Plagarism is the highest form of flattery, Movies or TV shows that make good games Options

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In a similar vein to the many, many topics on Shadowrun-esque movies and TV shows, but different enough to hopefully avoid the flaming, I propose this topic. What movies or TV shows (or even books) do you know that make for a good shadowrun game with minimal re-writing.

My first contribution is Where Eagles Dare, which is an old, old Clint Eastwood war movie. Basically the main plot is an American general has been shot down during WW2 and is being held in an evil nazi castle. He knows too much about the plans for the invasion of Europe so he must be rescued. Plan B is bomb the cr*p out of the castle and kill him, but it doesn't do to angry up the Americans by bombing their general. The real plot or secondary plot I won't ruin for those who haven't seen this great movie but it involves there being a mole in MI6 (MI6 are the ones running and planning this mission). Don't worry about me spoiling it - they explain about the mole in the first few scenes.

This makes for a good game because the whole plot works best if the team comprises some MI6 types (intel, special forces or whatever) and also some complete outsiders (ie the players). The players basically replace Clint Eastwood's character. The plot also works best where the players are asking themselves constantly 'this is a military/spy mission, why the hell am I here?' because this only gets revealed at the end (in the room with the fireplace near the end). It ends with a cool escape bit and firefight plus plenty of tension, it has evil nazis (corporate types or whatever) and plots within plots that can be easily grasped by players. It can be basically nicked entirely, or mildly re-written for almost any game. I highly recommend it.

My second contribution is the movie Spartan with Val Kilmer. Basically a kidnap game - the president's daughter is gone, get her back before the media get wind of it because once it hits the news the kidnappers will realise who they've got (they haven't figured it out because they just snatched some girl) and probably kill her or sell her to Iran or someone. Half way through the movie comes the twist, which I won't ruin, but it means that the hunt gets called off except for a dedicated few.

This is a good game for players seeking redemption. I have run it as a single-player game for a character who was looking to redeem himself karmically because of a career body count that was embarassingly high. It has good government conspiracies (which can be a corporate conspiracy easily enough), dark aspects like white slavery, cool international travel and so on. You may or may not want to change the ending - I didn't, which fitted the character in question very well.

Any other suggestions?