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Films Named After Songs

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524

7.3

1. The Crying Game (1992)

Singer/Band: Dave Berry

l8t3r's rating:

2096

7.8

8.1

2. Stand by Me (1986)

Singer/Band: Ben E. King

l8t3r's rating:

4292

6.1

3. American Pie (1999)

Singer/Band: Don McLean

230

6.2

4. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)

Singer/Band: Percy Sledge

1268

5.8

5.9

5. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Singer/Band: Lynard Skynard

3504

6.6

6.8

6. Pretty Woman (1990)

Singer/Band: Roy Orbison

839

6.8

6.6

7. Pretty in Pink (1986)

Singer/Band: Psychedelic Furs

l8t3r's rating:

848

7.4

7.6

8. La Vie en Rose (2007)

Singer/Band: Edith Piaf

l8t3r's rating:

1737

7.8

9. Blue Velvet (1986)

Singer/Band: Bobby Vinton

l8t3r's rating:

297

6.7

6.9

10. The Air I Breathe (2007)

Singer/Band: The Hollies

1405

7.2

7.5

11. Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Singer/Band: The Cure

l8t3r's rating:

320

5.7

5.9

12. Addicted to Love (1997)

Singer/Band: Robert Palmer

l8t3r's rating:

440

6.2

6.4

13. Morning Glory (2010)

Singer/Band: Oasis

272

6.4

6.6

14. La Bamba (1987)

Singer/Band: Ritchie Valens

1788

6.2

6.7

15. Bad Boys (1995)

Singer/Band: Inner Circle

l8t3r's rating:

840

4.8

5.8

16. Stuck on You (2003)

Singer/Band: Elvis Prestley

973

5.4

5.7

17. What a Girl Wants (2003)

Singer/Band: Christina Aguilera

2533

7.4

7.8

18. Walk the Line (2005)

Singer/Band: Johnny Cash

863

5.1

4.8

19. The Sweetest Thing (2002)

Singer/Band: U2

109

6.9

20. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Singer/Band: Tina Turner

142

7.1

7.3

21. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Singer/Band: Loretta Lynn

1164

6.5

6.7

22. Just Like Heaven (2005)

Singer/Band: The Cure

7.2

6.9

23. An Englishman in New York (2009)

Singer/Band: Sting

In order to make the list a film's title must be named after a song years prior. This doesn't include songs written for the film (e.g. Beauty & the Beast) or songs made after the film's release (e.g. Breakfast at Tiffany's).

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Comments

Leo

Posted: 3 months ago at Feb 15 23:14

Here are others:

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1985) - Cyndi Lauper
"Can't Buy Me Love" (1987) - The Beatles
"Pump Up the Volume" (1990) - M/A/R/R/S
"Something to Talk About" (1995) - Bonnie Raitt
"Can't Hardly Wait" (1998) - The Replacements
"Simply Irresistible" (1999) - Robert Palmer
"Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2003) - Jennifer Lopez
"Take Me Home Tonight" (2011) - Eddie Money