# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/61 "2016-05-21T02:32:59Z")
Bad Santa ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/62 "2016-05-21T02:42:24Z")
_Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five_ ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/63 "2016-05-21T02:44:35Z")
_Harald and Kumar Go to White Castle_ gives you the beginning and the end but not much idea of what happens in between. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/64 "2016-05-21T02:46:23Z")
_ **The Erotic Adventures of Candy** _ _ **Candy Goes to Hollywood** _ ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/65 "2016-05-21T02:54:50Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > _So I Married an Axe Murderer_ No. He didn’t. He married the sister of an axe murderer. _My Stepmother is an Alien_ ---
**Author:** ![Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/66 "2016-05-21T07:20:36Z")
The Exorcism of Emily Rose ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/67 "2016-05-21T07:20:50Z")
Alien Invasion Tomato Monster Mexican Armada Brothers Who Are Just Regular Brothers Running in a Van From an Asteroid and All Sorts of Things - [The Movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ziXpIPAhD4) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/68 "2016-05-21T07:51:50Z")
Who can forget the Clive Owen/Paul Giamatti film [Shoot 'Em Up](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21)? ---
**Author:** ![Esturionette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@Esturionette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esturionette)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/69 "2016-05-21T11:18:46Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > John Dies at the End. I thought the main joke in this one was that John lives. However, the sequel, **This Book is Full of Spiders** , is closer to what the OP had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/70 "2016-05-21T12:46:01Z")
_Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure_ is quite a good summary of the movie, as is _Saving Private Ryan_. _Taxi Driver_ leaves out a few details, _The Wolf of Wall Street_ has no wolves but the metaphor works, and _How to Train Your Dragon_ pretty much is the whole story. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/71 "2016-05-21T13:07:14Z")
“The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/72 "2016-05-21T14:39:16Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > That pretty much what it’s about. There’s a hill in Wales that’s just under 1,000 feet and the villagers add enough dirt to the top to make it technically count as a mountain. The Englishman happens to go up there while they’re working on it, and by the time he comes down… well, there you are. Mountain. It’s a cute little movie. Huh. . .see, I would’ve guessed that this title was metaphoric. ---
**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 21, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/73 "2016-05-21T19:09:51Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” See post #6. ---
**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 23, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/74 "2016-05-23T21:31:01Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Huh. . .see, I would’ve guessed that this title was metaphoric. Wow. Me too. **Thanks Miss Mapp**! Lots of great answers. Several I’d never heard of. Several duplications, but that’s okay. I’m usually the ‘movie guy’ in my circle, maybe it’s time for me to slink away. 😉 Thanks to everyone that has participated! ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/75 "2016-05-23T21:45:35Z")
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/76 "2016-05-23T22:03:52Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > Alien Invasion Tomato Monster Mexican Armada Brothers Who Are Just Regular Brothers Running in a Van From an Asteroid and All Sorts of Things - [The Movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ziXpIPAhD4) [Jan Quadrant Vincent 16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLB4dU3Yc6M) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/77 "2016-05-24T12:03:02Z")
[Nude Nuns with Big Guns](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352388/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). There are nuns. They are nude a lot. They use big guns to shoot bad people. ---
**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 24, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/78 "2016-05-24T15:48:39Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > [Nude Nuns with Big Guns](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352388/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). > > There are nuns. > They are nude a lot. > They use big guns to shoot bad people. Yah, one impetus for starting this thread was the thought that most of the answers would be ‘B’ movies without a great deal of plot and development. I’ve been proved wrong in that assumption, but there are still a lot of movies like this. I can imagine this movie from the title, though I could always be wrong. Must research! 😃 ---
**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 24, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/79 "2016-05-24T15:55:52Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Huh. . .see, I would’ve guessed that this title was metaphoric. They’re hoping this will really put their town on the map! No, literally. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240/80 "2016-05-24T16:48:57Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > My Dinner with Andre… > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Best one so far. > > I had the action figures for that film when I was a kid. Just quoting this for anyone who needed a second dose to get the reference. By the way, I once mocked up a still-in-the-original-package “My Dinner with Andre Action Figure” for a friend. Also by the way, I do wish Andre had had more of a plot. Loved the conversation, but I kept waiting for something to happen. So it does fit the OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-where-you-get-the-whole-plot-in-the-title/755240.md?page=3)