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!

^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.

xpost

Xp tysm

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