Very different films with the same name

The rules on naming films are surprisingly vague. Apparently, no one can copyright a film name (even trade marking is tricky), so as long as you’re not breaching copyright by nicking another movie’s storyline, you can call it what you like.

The result is some truly bizarre cases of mistaken identity at your local Blockbusters. Anyone who meant to rent earnest race drama ‘Crash’, but accidently got the filthy Cronenberg car sex flick instead, ... more 

The rules on naming films are surprisingly vague. Apparently, no one can copyright a film name (even trade marking is tricky), so as long as you’re not breaching copyright by nicking another movie’s storyline, you can call it what you like.

The result is some truly bizarre cases of mistaken identity at your local Blockbusters. Anyone who meant to rent earnest race drama ‘Crash’, but accidently got the filthy Cronenberg car sex flick instead, will know what we mean.
Here are a number of films with identical titles, yet very different plots... less