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Alonso Díaz de la Vega

over 4 years ago

I don’t love making posts about lists, but I have one with a topic I haven’t heard of before, so I hope you guys can tell me straight out which is your favorite film title you’ve heard and why. In my case, I think it’s Amarcord, because it translates as “I Remember”. I think it’s the most nostalgic title I’ve heard, and it’s kind of tender and at the same time raw, it’s very ambigous, it could refer to someone who has either good memories or bad ones, and it really fits the film.

Kifah Foutah

over 4 years ago

“Bullet from a Gun”

kevin b

over 4 years ago

Hold Me While I’m Naked by George Kuchar

honovic

over 4 years ago

Zack and Miri Make a Porno… it’s comforting that I’m still able to see a movie just by hearing the title…. “Texas… Chainsaw… Massacre.”

Joshua W

over 4 years ago

A Colt Is My Passport. Badass and to the point, Nikkatsu action cinema at it’s best.

Nina

over 4 years ago

this is a sweet title: the cranes are flying

Ryan

over 4 years ago

The Best Years of Our Lives…I don’t know why, I just feel that it’s such a great title.

Daniel Kasman

-moderator-
over 4 years ago

A Girl is a Gun
Woman is the Future of Man
Eyes Wide Shut
Ceiling Zero

Kifah Foutah

over 4 years ago

oh, I forgot “Boss Nigger” -exploitastic.

Simon

over 4 years ago

I agree with Amarcord

Also: There Will Be Blood, Requiem for a Dream, Grave of the Fireflies
to name a few of my favorites

and there’s a new movie coming out called A Good Day to be Black and Sexy
great title

Criteri​onRefs

over 4 years ago

I like the late Bunuel titles: Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Phantom of Liberty, That Obscure Object of Desire. They sound good, intriguing, stimulate one’s thinking as to what is he really trying to communicate with those phrases?

___ _____

over 4 years ago

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Fucking Amal
Vengeance is Mine
Repulsion
Days of Being Wild
I Spit on Your Grave
Last Year at Marienbad (although the title is only brilliant for those who have seen the film)
The Conformist

Sam Lim

over 4 years ago

DAYS OF BEING WILD!

I know this is a book title but: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. that’s a fucking title.

Glemaud

over 4 years ago

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
funny thing, there is no horse shooting. :(

Glemaud

over 4 years ago

bah…

David Lee

over 4 years ago

I’ve always liked

Full Metal Jacket (Just a great title)
Five Easy Pieces (because of its meaning in relation to the film)
8 1/2 (very creative, unique and significant)

davecit​o !

over 4 years ago

Juliet Of The Spirits – among other virtues, a very suggestive and poetic title

A Touch Of Zen – likewise

Phil Worfel

over 4 years ago

The Beat My Heart Skipped
Punch Drunk Love
Withnail and I
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

mr. sweetum​s

over 4 years ago

a bout de souffle
the 400 blows
there will be blood
seven samurai (you just gotta love teamwork)
amadeus (only when paired with the cover art)
snatch
a colt is my passport
pulp fiction
v for vendetta
monster’s ball

and finally, as my #1 pick

the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

Justin T

over 4 years ago

Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Kifah Foutah

over 4 years ago

Cinderella Man
The Quantum of Solace

R.S. Brown

over 4 years ago

Am I really only the second person to think ‘There Will Be Blood’ in response to this question?

Justin T

over 4 years ago

@ R.S. Brown
It occurred to me as well (as did Requiem for a Dream, Eyes Wide Shut and The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford), but it was already posted, so I tried to add new stuff :)

R.S. Brown

over 4 years ago

@ Justin
Indeed, I wanted to mention Jesse James and saw it, just as well, you hit one of the best with ‘Dr.’

I have a predilection for a lot of Noir titles

Angels With Dirty Faces
Night and the City
Notorious
Kiss of Death

Chandler has a lot of them too:

The Big Sleep
Murder, My Sweet
The Long Goodbye

Tom Wilson

over 4 years ago

Wasn’t “There Will Be Blood” also the tagline for one of the “Saw” movies?

Jennife​r Christe​nsen

over 4 years ago

Necromantic. lol

Tom Wilson

over 4 years ago

“The Hudsucker Proxy;” “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar;” and “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”

ZAK FORSMAN

over 4 years ago

many that i admire have been stated. would also add…

BREAKING THE WAVES
LILJA 4-EVER
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

…and of course…

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

Catheri​ne

over 4 years ago

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but were Afraid to Ask
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

Mitchel​l 109

over 4 years ago

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