Movie names that have become part of everyday speech?
by yrnej | created - 31 Aug 2014 | updated - 31 Aug 2014 | PublicWhich do you use most (or are you most likely to use)?
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1. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
AA | 109 min | Comedy
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst
Votes: 109,442 | Gross: $0.20M
"We went to a frat party last week and it was a total Animal House."
2. Catfish (2010)
PG | 87 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman-Pierce
Votes: 40,190 | Gross: $3.23M
"I totally got Catfished last year; she turned out to be a 44-year-old guy!"
3. Fatal Attraction (1987)
PA | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen
Votes: 73,573 | Gross: $156.65M
"The sex was great but I think there might be a Fatal Attraction thing going on..."
4. Gaslight (1944)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if it means driving his wife insane.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Votes: 23,300
"He married this woman and proceeded to Gaslight her to try and get her money."
5. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 566,659 | Gross: $70.91M
"This week at work was the same day after day. It was like Groundhog Day situation."
6. Rain Man (1988)
14A | 133 min | Drama
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen
Votes: 462,697 | Gross: $178.80M
"That guy is a genius; he's like a total Rain Man."
7. Rashômon (1950)
G | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 146,760 | Gross: $0.10M
"Trying to investigate this murder was like Rashômon; everyone had a different story."
8. Single White Female (1992)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman
Votes: 31,217 | Gross: $47.92M
"My new roommate is kinda needy; I hope it doesn't turn into a Single White Female scenario."
9. Sophie's Choice (1982)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Votes: 40,424 | Gross: $30.04M
"My daughter's play is at the same time as my son's first football game. It's going to be a real Sophie's Choice."
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