# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/41 "2005-01-13T18:19:30Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > > [@Monstre](#): > > > > 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?”) > > I concur! “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back!” is a close 2nd. But of course the _really_ good one is [Strange Brew](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0xMDAwfHNnPTF8dHQ9MXxwbj0wfHE9Ym9ifHJzPWN8aHRtbD0xfG1vcmU9dHQ_;fc=8;ft=569;fm=1) with Bob and Doug McKenzie! Beauty, eh? 😃 ‘Robert’ gives some Kennedy movies and a few authors’ names on bad adaptations of their books. Trying **rjk** just got me Do **rjk** handyn Turmunkh (director of a movie I never heard of), and Alexander Go **rjk** ov (“Miscellaneous Crew” on _another_ movie I never heard of.) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/42 "2005-01-13T18:27:26Z")
My first name is Shane. I’ve thus far refused to see the movie, but if I had a nickel for every time I heard “Shane! Shane! Come back Shane!” I’d be sitting on a beach instead of in an office right now. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/43 "2005-01-13T18:36:12Z")
Lord A, my name is also Shane, and you are absolutely right. You’re introduced, and someone says, “Shane. Shaaaane. Come back, Shaaane” and you feel torn between being nice about it and not wanting to stab them in the eyeball. … and I haven’t seen it either. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/44 "2005-01-13T18:56:57Z")
First Name: returns 18 Hindi movies. I haven’t seen any. Last name: 20 matches, of which I’ve seen two. I liked them both. Anaamika: Well, i knew of the movie with the same name. It seems, however, there are 3 remakes. 😕 Elenia: (What i used to be): Got no complete matches. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/45 "2005-01-13T18:57:59Z")
Well, there are quite a few movies, documentaries, and miniseries with Elizabeth in the title, or as the title itself. The most recent popular film was [Elizabeth](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD1vbnxzZz0xfHE9ZWxpemFiZXRofHBuPTB8bXg9MjB8bm09b258aHRtbD0x;fc=1;ft=3344). I thought it was pretty good. There were no title matches containing the name Rhiannon. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/46 "2005-01-13T20:28:33Z")
Well, there’s [this movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104783/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9bWFjfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=22;ft=22;fm=1), which I’ve never heard of. It’s got John Turturro in it, though, so it’s got something going for it. My full name returns [this TV series from the early '80s.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165043/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9TWFja2VuemllfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=2;fm=1) Again, never heard of it. And it doesn’t have John Turturro. It does, however, have Tracy Ullman. I hate Tracy Ullman. My last name gives me [this.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185942/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9aHVtZXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=90;ft=90;fm=1) Another TV show I (and, I suspect, no one else) has ever heard of. Nice to know I got a street named after me out there somewhere, though. My screenname is much more fertile. _Miller’s Crossing_ is a fantastic movie. I take some measure of consolation in that. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/47 "2005-01-13T20:39:04Z")
Cool thread. I’m a big fan of **Chasing Amy.** ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/48 "2005-01-13T21:10:30Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > Lord A, my name is also Shane, and you are absolutely right. You’re introduced, and someone says, “Shane. Shaaaane. Come back, Shaaane” and you feel torn between being nice about it and not wanting to stab them in the eyeball. > > … and I haven’t seen it either. I hear ya, brutha! I got 29 movies with my name spelled right including [this](http://imdb.com/title/tt0068838/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9Y2hhcmxleXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=141;ft=162;fm=1) :eek: and [this](http://imdb.com/title/tt0068358/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9Y2hhcmxleXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=137;ft=162;fm=1) :wally , and every time someone says “Sorry, Charley” and lights up and beams at how clever they just were, I want to slap that silly grin right off their face. If it’s someone I don’t particularly like, I might gush “I’ve never heard that before, did you just make that up, right here on the spot?!?”, but usually I just grin tightly and try to stay calm. Oh, and for my doper name I got 11, but my favorite is [this](http://imdb.com/title/tt0088667/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9c3VuZ3VsYXJ8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=5;ft=16;fm=1)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/49 "2005-01-13T21:31:08Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > “Sorry, Charley” and lights up and beams at how clever they just were, I want to slap that silly grin right off their face. If it’s someone I don’t particularly like, I might gush “I’ve never heard that before, did you just make that up, right here on the spot?!?”, but usually I just grin tightly and try to stay calm. How do you feel about, “Did you remember to feed Algernon?” ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/50 "2005-01-13T22:48:01Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > every time someone says “Sorry, Charley” and lights up and beams at how clever they just were, I want to slap that silly grin right off their face. If it’s someone I don’t particularly like, I might gush “I’ve never heard that before, did you just make that up, right here on the spot?!?”, but usually I just grin tightly and try to stay calm. Preach it, brother. But of course you can fix all that by switching to “Chuck,” like I did in middle school. There’s no way a bunch of teenagers can find a way to make fun of the name “Chuck!” :smack: There’s always [Chuck&Buck](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200530/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9Q2h1Y2sgYW5kIEJ1Y2t8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=5;ft=5;fm=1), about an obsessive homosexual man-child. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/51 "2005-01-13T22:56:28Z")
[Anastasia.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118617/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9QW5hc3Rhc2lhfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=170;fm=1) Was okay, not my favourite. My mother rushed out and bought it because it had “my” name on it. Okay. It’s becoming rather annoying when people ask me my name, and I tell them, and they say “Oh! Just like the movie!” or, even better: “You’re mother must have loved that movie!” Yeah, okay. Do I _look_ like I’m eight years old? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/52 "2005-01-13T22:57:45Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > "You’re mother _Your_ works really well here, too. :smack: ---
**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 13, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/53 "2005-01-13T23:18:31Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > 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?”) Ooooh, what about Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/54 "2005-01-13T23:34:32Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > It’s becoming rather annoying when people ask me my name, and I tell them, and they say “Oh! Just like the movie!” or, even better: “You’re mother must have loved that movie!” Yeah, okay. Do I _look_ like I’m eight years old? :dubious: Sure they don’t mean [this movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/combined) instead? ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/55 "2005-01-13T23:35:14Z")
Actually 43 films listed with my first name in them. I saw _Life of Brian_ and enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-your-name-in-the-title-have-you-seen-them-and-what-did-you-think/284290/56 "2005-01-14T00:01:10Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Sure they don’t mean [this movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/combined) instead? No, sadly, they always say (incorrectly): “That _Disney_ movie” - double ARGH! It’s 20th Century Fox, people, Don Bluth! Don Bluuuuuuuuuth!! I don’t _care_ that he worked for Disney, Anastasia isn’t Disney! Nor am I! 😛 [Previous 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)