Movie titles that give away the plot

[moremojo]

Titles of so-called adult productions often leave little in the way of imagination in terms of what they will reveal. I remember a softcore West German film that was transmitted on cable back in the early Eighties, whose English-language title was given as She's 19 and Ready.

Some examples of early, so-called primitive cinema are distinguished by prosaic, overly descriptive titles, such as Photographing a Female Crook and Electrocuting an Elephant.

I have noticed a trend since the early Nineties or so of really unimaginative titles, often involving a gerund, which basically desribe the narrative arc of the story in the tersest terms possible. Examples include Chasing Amy, Finding Nemo, and Finding Neverland.

[opinionista]

How about John Travolta's The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. That sure gives away the entire plot! Even more than Jake Gyllenhaal's Bubble Boy, that sort of gives away the plot too. And also Getting Away with Murder starring Dan Aykroyd; She's Having a Baby with Kevin Bacon; Father of the Bride and The Man with Two Brains, with Steve Martin; The Breakup with Jennifer Anniston.

[Lumière]

Titanic.


Well, you know how it is gonna end .. ! 

[MaineWriter]

How about Plan 9 From  Outer Space? Since that movie had no plot, there was nothing to give away with the title.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is pretty descriptive, too.

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[delalluvia]

LOTR:  Return of the King (even Tolkien hated that title)
Star Wars III:  Revenge of the Sith

[Shuggy]

Titanic.


Well, you know how it is gonna end .. ! 

Well, there's a whole genre of one-word or one-concept titles that give away the plot - IF you already know what happened:
Wolrd Trade Center
Flight 93
JFK
Patton
Pearl Harbour
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Passion of the Christ
Caligula


Still haven't heard many that completely obscure the plot. How about

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)

From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, don't you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matilda's science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life effects each of us differently -- how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy.

[Amber]

"Dumb and Dumber" certainly speaks for itself.  The only other one I can think of is "Twister" - I look at the title and assume it's about a tornado.  There is more to the story of course, but at least that gives you a decent start.

[ednbarby]

How about this one:  Shakespeare in Love.  That pretty much sums it up (though I realize it was about other things on another level, too).

[Lumière]

Others:

My date with Drew (sums it up pretty nicely..lol)

Glitter ..
Well ok, it doesn't give away the plot but it damn well should've .. Possible titles for Glitter:

We Are Trying To Make Big Bucks Off Of A Music Diva Who Can't Act ..
Fluff Fluff Fluff ..
Way Up There With Movies Like Gigli ..


  .. ok, enough messing about .. I better git back to work..