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Questions or analysis related to the meaning of a movie or TV show's name. Please do NOT use this tag to ask what the title of a movie/TV show is: identification questions are off-topic here.

The title of a movie is its name. Questions with this tag should be questions about the name, what it means, analysis of the title or alternative titles of the movie.

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Why do many movie titles differ between the U.S. and the UK?

Why are movies titled differently in the UK? For example; The Avengers changed to Avengers Assemble. Similarly Vertige is called High Lane. What is the reason why so many movies are retitled for the UK? I know the reason why the title of The…
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Has a TV show ever used the same title for more than one episode?

Most TV series have titles for the individual episodes. They seem to always be unique, but is this actually the case, or is there a show which have used the same title more than once? You might think a unique title is needed to identify an episode.…
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Have there ever been movies with the same name, released in the same year?

I was thinking about the typical citation standard for referencing movies, where one writes the title and the release year, in the format "Title (Release year)" e.g. Jurassic Park (1993). This works quite well, except if there ever is a movie which…
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Why aren't episode titles put on the screen?

For the last few decades, it seems that most shows (dramas, not just comedies) don't put the episode titles on the screen. Does anyone know why not?
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Same movie but with different names

Why do some movies carry more than one names? Eg: The Rundown (2003) is also known as Welcome to the Jungle. Similarly, Unleashed (2005) is also known as Danny the Dog. I am not talking about remakes or different release names, as happened with the…
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Naming convention of movie titles

I would like to know why most of the movie titles are in medial capitals? few examples like, The Dark Knight He's Just Not That Into You I thought all the movie titles are medial capitalized but I've observed few titles like, Out of the…
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Why do some movie titles include an alternate title?

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Why do some movie titles include an alternate title? What are the rules in constructing these titles?
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Turned "E" character in titles

Some TV series contain a turned "E" character in their titles, such as: HOMƎLAND ÉLITƎ CALIPHATƎ The EVƎNT (Feel free to add other examples.) Is there some common underlying meaning to this usage, or is it just used as a "cool" thing, like a Metal…
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Can a movie name include emoji or can it be entirely written using emojis?

Is there some kind of regulation when it comes to movie names? I clearly see the downsides of including in the movie title emojis or any o̹̥̱̪̹t͔͕̞h̖̻̞è̳̩̗͎r̼̣̹͔̞ ҉͇̟̲͍̟̠s̮̖͓̣͔͈̺t͏͈̩̰͍r͔̣͈̘̙͍ͅa̧͇n̤̳̬̹̖͓g̷͈͇͇̦̗̮e͔̻͕̠ ̗̫̱͉̫a̛̝͖̫̞nd̳̟̠̙̩̱͕…
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Are there any movies whose name changed after released in theaters?

With the exception of translations to other languages, are there any movies whose name changed after released in theaters? Bonus if there's one that changed WHILE in theaters.
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Are films required to show title?

I have seen at least one other movie where the title of the film was not shown until the end of the film. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 2 is the inspiration for this question. Are films required to show title?
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Why is every word capitalized in a movie title?

All movie titles capital every word in them. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Avengers: Infinity War are a few examples. My question is that why is it in this way?
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