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Famous Movies' French Titles Flashcards

This deck highlights the varying degrees to which major film titles have been translated in Francophone countries.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Twilight

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La Fascination

The noun fascination carries several meanings in French, including “infatuation.” Note that the Twilight series was also called Twilight in France, but that the first film in the franchise was called La Fascination.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride

In France, the title remained the same. In Quebec, however, it became La Princesse Bouton d’or, which literally means “The Golden Button Princess.” In French, Bouton d’or both refers to a yellow-gold color and to a flower of this color.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Star Wars

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La Guerre des étoiles

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Back to the Future

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Retour vers le futur

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Meet the Parents

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Mon beau-père et moi

Recall that the French word beau-père means “father-in-law.” In French Canada, the film’s title was translated to La belle-famille.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Jaws

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Les Dents de la mer

A rather significant departure from the original English title, the French title for the film Jaws translates as “Teeth of the Sea.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Home Alone

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Maman, j’ai raté l’avion

In English, the French title for Home Alone means “Mommy, I missed the plane,” which, of course, refers to the problem at the heart of the film.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Life of Pi

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L’Odysée de Pi

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Airplane!

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Y a-t-il un pilote dans l’avion?

Unlike their English equivalents, French movie titles are very often complete sentences. Thus, Airplane translated into French as “Is there a pilot on the plane?”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Bridesmaids

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Mes meilleures amies

In Quebec, the movie title was translated more literally: Demoiselles d’honneur.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Saving Private Ryan

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Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Ghostbusters

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S.O.S Fantômes

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Les Aventuriers de l’arche perdue

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

It’s a Wonderful Life

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La vie est belle

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Toy Story

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Toy Story

In Quebec the movie was called Histoire de jouets.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Slumdog Millionaire

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Slumdog Millionaire

Although the title to this film remained unchanged in France, it was changed in Quebec to Le Pouilleux millionnaire. Pouilleux can be used as both an adjective or a noun to describe a person in extreme poverty, roughly meaning “bum” or “hobo.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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Harry Potter à l’école des sorciers

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Scary Movie

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Scary Movie

In Quebec the film was called Film de peur.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

When Harry Met Sally

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Quand Harry rencontre Sally

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Sleepless in Seattle

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Nuits blanches à Seattle

The French term nuit blanche is used to refer to a “sleepless night.” In Quebec the movie was called La Magie du destin.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Roman Holiday

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Vacances romaines

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Wizard of Oz

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Le Magicien d’Oz

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Groundhog Day

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Un Jour sans fin

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

2001: A Space Odyssey

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2001, L’Odyssée de l’espace

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

A Clockwork Orange

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Orange mécanique

Note that the French word mécanique can be used as a noun and as an adjective, meaning both “mechanism” and “mechanical.” As a noun, mécanique also refers to the study of “mechanics.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Godfather

A

Le Parrain

In addition to meaning “godfather,” parrain can also more broadly mean “sponsor” or “supporter.” It is derived from the French verb parrainer, meaning “to sponsor.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Goodfellas

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Les Affranchis

The adjective affranchi literally means “freed” or “unfettered” and can be used in French to refer to someone who acts without regard to norms or expectations. It comes from the verb affranchir which means “to free” or “to liberate.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Twelve Angry Men

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Douze hommes en colère

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Du silence et des ombres

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Gone with the Wind

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Autant en emporte le vent

Autant en emporte le vent literally means “as much as the wind carries away.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Schindler’s List

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La Liste de Schindler

32
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Psycho

A

Psychose

While the English title Psycho refers to a troubled individual, the French title Psychose refers instead to the troubled mental state itself, roughly meaning “psychosis” or “hysteria” in English.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Some Like it Hot

A

Certains l’aiment chaud

34
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Grapes of Wrath

A

Les Raisins de la colère

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

A

Vol au-dessus d’un nid de coucou

The translation of this movie title into French is rather literal. The French noun nid means “nest,” and coucou refers to both the cuckoo bird and to the cuckoo clock. Note that coucou is also a colloquial French expression roughly meaning “Hey!” or “Hi there!”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï

37
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Sophie’s Choice

A

Le Choix de Sophie

38
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

A

Butch Cassidy et le Kid

39
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Sound of Music

A

La Mélodie du bonheur

40
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

A

Rencontres du troisième type

41
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Silence of the Lambs

A

Le Silence des Agneaux

42
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Amélie

A

Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain

The French noun destin can take several different translations in English, including “destiny,” “fortune,” and “prospect.” The phrase le fabuleux destin de is often translated as “the wonderful life of.”

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Brokeback Mountain

A

Le Secret de Brokeback Mountain

44
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Die Hard

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Piège de cristal

The title of Die Hard in French has nothing to do with the movie’s English title. Piège de cristal literally means “crystal trap.” However, note that the Die Hard franchise as a whole is referred to in French as Die Hard.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

No Country for Old Men

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Non, ce pays n’est pas pour le vieil homme

46
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Men in Black

A

Men in Black

Note that the film was called Hommes en noir in Quebec.

47
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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

Inception

A

Inception

The film was called Origine in Quebec.

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Provide the French movie title of the following film:

The Shawshank Redeption

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Les Évadés

The French word évadé refers to an “escapee” or, more specifically, to an “escaped prisoner.” Évadé is the past participle of the reflexive verb s’évader, which means “to get away” or “to slip out.”

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