# Movie titles that are spoilers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450 "2012-12-29T02:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/1 "2012-12-29T02:13:01Z")
Last night I watched “Journey for Margaret” (1942). At one point in the story, it was uncertain if Margaret would go on the journey or not. Except, no, the title clearly told me she would. Admittedly, the “journey” of the title could have been a figurative rather than a literal one, but still. The I thought of “Kill Bill” (2003). Are there other examples of movies where the title of the movie spoils the movie itself? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/2 "2012-12-29T02:14:38Z")
Star Trek: “The Wrath of Khan” “The Search for Spock” “The Voyage Home” ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/3 "2012-12-29T02:15:43Z")
I haven’t seen it or read the book yet, but I have worked out at least one thing about [John Dies at the End](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783732/) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/4 "2012-12-29T02:49:38Z")
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/5 "2012-12-29T02:56:57Z")
Penn & Teller Get Killed ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/6 "2012-12-29T02:58:00Z")
**The Bigamist** , directed by Ida Lupino and starring her, Edmond O’ Brien, and Joan Fontaine. Good film, but it would have been more interesting if the title hadn’t revealed the twist. **There Will Be Blood** ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/7 "2012-12-29T03:02:10Z")
Mr. Mom ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/8 "2012-12-29T03:05:32Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Are there other examples of movies where the title of the movie spoils the movie itself? _Return of the King_? I suppose the title could have referred to a different king though. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/9 "2012-12-29T03:08:55Z")
**They Shoot Horses, Don’t They** is a spoiler for the film’s ending, but you have to see the film to realize it. **Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay**. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/10 "2012-12-29T03:16:51Z")
_Sink the Bismarck!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/11 "2012-12-29T03:55:14Z")
Journey to the Center of the Earth ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/12 "2012-12-29T04:08:05Z")
_The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence_ - not only states the obvious fact that Liberty Valence ends up getting shot… …but also hints at the twist that “the man” who did it isn’t the one everyone thinks it is. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/13 "2012-12-29T08:05:22Z")
\*\*Contact \*\*- For a good long while it’s in doubt that any contact will ever be made, but the title doesn’t let you down (or does it)! **Nightmare on Elm Street** - 'nuff said ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/14 "2012-12-29T09:10:09Z")
> [@irritant](#): > > **There Will Be Blood** Apparently, [not enough blood.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CF2PbJsaW8) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/15 "2012-12-29T10:00:16Z")
_All the Brothers Were Valiant_ _Dances With Wolves_ _The Last Emperor_ ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/16 "2012-12-29T10:04:16Z")
_Dead Heat_, Joe Piscopo’s first (only?) starring vehicle, looked in the ads like a standard buddy cop movie, but he was a zombie cop midway through, apparently. I think he died more conventionally at the end. I’ve never seen it, but I’ve heard that _Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx_ is an example of this. _I Spit on Your Grave._ Kind of, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/17 "2012-12-29T15:54:12Z")
I have never seen these two films before, but their names pretty much seem to say it all: Jason Goes to Hell and The Hills Have Eyes. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/18 "2012-12-29T15:57:26Z")
_Raise The Titanic_. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/19 "2012-12-29T16:28:15Z")
Didn’t we just do this a couple of months ago? _Nine Dead I Shot Andy Warhol_ ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450/20 "2012-12-29T16:32:35Z")
A lot of these suggestions (Search for Spock, Mr. Mom, etc.) describe the \*premise \*of the film, not the \*resolution \*of the film. So I don’t think they count as spoilers. They don’t tell you any more than a decent preview or TV commercial would tell you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-spoilers/645450.md?page=2)