Poll: Run-Off: The Best Film Title Ever

Results of 4,878 votes:

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   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    

   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The title was taken from the following passage of the Alexander Pope poem, "Eloisa to Abelard:" How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! / The world fo…
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   The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    

   The Silence of the Lambs: From the Thomas Harris novel, which is the second book in his series that revolve around the character of Hannibal Lecter.
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   Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    

   Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Supposedly, Stanley Kubrick considered several other titles, including Dr. Doomsday or: How to Start World War III Without Even Tr…
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   A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    

   A Clockwork Orange: From the novella, by Anthony Burgess, of the same name. Some sources state Burgess has given three explanations of the title, but according to The New Yorker, "The writer firs…
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   Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    

   Inglourious Basterds: Even though this film is not a remake of the 1978 movie, the title is one way Quentin Tarantino payed homage to Enzo G. Castellari's The Inglorious Bastards. Tarantino has said h…
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   No Country for Old Men (2007)

    

   No Country for Old Men: The film is based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name.
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   To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    

   To Kill a Mockingbird: From the novel, by Harper Lee, on which the film is based.
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   Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

    

   Breakfast at Tiffany's: From the novel, by Truman Capote, of the same name.