Late last month, Nike unleashed the latest movie-themed sneaker, a yellow shoe with brown fur coming out of the top inspired by Teen Wolf (never mind that in the film the title character wears Adidas). Between this and the recent Back to the Future Part II tie-ins, Michael J. Fox seems to be a big influence on the world of sneaker collecting, and so it may only be a matter of time before we see Nike unveil a Doc Hollywood design.

Actually, it may only be a matter of time before we see a lot of film-inspired shoes we wouldn’t expect. Already, Nike has sneakers tied to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Goodfellas, The Empire Strikes Back and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. Add to these Adidas’ Tron shoes, Puma’s The Goonies and Japanese Monster shoes and Slip-Off’s custom-designed Vans inspired by Fight Club, Star Wars, Napoleon Dynamite, Anchorman, E.T. and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou .

So, in order to beat the shoe companies to the punch, SpoutBlog has picked ten movies that deserve their own sneaker design. Most of these are quite literal and obvious, but it’s just a starting point. What other movies would you like to see make their way to your feet?

Beetlejuice

With Nike’s Ferris Bueller, Freddy Krueger and Pee-Wee Herman sneakers, the design is all about an iconic character’s signature clothing: Ferris’ “leopard-print” vest (which wasn’t actually leopard-print), Freddy’s striped sweater (and burned face) and Pee-Wee’s grey suit and red bowtie. Now it’s time to make a shoe modeled after Beetlejuice’s black and white-striped suit. Technically, Beetlejuice already has a sneaker, made by Reebok, but it really does neither the film nor the character justice.

Braveheart

Another film with signature costumes, Braveheart sneakers would obviously feature a plaid design. But these shoes shouldn’t just incorporate the earth-tone tartan of William Wallace and call it a day. Otherwise they would just look like any other old plaid-print sneakers. They should also be inspired by the brown leather high tops Mel Gibson wears in the film, and they must incorporate the look of both his chest armor and his blue face paint (this could go on the “upper” part of the sneaker, i.e. the part covering your toes).

Crocodile Dundee

It’s a shame nobody cares about this movie anymore. Or, maybe there are other secret fans hiding out where the Xanadu and Tron cults used to reside? If so, a limited edition sneaker could resurrect the Paul Hogan faithful. Of course it would feature a print resembling crocodile skin and also incorporate some croc teeth, too. Would an image of a giant knife along the side be overkill? Wait, this is a Crocodile Dundee sneaker, so overkill should be the point.

Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown failed almost as miserably as the sneaker that Orlando Bloom’s character designs within the film. But the difference is, Elizabethtown is terrible and deserved its fate, while the Mercury Spasmotica actually looks kinda cool. Maybe it’s not a great shoe, but there’s no way it was bad enough to cost the company almost a billion dollars. Anyway, as the company Mercury is modeled after, Nike should get the license from Paramount to actually make these sneakers. It’s okay to buy a tie-in for a film you don’t like, isn’t it? I mean, just because you hated Juno doesn’t mean you didn’t want a burger phone, right?

The Gold Rush

Due to the present recession, sneaker collecting may seem both a frivolous and hard to maintain hobby. After all, most of those limited edition shoes cost hundreds of dollars and aren’t necessarily for wearing. But here’s a very practical sneaker for these hard times: the completely edible Gold Rush sneaker inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s famous boot-eating scene. Like the actual shoe used for the film, the sneakers would be made mostly of black licorice. This may not seem too practical, as tons of people hate the taste of licorice, but when you’re unemployed and starving, you really have to be open to eating anything available. Just as The Tramp was.

The Man with One Red Shoe

The literal and obvious idea here would be to make a pair of mismatched sneakers, with one red shoe and one sneaker that resembles Tom Hanks’ characters’ business shoe. But how about this, instead: there’s just the red shoe. That’s right, no pair. Just one single red sneaker. That you can wear with the formal shoe of your choice. Or put on display with your other collectable shoes, whatever. Also, available only in France: a single black sneaker inspired by the original film, Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe).

Sneakers

If there were ever a movie that needed a sneaker tie-in, it’s this underappreciated gem. Yes, only because of its title, which has nothing to do with shoes of any kind. It’s hard to imagine a good, appropriate sneaker design for a film like this, so the best we could come up with is that the shoes need to be black (after the “black box” decoder), and they should have a button that you press to hear Stephen Tobolowsky choppily saying, “Hi. My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”

Taxi Driver

Okay, we’re back to the easy signature print designs. If Goodfellas has a sneaker (actually it has two, both in Nike’s Dunk SB line, as well as a matching apparel line), Taxi Driver definitely deserves one. It should combine the yellow and checkerboard concept of a taxicab with the green of Travis Bickle’s army jacket. Also, running up the shoe, along the toe box, “upper,” tongue and the back of the sock liner is a striped tuft of hair, inspired by Bickle’s Mohawk.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Though Nike has made shoes called Terminators, they weren’t tied to James Cameron’s film series, which primarily influenced fans to buy leather jackets and sunglasses. Sneakers inspired by The Terminator would also have to be modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s outfit. So, a combination of black leather and black cloth (after the black t-shirt) would be appropriate. Most important, though, these sneakers must have random spots where they appear to have tears and holes, exposing a metallic fabric underneath.

The Wizard of Oz

This classic film has already inspired a number of shoe tie-ins, including the aforementioned Slip-Off Vans. But just because Dorothy’s ruby slippers are a literal and obvious influence for a sneaker design doesn’t mean those iconic shoes must be the ‘sole’ inspiration. At first we thought of suggesting multiple sneakers, one design for each of the film’s characters. The more fun idea, though, is to combine all those designs into one mess of a shoe. First, there’s the ruby-like base, lined with yellow-brick-print trim. Then, there’s the silver sole and insole, the straw-like laces and the lion-like fur coming out of the sock liner, a la the Teen Wolf shoes. Finally, not forgetting Toto, the bottom of the sole features a little dog print. As for the emerald color, that’s on all the cash you spend on these monsters.