# Films where you get the whole plot in the title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240 "2016-05-20T17:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/21 "2016-05-20T19:03:27Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Big Booty Cum Sluts, Volume XII. See, I’d be lost since I didn’t see the first eleven. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/22 "2016-05-20T19:03:57Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > This title tells me that it should be a lot like Day of the Triffids meets Spiderman. Am I close? The Hulk. Gamma rays were in the Hulk. Spiderman powers came from generic no-name radiation. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/23 "2016-05-20T19:06:19Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > See, I’d be lost since I didn’t see the first eleven. :eek: Spoiler Alert - He ends up getting the girl. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/24 "2016-05-20T19:18:39Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > See, I’d be lost since I didn’t see the first eleven. :eek: You’re certainly not ready for APOLLO 13. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/25 "2016-05-20T19:20:50Z")
Four Weddings and a Funeral ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/26 "2016-05-20T19:24:02Z")
Sharknado 1, 2, 3 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/27 "2016-05-20T19:36:14Z")
John Dies at the End. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/28 "2016-05-20T19:36:35Z")
_Honey, I Shrunk the Kids_. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/29 "2016-05-20T19:42:03Z")
I’m sorry, but most of these suggestions do not fit the OP. They are providing the setup, or the conflict, or the situation, but not the plot. The plot must include the resolution. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/30 "2016-05-20T19:44:12Z")
Castaway. The Great Escape Lincoln Batman vs. Superman ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/31 "2016-05-20T19:46:28Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m sorry, but most of these suggestions do not fit the OP. They are providing the setup, or the conflict, or the situation, but not the plot. The plot must include the resolution. Considering the OP gave “Snakes On A Plane” as an example, I’d say this is not the case. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/32 "2016-05-20T19:52:43Z")
[Death Bed - The Bed That Eats People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01l1WIC9mBo) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/33 "2016-05-20T19:58:11Z")
Piranha – there’s no plot, just hungry toothy fish. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/34 "2016-05-20T20:00:13Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m sorry, but most of these suggestions do not fit the OP. They are providing the setup, or the conflict, or the situation, but not the plot. The plot must include the resolution. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Considering the OP gave “Snakes On A Plane” as an example, I’d say this is not the case. Likewise _Hobo with a shotgun_. While the OP says “plot” in the title, he just says “an idea of what the movie is about” in the rest of post. If you had to include the conclusion it would be a pretty short list. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/35 "2016-05-20T20:00:45Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Piranha – there’s no plot, just hungry toothy fish. And _Anaconda_ ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/36 "2016-05-20T20:04:53Z")
“[Penn and Teller Get Killed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)” ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/37 "2016-05-20T20:33:47Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Likewise _Hobo with a shotgun_. > > While the OP says “plot” in the title, he just says “an idea of what the movie is about” in the rest of post. > > If you had to include the conclusion it would be a pretty short list. I must apologize for the nebulous OP. I admit I hadn’t given it a lot of thought. In truth, _Hobo with a shotgun_ is kind of the Ur-example of what I was going for here. Without it having Rutger Hauer as the titular character, I never would have watched it, based on that title. I’m also kind of fuzzy about conclusion even though I watched it all the way through twice. (Once by myself, then once with my roommate.) I further muddied the waters with my contribution of _Titanic_ where everyone knows the conclusion, but not necessarily the rest of the plot. So, moving forward, I think what I was going for, if you’ve seen the movie in question and you’re trying to describe the plot to a friend, maybe trying to convince them to see it too. Might you start out with “It’s just like the title says, there’s this hobo with a shotgun, he gets fed up with the crapsack town he’s living with and starts shooting the people he sees as responsible”? Lots of good answers above, the vast majority of which matched the spirit of the OP, if not the precise letter. Thanks for everyone that has posted. I guess this is a good example of why I don’t start very many threads. :o ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/38 "2016-05-20T20:39:37Z")
[_End Of The World_-1977](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075990/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/39 "2016-05-20T20:47:08Z")
[Dude, Where’s My Car?](Plot: Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.) Plot: Two potheads wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/40 "2016-05-20T20:54:44Z")
Warhol’s “Empire”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240.md?page=3)