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Unusual film titles
editThe official title according to the billing block is listed first, followed by the alternate title. A 
indicates that our article currently uses the latter for its title.
indicates that our article currently uses the latter for its title.Stylized as
edit- Alien 3 (stylized as
Alien³
) - Dragonheart (stylized as
DragonHeart
) - Generation (stylized as
Genera+ion
) (TV) - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (stylized as
Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire
) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (stylized as
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3
) - Frozen 2 (stylized as
Frozen II
) - Frozen 3 (stylized as
Frozen III
) - Hijack (stylized as
H/JACK
) (TV) - Mission: Impossible 2 (stylized as
M:i-2
) - Ocean's Eight (stylized as
Ocean's 8
) - Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (stylized as
Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood
) - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (stylized as
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
) - The Killer (stylized as
The K_.ller
) - The Lego Batman Movie (stylized as
The LEGO Batman Movie
) - The Lego Movie (stylized as
The LEGO Movie
) - The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (stylized as
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
) - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (stylized as
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
) - Tick, Tick... Boom! (stylized as
tick, tick... BOOM!
) - WALL-E (stylized as
WALL·E
)
Marketed as
edit- Bumblebee (marketed as
Transformers: Bumblebee
) - F9 (marketed as
F9: The Fast Saga
) - Ghostbusters (marketed as
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
) - Halloween: H20 (marketed as
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
) - Mamma Mia! (marketed as
Mamma Mia! The Movie
) - Superman (marketed as
Superman: The Movie
) - The Witches (marketed as
Roald Dahl's The Witches
) - X2 (marketed as
X2: X-Men United
)
Titled onscreen as
edit- Batman Forever (titled onscreen as
Forever
) - Daddy's Home 2 (titled onscreen as
Daddy's Home Two
) - Dune (titled onscreen as
Dune: Part One
) - Fast & Furious 6 (titled onscreen as
Furious 6
) - Furious 7 (titled onscreen as
Furious Seven
) - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (titled onscreen as
Glass Onion
) - Iron Man 3 (titled onscreen as
Iron Man Three
) - It (titled onscreen as
It Chapter One
) - Maze Runner: The Death Cure (titled onscreen as
The Death Cure
) - Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (titled onscreen as
The Scorch Trials
) - M:i:III (titled onscreen as
Mission: Impossible III
) - Mission: Impossible 2 (titled onscreen as
Mission: Impossible II
) - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (titled onscreen as
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
) - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (titled onscreen as
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
) - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (titled onscreen as
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
) - The BFG (titled onscreen as
Roald Dahl's The BFG
) - The Irishman (titled onscreen as
I Heard You Paint Houses
)
Retroactive renamings
edit- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (retroactively renamed
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
) - Dark Phoenix (retroactively renamed
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
) - Gran Turismo (retroactively renamed
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story
) - Marvel's The Avengers (retroactively renamed
The Avengers
) - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (retroactively renamed
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
) - M:i:III (retroactively renamed
Mission: Impossible III
) - Raiders of the Lost Ark (retroactively renamed
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
) - Return of the Jedi (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
) - Star Wars (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
) - The Empire Strikes Back (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
)
No colon
edit- Alien Resurrection (not
Alien: Resurrection
) - A Quiet Place Part II (not
A Quiet Place: Part II
) - Back to the Future Part II (not
Back to the Future: Part II
) - Back to the Future Part III (not
Back to the Future Part III
) - It Chapter Two (not
It: Chapter Two
) - Jurassic World Dominion (not
Jurassic World: Dominion
) - Jurassic World Rebirth (not
Jurassic World: Rebirth
) - Mortal Kombat Annihilation (not
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
) - Pacific Rim Uprising (not
Pacific Rim: Uprising
) - Star Trek Generations (not
Star Trek: Generations
) - Star Trek Into Darkness (not
Star Trek: Into Darkness
) - Terminator Genisys (not
Terminator: Genisys
) - Terminator Salvation (not
Terminator: Salvation
) - The Godfather Part II (not
The Godfather: Part II
) - The Godfather Part III (not
The Godfather: Part III
) - The Matrix Reloaded (not
The Matrix: Reloaded
) - The Matrix Resurrections (not
The Matrix: Resurrections
) - The Matrix Revolutions (not
The Matrix: Revolutions
) - Underworld Awakening (not
Underworld: Awakening
) - Underworld Evolution (not
Underworld: Evolution
) - Wicked Part Two (not
Wicked: Part Two
)
Brand recognition
edit- Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
- DC's Stargirl (TV)
- DC League of Super-Pets
- Disney's Snow White
- Disney's A Christmas Carol
- Frank Herbert's Dune
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
- From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
- Marvel's ...
- Marvel's 616 (documentary)
- Marvel's Agent Carter (TV)
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (shorts)
- Marvel's Ant-Man (TV)
- Marvel's Avengers (video game)
- Marvel's Behind the Mask (documentary)
- Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (TV)
- Marvel's Daredevil (TV)
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (video game)
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (TV)
- Marvel's Hero Project (documentary)
- Marvel's Hit-Monkey (TV)
- Marvel's Inhumans (TV)
- Marvel's Iron Fist (TV)
- Marvel's Iron Man VR (video game)
- Marvel's Jessica Jones (TV)
- Marvel's Luke Cage (TV)
- Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (TV)
- Marvel's Midnight Suns (video game)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (TV)
- Marvel's Most Wanted (TV)
- Marvel's New Warriors (TV)
- Marvel's Runaways (TV)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (TV)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (video game)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (video game)
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (video game)
- Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps (video game)
- Marvel's Storyboards (documentary)
- Marvel's The Avengers
- Marvel's The Defenders (TV)
- Marvel's The Punisher (TV)
- Marvel's Wastelanders (podcast)
- Marvel's Wolverine (video game)
- Marvel's Wolverine (podcast)
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (TV)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
- Spiral (marketed as
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
) - The Continental: From the World of John Wick (TV)
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Lengthy subtitles
edit- Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World
- Birdman (marketed as
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
) - Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
- Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Numbers as letters
edit- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- Expend4bles
- Fantastic Four (stylized as
Fant4stic
) - Layer Cake (stylized as
L4yer Cak3
) - M3GAN
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- Scream 4 (stylized as
Scre4m
) - Seven (stylized as
Se7en
) - Simone (stylized as
S1m0ne
) - Taken 3 (stylized as
Tak3n
)
En dash
edit- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
- Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
- Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
- Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
- Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
- Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
- Return of the Jedi (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
) - Star Wars (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
) - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- The Batman – Part II
- The Empire Strikes Back (retroactively renamed
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
) - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Special characters
edit- (500) Days of Summer
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- Emma (stylized as
Emma.
) - Everybody Wants Some!!
- M*A*S*H
- Rap Sh!t
- Thunderbolts*
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Special consensus
edit- Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (we simply to
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
) - Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (we simplify to
Rebel Moon
) - Spider-Man: Far From Home (
From
is normally in lowercase) - Star Trek Into Darkness (
Into
is normally in lowercase)
Disambiguation
editWhen a franchise and film share the same name
editPFILM
edit- Avatar (2009 film) – not Avatar (film)
- Independence Day (1996 film) – not Independence Day (film)
- Iron Man (2008 film) – not Iron Man (film)
- Joker (2019 film) – not Joker (film)
- Parasite (2019 film) – not Parasite (film)
- Suicide Squad (2016 film) – not Suicide Squad (film)
- The Avengers (2012 film) – not The Avengers (film)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) – not The Wizard of Oz (film)
- Titanic (1997 film) – not Titanic (film)
- Vertigo (film) – should be titled Vertigo (1958 film)
- Willow (1988 film) – not Willow (film)
SMALLDETAILS
edit- 1984 vs. Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Airplane! vs. Airplane
- Friends vs. Friendship
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Guardians of the Galaxy
- Predator (film) vs. The Predator (film)
- Suicide Squad (2016 film) vs. The Suicide Squad (film)
- The Dark Knight vs. Dark Knight
Plural form vs. singular form
edit- Friend vs. Friends
- Window vs. Windows
- Snicker vs. Snickers
- Queen vs. Queens
- Mechanic vs. Mechanics
- Transformer vs. Transformers
English variety
editAmerican English
editBritish English
editGeneric term
editTwo-letter names
editCurrent
editPotential
edit- 4K (to 4K resolution)
- AE (to Æ)
- AM (to 12-hour clock)
- AP (to Associated Press)
- AV (to audiovisual)
- BS (to bullshit)
- CE (to Common Era)
- CW (to The CW)
- DK (to DK (publisher))
- EV (to electric vehicle)
- EY (to Ernst & Young)
- FB (to Facebook)
- FM (to Frequency modulation)
- FX (to FX (TV channel))
- HP (to HP Inc.)
- HQ (to headquarters)
- IG (to Instagram)
- K9 (to police dog)
- LV (to Louis Vuitton)
- MD (to Doctor of Medicine)
- ML (to litre)
- PJ (to pajamas)
- PR (to public relations)
- UI (to user interface)
- XL (to clothing sizes)
- YT (to YouTube)
Ambiguous
edit- AC (air conditioning or alternating current)
- BC (Before Christ or British Columbia)
- CA (Canada or California)
- DC (Washington, D.C., DC Comics, or direct current)
- IP (intellectual property or Internet Protocol)
- NY (New York City or New York (state)
- PM (12-hour clock or prime minister)
By Google
edit- Files (Google) – not
Files by Google
- Phone (Google) – not
Phone by Google
- Project Jacquard – not
Jacquard by Google
- Read Along – not
Read Along by Google
- Socratic (Google) – not
Socratic by Google
- Speech Services – not
Speech Services by Google
- Wear OS – not
Wear OS by Google
(Apple)
edit- App Store (Apple)
- Calculator (Apple)
- Calendar (Apple)
- Classroom (Apple)
- Clock (Apple)
- Contacts (Apple)
- Files (Apple)
- Fitness (Apple)
- Freeform (Apple)
- Health (Apple)
- Mail (Apple) – currently titled Apple Mail
- Messages (Apple)
- Mindfulness (Apple)
- Music (Apple)
- Notes (Apple)
- Photos (Apple)
- Reminders (Apple)
- Translate (Apple)
- Weather (Apple)
- Workouts (Apple)
In other media
editMarvel Comics
edit
Avengersedit |
X-Menedit |
Otheredit
|
DC Comics
edit
Batmanedit |
Justice Leagueedit |
Otheredit
|
Other
editMassive navboxes
edit- {{Google LLC}}
- {{Harry Potter}}
- {{Marvel Cinematic Universe}}
- {{Star Wars}}
- {{Star Wars universe}}
- {{COVID-19 pandemic}}
- {{Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
Perennial move requests
edit- Association football → ?
- Israel–Hamas war → ?
- January 6 United States Capitol attack → ?
- Kanye West → Ye (musician)
- Ohio State University → The Ohio State University
- Star Wars (film) → Star Wars: A New Hope
- Twitter → X (social network)
The comic-book character
edit- "The Ancient One." – Doctor Strange
- "Well, I was inspired by the legend of the Ant-Man." – Ant-Man
- "You're the Aquaman." – Aquaman
- "Take the Batman into custody. I am the Batman." – The Dark Knight
- "Allow the heart-shaped herb to restore the powers of the Black Panther and take you to the Ancestral Plane." – Black Panther
- "It's the Falcon!" – Ant-Man
- "He's called the Grandmaster." – Thor: Ragnarok
- "Loki means to unleash the Hulk." – The Avengers
- "The Kingpin will not take this lightly." – Hawkeye
- "We just started a Superhuman Law Division, and I wanted you, well, the She-Hulk, to be the face of it." ― She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- "Can the Spider-Man come out to play?" – Spider-Man: No Way Home
- "Metropolis. Mankind is introduced to the Superman." – Man of Steel
- "I understand you're here to see the Vision." – WandaVision
- "Most of the intelligence community doesn't believe he exists. The ones who do call him the Winter Soldier." – Captain America: The Winter Soldier