Separate Avatar worlds, movie remakes and national television adaptations before choosing an episode or viewing offer.
One familiar name can hide several choices
Avatar is not one interchangeable catalog item. Pandora belongs to James Cameron’s films; Aang belongs to a different story with animated and live-action adaptations. The Office has British and American productions. Ghosts has separate ensembles and season histories. A good comparison starts by showing those distinctions rather than asking one poster to represent every version.
Use the groups below to see the relevant entries beside one another. Each keeps its own year, original title, cast and detail page. Your Watchlist saves the selected production, so a checkpoint for the American Office does not overwrite a reminder for the British series.
Related films are not always remakes
Dune: Part Two continues the 2021 adaptation. It is not the second half of the 1984 film. A franchise collection groups related works for browsing, while a version comparison explains why two familiar titles need separate records. Both can help you choose, but they answer different questions.
After identifying the production, confirm the year again on the viewing destination. A general search may show more than one match. These comparisons identify stories and adaptations, not every technical cut, restoration, audio track or video format offered by a service.
Avatar: Pandora or Aang?
Cameron’s Pandora films and the Aang stories are different fictional worlds. Within the Aang entries, choose animation, live-action television or the 2010 film.
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.
A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in its attempt for global domination. Aang, the long-lost Avatar, is found by Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and must learn to master water, earth, and fire bending to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world.
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Two feature-film interpretations of the musical: the 1961 production and Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation. The year identifies which cast and filmmaking approach you are choosing.
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Hiccup and Toothless in the 2010 animated feature and the 2025 live-action adaptation. Matching names do not mean matching running times or viewing editions.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
The 2001 British series and 2005 American adaptation have different leads, episode counts and season numbering. Choose the production before saving a checkpoint.
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.
The Japanese animated series and the English-language live-action adaptation tell their stories at different scales. An episode number from one cannot identify an episode of the other.
Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates.
Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way.
Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!
Compare the 1995 animated feature with the 2017 live-action film. Check the original language, cast and date when a recommendation gives only the name.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
