# Movies with your name in the title. Have you seen them and what did you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290 "2005-01-11T23:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/1 "2005-01-11T23:46:07Z")
Ever find or hear of a movie with your name in the title? If so, what did you think of the movie if you’ve seen it? Take a moment, if you will, to go to the IMDB and search your name if you can’t think of any movies offhand. Not knowing any movies off the top of my head with my name in it, I did this. [Chris and His Magical Lamp.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168582/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz0xfHR0PW9ufHBuPTB8cT1DaHJpc3xteD0yMHxsbT0yMDB8aHRtbD0x;fc=43;ft=51;fm=1) I doubt I’d like this one very much, nor even be able to find it very easily. Same with [Chris, Not Krishna, Calling.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312566/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz0xfHR0PW9ufHBuPTB8cT1DaHJpc3xteD0yMHxsbT0yMDB8aHRtbD0x;fc=21;ft=51;fm=1) ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/2 "2005-01-12T00:02:33Z")
Nope no uglybeech anywhere on IMDB. And I’d been so excited by the prospect. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/3 "2005-01-12T00:06:05Z")
The IMDB lists only 8 films with my Real World first name, and the most popular only has 71 votes and isn’t available on video or DVD. Needless to say, I’d never heard of any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/4 "2005-01-12T00:10:28Z")
Long version of first name: Zilch. Short version: One 1918 silent film. Last name: Cripes, a lot of famous people by that name. But little in the way ot titles. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/5 "2005-01-12T00:18:00Z")
There are 9 movies on the IMDB with my first name as a title, and a few with my name in the title. One of them stars [Joan Collins](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053800/)!! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/6 "2005-01-12T00:18:34Z")
The most famous one with a variation of my name is a porn film, and when I searched I found Belgium porn and one squeaky clean autobiographical film. I’ve not seen either, and neither appeals. Oh, and one film appears to be an educational film. Such range! ---
**Author:** ![metrochic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@metrochic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metrochic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/7 "2005-01-12T00:21:32Z")
_Heathers_ is enough to make me want to quit while I’m ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/8 "2005-01-12T00:42:34Z")
Nope, I’ve never seen [Nightwatch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119791/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9bmlnaHR3YXRjaHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1). Never seen _Saving Private Ryan_, either. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/9 "2005-01-12T01:02:21Z")
Well, if I go by “David,” there are 14 title matches. The only one I’ve even seen part of is the tv movie about the biblical King David. “Dave” only gets one hit: the Kevin Kline movie. I’ve seen it. It’s not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/10 "2005-01-12T01:04:21Z")
The only one with my real-life name is a 1963 French movie with the English translation of “Anatomy of a Marriage”. Abosolutely nothing with “Sublight” in the title, although there’s an approximate match called “Bill’s Blighted Career”. Putting a space in the middle brought up the title “Devce z predmestí anebo Vsecko prijde na jevo” which apparently translates as “Suburbian Girl or Everything Comes to Light”. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/11 "2005-01-12T01:10:08Z")
\*\*Aesiron \*\*is a word I made up so nothing there but \*John Q \*and _Being John Malkovich_ are two well known movies with my first name in it. I go by my middle name though and it isn’t popular for movies despite being pretty common. _C’est la vie_. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/12 "2005-01-12T01:45:11Z")
Not surprisingly: “Jennifer” returns 6 exact matches; 38 partial matches. “Jenny” returns 13 exact matches; 71 partial matches. “Misnomer” returns 0 matches. 😉 I’ve never seen any of them – not even [_Jennifer Eight_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104549/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0xMDAwfHNnPTF8dHQ9MXxwbj0wfHE9amVubmlmZXJ8cnM9Y3xodG1sPTF8bW9yZT10dA__;fc=7;ft=44;fm=1), the only one I’d heard of – but I _have_ seen the movie I was named after: [_Portrait of Jennie_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040705/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9cG9ydHJhaXQgb2YgamVubmllfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=14;fm=1) (they spell it wrong ;)). It’s a good movie, and I just got the DVD for my mom for Christmas. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/13 "2005-01-12T01:48:51Z")
Well my name came back with too many matches. But I’ll just state that my wife wanted to see Kill Bill so she could get some ideas. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/14 "2005-01-12T01:50:12Z")
[This movie’s](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403118/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9SG9sbHl8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=6;ft=8;fm=1) alternate title (Holly) is my name…it’s one of three listings on the IMDB, and it’s still in production, so I haven’t seen it. Also, since it was written by Britney Spears and her mother, it’s highly likely I’ll never, ever, ever see it. (The other listings are a TV show from the 1970’s that I’ve never heard of, and a movie that is still in production, so there’s very little information on it). ---
**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:** [January 12, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/15 "2005-01-12T02:06:16Z")
Let’s see. There’s a short film that matches my name, but I’d never heard of it before now. There are also several career retrospectives of Chuck Jones among the 31 films that match, but I’ve never seen any of them. I’m not counting “Chucky” for obvious reasons. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/16 "2005-01-12T02:07:21Z")
Ken Russell’s [Tommy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073812/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz0xfHR0PW9ufHBuPTB8cT10b21teSBib3l8bXg9MjB8bG09MjAwfGh0bWw9MQ__;fc=3;ft=5;fm=1) was…a mixed bag. But I’ll take it over [Tommy Boy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114694/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz0xfHR0PW9ufHBuPTB8cT10b21teSBib3l8bXg9MjB8bG09MjAwfGh0bWw9MQ__;fc=1;ft=5;fm=1) . ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/17 "2005-01-12T02:20:11Z")
I’m still waiting for the film adaptation of _Larry’s Party_. As for extant works, _Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry_ is just fine with me, and Seth McFarlane’s _The Life of Larry_ is a kick-ass short film. I’m really glad that nobody remembers that thing that Maclean Stevenson did after _M_A_S_H\*. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/18 "2005-01-12T02:21:15Z")
[Quer Tapioca com Manteiga, Freguesa?](http://imdb.com/title/tt0328299/) Awaiting five votes. Typical ☹ IRL first name [Colin](http://imdb.com/title/tt0069898/) Guess what? Awaiting five votes And to wrap up: IRL last name [Joe Wilkinson](http://imdb.com/title/tt0201696/) Any guesses as to a vote count? Yes, you guessed it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/19 "2005-01-12T04:25:41Z")
Well, mine has over 550 matches… Of course I haven’t seen them all, but I had seen the first one that came to mind (“What About Bob?”) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/20 "2005-01-12T16:44:50Z")
The only film that uses my first name exactly is an Australian movie in pre-production. 41 titles use it in some form. Most of them are television programs, and I don’t remember seeing any of them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290.md?page=2)