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Sometimes the title of a film doesn't really seem to match what occurs in the film. I'm speaking of films like Naked Lunch, Quantum of Solace or My Own Private Idaho... With that in mind, which of these famous movie titles with new plots would you most like to see?
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsEllen BurstynKris KristoffersonMia BendixsenA recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.Norman Lear's big-screen attempt to revive The Honeymooners with a modern twist. Alice Kramden can put up with her husband's crazy moneymaking schemes and his staying out late at the Raccoon Lodge. But when she catches Ralph makin' like-a dis and like-a dat with the downstairs neighbor Mrs. Manicotti, she's had enough. She packs up and leaves, moving into an apartment complex in Jersey and starting a life as a career girl (her big skill is stuffing jelly into donuts at a Hoboken bakery).
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsAndrew GarfieldEmma StoneRhys IfansAfter Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.A biopic about the world's foremost arachnologist, who fights to overcome his fear after falling into the world's biggest spiders nest.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim BasingerThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.A young cricketer seeks a mythical craftsman living in the extreme north of Kashmir. The bats he creates are said to score over boundary on each delivery.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles BronsonDuring World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.A comedic farce where a woman babysits four different sets of triplets and tries to deal with messy diapers and babies attempting to feed themselves for the first time.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.This alternate historical epic set in the beginning of the 21st Century on an earth where the Roman Empire never fell.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.God struggles to contain his emotions when his long-lost father returns, evoking more questions than answers.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.A disturbed, young cashier uses his job at Goodwill Industries to identify his future victims - hipsters who only shop at thrift stores. Music by Macklemore.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorLaraine DayWhen a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.The Power Rangers experiment with smoking legalized marijuana after fighting Rita's monsters in Colorado.
- DirectorTom SixStarsDieter LaserWinter WilliamsAshlynn YennieA mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.A smart centipede falls for a beautiful princess and wishes he could be human so they can be together. The Blue Fairy grants his wish and the love story of the century unfolds.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Larry's lingerie outlet can't compete with Frederick's of Hollywood, so he relocates the business to the United Arab Emirates and becomes a huge success. With an Oscar-nominated score that includes the hit songs "Singin' in Bahrain" and "Abu Dhabi Honeymoon."
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.Matthew McConaughey is a vampire rancher in the Old West.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsJoe PesciMarisa TomeiRalph MacchioTwo New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.Dutch realist painter Anton Mauve (Steve Carell) lives a quiet life until he's visited by his rowdy cousin Vincent Van Gogh (Zach Galifianakis) and his wacky mistress Sien (Kaley Cuoco).
- DirectorScott WaughStarsAaron PaulDominic CooperImogen PootsFresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.A jonesing amphetamine addict finds himself drawn into a deadly scavenger hunt where the winner is awarded the last hit on earth.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.A mash-up of Logan's Run and Gran Torino where Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) faces a gang of teenagers fathered by Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem).
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani WallisAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.A big-screen musical version of the long-running '60s sitcom Green Acres.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred AstaireAfter a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in one of their weaker surfer musicals. With Jody McCrea, Dick Dale, Sandra Dee, and J. Carrol Naish as Uncle Cappy.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsAnna KendrickBrittany SnowRebel WilsonBeca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.The story of the development of the British Ladies' Football Club by Nettie Honeyball (yes, that is her real name), the most well-documented early women's football (soccer) team in Europe. Before WWI, the women's game was unsupported and even frowned upon; women playing led to a perceived threat to the masculinity of the game.
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsSteve MartinJohn CandyLaila RobinsA Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.Mattel tries to go where Hasbro has already gone and creates their own version of "transforming" vehicles.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.A shy man best described as Casper Milquetoast goes postal when someone steals his parking place.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.An all-female jury debates the merits of a case. Subtitled "Twelve Angry Women."
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCharles AznavourMarie DuboisNicole BergerA pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.Liberace stars in Sam Peckinpah's violent Western about a saloon performer who faces prejudice in the Old West.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigJavier BardemNaomie HarrisJames Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.An apocalyptic thriller starring Chicken Little.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy GarlandJames MasonJack CarsonA film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.Astrologers in ancient China surprisingly discover a new star, Supernova SN 1054 around 1054 CE (AKA 1054 BC). Alarmed, they warn the current emperor that his reign will soon be threatened by unexpected invaders. The emperor reacts poorly and palace intrigue runs rampant.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.The battle between actresses Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus for a lucrative film role is documented through flashbacks. Hair pulling and scratching are displayed in "Matrix" style slow motion cameras.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Featuring cameos from all of today's hot celebrities, big stars are forced into a Hunger Game/Battle Royale-style free-for-all for the amusement of the proletariat.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael IronsideWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?A plucky, newly promoted female executive tries to rescue General Motors from the brink of destruction caused by bad contracts with parts manufacturers.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.The untold story of the first watchmakers.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.The further adventures of the beloved volleyball co-star from Cast Away after it washes up on an uncharted island and is discovered by an unknown tribe of aborigines, who quickly start up their own volleyball league.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.The ongoing adventures of the world's funniest Ecstasy dealers, a posse led by three disparate trans women.