Stolen Titles
by Steamboy | created - 20 Jan 2022 | updated - 21 Jan 2022 | PublicFilm titles that come from a prior, uncredited source. It just shows the lack of imagination of modern Hollywood and popular writers.
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1. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 158,144 | Gross: $72.59M
POPULAR TITLE OF THE 90s, BUT NOT SO CLEVER AS IT WAS TAKEN FROM WILLIAM CASTLE'S 1962 "I SAW WHAT YOU DID".
2. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford
Votes: 335,843 | Gross: $166.17M
TITLE TAKEN FROM THE PHRASE "FORTY SHADES OF GREEN", TO DESCRIBE IRELAND, AND USED AS A SONG TITLE BY JOHNNY CASH IN 1959.
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
Votes: 745,370 | Gross: $233.92M
TITLE USED IN TWO ISSUES OF UNCANNY X-MEN IN 1981, BUT TAKEN FROM THE MOODY BLUES' 1967 ALBUM "DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED".
4. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,584,839 | Gross: $120.54M
TARANTINO STEALS LEFT AND RIGHT AND MORE OR LESS ACKNOWLEDGE IT. HERE HE JUST CHANGED THE SPELLING OF "THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS", WHICH IS THE ENGLISH TITLE OF ITALIAN FILM "QUEL MALEDETTO TRENO BLINDATO" (1978) BY ENZO CASTELLARI.
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