With hundreds of thousands of films in cinematic history, there are numerous ways to catalog the best of the best — by genre, director, actor, era, etc. As fans of the succinct, we decided to put together a list of the best films that manage to keep their titles down to a single word. Not even an article has a place on this list (sorry The Godfather). So, using IMDB's rating system, here are the best movies with one-word titles.
Movie: Up
Year: 2009
Director: Pete Docter
Stars: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
Iconic Scene: The first five minutes of Upare arguable the most talked about. The emotional journey of life, love, and death as seen through a dialogue-less montage of Carl and Ellie's relationship leaves you reaching
Movie: Heat
Year: 1995
Director: Michael Mann
Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Iconic Scene: While the plot of Heat revolves around action-packed heists, it's the acting that's most memorable, particularly the diner scene when two legends, Pacino and De Niro, share the big screen for the first time ever.
Movie: Unforgiven
Year: 1992
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Richard Harris
Iconic Scene: Eastwood's return to the cowboy genre that launched his career was much darker than his previous spaghetti westerns, but he still managed to pull off amazingly badass speeches, like this one
Movie: Snatch
Year: 2000
Director: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Statham
Iconic Scene: Pitt steals the show in this ensemble gangster comedy, especially when heK.O.s a dude twice his size.
Movie: Amadeus
Year: 1984
Director: Milos Forman
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Thomas Hulce
Iconic Scene: The ongoing push and pull of envy and appreciation Salleri has for the prodigy that is Mozart drives much of Amadeus, and Salleri's first glimpse at the legendary composer's genius is as compelling as it gets.
Movie: Oldboy
Year: 2003
Director: Park Chan-wook
Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae
Iconic Scene: The brutal yet poetic tale of revenge set a new bar for stylized violence, particularly in this epic side-scrolling battle scene when Oh Dae-su (Min-sik) uses a hammer to take down dozens of henchman.
Movie: Rashomon
Year: 1950
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Stars: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Iconic Scene: After the entire film shakes one's faith in humanity, the finale reveals that hope is not lost when the Woodcutter takes on the responsibilities of raising an abandoned baby.
Movie: Gladiator
Year: 2000
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
Iconic Scene: "Are you not entertained?!" Arguably the most memorable line fromGladiator and one that still gets referenced with regularity.
Movie: Chinatown
Year: 1974
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Iconic Scene: Nicholson and Dunaway's "I said I want the truth" confrontation will go down in history as one of the most intense scenes of '70s cinema, performed by two acting legends at the top of their games.
Movie: Amelie
Year: 2001
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
Iconic Scene: The romance and charm ofAmelie both as a character and a film is perhaps best captured in the brief but moving description of Amelie's favorite pleasures.
Movie: Alien
Year: 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Iconic Scene: Film fans were blown away with Alien's "chestburster" scene. The realisitc and graphic special effects that Scott brought to hard sci-fi set a precedent for all alien movies to came after it.
Movie: Aliens
Year: 1986
Director: James Cameron
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser
Iconic Scene: The Alien queen meets her match when Ripley uses an exosuit cargo-loader to kick ass and send queeny into the nether regions of space.
Movie: Vertigo
Year: 1958
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak
Iconic Scene: In a beautifully framed shot beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, both the audience and Scottie (Stewart) were in for a surprise when Madeleine (Novak) tried to end it all by drowning herself in the bay.
Movie: Goodfellas
Year: 1991
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Ray Liota, Robert De Niro, Joe PesciIconic Scene: With all the crime and violence in Goodfellas, it's the moments of levity that balance the gangster flick and make the brutality even more alarming. Case in point: the "funny how?" scene.
Movie: Psycho
Year: 1960
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh
Iconic Scene: You don't need to say much more than "the shower scene" for people to know exactly what movie you're talking about. The suspense and terror Hitchcock created with simple shadows and cut-aways
Movie: Casablanca
Year: 1942
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Iconic Scene: There are a myriad of lines fromCasablanca that will live on forever in pop culture. Bogart's final speech to Bergman has about a dozen.
Movie: Inception
Year: 2010
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Ellen Page
Iconic Scene: As IMDB's #1 rated film (with a one-word title, of course), it's hard to choose just one impactful scene, but watching Page play architect for the first
Year: 2009
Director: Pete Docter
Stars: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
Iconic Scene: The first five minutes of Upare arguable the most talked about. The emotional journey of life, love, and death as seen through a dialogue-less montage of Carl and Ellie's relationship leaves you reaching
Year: 1995
Director: Michael Mann
Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Iconic Scene: While the plot of Heat revolves around action-packed heists, it's the acting that's most memorable, particularly the diner scene when two legends, Pacino and De Niro, share the big screen for the first time ever.
Year: 1992
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Richard Harris
Iconic Scene: Eastwood's return to the cowboy genre that launched his career was much darker than his previous spaghetti westerns, but he still managed to pull off amazingly badass speeches, like this one
Movie: Snatch
Year: 2000
Director: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Statham
Iconic Scene: Pitt steals the show in this ensemble gangster comedy, especially when heK.O.s a dude twice his size.
Movie: Metropolis
Year: 1927
Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm,
Iconic Scene: Metropolis has left an indelible mark on movie history. Just watch the scene ofMaria's transformation and you'll realize just how much the silent film informs so much of cinema, particularly sci-fi and fantasy.
Year: 1927
Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm,
Iconic Scene: Metropolis has left an indelible mark on movie history. Just watch the scene ofMaria's transformation and you'll realize just how much the silent film informs so much of cinema, particularly sci-fi and fantasy.
Year: 1984
Director: Milos Forman
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Thomas Hulce
Iconic Scene: The ongoing push and pull of envy and appreciation Salleri has for the prodigy that is Mozart drives much of Amadeus, and Salleri's first glimpse at the legendary composer's genius is as compelling as it gets.
Year: 2003
Director: Park Chan-wook
Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae
Iconic Scene: The brutal yet poetic tale of revenge set a new bar for stylized violence, particularly in this epic side-scrolling battle scene when Oh Dae-su (Min-sik) uses a hammer to take down dozens of henchman.
Year: 1950
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Stars: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Iconic Scene: After the entire film shakes one's faith in humanity, the finale reveals that hope is not lost when the Woodcutter takes on the responsibilities of raising an abandoned baby.
Movie: Braveheart
Year: 1995
Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Brendan Gleeson
Iconic Scene: It doesn't get much more motivational than William Wallace's battlefield speech: "They may take our lives, but they'll never take OUR FREEDOM!"
Year: 1995
Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Brendan Gleeson
Iconic Scene: It doesn't get much more motivational than William Wallace's battlefield speech: "They may take our lives, but they'll never take OUR FREEDOM!"
Year: 2000
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
Iconic Scene: "Are you not entertained?!" Arguably the most memorable line fromGladiator and one that still gets referenced with regularity.
Year: 1974
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Iconic Scene: Nicholson and Dunaway's "I said I want the truth" confrontation will go down in history as one of the most intense scenes of '70s cinema, performed by two acting legends at the top of their games.
Year: 2001
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
Iconic Scene: The romance and charm ofAmelie both as a character and a film is perhaps best captured in the brief but moving description of Amelie's favorite pleasures.
Movie: Memento
Year: 2000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Iconic Scene: The whole twisted narrative structure of Memento is one big mind-bender, but it all comes together in one understated,superbly crafted climax.
Year: 2000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Iconic Scene: The whole twisted narrative structure of Memento is one big mind-bender, but it all comes together in one understated,superbly crafted climax.
Year: 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Iconic Scene: Film fans were blown away with Alien's "chestburster" scene. The realisitc and graphic special effects that Scott brought to hard sci-fi set a precedent for all alien movies to came after it.
Year: 1986
Director: James Cameron
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser
Iconic Scene: The Alien queen meets her match when Ripley uses an exosuit cargo-loader to kick ass and send queeny into the nether regions of space.
Year: 1958
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak
Iconic Scene: In a beautifully framed shot beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, both the audience and Scottie (Stewart) were in for a surprise when Madeleine (Novak) tried to end it all by drowning herself in the bay.
Movie: Seven
Year: 1995
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Iconic Scene: Fincher's dark, haunting images of violence throughout Seven leave a lasting impression, but the tension and twist of the film's finale stands out above the rest, especially when you find out what's in the
Year: 1995
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Iconic Scene: Fincher's dark, haunting images of violence throughout Seven leave a lasting impression, but the tension and twist of the film's finale stands out above the rest, especially when you find out what's in the
Year: 1991
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Ray Liota, Robert De Niro, Joe PesciIconic Scene: With all the crime and violence in Goodfellas, it's the moments of levity that balance the gangster flick and make the brutality even more alarming. Case in point: the "funny how?" scene.
Year: 1960
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh
Iconic Scene: You don't need to say much more than "the shower scene" for people to know exactly what movie you're talking about. The suspense and terror Hitchcock created with simple shadows and cut-aways
Year: 1942
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Iconic Scene: There are a myriad of lines fromCasablanca that will live on forever in pop culture. Bogart's final speech to Bergman has about a dozen.
Year: 2010
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Ellen Page
Iconic Scene: As IMDB's #1 rated film (with a one-word title, of course), it's hard to choose just one impactful scene, but watching Page play architect for the first
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