# Worst movie titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 22, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889 "2026-02-22T16:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/1 "2026-02-22T16:50:15Z")
For the purpose of this thread, I am retiring “Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?” and sticking it in the WTF Movie Title Hall Of Fame. 😁 Movie titles only (tv movies included). I was flicking through the free movies list this morning and came across “20.0 Megaquake” and I have to ask, “What the FF is a 20.0 quake??” The largest quake to date is a 9.5 on the Richter Scale of Magnitude, btw [Richter scale - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale). Up until this morning I thought the dumbest movie title possible was “End Of The World-Part II”, but “20.0 Megaquake” is certainly up there. Whatcha got? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/2 "2026-02-22T16:58:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have to ask, “What the FF is a 20.0 quake??” The largest quake to date is a 9.5 on the Richter Scale of Magnitude, btw [Richter scale - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale). Up until this morning I thought the dumbest movie title possible was “End Of The World-Part II”, but “20.0 Megaquake” is certainly up there. You are correct. A magnitude 15 earthquake would end all life on earth and mostly wreck the whole planet. A magnitude 20 earthquake would probably pulverize the planet. Remember, it is a logarithmic scale so ten is waaaay more powerful than nine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e3uk7jU3RHo/maxresdefault.jpg "What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be like?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3uk7jU3RHo) To the OP I nominate: - [Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099562/?ref_=ls_t_6) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/3 "2026-02-22T17:05:13Z")
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/4 "2026-02-22T17:06:03Z")
BTW, since we are dealing with movie titles alone, and not the movies themselves, I will not bring up the fact that the movie is so bad that having it star Stephen Baldwin cannot make it any worse. Nope. Not gonna bring that up at all. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/5 "2026-02-22T17:07:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! I’ll add: - To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/6 "2026-02-22T17:11:21Z")
At least with those two, the titles make you want to at least check the synopsis to see what’s happening, whereas with mine the only thing going through your mind is “FFS, _next!_” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/7 "2026-02-22T17:12:54Z")
_The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford_ Catchy… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/8 "2026-02-22T17:15:00Z")
Yeahbut…strange/weird is not necessarily bad. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/9 "2026-02-22T17:20:26Z")
**Sharknado** by itself isn’t that bad, but the subtitles are abysmal. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/10 "2026-02-22T17:33:07Z")
This goes back a ways: **The Boogens** ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/11 "2026-02-22T17:39:30Z")
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/12 "2026-02-22T17:43:07Z")
I think long dada-esqe titles like _To Wong Fu.._ and _The Assassination of Jesse James.._ (And going outside of the OP, “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat…”) are the worst offenders. _Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri_ would probably be fine except for the affectation of the one word not capitalized. _Dr Strangelove…_ is OK because it was the 60s. 🙂 I think _Faster, Pussycat! kill! Kill!_ is great. You know what you’re getting, Most bad titles (and they are legion) are only bad in context of the film. _Sharknado_, _I Dismember Mama_, _20.0 Megaquake_, _Snakes On A Plane_ give you an idea of what you’re geting. The film may suck, but you were warned! Ones that are bad titles are ones that give you not idea. _Moon_, _Ghost_, _Room_, _Cocoon_ - you can tell nothing from those one word titles. _Cocoon_ especially, as there were two concurrent trailers that focused on different parts of the film, and they didn’t even look like the same genre, let alone the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/13 "2026-02-22T17:46:06Z")
Quantum of Solace. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/14 "2026-02-22T17:47:18Z")
I’ll nominate _Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot_ Even Estelle Getty in her prime couldn’t pique my interest. > **[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) ⭐ 4.4 | Action, Comedy](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0105477/)** > > 1h 27m | PG-13 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/15 "2026-02-22T17:49:20Z")
**Now, Voyager** is borderline nonsensical outside the context of the Walt Whitman poem it’s taken from. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/16 "2026-02-22T17:56:11Z")
Ballistics: Ecks vs. Sever Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo Freddy Got Fingered Zardoz Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/17 "2026-02-22T18:00:02Z")
_ **Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?** _ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/18 "2026-02-22T18:17:45Z")
**Krakatoa, East of Java** (It’s WEST of Java) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/19 "2026-02-22T18:58:18Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > (It’s WEST of Java) Not if you go ~29,850 miles east. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889/20 "2026-02-22T19:12:10Z")
> [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#): > > Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? That’s a great example! Are the names supposed to mean something to the audience? Why are they such weird names? And why do we care? It’s too clever by half. Now consider _Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?_ It’s long, one could rightly ask “is Harry Kellerman supposed to be someone?” but I think it works, because we’ll find out together with the protagonist. But long titles play havoc with small theaters that don’t have a lot of marquee letters. Leading to weird substitutions. Or as it might say, “W3IRD SUBZ1TUT10NS.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889.md?page=2)