Movies where the title is said only once, as the last line of dialogue

Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

this is going to be a very short thread. I will be extremely satisfied if we get ten movies

"Because we have to chase him. Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now, so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it, because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a Dark Knight."

Clark Gable shocked audiences as Rhett Butler when he delivered the immortal line “Frankly my dear, Gone With the Wind” at the end of Gone With the Wind (1939).

"and that was the story of a the boat that they said could never sink, with not enough lifeboats, and a captain who made mistakes but was steadfast til the end. and a night that so cold that the water itself froze, in parts, and split the boat into pieces. a great jewel was lost that night, a symbol of love and youth and betrayal, and maybe a bit of truth as well. we call that boat the "titan"

“Forget it, Jake. It’s a wonderful life.”

"You have won all the Star Wars."

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

(legit answer, u clowns)

"Louis, this could be the end of Casablanca."

lmao

I think “My Dinner With Andre” is a real one

Thank you Morbius and Silby

So that's three

This is not a joke thread

It can be both

"Throw that sled in the fire, the one that belonged to Citizen Kane!"

alright well let's keep our eyes on the prize, Heaven's Gate

JUDY...I have vertigo

sorry flappy bird, i was kinda going off of silby's theory there.

here's a real one:

Brian Johnson: [closing narration] Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...

Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...

Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...

Claire Standish: ...a princess...

John Bender: ...and a criminal...

Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

hell yeah. Four already. that's already more than 100% certified New Jerseys

"There are a million stories in the naked city. One of them is 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.'"

i still plan on making Titan one day, just the way i want it to be

chinatown counts right?

https://twitter.com/saythetitle?lang=en

ours are much better already

no, "Chinatown" is said several times earlier in the film

i can't remember if "the man who shot Liberty Valance" is

Does "O Lucky Man!" count? I mean theyre SINGING it but still...

Oh wait I missed the "only said once" premise.

"I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss... I'm da Raging Bull!"

I watched it in January but don't remember, can we confirm that Wallace Shawn only says the phrase "my dinner with André" once?

We’d only need to check the beginning and the end, because surely he doesn’t say it to Andre

Inherent vice might qualify. The crying of lot 49 definitely would except it isn’t a movie

yeah i was thinking of him on the subway complaining about andre in V.O.

the postman always rings twice is sooo fuckin close

https://frinkiac.com/meme/S05E16/651917.jpg?b64lines=ICJBTkQgVFJVTFksIFNIRSBXQVMgTVkKIEZSSUVORCBGTElDS0EuIiA=

"well, we did it. we went around the world...in eighty days."

Really want to believe that the Leo version ends "He was, truly, The Great Gatsby".

The last word in the Beatles movie "Help" has Leo McKern shout "Help" but drowned out by the title song.

Obviously the song appears earlier, but I don't recall anyone saying help as dialogue (or monologue, or in a crowd, or whatever)

So, I had planned to marry Peter, but I married Jack instead.
Thank goodness my father was right.
Life doesn't always turn out the way you plan.
But Jack, Jack gave me the perfect gift:
a stamp in my passport.
He took me to Florence for our honeymoon.
I guess you might say he gave me the world.
Peter once asked me when it was that I fell in love with Jack,
and I told him, it was while you were sleeping.

(I have two more, also from cheating, but will hold off if anyone wants)

"Aqua Teen Hunger Force titled one episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever", and one of the last lines of that episode is Carl commenting that Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad truly were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The creators believed this would be the show's final episode, but then the series was renewed."

Jaws

From Russia With Love

Return of the Jedi

Vertigo

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

The Dark Knight is legit, by the way.

Oh no it's a dark knight vs the dark knight, ignore me.

The Dark Knight is still legit, though.

The last word in the Beatles movie "Help" has Leo McKern shout "Help" but drowned out by the title song.

Obviously the song appears earlier, but I don't recall anyone saying help as dialogue (or monologue, or in a crowd, or whatever)

― Mark G, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 4:11 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

will have to double check this but if it's not said as a line of dialogue this would work

we're halfway there!

"The were a bold bunch. They were, the Raiders of the Lost Ark."

"It is finished. Father... into Your hands I commend my soul. He is truly ... the Exorcist"

"Old Paul Edgecomb: We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so fucking long. "

"Well, that's the story. So the next time your air-conditioner goes on the fritz, or your washing machine blows up, or your video recorder conks out, before you call the repairman, turn on all the lights. Check all the closets and cupboards. Look under all the beds. 'Cause you never can tell. There just might be a fucking gremlin in your house."

"You blew it up! God damn you all to hell!"

"Forget it, it's the Planet of the Apes."

"I think we'll be ok here Leon"

"Who am I ? I'm fuckign spierdermna"

"The truth is I'm fucking Iron Man"

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/genius.com/amp/The-beatles-help-film-script-annotated

Someone not on their mobile phone can search this, yeah?

"Old Paul Edgecomb: We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so fucking long. "

― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:26 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Well, that's the story. So the next time your air-conditioner goes on the fritz, or your washing machine blows up, or your video recorder conks out, before you call the repairman, turn on all the lights. Check all the closets and cupboards. Look under all the beds. 'Cause you never can tell. There just might be a fucking gremlin in your house."

― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:28 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the title isn't the last word even in these jokes...

xp Using a film's script to check isn't reliable, even movies that adhere to the script have minor alterations and omissions

Tbf the titles are in the last line of dialogue in those

Mark: the page ends like this:

"
89:07 - 89:11
Won't you please, please help me?
89:11 - 89:14
Help me, help me
89:14 - 89:21
Ooh
"

In Your House (2011)

So Fucking Long (1992)

I admire your seriousness in this venture. Maybe we should make a new thread "Movies where the title would be better if it was the last line in the movie"

"Ooh!" woudl be a much better title

"Sure, mom, let me just quickly go and get my coat -- oh! Dad! Poor Dad! Mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feelin' so sad!" *fade to black*

True, but if the script has Ringo saying "C'mon George, Help us will yer?" then it could be discounted without having to watch the whole thing.

xpost well, if they add in the lyrics as well, what canyer do?

"I, Frankenstein"

xxxp Pretty close to The Rutles' parody, "Ouch!"

True, but the Rutles film is called <>

I definitely think more films should do this, it’s a pretty funny thing to do like telling someone “I’m gonna tell you the ‘aristocrats’ joke” and then telling them the joke for two hours and then saying the punchline “the aristocrats”

"You blew it up! God damn you all to hell!"

"Forget it, it's the Planet of the Apes."

This would have been much better

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp almost counts except after the narrator says the title at the end he adds, “well only parts of it, and actually not really the second part.”

"Help!" is played over the opening credits of the film, u eejits

"The truth is I'm fucking Iron Man"

― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 5:34 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago)

iirc this almost is the last line of that movie?

xp but if it's only sung it doesn't count. I should clarify: "last spoken word/phrase in the the last line of dialogue"

Let's roll 😈

I definitely think more films should do this

there should be a joke thread so we can drop our fantasy Alien/ET/The Usual Suspects/The VVitch/Backdoor Nurses 7/Fight Club/etc last lines

Those stopped being funny just in time for a thread not to be necessary thankfully

I was going to say They Shoot Horses, Don't They like Morbs upthread, but I double checked because I had a sneaking suspicion that there was more speech afterwards - and there is. I still feel like it should count, because it's the last line of meaningful dialogue, but it switches to a brief "and everything else keeps going" bit after it has been said.

Forget about it Jake, it's Wall St.
Forget about it Jake, it's Paris, Texas.
Forget about it Jake, it's Brazil.
Forget about it Jake, it's Casablanca.
Forget about it Jake, it's The Little House on the Prairie.
Forget about it Jake, it's Steel Magnolias.
Forget about it Jake, it's The Usual Suspects.
Forget about it Jake, it's The Shining.
Forget about it Jake, it's Spaceballs.
Forget about it Jake, it's Quiz Show.
Forget about it Jake, it's A Clear and Present Danger.
Forget about it Jake, it's On Golden Pond.

I've got a feeling one of the early Carry On films did this - almost certainly the first one I would suppose, I.e. Carry On Sergeant.

"Carry on regardless" maybe,

Stanley Unwin says it in Unwinese, then shortly after tha one of the cast (forget who) translates, and the scene and film ends when they all shout CARRY ON REGARDLESS!

Not "Carry on Sargeant" it's said once about halfway through - a docuseries is running on TV at the moment..

"And that's the story of how I was turned into a clockwork orange"

Near miss:

With the sinking of
the submarine, all our hopes of getting
away from Caprona have disappeared.
We are alone Spurned by even the
highest--the Ga-Lu. So we have to go on
in the way of Caprona till we find peace.
I would rather live here with Lisa than to live elsewhere
without her. And she says the same of me.
If God wills it,
we shall live our lives here.
However, we are determined to move ever northward,
ever forward, toward the greater mysteries
that lie ahead
of this land that time forgot.

Mm, as you can see, Dawson,
this young lady has just arrived
from the Hampstead district and is troubled about the mysterious
disappearance of an emerald ring missing from the third finger
of her right hand.
Now, tell me the story,
and, pray, be precise.

From that time on,
Basil and I were a close team.
And over the years,
we had many cases together.
But I shall always
look back on that first with the most fondness:
my introduction
to Basil of Baker Street,
the Great Mouse Detective.

"And I will not hesitate to lay the hammer down on any clown that comes around. Coz if they want a fight, they best come see me. Coz I'm...Black Dynamite."

doesn't qualify obviously because they say Black Dynamite in every other line, but it still fondly came to mind

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.) at 9:05 8 Aug 18

"The truth is I'm fucking Iron Man"

― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 5:34 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago)

iirc this almost is the last line of that movie?

Yeah, but "Iron Man" has already been said several times before that.

If nonexistent films count, then I nom Ronnie Rocket.

is that script out there?

how many do we have, anyway? They Shoot Horses seems to have been disputed, Help! is still unclear.

my tally:
1. Kiss Me, Stupid
2. My Dinner With Andre

3. Carry On Regardless

xxpost Yeah, man, I read the RR script probably a decade and a half ago. It's pretty easy to find.

what about Antelope Don't Run No More?

I think one could sneak into this category by making an untitled silent film.

Watched one tonight

4. And We Were Young (2015)

5. Permanent Vacation (1980)

6. While You were Sleeping
7. The Great Mouse Detective

Oh yeah from KM!
8. The Breakfast Club

"So, I guess Rosebud was the sled... of CITIZEN KANE!"

"Lemme tell ya, Lance. This war's really starting to feel like the apocalypse now."

"You blew it up! Damn you to hell! You blew up... THE PLANET OF THE APES!"

I still say Leo McKern's last drowned-out dialogue line of "Help" qualifies.

that one is iffy since it's obviously in the title song, but - and it's been a long time since I've seen Help! - appearing in a song, sung, is not "said" or "dialogue," so I guess it fits

Ta.

The Hours did this.

That's The Way of The World (IIRC)

"Once more, we have survived the threat of war and found a fragile peace. I thought I could give you all the gift of the freedom from war, but I was wrong. It's not mine to give. We're still a young planet. There are galaxies out there. Other civilizations for us to meet and to learn from. What a brilliant future we could have. And there will be peace – there will be peace when the people of this world want it so badly that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them. I just wish you could all see the Earth the way that I see it. Because when you really look at it, it's just Superman IV: The Quest for Peace"

The Wicker Man almost makes it but then there's a bit of swearing and singing afterwards.. damn.

Yea "Tubthumping" plays

"and that's when i learned why they called it The Brown Bunny"

haven't seen it but i'm just going to assume that The Man Who Walked Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain is one of these

Insane Clown Posse

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Juggalos yet

 [closing narration] Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is
Violent J
and Shaggy 2 Dope
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, the Insane Clown Posse

Too many jokes itt. I want to see a real list. Looks like we're close to ten examples if not more.

Got this via cheating, but "I, Frankenstein" is the last line of "I, Frankenstein" (2014) and I doubt it's said before then.

Abre los ojos ("Open Your Eyes") ends with a woman's voice saying "abre los ojos", though I don't remember if it's said earlier in the movie. IIRC Vanilla Sky (the Hollywood remake) also ends with the same line, not with someone saying "vanilla sky".

My wife's parents watched the whole of "No Country for Old Men" which ends with two old men sat discussing events.

"B-but they didn't say it!"

(it was definitely implied, though)

Abre Los Ojos also begins with someone saying the title iirc.

Spotlight does it, do they say it beforehand though? I'm assuming they.. must but can't remember.

But what we found out is that each one of us is
Violent J
and Shaggy 2 Dope
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, the Insane Clown Posse

I was thinking of this one too, but someone yells "Faygo!" after that so I don't think it counts.

When I finally came in, Debbie was home from work, and I told her everything about baby's day out.

My wife's parents watched the whole of "No Country for Old Men" which ends with two old men sat discussing events.

― Mark G, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:50 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actually it ends with Tommy Lee Jones' character describing a dream to his wife, the old men discussing the condition of the country is a couple scenes earlier </sic>

XPs They say "Spotlight" alot, since it's the name of their department.

yeah but that is a good example, I liked Spotlight but remember laughing really hard at that last line bc Michael Keaton picked up the phone and said "Spotlight!" like Batman

I haven't seen the movie but I thought his character's name was Bob Spotlight?

close, he goes by Robert

Robert Anthony Spotlight, of the Amherst Spotlights.

Hard To Be A God comes very close to this actually

My wife's parents watched the whole of "No Country for Old Men" which ends with two old men sat discussing events.

― Mark G, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:50 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actually it ends with Tommy Lee Jones' character describing a dream to his wife, the old men discussing the condition of the country is a couple scenes earlier </sic>

― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:27 PM (yesterday)

I worked at a movie theater when this was out and lots of old people came out of it different levels of furious and confused at the ending, my favorite being the baffled lady who approached me shaking her head saying "I don't get it... so it was all just a DREAM??"

What did that demo think of the end of There Will Be Blood?

Not enough bowling iirc

otm tbh

5. Permanent Vacation (1980)

― flappy bird, Wednesday, April 10, 2019 1:00 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ especially noteworthy as jarmusch goes out of his way to have "my boyfriend's back" playing from a car stereo earlier in the film, then cut it off just before it gets to the title phrase.

ah good catch!

How Green Was My Valley (1941) just barely misses, final line: "How green was my valley then..."

need confirmation on these:

9. The Hours (2002)
10. That's the Way of the World (1975)
11. I, Frankenstein (2014)

found a new one tonight:

12. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

http://frinkiac.com/meme/S05E16/651917.jpg?b64lines=QU5EIFRSVUxZLCBTSEUgV0FzCk1ZIEZSSUVORCBGTElDS0Eu

Leave it Jake, it's 17 Dresses

xpost posted way upthread already

Ha, I searched text but didn't scan for images. Well no harm in allowing ol' Moe to tug our heartstrings once a year or so

9. The Hours (2002)

Have to withdraw this one as it isn't only said once.

"Come on, I'll buy you a drink. You know, a drink?" / "Why, yes, I suppose we deserve it, given that we are the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK".

Roll credits. Technically the Nazis were raiders of the lost ark (they're the ones who raided it) but in a broader sense what's the difference between archaeology and raiding anyway, you know?

Are there any silent films were the title is read out at the end of the opening credits? Does narration count as dialogue? Are there any films that only have one line of dialogue?

Goodbye Mr Chips almost counts (the last line has an extra "goodbye" at the end).

Are there any films that only have one line of dialogue?

Mel Brooks's Silent Movie iirc

i'll be disappointed if the upcoming little women remake doesn't end with

and that's when they realized...they were no longer little girls...they were little women.

A Bridge Too Far

^ real suggestion

"i can't wait to get out of africa"

Re: The Breakfast Club example mentioned upthread, while the movie does end with those words, I'm pretty sure the name "Breakfast Club" is mentioned earlier in the movie too, since that's what they call the detention the protagonists are attending.

Not according to this - https://www.raindance.org/scripts/old-library/Breakfast-Club.pdf

Ok, I guess I misremembered it then... For some reason I thought "the Breakfast Club" was an established name for the Saturday morning detention instead of something they came up with at the end.

Scripts are not always to be trusted, even officially published ones often differ from the finished film. Unless that’s a direct transcript of the movie.

Been meaning to rewatch Vanilla Sky, it’s been years but I do remember the phrase “obre los ojos” opening it and “open your eyes” closing it.

Ashley, I count narration. Like I said a few months ago, How Green Was My Valley ends with the phrase “how green was my valley then” in V.O.

Doubt

well it's the last word, not the last line

i wish i could bet money that Joker does this

Talk Dirty to Me III

i wish i could bet money that Joker does this

― Mommy...can I go out and VAPE tonight? (voodoo chili)

new trailer (full of explicit King of Comedy references) has Joaq asking talk show host DeNiro (assuming Jerry Lewis' role) to call him "Joker" when he's introduced. so no

Doubt

― brimstead, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:46 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

well it's the last word, not the last line

― brimstead, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:46 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Like the printed word?

I don't think that counts, because it's effectively a diegetic title card, like the opening of Mon Oncle or Heaven Can Wait.

I was going to suggest Phase IV. The film doesn't have traditional opening credits, and it's divided into phases, with title cards. My memory tells me that the title card for the final phase is technically the last bit of language within the film, because it's followed by one of those wordless post-2001 montage endings that were fashionable at the time.

But having just watched the film again I'm completely wrong. There's only a title card for Phase I - the second and third phases are implied - and the wordless post-2001 montage actually has dialogue in it (as does the awesome extended original ending). The film's title appears in the credits, but after the director, so it's just part of the end credits.

It's one of those films where the central conflict wouldn't work nowadays because of the existence of mobile phones. If the film had been made today the scientists could have simply phoned up the ants and sorted out their differences instead of spending several days trying to kill them all.

Also, for the record, the last piece of dialogue in Themroc is shrieking and wolf-like howling and a banging noise as a man smashes a car with a hammer.

xposts flappy it’s the last word of the last line, “I have doubts”. Plural I guess so doesn’t really count. Somebody probable says “doubt” at some point earlier in a less noteworthy context

Frances Ha does the printed thing you mentioned, really effectively I might add

"and that's how i became Dr Strangelove, or...how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb"

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

how many is that now?

Godard's Hail Mary qualifies going by the thread title but not against the rules I stated upthread (the title is the last line of dialogue, but there is an additional sentence read in voiceover)

i can't remember if "the man who shot Liberty Valance" is

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:49 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

It is!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iu67tJm6DnM/TaGXmu1truI/AAAAAAAAFJM/BzbY_HrjGNg/s1600/singer%2B1.jpg

(This just finished on Talking Pictures 15 minutes ago.)

"Sometimes it just feels like life is one big SATANTANGO."

There have to be a few superhero origin story movies named for their heroes where the last line is like "I know now that nothing will ever be the same again....but I'll be ready for what's next. I have to be. Why? Because....I'm Zephyr Teachout"

I think Spiderman (2002) ends that way, but they definitely say Spiderman earlier in the movie

Cool bump!

"but I still still think that maybe you, Kevin, should learn to set an alarm next time, so that on Christmas you won't be left Home Alone!"

These jokes that happen every time this thread is bumped make me wish there was a delete button for this thread. I would remove it forever, take what I learned, and zoom into space.

But you've learned about another movie where the title is said only once, as the last line of dialogue.

If you've never seen this film then it was absolutely inevitable that the title would the last line of dialogue - nothing more certain on God's green Earth.

"be right back, gotta take a Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever"

Sorry to disrupt your thread, flappy bird. Of course, "Satantango" is spoken many times over the course of that movie, because it is the name of the little girl's cat.

xp that makes sense flappy bird, sorry!

the jokes are why i bookmarked this thread

"Yes, Aslan, I suppose you could say that it truly was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)"

watched fast and furious 8 the other night and it occurred to me at no point over the 8 film franchise does anyone speak the phrase "fast and furious", to the point where its becoming an elephant in the room. theres a part in the trailer for the upcoming 9th film where they almost seem to openly tease the idea, vin diesel is like "we're gonna have to be FAST..." and it just hangs there like "...and? AND??" those movies are insane and self-aware enough that part of me is starting to wonder if, when the 10th & final one comes out, they are intentionally building up to the unprecedented feat being an entire franchise where the title is said only once, as the last line of dialogue

"Throw that sled in the fire, the one that belonged to Citizen Kane!"

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:21 AM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

loool, RIP Morbs.

You saved the station! You truly are a bunch of Super Troopers

I know we had our differences, but I've come to realize that you are all Super Troopers 2

"Gentlemen, I've thought about it long and hard and I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, Valiant Is The Word For Carrie!"

"I've been a doctor for 45 years, and in my medical career I've never been more sure of a diagnosis as I am right now. There's no doubt about this case: it's Symbiopsychotaxiplasm."

One Eye Open, if the characters in that franchise don't say its title, they'll still be Fast but you'll be Furious.

if the last line of the last movie is "looking back we did it the only way we knew how... tokyo drift" i'm gonna hit the damn roof

"and though some forget about this obscure event, we will always remember The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh"

I'll guess "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar"

Look out, this is the thread where no joke answers are allowed!

^don't know that movie, got some quotes from it?

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Ooo nice one.

Just rewatched that end scene to be certain in my own mind and teared up just seeing it! Always thought it was such a moving film.

Don't they also say the title in the middle of the film:

During their conversation, the pair are released by a drunken Hara, as a different prisoner confessed to delivering the radio. As they leave, Hara calls out in English, "Merry Christmas, Lawrence!"

Anything Else (2003)

xp Yes, but no "Mr."!

"It's one of those films where the central conflict wouldn't work nowadays because of the existence of mobile phones. If the film had been made today the scientists could have simply phoned up the ants and sorted out their differences instead of spending several days trying to kill them all."

Can I just say that this joke deserved more applause than it got, which was no applause. Reading it back even I was surprised by the punchline, and I wrote it, although it was three years ago and a long time ago because that was pre-COVID. 2019 was pre-COVID, wasn't it? A long time ago.

Long time ago. I'd forgotten about this thread. I suggested Themroc because the dialogue is just screeching. Isn't there an Orson Welles film where he reads about the credits? But the last line would be "and this film is copyright RKO pictures 1949 all rights reserved" and Orson Welles never directed a film with that title.

A qualified entry here:

The Outfit (1973) was released in certain regions as The Good Guys Always Win, which is the last line of dialogue in the movie, said only once.

“And then they realized, they were no longer little girls: they were little women.”

Is one of the best Simpsons jokes of all time because I, and number of other people, are so illiterate that they think the joke is just Moe crying and that’s how little women ends. pic.twitter.com/2ZzdR5KeL4

— Kevin Magnet (@KevMagnet) May 4, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiqPmsBYieA

"I'm Rey... Rey Star Wars."

"and that's when I knew that despite all we'd been through, we'd always be guardians of the galaxy, volume three"

i told you, mess with my friends and I'll go BALLISTIC: ECKS VS SEVER

Just realized that The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" opens with the title phrase, which is never repeated again for the rest of the song

the end scene of the cinematic masterpiece, The Principal starring Jim Belushi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKLqyoP5oHY

(starts at 1:50 but don't cheat yourself of the other highlights)

those are some A+ crazy eyes by belushi at :17 there before he knees him in the balls

also

Belushi reprised his role as Rick Latimer in the 1991 film Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe.

?????

“U mad, Max?”

not sure if it's the last line but "I think we'll call you the Super Mario Brothers" was definitely in the last few minutes of the 1991 movie. think that line's in the new movie too

I think Bogdanovich's "What's Up Doc?" does end with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd singing the title; but the phrase first shows up somewhat early in the film, then several times more near the ending.

Sweetie, You Won't Believe It

Assuming the translation is accurate. Fun movie, anyway.

Second to last line, but this stood out to me from Japanese noir Brand of Evil (1964):

No, it's not just your face... you are rotten from top to bottom... as if you are a brand of evil!

ilxors' penchant for beating the same not very funny joke into the ground has never been stronger than on this thread

"Truly we are all of us White Chicks."

"The truth is...I am THX 1138."

"Forget it, Jake. It's The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)"

"Don't tell me I'm back in the fuckin' Titanic."

Man, this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_drop

Did you know that a "title drop" is literally any time the title of a movie is used in the movie, including proper names? So there are 267 title drops in Barbie?

There were 182 title drops in Fuck You, Scarface

"This is it, Rambo, you're free! Free, Rambo, Free!"

MISS PRISM:
[Enthusiastically.] Frederick! At last!

ALGERNON:
Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!

JACK:
Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!

LADY BRACKNELL:
My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of triviality.

JACK:
On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

From that wiki page:

Unlike The Godfather, which contains fourteen total title drops, The Godfather Part II only contains four.

Title drops in music are extremely common, considering many songs are simply named after a lyric they contain.

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow springs to mind

Title drops have been on an upward trend every decade since 1960.

If this trend continues, at some point in the future, movie dialog will consist entirely of title drops.

(very tempting to edit the wikipedia page to add this in)

I managed to search the "Help" script, and there is a bit where one of the Beatles gets grabbed into a cab or something, where someone says "it's not him, he is the wrong one", there's a bit of yelling "Helpx around then.

So, never mind.

p sure John Lennon sings the word "help" once or twice in that big opening number, also.

Films where the last line of the movie is NOT said but is the title of the movie, You Can Count On Me

“Remember when we were kids? Remember what we used to say to each other?”

Then the film cuts to black.

The Player comes close, with Tim Robbins on the phone describing his movie idea:

- What do you call this thing?
- The Player.
- The Player. I like that. I like that.

xposts yeah, but the basic idea was that songs performed didn't count as dialogue.

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead"

James Joyce novella, the dead.

If we're doing books now, I just reread Bonjour Tristesse. Last lines: "Only when I am in bed, at dawn, listening to the cars down below in the streets of Paris, my memory betrays me; that summer returns to me with all its memories. Anne, Anne, I repeat over and over again softly in the darkness. Then something rises in me that I welcome by name, with closed eyes. Bonjour Tristesse!"

This got me to thinking if there was a film where the name of the film was the very last word in the end credits. And then it struck me - what about the Virgin Films version of 1984, which came out in 1984? Does it end with (c) Virgin Films 1984?

No, it does not. It ends with (c) 1984 Virgin Cinema Films Limited, All Rights Reserved. So, curse you, Michael Radford, for ruining my attempt to mildly impress a bunch of total strangers. Curse you, Michael Radford, and curse Virgin Films, and curse you Thorn EMI, and also Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, and also the British film industry for continually attempting to make Oscar bait films with diminishing returns in the wake of Chariots of Fire and Ghandi, culminating in the disasters that were Absolute Beginners and Revolution, instead of financing something more likely to make money, such as e.g. Morons From Outer Space, and I admit that wasn't a good example.

Is there a film out there called All Rights Reserved. No there is not. That's the peril of having access to infinite knowledge. Some of the answers aren't right.

Is there an equivalent thread for songs? That is “Up The Junction” and “There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out”

Songs where the title is only sung once, as the last line of the song

"Financing something more likely to make money" = Richard Curtis, so be careful what you wish for.

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A different list would be films where the last shot gives the title its meaning.