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This is a list of movie titles that are the surnames of people, whether real or fictional.

It includes films made in any country that primarily uses a European language, but excludes most Bollywood, Indian, Sri Lankan, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Japanese and Korean films.

The list does NOT claim to be complete.

Eligibility

The title must be the surname of a person who had a distinct surname and one or more distinct given names. Not all surnames are single words, e.g. Cyrano de Bergerac, La Fayette, Cabeza de Vaca.

Pairs of surnames are acceptable, as long as both are surnames only and are separated by a minimal conjuction such as “and”, “&”, “or”, “vs.”, e.g, Lewis and Clark, Burke and Wills, Dahner vs. Gacy. But titles such as Edison, Marconi & Co go too far.

Plural surnames are acceptable, e.g. The Joneses, The Karamazovs (but not The Brothers Karamazov). Combinations of plural surnames are also OK, e.g. The Hatfields and the McCoys.

Film titles that include titles such as Mr, Mrs, Miss, Madame, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Uncle, Auntie, Cardinal, Queen, King, Emperor, Lord, Lady, Sergeant, Captain, Colonel, General, Doctor, Professor, Agent etc, are in a separate list. This includes hybrid cases such as McCabe & Mrs Miller.

Excluded:

  • People with regnal names, e.g. Macbeth, Henry V, Elizabeth I, John Paul II, Napoleon (but Bonaparte is OK)
  • People known by one name, e.g. Biblical characters, people from antiquity, Faust, Ivanhoe, Paracelsus, Confucius, Nostradamus, Farinelli
  • People with no clear surname. e.g. Joan of Arc, Robin Hood
  • Given names used as if they were surnames, e.g. Rembrandt (van Rijn), Galileo (Galilei), Michelangelo (Buonarrotti)
  • Titled persons whose titles do not reflect their personal surname, e.g. The Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), The Count of Monte Cristo (Edmond Dantès)
  • Adopted but obviously not intended to be regarded as proper surnames, e.g. Captain America, Soeur Sourire
  • Abbreviations of surnames, e.g. Hutch, Kotch
  • Human surnames given to pets, computer systems, etc, e.g. Beethoven (film) is about a dog, not the composer, and thus “Beethoven” in this case is not a surname.
  • Cases such as The Dolly Sisters, The Blues Brothers, Steptoe and Son, The Winslow Boy, The Ex-Mrs Bradford, The Second Mrs Tanqueray
  • Borderline cases can be included, e.g. patronymic surnames such as Ben-Hur.

List of titles – SURNAME(S) ONLY

List of titles – TITLE + SURNAME(S)

SOME EXCLUDED FILMS

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