# movie titles based on \[active verb\] + \[character name\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999 "2006-12-21T00:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/21 "2006-12-21T04:07:58Z")
Drowning Mona? Lovin’ Molly? Raising Cain? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/22 "2006-12-21T04:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] [Remembering previous threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282241) [/QUOTE] Heh, and in that thread someone linked to [an even earlier thread on this topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=83590). ---
**Author:** ![42Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/6bbea6/32.png) [@42Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42Geek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/23 "2006-12-21T04:20:53Z")
Waiting for Godot? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/24 "2006-12-21T06:21:50Z")
_Killing Zoe Shooting Elizabeth_ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/25 "2006-12-21T06:43:19Z")
The movie released as _Show Me Love_ in the United States was _Fucking Amal_ in its native Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/26 "2006-12-21T06:58:35Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] _Fucking Amal_ [/QUOTE] Weeellll, Åmal is a small [town](http://www.amal.se/), so I don’t think that title means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/27 "2006-12-21T13:32:24Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] There is no character named “Amy” in Chasing Amy, though. A story is told ABOUT Amy that explains the central conceit, true, but by a strict reading of the OP, this doesn’t qualify. [/QUOTE] No, I’m not that strict. I think Chasing Amy is a good example, the trend is more about the aestetic appeal of this way of naming movies rather than the identity of the given name, anyway. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/28 "2006-12-21T13:34:52Z")
**Making Mr. Right** ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/29 "2006-12-21T13:46:39Z")
Looking for Mr. Goodbar Seeing Other People Maybe this is cheating, but typing “finding” into IMDB brings up: _Finding Buck McHenry Finding John Christmas Finding Nemo Finding Christa Finding Kate Finding Kelly Finding Jack Kerouac Finding Neo Finding Electra Finding Mary Hatch Finding Jackson Pollock Finding Joy Finding Preet Finding Rin Tin Tin Finding Amanda Finding Yourself in LA Finding Charlie Finding Eleazar Finding Mr. Right Finding Herman Finding Leo_ That’s a lot of lost people! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/30 "2006-12-21T14:50:43Z")
[Stalking Laura](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107178/) (UK title) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/31 "2006-12-21T14:53:44Z")
And putting “Stalking” into a title search reveals: The Stalking of Laurie Show (2000) (TV) Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993) (TV) Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself (1998) (TV) Stalking Pete Doherty (2005) (TV) Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins (1992) Stalking and Shooting Caribou in Newfoundland (1907) TStalking Santa (2006) Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part 1 (1967) Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part 2 (1967) Stalking the Stalkers (1998) That’s a lot of stalking, my favoite being “Stalking Santa” ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/32 "2006-12-21T15:08:55Z")
Throw Momma from the Train or do I need an “ing” in there ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/33 "2006-12-21T16:18:42Z")
Since I am bored, I thought I would do “Raising [character]” _Raising Helen Raising Cain Raising Dad Raising Waylon (TV) Raising Flagg Raising Jeffrey Dahmer Raising Nicholas Raising Your Parents_ and “Killing” _Killing Zoe Killing Joe Killing Mr. Griffin Killing Cupid Killing Dad_ (And after we just Raised him!) _Killing Pablo Killing Pedro Rivera Killing Hitler Killing Priscilla Killing Kevin Killing Stone Killing Mary Jane Killing Mom_ (Thus making you an orphan) _Killing Rasputin Killing Ariel Killing Christian_ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/34 "2006-12-21T16:21:11Z")
Desperately Seeking Susan (the adverb doesn’t disqualify, does it?) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/35 "2006-12-21T19:39:55Z")
Waking Ned Devine And of course, [Being Ron Jeremy](http://imdb.com/title/tt0327482/) ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/36 "2006-12-21T23:52:58Z")
[Losing Chase](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116920/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/37 "2006-12-22T04:35:48Z")
Capturing the Friedmans ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999/38 "2006-12-22T13:13:22Z")
Saving Silverman [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-based-on-active-verb-character-name/384999.md?page=1)