25 Hilarious Film Titles Lost In Translation
Lost In Translation | © Focus Features/Momentum Pictures
What’s in a name? Well a lot, apparently. Coming up with a film title can be as tricky as coming up with the story itself. See if you can guess these 25 English language films from the literal translation of their foreign title.
Hollywood has all manner of focus groups and think tanks involved in the process of creating a film’s title, but the results can be scuppered by bizarre translations abroad. Scroll down slowly and let us know how many you got right.
Answers in the picture captions… no cheating!
Invisible Horse rider (Slovenia)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | © Lionsgate
California’s Great Earthquake (China)
San Andreas | © Warner Bors.
Super Power Dare Die Team (China)
Ghostbusters
S.O.S. Fantômes (France)
Ghostbusters | Sony Pictures
Six Naked Pigs (China)
The Full Monty
If You Leave Me, I Delete You (Italy)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Slightly Pregnant (Israel)
Knocked Up | © Universal
An Unexpected Ending (Mexico)
Thelma & Louise
His Powerful Device Makes Him Famous (China)
Boogie Nights
Mr. Cat Poop (China)
As Good As It Gets
This Dead Person Is Very Alive (Spain)
Weekend at Bernies
What Happened Yesterday? (Spain)
The Hangover | © Warner Bros
Lost in Tokyo (Spain)
Lost In Translation
Very Bad Trip 2 (France)
The Hangover: Part 2 | Warner Bros.
Die Slowly, Now More Than Ever (Germany)
Die Hard With A Vengeance | © 20th Century Fox
Vaseline (Argentina)
Grease
The Teeth of the Sea (France)
Jaws | Universal
Do Not Touch The Old Women (Italy)
The Producers
I’m Drunk and you’re a prostitute (Japan)
Leaving Las Vegas
Santa is a Pervert (Czech Republic)
Bad Santa
The Unbelievable Trip In A Wacky Aeroplane (Germany)
Airplane!
The Eighth Passenger Is Death (Hungary)
Alien | © 20th Century Fox
Dimwit Surges Forth (Thailand)
The Waterboy
Meetings and Failures in Meetings (Portugal)
Lost in Translation | © Focus Features/Momentum Pictures