Stacy Conradt
The Quick 10: 10 of the Longest Movie Titles
by Stacy Conradt - December 9, 2009 - 3:30 PM

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Need I say more? I think this one speaks for itself!

zombies1. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (11 words)
2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (12 words)
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (13 words)
4. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (14 words)
5. Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (14 words)
6. The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Green Grasshopper and the Vampire Lady from Outer Space (15 words)
7. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad (15 words)
8. The Saga of the Viking Women and their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (17 words)
9. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (20 words)
10. The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure (23 words)

and a bonus:

11. Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bridge of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 3-D (41 words)

Know of any other bizarrely long movie titles?

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Comments (25)

  1. And these are real movies? oh goodness.

    posted by Chelsea on 12-9-2009 at 3:38 pm

  2. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (12 words)

    posted by JetaN on 12-9-2009 at 3:40 pm

  3. “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (10 words)

    posted by Tony on 12-9-2009 at 3:43 pm

  4. Don’t be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (14 words)

    posted by Katie D. on 12-9-2009 at 3:52 pm

  5. Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D

    41 words…

    1991 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230575/

    posted by Ed on 12-9-2009 at 4:12 pm

  6. @Katie D.: it’s on the list already. And I LOVED “The Englishman Who….Mountain”!

    posted by Megan on 12-9-2009 at 4:13 pm

  7. oh, you had me at Living Dead:Part 2 silly

    posted by Gregg on 12-9-2009 at 5:08 pm

  8. Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 12-9-2009 at 5:12 pm

  9. Shoot First and Pray you Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to do with It)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818226/

    posted by Candice on 12-9-2009 at 5:12 pm

  10. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.

    posted by Hailey on 12-9-2009 at 5:14 pm

  11. “The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley” (20 words)

    That’s the official title. It was shortened to “The Talented Mr. Ripley” of course in marketing.

    posted by J-Red on 12-9-2009 at 9:07 pm

  12. Two of those movies, Incredible Strange Creatures and The Lemon Grove Kids were by the same filmmaker, Ray Dennis Steckler. I got to meet him at a University film series before he died. We talked about baseball and it was awesome!

    posted by Sarah on 12-9-2009 at 9:47 pm

  13. One of the most successful:

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex*
    *But We’re Afraid to Ask

    posted by Saunk H. on 12-9-2009 at 9:48 pm

  14. Thanks, Hailey…I was gonna suggest that one.

    posted by KerriD on 12-9-2009 at 10:22 pm

  15. I’ve actually seen “Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bridge of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 3-D”.

    When my cousin first told me about it I thought he was pulling my leg. I was surprised when he actually showed up with the DVD.

    posted by Jen on 12-9-2009 at 10:37 pm

  16. How Can You Expect Her to Stay at Home When She’s Already Been to Paris Twice?

    This one is particularly worthy because the film is only one minute long, making it a rare instance where the title is almost as long as the movie.

    posted by adambreck on 12-9-2009 at 11:34 pm

  17. The wrath of extraterrestrial earthquake encounters of the 10′th kind. (sorry, I just made that up. About 28 years ago)

    posted by Frank Johnson on 12-10-2009 at 2:05 am

  18. “Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God…Be Back by Five” (13 words).

    I saw this movie knowing absolutely nothing about it, simply because of the title.

    posted by Jean on 12-10-2009 at 2:41 am

  19. Shaft?

    posted by Bubba on 12-10-2009 at 10:01 am

  20. To Wong Foo, Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar

    Okay only 8 workds but Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes in drag, priceless.

    posted by Mary on 12-10-2009 at 12:02 pm

  21. Figured I might as well add the sequel…

    Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 3

    …only 38 words this time

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475343/

    posted by Ed on 12-10-2009 at 12:16 pm

  22. “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” (11 words without the hyphens)

    It has got to be one of the longest, most bizarre titles I’ve heard.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068528/

    posted by Nerak on 12-10-2009 at 4:05 pm

  23. The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

    11 words. It’s a 1993 TV movie starring Holly Hunter.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107861/

    posted by Tara on 12-10-2009 at 5:07 pm

  24. @Nervak I vaguely remember seeing that movie and it wasn’t bad. Check it out if you can find it.

    posted by pwscott on 12-10-2009 at 8:11 pm

  25. “Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?” (1973) (TV series)

    posted by pwscott on 12-10-2009 at 8:17 pm

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