These Aren't Nursery Rhymes
It can be hard to make up an original title, what with the millions of movies that have been made so far. Sometimes screenwriters need to recycle. The following movies all have titles that come from a nursery rhyme, but don't follow the story of the rhymes.
Which film has the most ironic use of such a title?
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- DirectorWilliam K. HowardSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroJeanette MacDonaldFrank MorganA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.from Hi Diddle Diddle - Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
- DirectorJohn FordStarsShirley TempleVictor McLaglenC. Aubrey SmithPriscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.from Wee Willie Winkie - Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneFriz FrelengStarsAdolphe MenjouMartha ScottPola NegriWhen the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.from Hi Diddle Diddle - Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.from Ten Little Soldier Boys - One little soldier boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsBroderick CrawfordJohn IrelandJoanne DruThe rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.from Humpty Dumpty - All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisMarilyn MaxwellConnie StevensA TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.from Rock-a-bye Baby - Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.from Pease Porridge Hot - Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsFrank SinatraLee J. CobbMolly PiconAfter leaving his parents' home, young Buddy Baker goes to live with his womanizing older brother in a posh Manhattan apartment where he learns how to be a partying playboy.from Little Boy Blue - Little boy blue, come blow your horn
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsKirk DouglasHenry FondaHume CronynA charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.from There Was a Crooked Man - There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsRock HudsonAngie DickinsonTelly SavalasCalifornia State Police Captain Sam Surcher investigates a string of teenage-girl murders at Oceanfront High School.from Mary, Mary Quite Contrary - With silver bells, and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.from Intery, Mintery, Cutery Corn - One flew east and one flew west, and one flew over the cuckoo's nest
- DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiStarsPeggy AshcroftJohn MillsRobin HoustonA naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.from Rock-a-bye Baby - When the wind blows the cradle will rock
- DirectorGarth MaxwellStarsAlexis ArquetteSarah Smuts-KennedyBruno LawrenceJack and Dora, abandoned by their parents as babies, are desperate to find each other after years of adoption. Jack's young life has been spent with a sadistic family. Dora, whose life has been somewhat better, has developed extra-sensory powers which tell her that Jack's in danger and drives her to search for him.from Jack Be Nimble - Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsHank AzariaRubén BladesJoan CusackA true story of politics and art in the 1930s U.S., focusing on a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.from Rock-a-bye Baby - When the wind blows the cradle will rock
- DirectorMartin CumminsStarsDarcy BelsherMartin CumminsFrançoise RobertsonCaught in the jagged downtown world of drugs, prostitutes and violence, three young artists lead tumultuous lives in desperate need of an overhaul. Relationships stumble as careers take flight. Support and friendship and slip into betrayal. For some, there is redemption. For others, death. The comedic, the pathetic, the talented and the ruined all walk the same raw streets in this gritty, sensitive and funny story of survival.From Ring-a-Round the Rosies - Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down.
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsMorgan FreemanMichael WincottMonica PotterWhen a senator's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.from Little Miss Muffet - Along came a spider, who sat down beside her
- DirectorMatthew NewtonStarsEwen LeslieToby SchmitzMatthew NewtonThree young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancée and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry just loves playing cards. Throughout the night the boys lose each other, find themselves, and along the way discover courage, friendship and redemption.from Three Blind Mice - Three blind mice, see how they run
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerKatie HolmesAl PacinoFamily guy, Jack Sadelstein, prepares for the annual event he always dreads--the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy, and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.from Jack and Jill - Jack and Jill went up the hill
- DirectorJon CassarStarsMorris ChestnutRegina HallRomany MalcoA surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.from Rock-a-bye Baby - When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley HollowayIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.from London Bridge - London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady