# Subtract a letter from a movie title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496 "2011-08-12T19:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/1 "2011-08-12T19:38:07Z")
From a fan of the add a letter to a movie title thread! **Das Boo** German submariners deal with boredom, filth, and ghosts! **Psych** A woman steals $40K from her boss but it’s just a practical joke **Lien** A mining ship lands on a distant planet and files a legal claim **Faro** A pregnant police chief investigates reports of a crooked card game **Cool Han Luke** A young Jedi and his space pilot friend adjust to life in a rural prison ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/2 "2011-08-12T20:08:34Z")
**Tar Wars** - In a district far, far away a young apprentice and his sister seek to take over their fathers roofing business. \*\*The God, the Bad and the Ugly \*\*- a deity seeks to steal a cache of gold from a grave. He is assisted/resisted by two frenemies. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/3 "2011-08-12T20:23:43Z")
\*\*Argo \*\*- A pregnant police officer investigates contaminated Starch products. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/4 "2011-08-12T20:31:30Z")
Do TV movies count? **Rots** - the story of a man on a quest to dig up corpses of his dead relatives. (Roots, just for clarity). ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/5 "2011-08-12T20:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Do TV movies count? Why not. > [@](#): > > **Rots** - the story of a man on a quest to dig up corpses of his dead relatives. (Roots, just for clarity). LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/6 "2011-08-12T20:54:10Z")
**Star Was** - A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… **Decent** - A group of cave explorers encounters more than they bargained for in this terrifying thriller, only this time the movie is slightly better than mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/7 "2011-08-12T20:56:28Z")
You could do a whole series about crime-fighting moms: Iron Ma, Superma, Batma, Spider-Ma… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/8 "2011-08-12T21:32:58Z")
“ **I…** ” – Malcolm McDowell starts to say something, then decides not to. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/9 "2011-08-12T21:48:46Z")
**I Robot** - A documentary depicting the origins of this funky dance style. **Sherry Bay** - A woman returns home after spending three years in prison only to find that the local cooking wine bottling company has exploded, flooding the town. With Maggie Gyllenhaal. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/10 "2011-08-12T22:27:33Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > From a fan of the add a letter to a movie title thread! That thread itself was in response to a thread about… removing a letter from the title of an artistic work. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/11 "2011-08-12T22:37:28Z")
Didn’t we do this a couple weeks ago? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/12 "2011-08-12T23:27:36Z")
**Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bob** He’s not such a bad guy, the Bob. **\_ (1931)** Nobody can find that fucking murderer! **Requiem for a Ream** “Ass to ass!” **Hotel Wanda** A pleasant story about a lady’s hotel. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/13 "2011-08-12T23:30:05Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > That thread itself was in response to a thread about… removing a letter from the title of an artistic work. Sorry, missed that one. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/14 "2011-08-12T23:31:39Z")
**Ride of Frankenstein** If anyone claims this to be a porno, I shall retort “It’s a lie!” ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/15 "2011-08-12T23:39:36Z")
**The Wizard of O** - A young girl, a tin man, a lion and a scarecrow on an allegorical journey in search of sexual satisfaction. **Schindler’s Lit** - Disturbing tale of a war profiteer who courts the Nazis and saves Jews, despite being stumbling-down drunk all of the time. **Wal Street** - Big-box retailer with low, low prices and lousy employee benefits turns out to be a–surprise–corporate raider. \*\*The Brides of Madison County \*\*- Clint Eastwood makes love in the afternoon to an entire neighborhood of lonely housewives while their families are at the state fair. **Slash** - Tom Hanks falls in love with a mermaid with homicidal tendencies. **Ho Framed Roger Rabbit** - Nasty slut tries to pin a murder rap on poor Roger. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/16 "2011-08-12T23:50:08Z")
**Tar Trek** The crew of the Enterprise get into a sticky situation. **The Goo, the Bad and the Ugly** Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach get into a sticky situation ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/17 "2011-08-13T00:00:07Z")
The famous creationist dinosaur movie, **Jurassic Ark**. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/18 "2011-08-13T03:41:43Z")
Tootie - Dustin Hoffman dresses up as a woman so no one will recognize him when he farts Melvin and Hoard - A Utah gas-station owner can’t bring himself to throw anything away You Can Take it with You - Lionel Barrymore as a miser who won’t share anything because he might need it after he dies Son of Bernadette - It turns out the saint wasn’t so saintly My Fair Lad - the classic updated for today’s musical lovers It’s a Wonderful Lie - Jimmy Stewart kills himself when he realizes that angels aren’t real Rear Widow - Jimmy Stewart spies on his callipygian neighbor whose husband is recently deceased The Sith Sense - Haley Joel Osment sees dread people from the Star Wars universe Butch Cassidy and the Undance Kid - Paul Newman takes on the seemingly impossible task of teaching Robert Redford how to boogie Rash - over the course of a single day in Los Angeles, an ensemble cast explores the events leading up to the transmission of a nasty skin condition Icky Cristina Barcelona - No one wants to get too close to Scarlett Johansson when she visits Spain Moostruck - Cher tries to recover from being run over by a cow Aging Bull - Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta in his later years Silence of the Labs - That dog don’t bark Host - Patrick Swayze holds a party ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/19 "2011-08-13T17:26:04Z")
> **[World War Z adaption will be a typical action movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620100)** > > Figures… 🙁 World War: During World War 2 veterans of the Pacific theater **act** like zombies. AKA **The Pacific.** ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/20 "2011-08-13T17:39:39Z")
Snakes On A Lane - two boys discover two snakes on a road and run screaming like little girls. Snakes On A Plan - two snakes make a plan to scare two boys coming down a lane. Sakes On A Plane - two Japanese writers get blitzed drinking on a flight to the US, and come up with silly ideas for a film. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496.md?page=2)