25 Movie Titles Describing Big Directors' Trademarks
by Breumaster | created - 29 Mar 2019 | updated - 15 Jun 2019 | PublicWhich of these 25 movie titles is the best match for the director's trademark? The intended puns are made from the English title of the movie. Submit your shortcut here.
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1. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,012,509 | Gross: $134.97M
Martin Scorsese - The Godfather (For his affinity to direct mafia movies)
2. Blown Away (1994)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 33,690 | Gross: $30.16M
Michael Bay - Blown Away (Excessive explosions in nearly every movie)
3. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 78,060 | Gross: $42.04M
Quentin Tarantino - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Always uses dirty, rotten characters)
4. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 26,742 | Gross: $15.69M
Woody Allen - The Bonfire of the Vanities (The main character(s) often struggle(s) with morality) Suggested by blackbolt-3
5. Carnage (2011)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Votes: 133,021 | Gross: $2.55M
Paul Verhoeven - Carnage (High tensioned story bound to bloodbathing scenes)
6. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 234,343 | Gross: $100.32M
Kenneth Branagh - Shakespeare in Love (Affinity for Shakespeare and other English literature)
7. Rendez-Vous (2015)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Romance
She had a dream and achieving it didn't seem that difficult. Or so she thought.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Loes Haverkort, Mark van Eeuwen, Evi van der Laken, Bobby van Vleuten
Votes: 2,257
Darren Aronofsky - Obsession (Obsessive, restless characters and stories in every movie)
8. Futureworld (1976)
PG | 108 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner
Votes: 11,782 | Gross: $8.72M
James Cameron - Futureworld (He passionately develops his own futuristic worlds) Suggested by blackbolt-3
9. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,474 | Gross: $40.14M
Tim Burton - Stranger Than Fiction (His movies are mostly made in a bizarre style)
10. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester
Votes: 19,361 | Gross: $16.32M
Peter Jackson - Tales from the Darkside (Nearly all his movies are tales and nearly all are attached to the dark side of life)
11. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 282,918 | Gross: $11.99M
Luc Jaquet - Cinema Paradiso (He does countryside documentations with breathtaking landscapes)
12. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 75,144 | Gross: $34.70M
Roman Polanski - Dangerous Liasions (Strange relationships of the characters in his movies)
13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 710,224 | Gross: $83.47M
Roland Emmerich - Apocalypse Now (Often deals with apocalyptic showdowns)
14. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,097
Alfred Hitchcock - A Face in the Crowd (Often appears in a brief cameo in most of his movies) Suggested by nikolayyeriomin
15. Coherence (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
Director: James Ward Byrkit | Stars: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen
Votes: 146,016 | Gross: $0.07M
Christopher Nolan - Coherence (Always tells stories in a strongly coherent style and editing) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
16. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,214 | Gross: $23.81M
Michael Moore - An Inconvenient Truth (He always shows up political fails in his documentations) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
17. Guilty Conscience (1985 TV Movie)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While an unfaithful criminal lawyer considers killing his wife, his spouse develops some schemes of her own.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Blythe Danner, Swoosie Kurtz, Donegan Smith
Votes: 1,012
Oliver Stone - Guilty Conscience (About Stone being "America's Conscience" through his movies)
18. Rough Stuff (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure
An environmental activist group charters treasure-seeking Rovers for an expedition through remote and treacherous Australian terrain, with exciting off-road chases, daring rescues and amazing discoveries to follow.
Director: Jonathan Adams | Stars: Gareth Rickards, Vincent Andriano, Sam Glissan, Katie Garfield
Votes: 304
Mel Gibson - Rough Stuff (Most of his movies show unadorned raw interpretations of historic events) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
19. Die Macht der Gefühle (1983)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology film in which different scenes are montaged side by side. Hannelore Hoger plays a central role as the accused. Numerous references to earlier Kluge films are hidden.
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Hannelore Hoger, Alexandra Kluge, Edgar M. Böhlke, Klaus Wennemann
Votes: 151
Steven Spielberg - The Power of Emotion (Most of his movies are not only blockbusters, but also emotionbusters) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
20. The value of diversity (2018)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The Val d'Isarco, in Alto Adige, starts from the source of the river, on the Brenner, and reaches its mouth in Bolzano. Dominating over all is the Sciliar massif, which with its 2,563 ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Soetje
Ron Howard - The Value of Diversity (His very diverse high qualitiy filmography speaks for itself) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
21. Variety (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patron of the Times Square porn theater called Variety where she works selling tickets. This awakens her sexuality, which confuses her worried boyfriend.
Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 1,219
Robert Zemeckis - Variety (A life of variety in high quality movie making) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
22. Wild Wild West (1999)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek
Votes: 167,295 | Gross: $113.81M
Sergio Leone - Wild Wild West (He directed the most iconic wild west movies) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
23. Unhook the Stars (1996)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
Director: Nick Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 2,347 | Gross: $0.23M
George Lucas - Unhook the Stars (For his work on 'Star Wars') Suggested by ElMaruecan82
24. Scary Movie (2000)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Carmen Electra
Votes: 286,716 | Gross: $157.02M
James Wan - Scary Movie ('nuff said) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
25. A Chinese Legend (1991)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ga Yat Lung is a young warrior who meets and falls in love with Mung Suet, the day of her sacrifice to the Ghost King. Without her sacrifice all those living in the local village will be ... See full summary »
Director: Hung-Chuen Lau | Stars: Joey Wang, Jacky Cheung, Sharla Cheung, Wu Ma
Votes: 81
Zhang Yimou - A Chinese Legend (His epic and symbolic movies are legendary) Co-suggestion by blackbolt-3
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