30 Movie Title Translations From Other Countries That Sound Like A Totally Different Story

As long as it's slippery..

Truer words have never been spoken.

It sounds like the sitcom version of the show. “Next week on ‘Meth Dad’: Can Walter handle drug dealers, watching his kids for a day, AND his nosy neighbor? Find out on ‘Meth Dad’!”

Why? Falafel does not contain meat.

Polish: Glass Trap

The original title sounded too x-rated for Malaysia.

Czech title is on the money

I mean, it's not wrong.

Italian version: Try it, I dare you..

Spain: "Forget about me!"

Italian here, I really don’t understand why movie titles translators ALWAYS choose something so different (most of the time even in the meaning) from the original title

How did Italians react when they found out it wasn't a mafia movie?

I mean, this is basically the plot of the movie so it's not wrong..

Ok which movie was that..er those?

That sounds like something my ex-girlfriend would say.

In German it's Vergiss mein nicht! (Including the exclamation point) I remember going to see it at the cinema in Berlin when it came out and it took me ages to find the listing.

WHAT?!

Spoiler alert!

That’s a line from a very long poem by Alexander Pope (“Eloisa to Abelard”). It is quoted in the movie for goodness sake. Why would they not just use the correct translation of Pope’s own words? It is a reference to a mind that does not dwell upon problems of the past and which dissociates itself from any ingrained feelings, yielding true bliss, comparable to an “eternal sunshine.”

It's same in Czech

Sums it up nicely

Sounds like a catch phrase a power ranger would use..

Which explains the entire plot.

Works both ways, a Finnish film called girl you will be a star was translated to English as beauty and the beast :) the translator also changed a lot of what was said as apparently he didn't like the movie

The Spanish title is better

To be fair, they're both kinda crazy.

As much as I lol'ed at this, I prefer the original.

This sounds a bit condescending.

So...Arnie gave birth to the antichrist?

Was this the porn parody title?

France: Very bad trip (so the title is changed but it's still in English, not French)

"Powerful device" 😂

hhhhhaaahahaahah

ok?

poetic

yep , Black Friday shoppers

Germany too.

Polish: Shooting with laughter

ask the pie if hes a virgin

Well, more like "full on the nuts"

Well it kind of makes sense.

not bad after reading all other chinese titles

Sounds like the name of a painting in an art gallery.

Slovaks 'translated' this film to 'Let's Dance'. Up to this point I am still trying to understand why. My best guess is that there was a show with famous ppl dancing called 'Let's dance' and it was quite popular so they went with the same one..?? Possibly...

The actual German original title is "Das Doppelte Löttchen" - that's the name of the Erich Kästner's book. I suppose the translator either didn't know the source, or actually knew it and considered it very different.

Sexist claptrap... she does the same things as her male counterparts... just better. :D

That's quite the mouthful! "Zany Family" would have sufficed...

The title was literally lost in translation.

So I'm guessing the first one was "The Eighth Passenger"

China government really hate USA people.

Sounds like a sequel to Dude, where's my car.

YOLT!

This title is for the original '60s movie. This one has a better title: A joyful neo-Nazi comedy (Italy)

Makes sense. Not really a weird translation.

in greece "inspector callahan"

Spain: "Two clueless hounds"

Just throwing it out there: That cat in the hat looks horrifying.

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Hahaha... not true. It actually called "Žhavé výstřely" which is Hot shots.