# Movies with similar names that should never, ever be confused. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938 "2007-07-16T04:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/1 "2007-07-16T04:42:23Z")
Ever made a mistake in your Netflix queue and end up with something you weren’t expecting? Let’s say you wanted a nice gentle foreign film like _Babette’s Feast_ > [@](#): > > Babette’s Feast tells the story of Babette Hertsard, a 19th century Parisian political refugee who flees on a boat to Frederikshavn in Denmark with the help of her nephew, and forms a relationship with two elderly and religious sisters. The sisters, Martina and Philippa, are the daughters of a pastor who has founded his own religious sect. and you ended up with plain old _Feast_ > [@](#): > > The movie starts out at a bar in the desert. The people in the bar are all having a good time when a man covered in blood enters through the door. He tells everyone that they are in big trouble, but no one really heeds his warning until he exposes the head of a vicious looking monster. He is promptly decapitated by one of the monsters, and the young girl known only as “Honey Pie” is showered from head to toe in blood. What other possibilities can you dream up? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/2 "2007-07-16T04:48:49Z")
After hearing how wonderful the film _The Color Purple_ was, my mother and a friend decided they should go see it. Then they couldn’t remember the title of the film. They remembered “purple” was in the title and figured “Hey, how many movies could be in theaters right now that have the word purple in the title?” They decided there couldn’t possibly be more than one movie with the word purple in the title playing in theaters at any given time. They went to a movie theater and bought tickets for _Purple Rain_. They couldn’t understand why so many of their friends had recommended it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/3 "2007-07-16T04:50:24Z")
The very excellent THE SEVENTH SEAL and the not-as-much THE SEVENTH SIGN. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/4 "2007-07-16T04:57:08Z")
Well, they’re not really _super_ similar sounding, but it’d still be pretty bad to confuse [_Koyaanisqatsi_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi) with [_Urotsukidoji_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urotsukidoji). ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/5 "2007-07-16T05:05:46Z")
_28 Days_ and _28 Days Later_. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/6 "2007-07-16T05:10:46Z")
I was stuck watching several children for an afternoon and couldn’t remember the difference between [Monsters Inc.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/) and [Monster’s Ball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285742/). Why no, I don’t get asked to babysit very often. Why do you ask? SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/7 "2007-07-16T06:37:47Z")
_Midnight Run_ and _Midnight Express_. I told someone how much I love Midnight Run, and can watch it over and over, and got a very dubious look back when it transpired they were thinking I enjoyed watching the brutal life in a turkish prison… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/8 "2007-07-16T07:15:57Z")
PoTC and _PoTC_ - that is _Pirates of The Caribbean_ and _Passion of The Christ_. I think I heard of some people who experienced some kind of text-message mixup when getting friends to party book one or the other of these. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/9 "2007-07-16T07:36:02Z")
A lot of folks might put [Mr. and Mrs. Smith](http://imdb.com/title/tt0356910/) expecting a hijinks assassin comedy flick. Imagine the surprise when the hijinks, but sadly assassinless, comedy flick [Mr. and Mrs. Smith](http://imdb.com/title/tt0033922/) turns up. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/10 "2007-07-16T07:47:17Z")
Aristocats and The Aristocrats. Aristocats is a Disney animated feature about cats. The Aristocrats is a history of a really super raunchy warm up joke comedians use to get ready before they put on a show. Confusing the two would be traumatic. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/11 "2007-07-16T09:53:51Z")
E. F. Benson fans might be confused and disappointed if they aimed for _Mapp and Lucia_ and got _Sex and Lucia_ instead. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/12 "2007-07-16T10:09:44Z")
"The devil and Miss Jones: and “The devil in Miss Jones.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/13 "2007-07-16T10:26:06Z")
There’s [Crash](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/), the 2004 Oscar-winning film about racism and the intersection of various people’s lives in LA. Then there’s [Crash](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/), the 1996 film written by David Cronenberg, about people who are sexually excited by car crashes, especially being in them. (According to my friend, this happened to his wife and her coworkers, who went to an outside-of-work get-together and someone apparently had the first film in mind when they told the person who arranged the movie. Of course, it was the second which was shown to a bewildered and disgusted audience.) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/14 "2007-07-16T12:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] There’s [Crash](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/), the 2004 Oscar-winning film about racism and the intersection of various people’s lives in LA. Then there’s [Crash](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/), the 1996 film written by David Cronenberg, about people who are sexually excited by car crashes, especially being in them. [/QUOTE] Yes, this is confusing. My wife was saying that she had been told that _Crash_ was worth seeing - I was :dubious: She was talking about the 2004 film, I knew about the 1996 one :smack: She got the new one - I haven’t watched it yet - it doesn’t contain car crashes and sex ☹ Si ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/15 "2007-07-16T14:11:48Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Ever made a mistake in your Netflix queue and end up with something you weren’t expecting? Let’s say you wanted a nice gentle foreign film like _Babette’s Feast_ and you ended up with plain old _Feast_ What other possibilities can you dream up? [/QUOTE] The Stella Tillyard novel _The Aristocrats_, an historical novel, was adapted as a TV miniseries and is available on DVD. [By that title](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204082/). If you wanted the animated Disney flick where one of the Gabors plays a spoiled kitty and there’s a streetwise alley cat named O’Malley, that would instead be the [_Aristocats_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065421/). But as I’m sure y’all are well aware, confusing those with each other is the least of your confusion-worries. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/16 "2007-07-16T14:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=DWMarch] Aristocats and The Aristocrats. Aristocats is a Disney animated feature about cats. The Aristocrats is a history of a really super raunchy warm up joke comedians use to get ready before they put on a show. Confusing the two would be traumatic. [/QUOTE] Hey! Aww dammit… fooey… well, you didn’t mention the Stella Tillyard _Aristocrats_😛 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/17 "2007-07-16T14:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] Yes, this is confusing. My wife was saying that she had been told that _Crash_ was worth seeing - I was :dubious: She was talking about the 2004 film, I knew about the 1996 one :smack: She got the new one - I haven’t watched it yet - it doesn’t contain car crashes and sex ☹ Si [/QUOTE] Actually it does contain car crashes and sex. Just not at the same time. Plus, the new one sucks. See the Cronenburg. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/18 "2007-07-16T14:27:43Z")
**Broken Arrow** If you’re looking for the John Woo/John Travolta action picture, [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115759/) is the one you want. If you’re not specific, you’ll wind up with [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042286/) Jimmy Stewart vehicle. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/19 "2007-07-16T15:11:12Z")
[K-9](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-9_%28film%29) and [K-19](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-19:_The_Widowmaker). [Cabin Fever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_Fever_%28film%29) and [Cabin Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_Boy). Not very similar at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/20 "2007-07-16T15:18:13Z")
Aliens III with any of the other installments in the same series. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938.md?page=2)