# Movies with perfectly descriptive titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344 "2012-10-10T18:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/1 "2012-10-10T18:59:01Z")
[The thread on misleading titles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668294) made me think of movies with titles that tell you everything you need to know about the movie. That thread mentions **Hot Tub Time Machine** , which pretty much nails what the central premise of the movie is. This thread could probably be called the \*\*Snakes on a Plane \*\*memorial thread, but \*\*Big Trouble in Little China \*\*pretty much tells you what that movie’s about. So, what other movie titles tell you everything you need to know before you buy your ticket? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/2 "2012-10-10T19:12:20Z")
**The Iron Giant**. Well, maybe he wasn’t really _iron_… ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/3 "2012-10-10T19:13:10Z")
Bloodsport. Yes, it was. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/4 "2012-10-10T19:25:17Z")
**The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?** ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/5 "2012-10-10T19:38:20Z")
Love Story ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/6 "2012-10-10T19:46:22Z")
Hobo with a Shotgun ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/7 "2012-10-10T19:48:54Z")
**Murder on the Orient Express** , which I just watched for the first time, pretty much delivered what it promised. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/8 "2012-10-10T19:49:48Z")
My Dinner With Andre. ---
**Author:** ![dataguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/9 "2012-10-10T19:51:38Z")
Kill Bill ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/10 "2012-10-10T19:54:25Z")
Aliens ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/11 "2012-10-10T20:17:38Z")
Superman Spiderman Green Lantern (maybe marginal as it’s not about an old fashioned light that’s green) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/12 "2012-10-10T20:20:37Z")
Ebert’s review of [Lair of the White Worm](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19881111/REVIEWS/811110304/1023): > [@](#): > > Let this much be said for Ken Russell’s “The Lair of the White Worm”: It provides you with exactly what you would expect from a movie named “The Lair of the White Worm.” It has a lair, it has a worm, the worm is white and there is a sufficient number of screaming victims to be dragged down into the lair by the worm. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/13 "2012-10-10T20:20:48Z")
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy. Yes, yes they did. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/14 "2012-10-10T20:22:18Z")
Night of the Living Dead. That pretty much covers it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/15 "2012-10-10T20:27:30Z")
The Brave Little Toaster ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/16 "2012-10-10T20:28:44Z")
Deepthroat. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/17 "2012-10-10T20:31:06Z")
Cowboys and Aliens ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/18 "2012-10-10T20:32:17Z")
“And you people, you’re all … astronauts … on … some kind of star trek.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/19 "2012-10-10T20:32:31Z")
_ **Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter** _. One has no grounds for complaint. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344/20 "2012-10-10T20:37:46Z")
[The Yule Log](http://www.amazon.com/The-Yule-Log-Christmas-Fireplace/dp/B001EXE31E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349901444&sr=8-1&keywords=yule+log) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-perfectly-descriptive-titles/637344.md?page=2)