# Movie Titles that are Quotes (or false quotes) from other Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897 "2022-03-29T13:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/1 "2022-03-29T13:11:22Z")
What started me thinking about this was **They call me MISTER Tibbs!** It’s a famous line delivered by Sidney Poitier in **In the Heat of the Night** , but they used it as the title for the sequel starring Poitier (I assume it did midlin’ well at least, because there was a second sequel, _The Organization_) That got me thinking about other such films **"Play it Again Sam"** – not the real quote from _Casablanca,_ but the famous misquoted version, and the perfect title for the Woody Allen film, based on his play, and starring him (although, mercifully, directed by Herbert Ross – Allen’s directorial style back then wouldn’t have worked for this one) **What’s Up, Doc** – Peter Bogdanovich’s hllarious screwball comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. I guess the title conveys the mood, but it doesn’t have much to do with the plot, even though Streisand actually says it, and they end the film with a clip of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd singing the line. If you broaden it to include plays, you could do an entire class of Shakespeare-inspired titles: **What Dreams May Come** **Brave New World** **The Fault in Our Stars** **The Dark Tower** **Something Wicked This Way Comes** **North by Northwest** (sorta) **To Be or Not To Be** **Outrageous Fortune** **The Undiscovered Country** And many others What else you got? (I don’t think the George Segal comedy **The Black Bird** counts – it’s not really a quote) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/2 "2022-03-29T13:13:35Z")
Does “The Usual Suspects” count? Also Casablanca. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/3 "2022-03-29T14:08:01Z")
Yup… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/4 "2022-03-29T14:13:16Z")
On that note, an almost quote for a not great movie, “We’ll Never Have Paris” as opposed to the Casablanca quote “We’ll always have Paris”. > **[We'll Never Have Paris (2014) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079016/)** > > We'll Never Have Paris: Directed by Simon Helberg, Jocelyn Towne. With Simon Helberg, Melanie Lynskey, Zachary Quinto, Judith Light. A man screws up on a transcontinental level in a noble effort to win back "the one." ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/5 "2022-03-29T15:42:52Z")
Does “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” count? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/6 "2022-03-29T15:43:45Z")
Good one, from _Sullivan’s Travels_ right? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/7 "2022-03-29T16:59:29Z")
Another Shakespearean reference is **The Dogs of War**. There’s a Sherlockian TV show called **Elementary**. There’s a vampire film called **Children of the Night**. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/8 "2022-03-29T20:23:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If you broaden it to include plays, you could do an entire class of Shakespeare-inspired titles: Just Shakespeare-inspired Star Trek episodes is a long list. The Conscience of the King All Our Yesterdays By Any Other name Dagger of the Mind Mortal Coil just from memory And of course, from Casablanca We’ll Always Have Paris ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897/9 "2022-03-29T20:25:40Z")
“Can’t Buy Me Love” comes from a line in a song in _A Hard Day’s Night._