Judging the film by the titles.
Doesn’t matter whether I love these movies or not, I love these interesting film titles. They sound pretty cool.
I took part in a poll on IMDB, about favourite film titles. In two parts, it asked us to select our favourite film title, pre-1975 & post-1975. For pre-1975, I chose A Clockwork Orange (1971) as my favourite title, and for post-1975, I chose Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) as my favourite title. For overall favourite title I chose A Clockwork Orange, of course. See their polls as well Run-Off: The Best Film Title Ever, Run-Off: The Best Film Titles Part I & Run Off Poll: The Best Film Titles Part II.
Have your ever loved the title of a movie, but not necessarily the film? Let me know your favourite film title, from a literary sense. I love most of the 100 movies listed below, some more than others. But the list is mainly to do with my favourite film titles, some are based on novels, plays etc etc.. that I happen to love too. There might be many a films I’ve missed out, as I’ve narrowed this down to just 100 films out of the zillion that exist. Feel free to add, and let me know your favourite title of a film, not your favourite film, unless of course they are one and the same.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Room with a View (1985)
Thank you for Smoking (2005)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
The Lady Vanishes (1938 & 1979)
36, Chowringhee Lane (1981)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
La Mala Educación (2004)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
1947 Earth (1998)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Carnage (2011)
Heat and Dust (1983)
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Rebecca (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
Anna Karenina (1935 & 2012)
Cleopatra (1963)
Malèna (2000)
The Knife in the Water (1962)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Zwartboek (2006)
The Namesake (2006)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Jules et Jim (1962)
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
A Passage to India (1984)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 & 1956)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
West Side Story (1961)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Roman Holiday (1953)
City Lights (1931)
A Few Good Men (1992)
12 Angry Men (1957 & 1997)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Silkwood (1983)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Life of Pi (2012)
The Iron Lady (2011)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Metropolis (1927)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Chinatown (1974)
Hideous Kinky (1998)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Tess (1979)
Modern Times (1936)
WALL-E (2008)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Latter Days (2003)
The Sheik (1921)
Notting Hill (1999)
Dans Paris (2006)
Wilde (1997)
This is not in order of my favourite films; as I like Breakfast at Tiffany’s more than A Clockwork Orange, and Gone With The Wind more than both of them put together, and Roman Holiday, which happens to be my all time favourite movie is no.63 in the list; but in order of my favourite titles, of unique names, that tend to have a nice ring to them. Would like to hear about your favourites.
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OH, what a fun topic! A title is everything. Regardless of the content, these titles make you curious about the contents: Sleeping with the Enemy, Saving Private Ryan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Iron Lady, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Like you said, there are others! Not listed: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Night of the Iguana, All Quiet on the Western Front,
I’ve actually mentioned Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? At no.10. But true I forgot Night of the Iguana (1964) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Love those movies, and the titles as well.
Thanks for reminding me.
A very interesting collection! Thanks! 🙂
Cheers!!
Gravity
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Haven’t watched either of them but the titles make me want to.
Confessions of a Shopaholic, nice title, I watched it some time ago. It was an OK movie. I gave it a 5/10 rating. Gravity, an OK title, but a movie am really keen on watching myself. Heard nothing but good about it.
Brilliant idea for a post. Back to the Future is probably mine.
Back to the Future is one of my guilty pleasures. Thanks!!