Such as Mighty Joe Young vs. Meet Joe Black. And a few years ago you couldn’t go
to the theatre without running into a film with “Titus” in the title (think there was a
TV show too). It gets worse when you get the plots mixed up (Meet Joe Black was
about the gorilla who is actually Death incarnate, right?).
Well, I don’t think there were that many, but I know there was at least one adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus released at the same time Christopher Titus’s self-titled sitcom was on the air.
For some reason The Abyss always makes me think of Agnes of God…
I know one is about Henry II and his family, and the other is about Thomas More and Henry VIII, but I’m always getting the titles of “The Lion in Winter” and “A Man for All Seasons” crossed.
And then there’s the constant “Picnic at Hanging Rock”/“Bad Day at Black Rock” confusion. (Spencer Tracy investigates the mystical disappearance of three Australian schoolgirls and their teacher?)
How about these, which are all in the form of The _____ (person) of ______ (place name in New York):
The King of New York
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The King of Marvin Gardens
The Prince of The City
Dr Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb vs Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, Or: How I Flew From London To Paris In 25 Hours 11 Minutes.
Gotta love! Wish I’d seen the last one, though. Somehow, Right now I’m reminded about The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (even better with the first “the” and “,” removed). Suppose I’ve got a thing for long titles.
I get A Man For All Seasons mixed up with The Man Who Came To Dinner and, consequently, with Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. You know, that screwball comedy about Thomas More and his black fiancé who slip on the ice in front of an Ohio family’s house.
All the President’s Men and All the King’s Men also blend together. Do you suppose Woodward and Bernstein will be able to bring down Willie Stark?
I always have to tell people “Payback is the awesome crime movie with Mel Gibson; Paycheck is the crummy sci-fi movie with Ben Affleck.”
The titles of most Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme movies are completely interchangeable.
There’s that Johnny Depp movie Ed Wood Scissorhands.
For some reason I’m always mixing up At Play in the Fields of the Lord with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The movies aren’t even the same genre! Maybe my brain farts on long titles.
I’m convinced that The Ring was a huge success because most people assumed it was a sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring.
And then there’s The Big Easy Chill Fish Lebowski Daddy.
I’ve herard there was a lot of confusion between American Beauty and American Pie. People thought they were going tosee one, but saw the other.
K-9 and K-19: The Widowmaker
Cabin Fever and Cabin Boy
I knew a woman who went to see Loooking for Mr. Goodbar when she thought she was going to see The Goobye Girl.
That was a rude awakening!
Transporter vs. Trainspotting. Which one is the quirky British comedy, and which one is the action film? 
Crash and Crash.
And now Crank.
Oh, and **The Ice Storm ** vs. The Ice Harvest.
8 Below and 8 Mile.
28 Days and 28 Days Later. Not a sequel!
And Crush.