this and we never felt so betrayed
exterminate all rational thought welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
not so literal movie titles second for
this list we’ll be looking at movie
titles that for all intents and purposes
didn’t feel exactly accurate they can’t
all be as straightforward as the
assassination of Jesse James by the
Coward Robert Ford me and the kid walk
into that Bank just before noon
number 10 twelve Monkeys you I’m going
on Curtis are you mr. Cole yes sir what
could this be
perhaps a family-friendly Pixar type
movie maybe something like Madagascar
you higher mammal hmm
can you read in all fairness no title
could have prepared audiences for the
strange tale of dystopian time-traveling
neo-noir madness that was 12 monkeys
this is filmmaker Terry Gilliam at his
strangest scratch that Brazil is Terry
Gilliam in a strangest but this is a
close second he fix it no chance but I
can bypass it
he’s charged with collecting information
on a deadly virus that nearly wiped out
the human race James Cole played by
Bruce Willis is sent back in time with
little to go on
apart from the fact that a group known
as the army of the 12 monkeys may have
been involved I’m simply trying to
gather information to help the people in
the present trace the path of the virus
don’t worry if you couldn’t guess that
from the title we’re pretty sure no one
can speak number nine pineapple express
hands-down dopest dope I’ve ever smoked
when you see the title what’s the first
thing that comes to mind is it hey I bet
that’s referring to a particularly
potent strain of marijuana that will
entangle a couple of slackers in an
action-packed adventure involving murder
intrigue and a whole lot of drug
consumption no us either Thomas
to smoke it is pineapple express
hilarious undeniably and we all wish we
could get more of a sequel than the
brief teaser we got and this is the end
but based on the title alone we expected
this to be about a tropical commuter
train in the wacky hijinx of the
passengers and crew or possibly a more
sober reflective sequel to Wes
Anderson’s the Darjeeling Limited
basically we expected a train I think we
should stake why so I’m in the dumper
already number eight Reservoir Dogs why
can’t we pick our own colors no way no
way try to watch the desert work
whatever you expected going into this if
you hadn’t seen the trailer we can
pretty much guarantee you did not see
this plot coming there’s a slight
difference maybe we’re at fault for
thinking every film title with an animal
in it is a family-friendly comedy but
Reservoir Dogs makes us think of a bunch
of streetwise dogs who live in an
abandoned reservoir venturing into the
city to stir up trouble and steal meat
from the surly butcher think all dogs go
to heaven or homeward bound what is that
you got me I think it’s a squirrel
having a really bad hair day whatever
your guess was you probably didn’t think
it was a crime thriller about a jewelry
heist gone wrong you’re saying that mr.
blonde was gonna kill you and then when
we got back he’s gonna kill us
take the satchel of diamonds and scram
I’m right about that right that’s
correct that’s your story
and you definitely didn’t expect this
dark gritty violent and unapologetically
offensive why is it that every Rhino
treats his woman like a piece of shit
number seven the constant gardener
millions of people they all need help
with ambiguously titled films you’re not
really given much to go on so you can’t
be too upset to discover your
expectations were off base but when
straightforward descriptive titles
mislead us
how can we not feel betrayed what you
spies knew everything Tim only God knows
everything if you call a movie The
Constant Gardener you better give us a
character who constantly Gardens or at
least as gardening related activities
way more than a normal person for a
diplomat you’re not a very good liar
well I haven’t risen very honey if that
plot seems boring throw in a twist like
he’s constantly gardening because he’s
actually a hit man who buries all the
bodies of his victims in his
immaculately maintained garden I didn’t
know that killer City sod was besotted
with it well that’s the way it works
with a corporate matter but no the
actual movie is about a man trying to
solve his wife’s murder
Andrey finds character gardens
sporadically at fest
something wrong number six Million
Dollar Baby I’m too old for this then I
got nothing dad enough truth the CT here
is a great award-winning film and a
snappy title to grab your attention
unfortunately the two seem incredibly
mismatched what did you learn tonight
Oh as protect myself what’s the rule
always it’s the story of an aging boxing
trainer and an amateur female boxer who
come together to help one another
realize their dreams people see me fat
saying pretty tough girlie tough ain’t
enough it’s a heartbreaking wonderfully
crafted story that seems totally
unrelated to the title Million Dollar
Baby could be the dramatic story of a
couple that spends a fortune to clone
the infant child they tragically lost it
could be an awful spinoff slash reboot
of the Six Million Dollar Man about a
cyborg baby who fights crime it could be
about a baby kidnapped for a million
dollar ransom sure it wouldn’t be as
good of a film but at least the title
would fit can’t be heard this Frankie
not after what I’d done
I seen them world number five Free Willy
see Willy’s a case a very special case
hey will you look at that
we finally get a film that actually is a
kids movie about an animal except that
title looks all wrong
let’s pretty Willie we’d love to find
out what this movie is actually about
but there’s no way we’re typing Free
Willy into Google the likelihood of
getting a screen full of unsolicited
photos seems way too high
in reality the narrative follows a boy’s
relationship with an orca named Willy
and his fight to free him from captivity
Free Willy we get it makes sense you
know what doesn’t make sense naming the
whale Willy you are just asking for
trouble you ever seem to jump that high
things gonna happen number four the
squid and the Whale married
the whole thing’s very complicated
there’s no better way to pass the time
and have a laugh than throwing on
sharknado for one of those equally
hilarious terrible Mach Buster movies
however about 30 minutes into this movie
we were troubled by the lack of squid
versus Whale combat we’re going to
separate you’re not gonna be leaving
either of us we’re gonna have joint
custody prank it’s okay in fact not a
single member of this family going
through divorce had been devoured by a
whale or torn apart by a squid my mother
said you don’t have a very good model
for relationships because of your
parents what your mother doesn’t know
anything
wait this is an indie family
comedy-drama no squid versus whale
carnage it turns out that the film is
actually named after the squid and whale
diorama at the American Museum of
Natural History which is shown in the
film but seriously way to trick people
into watching a respectable film I
thought I could do better better how I
don’t know number three The Silence of
the Lambs what did you see Clary what
did you see
while this movie may not be our number
one pick it definitely takes the title
for most hilariously misleading
the second movie released in the
hannibal lecter film franchise it
shocked viewers by presenting not one
but two of the most memorable depraved
psychotic villains in film history
how could anyone use skin lotion again
after hearing Buffalo Bills instructions
it rubs the lotion on its skin or else
it gets the hose again and Anthony
Hopkins role as Hannibal Lecter was
nothing short of masterful in the most
terrifying of ways a census taker once
tried to test me I ate his liver with
some fava beans and a nice Chianti the
Silence of the Lambs however sounds like
a quaint period piece about a family of
sheep farmers carving out a life for
themselves in the pastoral hillsides of
New Zealand not a dude carving the flesh
off of young women number two
Cinderella man I have to believe I got
some kind of say over our lives okay you
know that things are bad that we can
change them we make things better for
our family Hollywood loves reinventing
fairy tales and who can blame them why
pay for the rights to new intellectual
property when all these classic stories
can just be reinterpreted in new modern
ways you can hit every time feels like
I’m getting hit too I’m not sure so what
do we got here a gender role-reversal in
an otherwise overdone story great let’s
get a big name in the role of Cinderella
like Russell Crowe sounds like a hit oh
wait it’s a boxing movie they say the
papers getting all sorts of letters from
people saying you’re their inspiration
like you saved their lives or something
why did boxing movies have such
misleading titles Cinderella Man was the
nickname given to real-life boxer James
Braddock after he beat Max Baer so you
know just your classic rags to riches
tale
that’s a Cinderella story all right just
not the one anyone expected she’s got to
stop some of those left hands see any
gettin past minute before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions as they both sink beneath the
waves a frog
cries out why you just fing me mister
sculpey Oh Raymond a little more
relaxing your favorite Kmart clothes
tellin ray Kmart sucks I see this is my
best friend my best friend I mean we
occasionally grunt and stare awkwardly
at each other granted she’s not my first
love granted she’s not my great love but
she sure as hell is my last number one
ghost dog the way of the samurai hello
I’m Bob Solow I’m on Westside Realty I
have an appointment with mr. Vargo first
off let’s get the big disappointment out
of the way there is no ghost dog in this
movie but that’s okay legit martial arts
films always invoke animal imagery like
Enter the Dragon they’re gonna whack it
Ghost Dog
they don’t find you they’re gonna whack
me instead probably gonna whack me
anyways we’d even say that the title
fits perfectly with true samurai cinema
classics like lone wolf and cub or the
throne of blood but no it’s a surreal
crime drama starring Forest Whitaker
it’s a hell of a big day you killed it
the titular ghost dog does live by the
way of the samurai but it’s while
working as a hitman for the Italian mob
somewhere in the United States he uses
guns drives a fancy car and listens to
rap
it’s a good film for sure but this title
is pure trickery I’ve been expecting you
do you agree with our list yeah
what film has the most misleading title
in your opinion what’s it called
pineapple express for more top tens with
honest titles published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
exterminate all rational thought welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
not so literal movie titles second for
this list we’ll be looking at movie
titles that for all intents and purposes
didn’t feel exactly accurate they can’t
all be as straightforward as the
assassination of Jesse James by the
Coward Robert Ford me and the kid walk
into that Bank just before noon
number 10 twelve Monkeys you I’m going
on Curtis are you mr. Cole yes sir what
could this be
perhaps a family-friendly Pixar type
movie maybe something like Madagascar
you higher mammal hmm
can you read in all fairness no title
could have prepared audiences for the
strange tale of dystopian time-traveling
neo-noir madness that was 12 monkeys
this is filmmaker Terry Gilliam at his
strangest scratch that Brazil is Terry
Gilliam in a strangest but this is a
close second he fix it no chance but I
can bypass it
he’s charged with collecting information
on a deadly virus that nearly wiped out
the human race James Cole played by
Bruce Willis is sent back in time with
little to go on
apart from the fact that a group known
as the army of the 12 monkeys may have
been involved I’m simply trying to
gather information to help the people in
the present trace the path of the virus
don’t worry if you couldn’t guess that
from the title we’re pretty sure no one
can speak number nine pineapple express
hands-down dopest dope I’ve ever smoked
when you see the title what’s the first
thing that comes to mind is it hey I bet
that’s referring to a particularly
potent strain of marijuana that will
entangle a couple of slackers in an
action-packed adventure involving murder
intrigue and a whole lot of drug
consumption no us either Thomas
to smoke it is pineapple express
hilarious undeniably and we all wish we
could get more of a sequel than the
brief teaser we got and this is the end
but based on the title alone we expected
this to be about a tropical commuter
train in the wacky hijinx of the
passengers and crew or possibly a more
sober reflective sequel to Wes
Anderson’s the Darjeeling Limited
basically we expected a train I think we
should stake why so I’m in the dumper
already number eight Reservoir Dogs why
can’t we pick our own colors no way no
way try to watch the desert work
whatever you expected going into this if
you hadn’t seen the trailer we can
pretty much guarantee you did not see
this plot coming there’s a slight
difference maybe we’re at fault for
thinking every film title with an animal
in it is a family-friendly comedy but
Reservoir Dogs makes us think of a bunch
of streetwise dogs who live in an
abandoned reservoir venturing into the
city to stir up trouble and steal meat
from the surly butcher think all dogs go
to heaven or homeward bound what is that
you got me I think it’s a squirrel
having a really bad hair day whatever
your guess was you probably didn’t think
it was a crime thriller about a jewelry
heist gone wrong you’re saying that mr.
blonde was gonna kill you and then when
we got back he’s gonna kill us
take the satchel of diamonds and scram
I’m right about that right that’s
correct that’s your story
and you definitely didn’t expect this
dark gritty violent and unapologetically
offensive why is it that every Rhino
treats his woman like a piece of shit
number seven the constant gardener
millions of people they all need help
with ambiguously titled films you’re not
really given much to go on so you can’t
be too upset to discover your
expectations were off base but when
straightforward descriptive titles
mislead us
how can we not feel betrayed what you
spies knew everything Tim only God knows
everything if you call a movie The
Constant Gardener you better give us a
character who constantly Gardens or at
least as gardening related activities
way more than a normal person for a
diplomat you’re not a very good liar
well I haven’t risen very honey if that
plot seems boring throw in a twist like
he’s constantly gardening because he’s
actually a hit man who buries all the
bodies of his victims in his
immaculately maintained garden I didn’t
know that killer City sod was besotted
with it well that’s the way it works
with a corporate matter but no the
actual movie is about a man trying to
solve his wife’s murder
Andrey finds character gardens
sporadically at fest
something wrong number six Million
Dollar Baby I’m too old for this then I
got nothing dad enough truth the CT here
is a great award-winning film and a
snappy title to grab your attention
unfortunately the two seem incredibly
mismatched what did you learn tonight
Oh as protect myself what’s the rule
always it’s the story of an aging boxing
trainer and an amateur female boxer who
come together to help one another
realize their dreams people see me fat
saying pretty tough girlie tough ain’t
enough it’s a heartbreaking wonderfully
crafted story that seems totally
unrelated to the title Million Dollar
Baby could be the dramatic story of a
couple that spends a fortune to clone
the infant child they tragically lost it
could be an awful spinoff slash reboot
of the Six Million Dollar Man about a
cyborg baby who fights crime it could be
about a baby kidnapped for a million
dollar ransom sure it wouldn’t be as
good of a film but at least the title
would fit can’t be heard this Frankie
not after what I’d done
I seen them world number five Free Willy
see Willy’s a case a very special case
hey will you look at that
we finally get a film that actually is a
kids movie about an animal except that
title looks all wrong
let’s pretty Willie we’d love to find
out what this movie is actually about
but there’s no way we’re typing Free
Willy into Google the likelihood of
getting a screen full of unsolicited
photos seems way too high
in reality the narrative follows a boy’s
relationship with an orca named Willy
and his fight to free him from captivity
Free Willy we get it makes sense you
know what doesn’t make sense naming the
whale Willy you are just asking for
trouble you ever seem to jump that high
things gonna happen number four the
squid and the Whale married
the whole thing’s very complicated
there’s no better way to pass the time
and have a laugh than throwing on
sharknado for one of those equally
hilarious terrible Mach Buster movies
however about 30 minutes into this movie
we were troubled by the lack of squid
versus Whale combat we’re going to
separate you’re not gonna be leaving
either of us we’re gonna have joint
custody prank it’s okay in fact not a
single member of this family going
through divorce had been devoured by a
whale or torn apart by a squid my mother
said you don’t have a very good model
for relationships because of your
parents what your mother doesn’t know
anything
wait this is an indie family
comedy-drama no squid versus whale
carnage it turns out that the film is
actually named after the squid and whale
diorama at the American Museum of
Natural History which is shown in the
film but seriously way to trick people
into watching a respectable film I
thought I could do better better how I
don’t know number three The Silence of
the Lambs what did you see Clary what
did you see
while this movie may not be our number
one pick it definitely takes the title
for most hilariously misleading
the second movie released in the
hannibal lecter film franchise it
shocked viewers by presenting not one
but two of the most memorable depraved
psychotic villains in film history
how could anyone use skin lotion again
after hearing Buffalo Bills instructions
it rubs the lotion on its skin or else
it gets the hose again and Anthony
Hopkins role as Hannibal Lecter was
nothing short of masterful in the most
terrifying of ways a census taker once
tried to test me I ate his liver with
some fava beans and a nice Chianti the
Silence of the Lambs however sounds like
a quaint period piece about a family of
sheep farmers carving out a life for
themselves in the pastoral hillsides of
New Zealand not a dude carving the flesh
off of young women number two
Cinderella man I have to believe I got
some kind of say over our lives okay you
know that things are bad that we can
change them we make things better for
our family Hollywood loves reinventing
fairy tales and who can blame them why
pay for the rights to new intellectual
property when all these classic stories
can just be reinterpreted in new modern
ways you can hit every time feels like
I’m getting hit too I’m not sure so what
do we got here a gender role-reversal in
an otherwise overdone story great let’s
get a big name in the role of Cinderella
like Russell Crowe sounds like a hit oh
wait it’s a boxing movie they say the
papers getting all sorts of letters from
people saying you’re their inspiration
like you saved their lives or something
why did boxing movies have such
misleading titles Cinderella Man was the
nickname given to real-life boxer James
Braddock after he beat Max Baer so you
know just your classic rags to riches
tale
that’s a Cinderella story all right just
not the one anyone expected she’s got to
stop some of those left hands see any
gettin past minute before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions as they both sink beneath the
waves a frog
cries out why you just fing me mister
sculpey Oh Raymond a little more
relaxing your favorite Kmart clothes
tellin ray Kmart sucks I see this is my
best friend my best friend I mean we
occasionally grunt and stare awkwardly
at each other granted she’s not my first
love granted she’s not my great love but
she sure as hell is my last number one
ghost dog the way of the samurai hello
I’m Bob Solow I’m on Westside Realty I
have an appointment with mr. Vargo first
off let’s get the big disappointment out
of the way there is no ghost dog in this
movie but that’s okay legit martial arts
films always invoke animal imagery like
Enter the Dragon they’re gonna whack it
Ghost Dog
they don’t find you they’re gonna whack
me instead probably gonna whack me
anyways we’d even say that the title
fits perfectly with true samurai cinema
classics like lone wolf and cub or the
throne of blood but no it’s a surreal
crime drama starring Forest Whitaker
it’s a hell of a big day you killed it
the titular ghost dog does live by the
way of the samurai but it’s while
working as a hitman for the Italian mob
somewhere in the United States he uses
guns drives a fancy car and listens to
rap
it’s a good film for sure but this title
is pure trickery I’ve been expecting you
do you agree with our list yeah
what film has the most misleading title
in your opinion what’s it called
pineapple express for more top tens with
honest titles published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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