American Blog Post

Happy 4th of July!!

We thought we’d use this most American of holidays to highlight one of the most annoyingly American of trends: using the word American as the first word in a movie title. Enough already! Here’s an American Rant for you.

We get it! We’re proud to be Americans! We like American things!

Fine! It’s an easy way to pander to patriotic morons who, perhaps, don’t want to see a movie about a ninja. Too Asian-sounding. But, an American Ninja?! Well, HEE-HAW!!

We totally understand! American Prefix is good marketing, but seriously: enough already. I’ve started to wretch whenever I learn of another such film. Check this out — I just did a query through the films in Criticker’s database:

American Chart!

So to celebrate the 4th, we’ve compiled a full list of films with the word American in their titles. Feel free to scroll through, but we will not be held liable should your head explode:

American , The	American Adobo	American Anthem
American Astronaut, The	American Beauty	American Blackout
American Blend	American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince	American Buffalo
American Cannibal	American Chai	American Crime, An
American Crude	American Desi	American Dream
American Dreamz	American Flyers	American Fork
American Friend, The	American Gangster	American Gigolo
American Graffiti	American Gun	American Gun
American Hardcore	American Haunting, An	American Heart
American History X	American in Paris, An	American Jedi
American Madness	American Me	American Meth
American Movie	American Nightmare, The	American Ninja
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation	American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt	American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
American Ninja V	American Outlaws	American Pastime
American Pie	American Pie 2	American Pie 5: The Naked Mile
American Pie Presents Band Camp	American Pie Presents: Beta House	American Pimp
American Pop	American President, The	American Psycho
American Psycho II: All American Girl	American Rhapsody, An	American Ruling Class, The
American Soldier, The	American Splendor	American Strays
American Tail, An	American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An	American Teen
American Tragedy, An	American Vampire Story, An	American Wedding
American Werewolf in London, An	American Werewolf in Paris, An	American Yakuza
American Zeitgeist	Americanization of Emily, The	Americano
Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American	Confessions of an American Girl	Decline of the American Empire, The
End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, The	Everybody's All-American	Geronimo: An American Legend
Great American Chase, The	Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters, The	Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
How to Make an American Quilt	Italianamerican	James Ellroy: American Dog
Jim Brown: All American	Just an American Boy	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Last American Hero, The	Last American Virgin, The	Letter: An American Town and the "Somali Invasion," The
Life of an American Fireman	More American Graffiti	My American Uncle
My Fellow Americans	Pan-American Exposition by Night	Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A
Price of the American Dream, The	Quiet American, The	Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
The Beat Generation: An American Dream	Wet Hot American Summer

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1 Brutal
Jul 4th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

I’ve seen plenty of films with the word “Brazilian” in the title..
2 K
Jul 5th, 2008 at 1:32 am

This is incorrect. Because “Chinese” is not even in there and I can at least name 10 of them right now.
1) Chinese Connection
2) Chinese Ghost Story
3) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4) Chinese Odyssey 2002
5) Chinese Hero
6) Chinese Tall Story
7) Chinese Vampire Story Chinese Torture Chamber
9) Chinese Feast
10) Intimate Confession of a Chinese Courtesean

Therefore this list is wrong.
3 mpowell
Jul 5th, 2008 at 8:55 am

Well, the list isn’t wrong … we never said that ALL countries were included. But you’re right that “Chinese” is a pretty egregious omission. I just checked, and we have 12 films with that nationality in the title, placing it in 2nd place — but still FAR behind “America”.

Are there any other countries people are curious about?
4 elos gallo
Jul 5th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

The Boys of Brazil
Brazil
Bye Bye Brazil
The Bandit of Brazil
Brazil 2000
Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil
Far From Brazil
As well as 30 other films.
5 mpowell
Jul 5th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Hi Elos!
Thanks, but our chart was a search through Criticker’s database for nationalities (American, Brazilian), not nations (America, Brazil). And we’re not saying that there are absolutely no films with the word “Brazilian” in existence. Just that there weren’t any in Criticker’s database of over 20000 films from around the world.

But thanks for the list… pretty interesting!
6 Phil
Jul 6th, 2008 at 5:52 am

my favorite part of this post is that you made thumbnails for all those movies. Amaze!
7 ubidubi
Jul 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

Americans are terrifically insecure and insular. I know what you are thinking, but its true never the less. Seeing the word American everywhere makes them feel safe and secure, like Linus and his blanket. Cut them some slack, poor buggers.
8 Lolzer
Jul 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

America may be in their titles but foreign emigrants mostly made them. Gasbag.