High Concept Era |url=https://studentfilmreviews.org/?p=47647 |access-date=December 31, 2024 |quote="One specific film that played an influential role into the high concept film era is Back to the Future (1985)."}}</ref> * ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' (1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/james-cameron-aliens-pitch-avatar-2-b2251831.html|title=James Cameron confirms ‘urban legend’ about his Aliens film pitch was in fact true|last=Chilton|first=Louis|date=December 27, 2022|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref> * ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' (1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books-crash-course-for-buffs-1095402.html|title=Books: Crash course for buffs|last=Phelan|first=Laurence|date=May 22, 1999|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' (1997)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Atkinson|first1=Michael|author-link1=Michael Atkinson (writer)|last2=Shifrin|first2=Laurel|year=2008|title=Flickipedia: Perfect Films for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal, and Whim|url={{Google books|KSVwac0qDIEC|page=PT218|plainurl=yes}}|location=Chicago, Illinois|publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]|page=210|isbn=9781556527142|quote=Cube (1997) A high-concept, polished Canadian sci-fi indie, Vincenzo Natali's movie is an ingenious but stagy attempt at beginning where Sartre's play ''No Exit'' left off: [...]}}</ref> * ''[[The Truman Show]]'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-audience-is-us/Content?oid=896501|title=The Audience is Us|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum|date=June 4, 1998|website=[[Chicago Reader]]|access-date=April 14, 2021|quote=Undeniably provocative and reasonably entertaining, The Truman Show is one of those high-concept movies whose concept is both clever and dumb.}}</ref> * ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' (1998)<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Copier|first=Laura|year=2009|title=Preposterous revelations: Visions of Apocalypse and martyrdom in Hollywood cinema 1980-2000|type=PhD|chapter=American Martyr: High Concept Visions in Armageddon|page=91|publisher=[[University of Amsterdam]]|chapter-url=https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/757086/60074_07.pdf|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/parvathi-nayar/the-title-says-it-all/article3584039.ece|title=The title says it all|last=Nayar|first=Parvathi|date=July 1, 2012|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[Inception]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Daswani|first=Kavita|author-link=Kavita Daswani|date=July 16, 2017|title=Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan on casting Harry Styles, selling a British story in the US, and the challenges of filming it|url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2102684/dunkirk-director-christopher-nolan-casting-harry-styles-selling|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]'' (2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/hobo-with-a-shotgun-1.601333|title=Hobo with a Shotgun|last=Brady|first=Tara|date=July 15, 2011|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref> * ''[[The Platform (film)|The Platform]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/the-39-best-movies-to-see-on-netflix/|title=The 39 best movies to see on Netflix|last=Bisset|first=Jennifer|author-link=Jennifer Bisset|date=March 28, 2021|website=[[CNET]]|access-date=March 29, 2021|quote=Its high-concept story centers on a tower that delivers food to people on each of its many levels via a platform.}}</ref> {{Div col end}}
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