Movie title competition

Here’s a fun challenge for cherished colleagues. While watching a recent NFL game (that’s American Football to some or Gridiron to others) the production team came up with a couple of humorous takes on movie titles …

SILENCE OF THE RAMS

The St Louis Rams are having a bit of a tough time of their opening fixtures this season and this title is more than appropriate 🙂

THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF

Another title from the yanks, I can’t quite recall what they were referring to but I cant quite imagine a greater show than winning a world cup!

WEST SIDE TORY

This one is all my own work! I’m not even sure if London has a West side or if Boris has even been there, no matter, I thought my play on the title appropriate and funny.

So, thinking caps on, can any of you top these three?

858 thoughts on “Movie title competition”

  1. Ben Him, with Arnie Schwarzenegger and not a weed like Charlton Heston 🙂

  2. jhleck :

    A horror film for charioteers, be very afraid ” Twenty thousand FEEGS under the sea”

    I am coming to get you, JHL 🙂

  3. Film about a kid with one Jewish parent and one Spanish parent has major identity crisis.
    “I don’t know whether I’m Carmen or Cohen”

  4. For someone who wants to do it their way and add meaning to life….

    ‘The Existentialist ‘

  5. And out on the moors there’s a beast more frightening than a Warewolf, It’s

    “The Big Sheep”

  6. Essential watching for getting the most out of your military units

    ‘How to train your Dragoon’.

  7. A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an fast food chain owner, as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim from cardiac misery…..

    “Cholesterol”

  8. A film about computer engineers learning more hands on practical skills

    “My Big Fat Geek Welding”

  9. The trials and tribulations of breeding and preparing dogs for Crufts

    “Where beagles dare”

  10. Film about the royal family of egg-shaped furry novelty toys with googly eyes and small arms and legs

    “King Gonk”

  11. The hero fights to regain his memory and three women come to terms with the shell shocked ship builder

    ..”The Return of the Solderer”

  12. Pseu’s #177 got me thinking superheroes (where’s TR when you need him?)

    The superhero who can’t always get his own way

    “The Incredible Sulk”

  13. storytelling pushed to its limit to create this movie of interconnected stories – but the sound track’s so poor viewers can’t hear what’s being said:

    “Pulp Diction”

  14. young banker is accused of a double / triple murder but refuses / allows this to let his spirit be broken – so many versions of the truth

    “The Shawshrunk Redaction”

  15. It’s Gay Pride weekend here this weekend, parties, events, parades etc. If they film it …

    “Drag Day Afternoon”

  16. Môre Jay, indeed, this post was published last Sunday and look what happened! Who would have thought it?

  17. Ah yes but it isn’t always quantity that counts, quality is also very important, there’s not much setting either apart!

  18. Story of a beautician dedicated to inventing new ways for men to style their body hair beyond “Back, sac and crack….”

    “Mad Wax”

  19. A fight in close up: all the fine details, from different perspectives

    “Close recounters of the third round”

  20. A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets on the beach

    “Gritty Woman”

  21. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress.

    “Love Factory”

  22. Two gardening rivals hate each other in the garden but fall in love over the pests in the garden

    “You’ve got snails”

  23. uncovering the details of the Watergate scandal and what he wrote about it….

    ‘All the president’s pens’

  24. What’s this “STOP” business?

    I’m enjoying every one of them!

    As Sid James and the crew would say …

    “Carry on Posting”

  25. An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several fridges on a road to Germany in World War II

    “A Fridge too Far”

  26. Just in: have just been listening to I’m Sorry I haven’t a Clue during which one round entailed film titles and how different they would have been with the addition of just one letter to the title. I didn’t catch all of them, but here are a few

    The Spy who loved Men
    Shaving Private Ryan
    Dr Nob
    Star Warps
    The Derr Haunter
    The Hunt for Re Fred October
    Tory Story
    The Cruel Seal

    🙂

  27. Morning Pseu

    Are you suggesting that the BBC saw how successful our little challenge was and tweeked it for their own benefit? Can we sue?

    Here’s one ~ “Landy in red”

  28. That very programme has frequently run this ’round’ in its show… so no, we have copied them 🙂

  29. More from that show when I listened again, pencil in hand

    The Lady Varnishes

    Take the Monkey and Run

    Bent Hur

    Star Warts

  30. Super heroes again

    Baitman

    Thorn

    Supperman

    Irony man (okay, I know I did that one earlier!)

    Mean in black

    Doctor Strangle

    Robo Coop

  31. A trainee pilot with a healthy disrespect for authority has something to prove to clear his father’s name as a dangerously reckless non-team-player…until someone decides to play a part in hindering this:

    “Stopgun”

  32. Aaargh!! Pseu’s #334 beat me to the punch, here it is anyway.

    Drug drama in Turkish coffee shop

    “Midnight Expresso”

  33. New York cop John McClane is planning to visit his estranged wife Holly in LA for Christmas, but realises that he has gained too much weight and has to do something about it before he sees her…..

    “Diet hard”

  34. David Attenborough makes documentary on insect life in Minnesota

    “Little louse on the prairie”

  35. Pseu :

    HA! ‘Great Expectorations’ is the first repeat I have seen so far :)

    Nym, do you fondly imagine anybody is akshully reading all of these entries? 🙂

  36. janus :

    Nym, do you fondly imagine anybody is akshully reading all of these entries?

    Hey Jay!

    What sort of comment is that? It’s patently obvious that others beside me are reading the comments, I for one look upon them as my regular morning smile

  37. Soutie :

    janus :

    Nym, do you fondly imagine anybody is akshully reading all of these entries?

    Hey Jay!

    What sort of comment is that? It’s patently obvious that others beside me are reading the comments, I for one look upon them as my regular morning smile

    Sorry, Soutie. I was trying to be funny. 😦

    No problem, thanks for the explanation.
    S

  38. jhleck :

    Sexy musical
    “Arousel”

    Now this is a new idea! Delete aletter from a well-known title. Er, how’s about……

    Dressed up for a booze up:

    “Alehouse Frock”

  39. Soutie :

    David Attenborough makes documentary on insect life in Minnesota

    “Little louse on the prairie”

    Film about Weegie addiction to bingo

    A little prayer on the housie.

    OZ

  40. Pseu :

    Cricket, but not as we know it

    “The Umpire Strikes Back”

    Biopic of the dog wot won Crufts.

    Star Paws.

    OZ

  41. American expatriate Harry Morgan makes a living on the French colonial island of Martinique by running fishing expeditions. But his cushy existence is transformed by wartime encounters with head louse infestations

    “To Have and to Have Nits”

  42. Chaplin keeps his notorious sentimentality in check and offers up one of the most durable gems of the silent era, following the Tramp’s varying fortunes as a gold prospector… he’s developed the most valuable tool of all

    “The Gold Brush”

  43. Teaming up with his father, Indiana sets out to try and find the seasoning

    “Indiana Jones and the Lost Cruet Set”

  44. All Fred Astaire.

    Fruity Love Story
    “A Damson in Distress”

    Dumb Love story
    “Shall we Dunce”

    He’s easy to dance with?
    “Follow the Feet”

    Bail delivered to your door?
    “The Bond Wagon”

    Fuzzy end of the World Drama.
    “On the Peach”

    Bulked up Musical?
    “Royal Wadding”

    Not the ideal date?
    “Daddy Pong Legs”

  45. All Neville Shute
    Joinery film
    “On the beech”

    Cleaning film
    “On the bleach”

    Repairs to seawalls film
    “On the breach”

    Musical film
    “On the Bach”

  46. Enlisting the help of skilled cowboy-warrior types, villagers make a stand against the overflowing banks:

    “Magnificent Severn”

  47. The story of Prime Minister’s Question Time:

    The Good, the Bad and the Fugly

  48. janus :

    Soutie, might one enquire if/when this competition will judged/end? :-)

    Mmmmmmm ~ what can I say?

    After weeks and weeks of inactivity on these pages oft highlighted by your goodself and seconded by me who would have thought that this would turn into a runaway success?

    LW’s comment 94 where he suggested that “We will try to make 100 tomorrow” shocked me no end! A hundred comments, impossible I thought.

    Well, we whizzed past our century, sped past our double-ton at which stage I was hoping to equal Hashim Amla’s magnificent 311 not out against England at The Oval back in July last year.

    With Amla’s total surpassed my thoughts turned to Brian Lara’s record test innings of 400 not out (I won’t mention against who)

    With that milestone now history, I’m thinking of trying to equal or better the highest 1st class innings of all time ~ 501 (again Mr B C Lara)

    What do you think?

  49. An Italian war bride had a four-day affair with Robert Kincaid, a photographer who had come to Madison County, Iowa, to shoot a photographic essay for National Geographic on the covered fridges in the area….

    “The Fridges of Madison Country”

  50. Italian fence painting film
    ” Captain Corelli’s Sadolin”
    For those of you outside the UK its a trade name for a creosote replacement product

  51. The film’s title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship….

    “Allan”

  52. Five trapped in a rural farmhouse in Pennsylvania which is attacked by unnamed very affectionate monsters…

    “Night of the Loving Dead”

  53. Bridget starts her own Friesian herd, which takes over her life and all her attempts to stop smoking, lose weight and find her Mr. Right.

    “Bridget Jones’s Dairy”

  54. The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young computer expert

    “Modem Times”

  55. English teacher inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day – only they are awful, and no one wants to meet them….

    “Dread Poets, Socially. “

  56. I’m gonna wait ’till Jay’s back from spitting petting crying on wetting the new baby’s head before any pronouncements are made on the success or otherwise of this post and thread, It seems only fair..

    We’ve smashed Brian Lara’s record, all/any additions would be more than welcome 🙂

  57. This is a 1955 American drama film about a confused suburban, middle-class teenager who is having problems with sentence construction

    “Rebel without a clause”

  58. This is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools and all the back biting

    “Petty in Pink”

  59. Then their brother the Curate walks in and orders omelet so they decide to make a trilogy of it

    “The Good, the Bad and the Eggly.

    OZ.

  60. Meanwhile, across town in Little Italy, their tubby cousin is taking lunch.

    “A Tale of Two Pizzas”

    OZ

  61. Heart-warming movie about a poor Victorian scullery maid who makes good at the end.

    “Cinders Ella”

    OZ

  62. A drunken one-night stand.
    From Beer to Paternity.

    A 1971 documentary about ice cream lovers
    On Any Sundae

    Earth is invaded by confectionary
    Mars Bar Attacks

  63. By way of explanation re my #537

    Charka is a company that manufactures charcoal and briquettes which simplify lighting the fire 🙂

  64. I envisage a scenario. Mr Mackie, having hosted a most convivial dinner last August, retreats to his terrace with a small libation once the guests have departed and all is quiet again.

    “A Midsummer Night’s Dram.”

    OZ

  65. Sweary bomber crews.

    “The Damn Busters”

    (This one actually appeared as a typo on a post-raid dinner party menu in 1943.)

    OZ

  66. Heartbreaking story of a moggy held to ransom.

    “Katnapped”

    By the way, the NSW is making her own Christmas crackers this year and has plumbed this rich thread of humour for the jokes.

    OZ

  67. “By the way, the NSW is making her own Christmas crackers this year and has plumbed this rich thread of humour for the jokes” – which are her favourites, OZ?

  68. When the towns play area disappears without trace the detective get to work on finding the culprits….

    “Traders of the Lost Park”

  69. A dissenting juror in a trial examining the role of the restaurateur slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.

    “12 Hungry Men”

  70. Hi Pseu

    I have to say that although this thread seems to be winding down on contributions, I have absolutely loved opening the comments first thing in the morning for my daily smile, today is no exception…

    “Jack the Stripper”
    … 🙂 …

    I too was wondering which gems got the nod for the Christmas Crackers 😕

  71. Soutie, I had been locked out of the site day before yesterday, despite being logged on and OK on my own blog… I did email you – not sure if you got it….Anyhoo, thank you if you were involved in ‘clearing’ me again.

    I wonder if we shall discover the favourites chosen for the crackers?

  72. An small garden ornament is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas must defend his home against idiotic burglars.

    “Gnome Alone”

  73. Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various closely timed tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England

    “Love Punctually”

  74. A film about a Prime Ministers trip to China to boost the economy in time for Christmas….

    “A Christmas Tory”

  75. A heartfelt plea from me to JW, Bearsy, Janus and any others who might understand.including such neutrals as Soutie.

    ‘We need to talk about Kevin (and Jonathon and Nathan and Pup and Tim and Darren and Adelaide)’

  76. ‘British Bake Off’ taken to the height of daftness

    “Cakes on a Plane”

    * to those not accustomed to British TV currently, there are a lot of cooking programmes… one of which involves Mary Berry, the baking recipe authoress… called “The British Bake Off” I believe

  77. The gang of park attendants set up in competition against one another…. it’s a battle for

    “The Perfect Strim”

  78. The sixth formers are revolting, and want to have a rock band competition to decide which is the best lead guitarist

    “The Prefect Strum”

  79. Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re gonna get – and I won’t be happy if I pick the cherry one….

    “Forrest grump”

  80. show business film about getting your ovwn back…. one of the darkest and most cynical films ever made

    “All About Even”

  81. Pseu :

    JM can you please explain that last one of yours?

    Hi Pseu

    I refer you to the second word of the title of the Pulitzer prize-winning novel which was made into a 1999 film starring Emily Watson as Angela McCourt. I bet you’ve read it.

  82. John Mackie :

    A heartfelt plea from me to JW, Bearsy, Janus and any others who might understand.including such neutrals as Soutie.

    ‘We need to talk about Kevin (and Jonathon and Nathan and Pup and Tim and Darren and Adelaide)’

    Ah yes, the cricket.

    I did attempt to get conversation going on the 1st test in Brisbane …

    https://charioteers.org/2013/11/21/ashes-banter/

    Interest on these pages lasted precisely ONE day! 😦

    Nevertheless, if none of our Ashes supporters get the ball rolling during the 1st day’s play tomorrow / tonight I’ll kickstart the discussion.

  83. Off message – Mr Mackie #604. That picture encapsulates everything there is to dislike about Scotland and the Scots. Dump him! The wee feck is not doing your country any favours on the wider stage.

    On message – Ginger McPerson eats curry, chips and deep-fried Mars bar then tries to relieve resultant gaseous pressure without following through.

    “Brave Fart”

    OZ

  84. I always thought Elton John was singing

    “Saturday night’s alright on Fridays’ when it was really,
    ‘Saturday night’s alright for fighting’..
    .
    here’s a film title for him

    “Saturday Night Cleaver”

  85. And another one from the radio program, “I’m sorry I haven’t a clue.”..

    “Medicating Rita”

  86. Al Gore remakes classic Steve McQueen movie, but drives a Toyota Prius instead of the iconic Ford Mustang.

    “Bull–itt”

    OZ

  87. A bit like ice-cream wars, but this time about the mobile fish and chip vans….

    “The Frying Game”

  88. See if you are only an occasional contributor to this seemingly never-ending thread? Do you know how long it takes to read all the comments to make sure that you are not repeating the efforts of previous Charioteers? I do..

    I may have missed a previousity in my scrolling and I see that Pseu brushed a butterfly wing past my intended offering at #76. Whatever and to keep the flow flowing.

    A tale of Parisian washerwomen:-

    “Wringing in the Seine”

    .

  89. The story of Shakespeare and his dedication to writing however cold he was….

    “Shakespeare in Gloves”

  90. The trials and tribulations of the airport, when nothing goes according to plan

    “Ground fog Day”

  91. Pseu :

    This family really made their mark

    “The Indelibles”

    That reminds me of the Masterchef sequel about those who failed to make the grand final.

    “The Inedibles”

    OZ

  92. Ha ha Jay 🙂 🙂

    Better put the joke here, for those who missed it the first time.

    Soutie :

    I’m reminded of another joke that my father used to tell many years ago …

    Man walks into bank to seek a loan

    Teller: You’ll have to speak to Tonto
    Man: Tonto, why Tonto?
    Teller: Because the Loan Arranger isn’t in!

  93. The adventures of a young Inuit boy and his intelligent pet penguin

    “Slippy”

    (I know, I know, penguins only live in the southern hemisphere and Inuits in the north but give me a break, it is after all a children’s story!)

  94. 🙂
    (thank you for distracting from my last which may be considered a little risqué, Soutie…. )

  95. When the wild life’s unpredictable you need somehting to sustain you…..

    “Grouchy Tiger, Hidden Flagon”

  96. Alfred Hitchcock’s most powerful, deep, and stunningly beautiful films – it is a film noir that functions on multiple levels. The work is a mesmerizing romantic suspense/thriller about a macabre, doomed romance – a desperate love for an illusion. It is an intense psychological study of a desperate, insecure man’s patchy skin colouration and loss of equilibrium.

    “Vitiligo”

  97. Can’t get all your inoculations in the UK? This film will tell you what you need to know about getting them abroad:

    “The Italian Jab”

  98. Oliver Stone succumbs to dyslexia (As an aside, why is that word so difficult to spell?) and makes a new movie.

    “FKJ”

    OZ

  99. Well, Pseu has grabbed #700. Anyone fancy going for #1,000?

    Touching biopic of a boozer who stays on the wagon.

    “End of Daze”

    OZ

  100. O Zangado :

    Well, Pseu has grabbed #700. Anyone fancy going for #1,000?

    It’s still the 1st page that I open every morning and the entries always make me smile 🙂

    As Buzz Lightyear would say “To infinity and beyond!

  101. Robert Redford and Brad Pitt make sequel to their brilliant spy movie, based on a schizophrenic sign language interpreter who rubs shoulders with Kings, Presidents, Prime Ministers etc.

    “Sign Games”

  102. jhleck :

    Advertising film for a range of mexican products for a supermarket chain
    “Spar. Tacos r us”

    That one made oi larf it did.

    Documentary about rock climbing

    “The Great Escarpment”

    OZ

  103. Another documentary, this time about attempts to curb binge-drinking.

    “The Bottle of Britain”

    OZ

  104. Snow White has a second career at a reporter in the documentary series about British Rivers: this one is the first in the series….

    “Snow White and the Severn Wharfs”

  105. Pseu – One of the funniest charades I ever saw was one poor chap trying to do ‘Gone with the Wind’. Embarrassingly for him the result was not quite as planned. In fairness we, and he, were very, very drunk.

    OZ

  106. Charades! Now there’s a fun evening without the internet, Oz. Must remember to get that going at Christmas.

  107. Pseu – For maximum effect in charades a fair degree of booze must be involved.

    Allowing for inflation.

    ‘Catch 42’

    OZ

  108. Can we discuss the elephant in the room? I’m sure Oscar won’t mind….

    “The Impotence of begin Ernest”

  109. An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life – only to find that the daughter is distressed by the lack of fashion outlets…

    “The Shopping News”

  110. And the last one for now
    Musical about a blank wall for footballers expressing themselves through graffiti
    “Paint your wag on”

  111. Dried up? I hope not, not only are the titles a good laugh but (for me) bring back memories of days long forgotten, my mum used to love this …

  112. I am not sure if there is an adult section to this catalogue of films but I can think of some Dickens titles that could be reworked:

    David Cop a Feel
    Knicker-less Nicole B
    Our Neutered Friend
    The Pickwick Capers
    Oliver’s Tryst

    I will leave out the more lewd titles that might be arrived from the likes of
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Martin Chuzzlewit
    Barnaby Rudge
    Sketches by Boz

  113. Crumbs, chaps.

    I have been working many shifts and have not been 100% well… so that explains my lack of input recently. I shall see what I can come up with…..

  114. Not sure if this was ever a film, but it was one of the first TV soaps. Partly settled fishermongers bill
    “Paid on plaice”

  115. Wartime film about a POW who forgets her vest in an East European winter.

    “The Cold Tits Story”

    OZ

  116. Bono and Bob Geldorf appear as themselves in a film about music concerts raising funds for starving Africans

    “Money Drain”

  117. jhleck :

    Golfing tutorial classic
    “Much ado about putting”

    And let us not forget TV baker Paul Holloway’s new book.

    “Much Ado about Pudding”

    OZ

  118. Pseu :

    It’s all about control

    “Back to the Sphincter”

    Pseu, you are so nursey and I should know being engaged to one. What is said in the staff room stays in the staff room. 🙂

    OZ

  119. O Zangado :

    jhleck :

    Golfing tutorial classic
    “Much ado about putting”

    And let us not forget TV baker Paul Holloway’s new book.

    “Much Ado about Pudding”

    OZ

    Did he do “Bun fight at the OK corral”?

  120. JHL – Boom boom! The very chap! He also did “The Wide Praline.” (I need to get out more.)

    OZ

  121. Seasonal film of an Italian family reunion where the children reminisce on Grandma’s cooking disasters,

    “The Ghost of Christmas pasta”

  122. Innit annoying, you put one up on the site and a better one occurs in the bonce like a bleedin flash
    Mr Hyde disappears for twenty four hours
    “The day of the Jekyll”

  123. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of making driveways….

    “Gravelly”

  124. A J.R.R. Tolkien previously unreleased book about his dark secret, now released as a film….

    “The Habbit”

  125. Ha ha Jh, here’s another

    Oxford blogger transported back in time to her high school years

    “Peggy Pseu got married”

  126. Incredibly, two films are released at the same time with the same title.

    An aeroplane is taking passengers to a convention of gardeners. On the way one of the cultivators goes mad with the implements.

    “Rakes on a Plane”

    Because of a fault in the space-time continuum a consortium of seventeenth century libertines find themselves on an aeroplane headed to Ayia Napa.

    “Rakes on a Plane”

  127. Elevator Wars Part 1. – Schindler’s Lift

    Seafood Wars Part 1. – Alliance of the Clams
    Seafood Wars Part 2. – Married to the Lob(ster)
    Seafood Wars Part 3. – Prawn Free

  128. An unemployed former defense engineer goes on a violent rampage across the city, trying to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter’s birthday party. His mayhem is stopped when he enters an electronics shop and sees a game of rugby on one of the TV’s.

    “Falling Asleep”

  129. A film on beach volley ball, perhaps set in Brazil during the 2014 world cup …

    “A Game of Thongs”

    A pal and I were sat chatting the weekend and he said to me ‘what’s that trailer we saw the other day with the people running round with swords and bows and arrows? Game of thongs?’

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