# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/81 "2007-07-22T23:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=frog princess] Firefox and Foxfire [/QUOTE] Or worse, Foxfire and Foxfire ---
**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 23, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/82 "2007-07-23T05:29:30Z")
If you go the the cinema to watch [Sunshine](http://imdb.com/title/tt0448134/) “A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future”, you might be a little disappointed to end up seeing [Sunshine](http://imdb.com/title/tt0145503/) “The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/83 "2007-07-23T14:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=scm1001] how about a trifecta American Beauty American Psycho American Pie who want to make sure you had the right right one when your mum comes over [/QUOTE] Which is the appropriate one for Mom? The one about teenage boys trying to get laid, the one where an underage girl shows her boobs to the boy next door and her dad tries to nail her cheerleader friend, or the one where the crazy guy kills a lot of people in graphic fashion? To add to the list: [**The Guardian**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099710/) and [**The Guardian**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0406816/). One is about Coast Guard rescuers, and one is about a killer tree. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/84 "2007-12-16T00:14:24Z")
A personal disappointment: 1939’s _Wuthering Heights_, featuring a towering portrayal of Heathcliff by Laurence Olivier, versus 1970’s _Wuthering Heights_, featuring a towering-pile-of-dung portrayal of Heathcliff by … Timothy Dalton (yes, the Bond-manqué). I haven’t seen 1992’s production starring Ralph Fiennes – any good? ---
**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 16, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/85 "2007-12-16T00:23:28Z")
OK, I know it’s a cheap shot, but [Saving Private Ryan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/) and [Saving Ryan’s Privates](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221532/). ---
**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 16, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/86 "2007-12-16T00:43:51Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] And I have no idea about Working Girl. Wasn’t that a theatrical movie? An IMDB search just turns up a short-lived sitcom starring Sandra Bullock, long before she was famous. Pluralize the title, however, and you might end up with a documentary about lesbian hookers. [/QUOTE] I saw [Working Girls](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092238/) at an art house theater in DC back in 1986, the year it came out. It wasn’t so much a documentary as a day-in-the-life drama about a particularly awful shift at an upscale Manhattan bordello. Only the main character was explicitly a lesbian. For an indy film with no stars and no discernible budget, it was pretty good. Believable characters, gallows humor… There was copious nudity, though not of the sort to make this suitable for an intimate evening with one’s self. The world has forgotten this movie, but I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/87 "2007-12-16T00:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] I saw [Working Girls](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092238/) at an art house theater in DC back in 1986, the year it came out. It wasn’t so much a documentary as a day-in-the-life drama about a particularly awful shift at an upscale Manhattan bordello. Only the main character was explicitly a lesbian. For an indy film with no stars and no discernible budget, it was pretty good. Believable characters, gallows humor… There was copious nudity, though not of the sort to make this suitable for an intimate evening with one’s self. The world has forgotten this movie, but I remember it. [/QUOTE] Two people have seen it, then, you and I. I, too, liked it, and still remember a couple of scenes (the main character having cowgirl position sex with a client, and biking home and putting her earnings in to an ATM). ---
**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 16, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/88 "2007-12-16T00:51:56Z")
Has anybody mentioned [Mask](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/) and [The Mask](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110475/)? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/89 "2007-12-16T01:12:31Z")
How about Mulholland Falls vs Mulholland Drive? ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/90 "2007-12-16T03:07:31Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Two people have seen it, then, you and I. I, too, liked it, and still remember a couple of scenes (the main character having cowgirl position sex with a client, and biking home and putting her earnings in to an ATM). [/QUOTE] There’s at least 3 of us. I caught it on cable one night. I thought it was good - very “matter of fact”/day in the life style. I don’t remember much. But I do remember one of the client’s game/fantasy had to do with regaining his vision as he climaxed. A bit bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/91 "2007-12-16T07:14:44Z")
Do NOT confuse [The Puppet Masters](http://imdb.com/title/tt0111003/), which sadly falls short of the classic Heinlein novel on which it is based. (The sad story of its shortfall is recounted[here](http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/rossio.html) with [Puppet Master](http://imdb.com/title/tt0098143/), a horror flick about a murderous bunch of kids’ toys. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/92 "2007-12-16T14:57:51Z")
[QUOTE=scm1001] how about a trifecta American Beauty American Psycho American Pie who want to make sure you had the right right one when your mum comes over [/QUOTE] Better make it a 4-fecta. The search for American Graffiti got me in a similar jam a couple years back. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/93 "2007-12-16T15:50:29Z")
First thing I thought of was _28 Days (Later)_, since that was a joke on _The Office_. Then I thought of _Black Sheep_ - the one with killer mutant zombie sheep turning people into weresheep being more believable and absorbing, as well as far funnier. But I see I’m too slow on those. [QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Big Trouble and Big Trouble in Little China. [/QUOTE] There’s also [Big Trouble](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246464/), adapted from Dave Barry’s novel (it’s far from perfect, but I quite like it), and Og forbid you should confuse any of those with the most unwatchable movie I’ve encountered: [Nothing But Trouble](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102558/) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/94 "2007-12-16T16:03:48Z")
Blowout Blowup Blowjob ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/95 "2007-12-16T16:08:38Z")
_Cats and Dogs_ (funny movie about furry critters) and _The Truth About Cats and Dogs_ (a tolerable chick-flick with Uma Thurman). ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/96 "2007-12-16T16:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Two people have seen it, then, you and I. I, too, liked it, and still remember a couple of scenes (the main character having cowgirl position sex with a client, and biking home and putting her earnings in to an ATM). [/QUOTE] I saw it in a Feminist film class. Three people. Not a bad film as I remember. I ran a film program in college. At one time we had two theaters going - one showing A Boy and His Dog, the other showing My Life as a Dog. We had some disappointed customers - and in fact, stopped both showing and let people switch theatres ten minutes in and then restarted them the first showing (the second showing we made announcements and put up signs about the content of each film). ---
**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 16, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/97 "2007-12-16T23:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] Blowout Blowup Blowjob [/QUOTE] **Blow Out** was, in fact, a remake of **Blow Up**. No insights on the third… \*\*Requiem for a Heavyweight Requiem for a Dream \*\* ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/98 "2007-12-17T02:55:58Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] \*\*Requiem for a Heavyweight Requiem for a Dream \*\* [/QUOTE] Molly Ringwald attempted a comeback in `99 with **Requiem for Murder** ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/99 "2007-12-17T03:30:15Z")
My parents friends went to the theater to see [Black Rain](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096933/), only to discover too late that the theater was actually showing [Black Rain](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097694/) instead. Bit of a downer. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938/100 "2007-12-17T03:55:54Z")
I was going to post Working Girl/Working Girls too! I believe that the full title of Working Girls is actually Working Girls-that’s-with-an-S-it’s-not-the-one-with-Melanie-Griffith. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-similar-names-that-should-never-ever-be-confused/411938.md?page=6)