# Two Or More Successful Films With The Same Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612 "2009-09-10T21:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/1 "2009-09-10T21:41:45Z")
I’m not much of a movie person, but I was wondering if there are two or more movies with the same title that have been box office successes. I am not counting remakes, like “A Star Is Born.” Let’s say you have a film called “The Acme Movie” in 1954 and it was a hit, and then in 1992 you have another movie called “The Acme Movie” that was also a hit but was totally unrelated to the first film except for the title name. Any example of this? Again I am not counting remakes Thanks ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/2 "2009-09-10T22:11:27Z")
Prediction: most of the answers in this thread will consist of one-word titles. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/3 "2009-09-10T22:20:57Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Prediction: most of the answers in this thread will consist of one-word titles. _Crash_ ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/4 "2009-09-10T22:52:53Z")
There’s [Black Rain](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096933/), and [Black Rain](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097694/). While the second film wasn’t a box-office hit, both films have the distinction of being released in the same year (1989) and both were set in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/5 "2009-09-10T23:01:59Z")
[_Heaven Can Wait_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035979/) (1943) and [_Heaven Can Wait_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663/) (1978), the latter being a remake of [_Here Comes Mr. Jordan_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/) (1941). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/6 "2009-09-10T23:08:46Z")
I’m not sure how successful they were, but there have been a couple of different movies entitled **Kicking and Screaming**. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/7 "2009-09-10T23:08:48Z")
There is _Carrie_, the 1952 Jennifer Jones-Laurence Olivier adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s _Sister Carrie_, and _Carrie_, the 1976 thriller based on Stephen King’s book of the same name. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/8 "2009-09-10T23:14:57Z")
Worth considering: **Mask** with Cher and Eric Stoltz and **The Mask** with Jim Carrey ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/9 "2009-09-10T23:15:25Z")
Hmm… Asking for pairs of successful movies is a bit hard. For example, David Cronenberg’s Crash was a flop. Cureently, I’m drawing a blank, but I can tell you what name you should avoid if you want to make a movie: The Island. Michael Bay’s 2005 movie bombed – big time. So did the 1980 movie starring Michael Caine. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/10 "2009-09-10T23:20:23Z")
There were two movies called **Hell’s Angels** , one from 1930 and one from 1969. Another movie by that name is slated for 2011, but no details are available. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/11 "2009-09-10T23:44:25Z")
I’ve come across many movies with the same title, but I often have no idea how successful they are. There are at least three films with the name **Bon Voyage** , but eve the 1962 Disney film I know wasn’t a big success: > **[Bon Voyage! (1962) ⭐ 5.7 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055807/)** > > 2h 10m | Not Rated > **[Bon Voyage (Short 1944) ⭐ 6.1 | Short, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036659/)** > > 26m | TV-G > **[Bon Voyage (2003) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310778/)** > > 1h 54m | PG-13 There are at least four films called **Never a Dull Moment** , including, again, a Disney flick from the 60s. I don’t know if any of them did very well: > **[Never a Dull Moment (1968) ⭐ 6.0 | Comedy, Crime, Family](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063341/)** > > 1h 39m | G > **[Never a Dull Moment (1950) ⭐ 5.6 | Comedy, Romance, Western](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042784/)** > > 1h 29m | Approved > **[Never a Dull Moment (1943) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Comedy, Music](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036200/)** > > 1h | Approved > **[Never a Dull Moment (Short 1979) | Documentary, Short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236531/)** > > 15m A lot of these common phrases get used and re-used. There are more than nine films called **Hide and Seek** > **[Find - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/find/?s=all&q=Hide%20and%20Seek)** > > IMDb's Find Results Page …but I’ve never seen any of them. Ditto for the more than eight **Hit and Run** movies: > **[Find - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/find/?s=all&q=Hit%20and%20Run)** > > IMDb's Find Results Page How about the more than eight films called **Betrayal** > **[Find - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/find/?s=all&q=Betrayal)** > > IMDb's Find Results Page Then there are the films on the same topic that aren’t remakes, but use the same title. There’s a slew of **Titanic** s ( [Find - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Titanic) ), but only one was, AFAIK, a success. And a barge-full of **C;eopatra** s > **[Find - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/find/?s=all&q=Cleopatra)** > > IMDb's Find Results Page ---
**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:** [September 10, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/12 "2009-09-10T23:55:32Z")
[Aristocrats](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204082/) was a well-received TV miniseries about the Lennox family. A person going to the local Blockbuster or attempting to select it from Netflix could be in for [one type of surprise](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436078/) or [another](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065421/) if caution is not meticulously observed, and all 3 were decently popular offerings in their own right. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/13 "2009-09-11T00:01:02Z")
_ **Men in Black** _ was the only 3 Stooges film to be nominated for an Oscar, as well as some Will Smith movie. And later this year, the adaptation of the Broadway musical _ **Nine** _ will be released, not to be confused with the new animated film _ **9** _ which opened yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/14 "2009-09-11T01:18:12Z")
It’s not overly surprising that there’d be 16 entries at the IMDB for [Love Letter](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=love+letter&x=0&y=0), plus a few more for “The Love Letter”. What’s a little interesting is many aren’t in English. Several are Japanese. There are two called _Koibumi_ (the Japanese word for love letter), not a remake. Then there are three with title “Rabu Reta” (back-transliteration of the Englis), plus one that most commonly has the title “Love Letter” (but was released at times in the US under the title “When I Close My Eyes” and “Letters of Love”). One of those might be a remake, but the others are distinct. Three more were made in India, all in separate languages, and I think they’re all distinct titles as well. Of the TV series, one was Japanese and one was Korean (there was also a Japanese _Koibumi_ TV series based on the same story as the 1985 movie). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/15 "2009-09-11T02:43:06Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Prediction: most of the answers in this thread will consist of one-word titles. K so I was wrong. \*[Cloak and Dagger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038417/) [Cloak & Dagger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087065/)\* ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/16 "2009-09-11T02:51:39Z")
[_Spellbound_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109/) (1945) and [_Spellbound_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334405/) (2002). ---
**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:** [September 11, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/17 "2009-09-11T04:26:47Z")
[Mr and Mrs Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(1941_film)) was Alfred Hitchcock’s only comedy. [Mr and Mrs Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(2005_film)) was not. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/18 "2009-09-11T04:42:27Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Mr and Mrs Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(1941_film)) was Alfred Hitchcock’s only comedy. [Mr and Mrs Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(2005_film)) was not. FWIW, Hitchcock considered almost all of his films comedies. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/19 "2009-09-11T04:59:04Z")
This totally doesn’t count, but when the first _Pirates of the Caribbean_ came out, it was the same year of _The Passion Of The Christ_, and both were abbreviated POTC in all the posts here, causing some amount of confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/20 "2009-09-11T05:55:06Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Worth considering: **Mask** with Cher and Eric Stoltz and **The Mask** with Jim Carrey Similarly, there’s Babe (about a pig) and The Babe (about a guy who can hit a ball pretty good.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612.md?page=2)