# Most Descriptive Movie Title?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202 "2007-11-20T17:34:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/1 "2007-11-20T17:34:00Z")

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We currently have a thread on the [worst movie title](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=444879), so how about a list a movie titles that are totally unambiguous?

Snakes on a Plane was about snakes and they were on a plane.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/2 "2007-11-20T17:39:47Z")

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Any of the “Vacation” films.  
Any of the “Ernest” films.  
Whichever of the Friday the 13th movies that was subtitled “Jason Goes to Hell.”

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/3 "2007-11-20T17:41:22Z")

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[Can](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064123/) Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/4 "2007-11-20T18:35:57Z")

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**Another Teen Movie  
Shoot 'em Up  
The Creature from the Black Lagoon  
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave  
The Bible…in the Beginning**

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/5 "2007-11-20T18:38:06Z")

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Snakes on a Plane.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/6 "2007-11-20T19:05:02Z")

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\*[The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?\*](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057181/)

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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/7 "2007-11-20T19:10:42Z")

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**Star Wars**

**Who Framed Roger Rabbit?**

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/8 "2007-11-20T19:10:49Z")

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (my favorite movie ever)  
My Dinner with Andre

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/9 "2007-11-20T19:11:52Z")

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[The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112966/)

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**Author:** ![Genital\_Warthog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/edb3f5/32.png) [@Genital\_Warthog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genital_Warthog)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/10 "2007-11-20T19:14:03Z")

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[Black Cock Addiction 2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892267/)

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/11 "2007-11-20T19:16:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Mosier]  
Snakes on a Plane.  
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Dammit, exactly what I was going to add.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/12 "2007-11-20T19:18:47Z")

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_Three Men and a Baby_

And I’ll go ahead and nominate the next \*\*Kevin Smith \*\* movie in production, _Zack and Miri Make a Porno_ (which they just announced will be starring \*\*Seth Rogan \*\* and **Elizabeth Banks** )

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/13 "2007-11-20T19:21:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Genital Warthog]  
[Black Cock Addiction 2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892267/)  
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I really hope you’ll be sticking around. Great combination of username/post.

Be careful though, we’ve been having an influx of clever usernamed guests with relevant and funny remarks being banned.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/14 "2007-11-20T19:27:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Sitnam]  
Dammit, exactly what I was going to add.  
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But then decided not to after reading the second sentence of the two-sentence OP?

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**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/15 "2007-11-20T19:28:38Z")

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Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/16 "2007-11-20T20:55:19Z")

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I’m going to have to say **Snakes on a Plane**. Hey, somebody had to mention it.

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**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/17 "2007-11-20T20:57:46Z")

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Well, there was that one about snakes on a plane. That’s fairly on the nose.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/18 "2007-11-20T21:12:07Z")

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What was that movie that was about snakes being released on a plane? I can’t remember it. Maybe once I do I’ll post that in the Worst Titles thread for it’s sheer forgettability.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/19 "2007-11-20T21:12:16Z")

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Jaws

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-descriptive-movie-title/427202/20 "2007-11-20T21:16:45Z")

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I’m tired of these motherf&cking posts about those motherf&cking snakes on that motherf&cking plane.

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