# 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:** 2
**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 11, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/21 "2009-09-11T07:59:46Z")
There’s [The Devil and Miss Jones](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033533/), a 1941 workplace comedy about a magnate who tries to infiltrate his company’s production line, and [The Devil In Miss Jones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_Miss_Jones), a successful 1973 porno about a different kind of work. One word of difference, I know, but… ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/22 "2009-09-11T10:27:56Z")
_The Postman._ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/23 "2009-09-11T12:31:23Z")
In addition to the [Clint Eastwood/Hilary Swank](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/)film, there have been two other \*Million Dollar Baby \*films, including a [1941](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033910/) title with Ronald Reagan that supposedly is pretty good, and a [1934](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025504/) comedy about a vaudeville family who disguises their son as a girl to make him the next Shirley Temple. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/24 "2009-09-11T12:34:59Z")
[Monkey Business](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022158/) (1931) starring the Marx Brothers and [Monkey Business](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044916/) (1952), directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant (with Marilyn Monroe in a supporting role). Both are considered comedy classics. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/25 "2009-09-11T16:22:16Z")
Tangentially, it was a confusing summer here when both **PotC** s came out at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/26 "2009-09-11T16:46:30Z")
How “successful” must the movies be? Years back, Jeff Bridges made a Western called “Bad Company” (it inspired the name of Paul Rodgers’ and Mick Ralphs’ rock band). And seven years ago, Chris Rock starred in a spy comedy by the same name. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/27 "2009-09-11T17:01:40Z")
There are two films named (or released in the US as) “The Warrior”. This one from China: > **[The Warrior (2001) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Drama, History](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275083/)** > > 2h 38m | R Titled “Musa” in its native China. And this one from Britain, though set in India and in the Hindi language: > **[The Warrior (2001) ⭐ 6.7 | Adventure, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295682/)** > > 1h 26m | R They are two different stories. I liked them both though the Chinese one was a bit longer than it needed to be. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/28 "2009-09-11T17:18:17Z")
Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn, 1983. Bad Boys, starring Will Smith, 1995. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/29 "2009-09-11T18:56:18Z")
The Freshman (1925): silent comedy starring Harold Lloyd The Freshman (1990): comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando spoofing his Godfather performance ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/30 "2009-09-11T19:08:59Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > _The Postman._ The Kevin Costner movie wasn’t only not successful, but is pretty famous for being a flop. > [@wikipedia](#): > > The film took home five Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Original Song for its original song score. It won an award for every category in which it was nominated, the first (and only) time this has occurred in Razzie history…The film was also a notable failure at the box office. Produced on an estimated $80 million budget, it returned less than $18 million.[7] ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/31 "2009-09-11T19:14:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > How “successful” must the movies be? Successful in terms that at the time the movie was out, most people would know it. I guess when I started the thread I was thinking, if you have a movie out and you have a title, does one change the title if there is already a successful film by the same name? I realize most movies have “working titles” but I was wondering about that. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/32 "2009-09-11T20:22:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > How “successful” must the movies be? > > Years back, Jeff Bridges made a Western called “Bad Company” (it inspired the name of Paul Rodgers’ and Mick Ralphs’ rock band). And seven years ago, Chris Rock starred in a spy comedy by the same name. And in 1995, there was a thriller by the same name, starring Ellen Barkin and Laurence Fishburne. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/33 "2009-09-11T20:47:52Z")
Notorious (1946) Hitchcock Notorious (2009) Biggie Smalls biopic ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/34 "2009-09-12T06:55:22Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > The Kevin Costner movie wasn’t only not successful, but is pretty famous for being a flop. Pffft. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/35 "2009-09-12T15:25:51Z")
> [@Gary\_Baldy](#): > > Hmm.. Asking for pairs of successful movies is a bit hard. For example, David Cronenberg’s Crash was a flop. [A flop?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/awards) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/36 "2009-09-13T12:21:47Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > [A flop?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/awards) Cronenberg’s, not Haggis’s. Of course, Cronenberg’s was sort of built to be uncommercial. ---
**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 13, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/37 "2009-09-13T13:17:24Z")
[The Bear](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286490/) (1999/I) [The Bear](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086945/) (1984) I was trying to make small talk with a beautiful young Vietnamese co-worker and asked her if she’d seen any movies lately. She said her favorite was one called “The Bear.” “Oh,” I asked, “The one about Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant, the famous football coach?” “No,” she replied, “It was about a bear.” ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/38 "2009-09-13T17:12:04Z")
[The General](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/) – classic Buster Keaton comedy [The General](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120706/) – film about Irish gangsters ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/39 "2009-09-13T17:28:24Z")
> [@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. I thought remakes didn’t count? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612/40 "2009-09-14T01:39:01Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I thought remakes didn’t count? Have you actually seen these two films? Their title and the fact that the two lead characters are married are the only things they have in common. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-or-more-successful-films-with-the-same-title/509612.md?page=3)