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6642

8.3

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Ok, it's already weird, but it's a verse of "Eloisa to Abelard" by Alexander Pope. I guess the Italian translation of this poetry was too "cultural", so they chose a simple (and horrible) title explaining the plot:

Se mi lasci ti cancello

If you leave me I erase you

5.2

Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)

No comment.

Se ti investo mi sposi?

If I run you over will you marry me?

1830

5.3

5.6

Runaway Bride (1999)

Se scappi ti sposo

If you run away I marry you

4.7

My Faraway Bride (2006)

Se scappi ti trovo

If you run away I find you

5.5

5.8

Time Share (2000)

Se cucini ti sposo

If you cook I marry you

7.7

6.5

Honky Tonk (1941)

Mmh... I don't know if men would like this one...

Se mi vuoi sposami

If you want me marry me

128

4.5

5.3

Picture This (2008)

Se mi guardi mi sciolgo

If you look at me I melt

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It's all about love

Some words are more attractive than others. And the most attractive word is surely "love"

1314

6.9

7.1

The Time Traveler's Wife

This is one of the worst title translations. It gives the wrong idea of two people meeting by chance and fall in love, while the most important thing in this story is time circularity.

Un amore all'improvviso

A love on a sudden

414

5.7

6.1

Larry Crowne (2011)

I think they liked the title above so much to copy it for a new movie. In fact, they only changed the article from indefinite to definite. This is pathetic.

L'amore all'improvviso

The love on a sudden

2910

7.5

7.8

Walk the Line (2005)

I don't like this. They didn't care at all about Cash song "I walk the line" and its meaning, and chose:

Quando l'amore brucia l'anima

When love burns your soul

641

5.8

5.6

When in Rome (2010)

La fontana dell'amore

The love fountain

1489

5.8

6.2

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Tutta colpa dell'amore

It's all love's fault

6.7

Wedding Wars (2006)

Amore in sciopero

Love on strike

1356

4.8

5.4

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Un amore a 5 stelle

A 5-star Love

301

5.6

Leatherheads (2008)

In amore niente regole

No rules in love

200

5.9

6.2

Noel (2004)

Un amore sotto l'albero

A love under the (Christmas) tree

1201

6.4

6.8

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Un amore tutto suo

A love that's all her

140

One True Thing (1998)

La voce dell'amore

Love's voice

1329

5.6

5.7

Valentine's Day (2010)

Appuntamento con l'amore

Date with Love

738

5.7

6.2

Fever Pitch (2005)

L'amore in gioco

Love into play

5.5

5.4

My Boyfriend's Back (1993)

Fantasma per amore

Ghost for love

125

5.2

5.5

Bee Season (2005)

Parole d'amore

Love words

346

6.5

6.8

Frankie and Johnny (1991)

Paura d'amare

Afraid to love

5.4

6.1

Hanover Street (1979)

Una strada, un amore

One street, one love

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Don't!

1940

7.4

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Just a warning...

Non aprite quella porta

Don't open that door

273

5.7

5.4

Prom Night (1980)

Non entrate in quella casa

Don't enter that house

485

6.4

6.8

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Don't worry if it doesn't make any sense in English.
It doesn't in Italian too.

Non guardarmi: non ti sento

Don't look at me: I can't hear you

5.3

O.C. and Stiggs (1985)

Non giocate con il catcus

Don't play with the cactus

Note: in Italian, cactus is used sometimes as a euphemism for a certain part of a man's body...

128

5.9

5.5

City Heat (1984)

Per piacere... non salvarmi più la vita

Please... don't save my life anymore

638

7.3

7.5

The Producers (1967)

Per favore, non toccate le vecchiette

Please, don't touch the old ladies

6.7

Breakheart Pass (1975)

Io non credo a nessuno

I don't believe in anybody

6.7

6.4

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

Non rubare... se non è strettamente necessario

Don't steal... if it's not strictly necessary

508

5.8

5.7

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

Non violentate Jennifer

Don't rape Jennifer

6.8

The Honeymoon Machine

Per favore non toccate le palline

Please don't touch the little balls

1825

6.6

7.1

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Non mi scaricare

Don't dump me

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Family portraits

6845

6.7

7.7

Home Alone (1990)

Mamma, ho perso l'aereo

Mom, I missed the plane

1809

4.1

4.4

Home Alone 3 (1997)

Mamma, ho preso il morbillo

Mom, I got the measles

6.7

6.3

The Daydreamer (1970)

French original title: Le distrait

Che carriera che si fa con l'aiuto di mammà!

What a career advancing with mom's help!

6.8

5.8

A Slightly Pregnant Man

French original title: L'événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune
(the most important event since man walked on the moon)

Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto

Nothing serious, your husband is pregnant

6.4

6.2

Author! Author! (1982)

Papà, sei una frana!

Dad, you're hopeless!

2271

7.3

7.7

Road to Perdition (2002)

Era mio padre

He was my father

135

6.8

7.2

Avanti! (1972)

Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre?

What happened between my father and your mother?

186

7.1

7.7

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Ma papà ti manda sola?

But your daddy send you alone?

256

5.3

Fathers' Day (1997)

Due padri di troppo

Two fathers too many

6.4

5.4

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)

Il mondo è pieno di papà

The world is full of dads

683

7.3

7.1

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Quando la moglie è in vacanza

When the wife is on vacation

739

7.3

The Crying Game (1993)

La moglie del soldato

The soldier's wife

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The more the merrier

727

5.9

6.1

The Switch (2010)

Due cuori e una provetta

Two hearts and a test-tube

7.2

7.1

Go West (1925)

Io e la vacca

Me and the cow

Note: in Italian "vacca" also means "wh*re"

2205

5.2

5.5

Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Fatti, strafatti e strafighe

(People) Got high, superhigh and superpus**es

Note: I hope my translation is not too vulgar but it's literal

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Title translations may be necessary in some cases, but sometimes I wonder what the hell went on translator's mind making such horrible and ridiculos choices.
These are Italian titles.
Note: some translations in English are literal, so they could make no much sense.

This one is divided into sections:
- If...
- It's all about love
- Family portraits
- Don't!
- The more the merrier
- Casting a shadow