The worst movie titles of all time

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And not those "so bad it's good ones, either." I'll start with a couple from Ron Howard:

"Cinderella Man" and
"A Beautiful Mind," one of the worst movie titles in history, to say nothing of the movie.

― antexit (antexit), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

That "Spotless Mind" mind crap

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"Free Willy" surely so very misleading no?!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Slap Her, She's French. Or does that qualify as being so bad it's good?

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

As soon as the Man-Thing movie comes out, it'll jump to the top 5.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Archel, i think that's perfectly acceptable!!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

A river runs through it

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer"

― j c (j c), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Love Actually

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Fahrenheit 911

― robster (robster), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

We've done this before and I am still sticking with "Dude, where's my car"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Slap Her, She's French belong on the classic titles thread

i vote for The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, White Men Can't Jump and Two Fast Too Furious (or whatever it was)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

what's that one about the 'black peoples airline' called?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

'Star Wars Episode 4: Part One: Introducing the Subplots: Revenge of the Maestheugar' or whatever.

― ENRG, Friday, 6 August 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

White Men Can't Jump is a brilliant title!

Anything with [person's name]'s before the proper title.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

it is inaccurate and racialist, boooooooooooooooooo

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything with a comma.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain?

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope, Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever still beats all.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Especially since you can tell from the commercial that Ecks and Sever eventually wind up having sex.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"blanking blank"

example:

Regarding Henry
Boxing Helena
Eating Raoul (ok, that's one's pretty funny)

― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything with the words "naked", "nurses" and "outer space" anywhere in the title.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Love Actually
Reservoir Dogs
(Don't?)Throw Momma From The Train
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Till Human Voices Wake Us

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

mmm... prufrock-y

― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't there also a movie called I have Heard the Mermaids Singing? Someone should ban references to that poem, on grounds of art preservation.

― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes. Unfortunately Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter are in it.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

eXistenZ

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost

But also yes, I think so. You could probably construct Eliot's entire oeuvre out of film titles. And Shakespeare's.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

To Have And Also To Have

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"blanking blank"

K, you must have missed this thread: Movie titles that begin with present participles

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe

The movie thankfully omits those last five words.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.mrbensons.co.uk/sl/l/2/S_V0024498.jpg

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

They should have just called it Topless Chicks From the Centre of the Sun.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Troy.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Eyes Wide Shut

(No, it's not Ironic, it's meaningless. And the film doesn't radically improve on the title.)

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES IS PEOPLE!!! PEOPLE!!!

― sexyDancer, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Woo"

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

The hell? Is that Fried Green Tomatoes cover British or something?

http://www.moviequotequiz.com/reviews/FriedGreenTomatoesBig.gif

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I concur with the Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever crowd.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Legends of the fall

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

That would be a good name for a Reggie Jackson biopic, though.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Honey I blew up the kids.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Eight Heads in A Duffel Bag

― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Batman Forever

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Batman Forever

ooh, we have a new competitor for my vote.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

surely that's better than the new one?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Newsies.

― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

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Composed of Honor

― tanuki, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:14 (thirteen years ago)

Good Luck Chuck

― tanuki, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:15 (thirteen years ago)

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk2NjU4MDYwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ5ODg3MQ@@._V1._SY317_.jpg

― Chris S, Friday, 17 February 2012 06:18 (thirteen years ago)

Had forgotten that Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was directed by Kaos.

― getting good with gulags (beachville), Friday, 17 February 2012 13:35 (thirteen years ago)

gotta be Swimfan

― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Saturday, 18 February 2012 06:57 (thirteen years ago)

the worst titles are the disgustingly vague and noncommittal ones like "the devil inside" or "how do you know" or "chronicle" or "a dangerous method". they're a million times worse than, like, "eight heads in a duffel bag" which is at least going for something

also, fuck every 90s movie that just randomly took a title from a 10+ year old song as its own regardless of relevance

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Saturday, 18 February 2012 09:00 (thirteen years ago)

awful thread

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 18 February 2012 09:23 (thirteen years ago)

I think you forgot to turn your bot off again, Morbs.

Wilder Napalm
Fred Claus
Meet Wally Sparks

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 18 February 2012 12:04 (thirteen years ago)

What the (BLEEP) Do We Know?

Yes, very bad, but not as bad as People v. The State Of Illusion (though I suspect in content they are the same stupid movie).

― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:42 (thirteen years ago)

Sol Goode

― getting good with gulags (beachville), Saturday, 18 February 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)

Who is Sol Goode? Sol Goode (pronounced "good") is the man! Sol and his boys live in the lap of luxury. They have everything going for them except real jobs, steady relationships and money! Their charm, good looks and fast-talking have carried Sol and his friends through life, but his luck may have just run out. After a string of bad luck leaves him facing eviction, a wrecked car and the threat of actually having to get off his butt to work for a living, Sol finally figures out what the meaning of life is. He is in love with his best friend Chloe. She's beautiful, smart and is the only one who doesn't fall for his "game"! Now he's on a quest to win her heart. Whether you're crude, lewd or just a slacker dude it's... SOL GOODE!

― getting good with gulags (beachville), Saturday, 18 February 2012 20:34 (thirteen years ago)

I've never seen Sol Goode but saw an ad for it on a VHS copy of The Rules of Attraction and couldn't believe it was real

― tanuki, Monday, 20 February 2012 00:35 (thirteen years ago)

it's Sol Goode that nobody saw it

― Cruller, Cobbler, Poffert, Pie (latebloomer), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:37 (thirteen years ago)

how is goode pronounced

― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:55 (thirteen years ago)

same as "good"

― tanuki, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:09 (thirteen years ago)

I never saw it either, but it was out back when I worked at a video store and it really pissed me off.

― getting good with gulags (beachville), Monday, 20 February 2012 01:28 (thirteen years ago)

has no one said "john carter"

― johnny crunch, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:37 (thirteen years ago)

No shitter than any other eponymous title - though you might guess it's about a down on his luck lawyer or ballsy single father rather than a Martian warrior.

― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 20 February 2012 01:39 (thirteen years ago)

word i still stan 4 this as worst anyway. altho i think it's watchable iirc

i have something on my dvr saved called CRIMINAL LAW (taped it cuz gary oldman is in it)

― johnny crunch, Friday, September 19, 2008 8:35 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― johnny crunch, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:44 (thirteen years ago)

I will pretty much watch anything with gary oldman in it.

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 20 February 2012 01:47 (thirteen years ago)

will u watch The Scarlet Letter starring Demi Moore?

― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Monday, 20 February 2012 10:19 (thirteen years ago)

Wasn't "The China Syndrome" voted the Best film/worst title combo, ever, once?

― Mark G, Monday, 20 February 2012 10:27 (thirteen years ago)

Sol Goode features

Jared Leto as Rock Star Wannabe (uncredited)

― owenf, Monday, 20 February 2012 10:43 (thirteen years ago)

Mark on that score I still stand by this post:

"Life is a Miracle" - one of the best movies ever made, and no one will see it because its name both totally unmemorable and sounds like a Roberto Benigni vehicle
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 13:48 (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 February 2012 11:42 (thirteen years ago)

ah, my 'once' clearly before that film was made.

― Mark G, Monday, 20 February 2012 12:14 (thirteen years ago)

Bodies Rest And Motion

― President Keyes, Monday, 20 February 2012 14:46 (thirteen years ago)

G.O.R.P.

― pplains, Monday, 20 February 2012 14:52 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/33035.gif

― pplains, Monday, 20 February 2012 14:52 (thirteen years ago)

i've never been fond of "On the Waterfront".

― Johnny True Cache (beachville), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

Also "Rear Window". You'd think it would be about cars.

― Johnny True Cache (beachville), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

"North by Northwest"? Could have just called it "Northwest"!

― Johnny True Cache (beachville), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:00 (thirteen years ago)

It Happened One Night

Not really a bad title in itself but it has almost nothing to do with the movie.

― tanuki, Monday, 20 February 2012 15:01 (thirteen years ago)

Wasn't ICHATY originally called Cop Gives Waitress Two Million Dollar Tip or something like that?

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:13 (thirteen years ago)

*ICHTY

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

What Dreams May Come

^^ I was mentioning this to my mom and she kept mishearing it as "wet dreams" and when she finally understood what I was saying she was like "oh, that makes more sense, it seemed a little obvious the way I heard it"

o_O

― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

Wasn't ICHATY originally called Cop Gives Waitress Two Million Dollar Tip or something like that?

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, February 20, 2012 9:13 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It was. Seems like there could have been something in the middle they could've gone with.

― pplains, Monday, 20 February 2012 16:23 (thirteen years ago)

"You gave a waitress WHAT??"

― Mark G, Monday, 20 February 2012 16:29 (thirteen years ago)

Hav Plenty
The Tao of Steve
The Pope Must Diet (yes, I know...)

Also, any non-sequel with a colon in the title.

― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 20 February 2012 16:46 (thirteen years ago)

Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist

― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Monday, 20 February 2012 16:55 (thirteen years ago)

i was thinking about how bad a title "almost famous" was, because was anyone in that film primarily concerned with their level of fame?

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Friday, 24 February 2012 04:53 (thirteen years ago)

you're talking about the movie with a rock band getting profiled by Rolling Stone, right? seems like fame plays a slight role there.

― President Keyes, Friday, 24 February 2012 12:02 (thirteen years ago)

yeah but the movie was all about the kid who just wanted to be a dumb music critic and kate hudson who just wanted to move to france or some shit.

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Friday, 24 February 2012 19:56 (thirteen years ago)

well, both Kate Hudson and the kid were hangers-on swept up in the rise to fame of a shitty rock band--it's not a great title, but in no way is it unrelated to the story.

― President Keyes, Friday, 24 February 2012 20:23 (thirteen years ago)

not unrelated but p unimportant in a movie about two dumb kids having a bunch of dumb feelings about things unrelated to it (i really hate this movie)

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Saturday, 25 February 2012 09:26 (thirteen years ago)

Think you saw a different movie than I did

― President Keyes, Saturday, 25 February 2012 16:24 (thirteen years ago)

well they were both probably dumb

― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Saturday, 25 February 2012 16:45 (thirteen years ago)

i think the deal w/ the title is that it implies the band in question never quite makes the transition to megastar status, therefore the story of the band pretty much ends with the movie. this sorta allows the movie to be about the kids and how their connection to the band is just a chapter in their lives instead of the reverse.

― slugbuggy, Saturday, 25 February 2012 17:11 (thirteen years ago)

Stillwater was also a terrible name for a band.

― beachville, Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:00 (thirteen years ago)

Regarding Henry still wins this.

― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:02 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.disturbia.com/images/disturbia_splash.jpg

― tanuki, Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:14 (thirteen years ago)

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