Film Language Tag: superimposed titles
Titles (text) that appear over a still or moving background image. Titles that appear over a solid color background (such as black) are not considered superimposed.
"Another Day of Sun" (Opening Sequence), La La Land
Stuck in traffic, bored drivers in Los Angeles break out into song and dance. After, Seb (Ryan Gosling) has a fit of road rage at Mia (Emma Stone).
6 Months Later, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) fly back to LA from Italy.
A Credit to Your Race, Watermelon Man
Jeff (Godfrey Cambridge) is set to work as a black salesman working with black customers.
Angry Inch Song, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) and her band perform "Angry Inch" in a restaraunt in Baltimore.
Ashen, Pale, and Alone, Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo's (Corinne Marchand) music team Bob (Michel Legrand) and Maurice (Serge Korber) drop by and they practice new songs together.
Assembling the Heist Crew Pt. 1 , Ocean's Eleven
Ocean (George Clooney) and Rusty (Brad Pitt) gather the crew: Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), Virgil Malloy (Casey Affleck), Turk Malloy (Scott Caan), Livingston Dell (Eddie Jemison), Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), and Yen (Qin Shaobo).
Auto Focus Opening Title Sequence, Auto Focus
A retro title sequence superimposing opening credits onto animated images and stills from the cast.
Benny's Farewell, City of God
Blacky (Rubens Sabino), in an attempt to kill Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino), kills Benny (Phellipe Haagensen) at his farewell party.
Big Dealer Man, Coffy
Coffy (Pam Grier) goes over to the Dealer Man's (Morris Buchanan) apartment.
Cigarette Dipped in Acid, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie), Abigail Folger (Samantha Robinson), and Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) all settle down at home.
Cléo and Antoine, Cléo from 5 to 7
At a park, Cléo (Corinne Marchand) meets Antoine (Antoine Bourseiller), a solider who is on leave from the Algerian War for only one more night.
Closing Sequence, The Red Ball Express
The men of the Red Ball Express successfully supply the tanks, and proceed to head back to HQ.
Closing Sequence, Sergeant Rutledge
Mr. Hubble (Fred Libby) confesses to the crimes, proving Sergeant Rutledge's (Woody Strode) innocence. Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) converses with Miss Beecher (Constance Towers) outside the courtroom.
Closing Sequence, Oldboy
Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung) finds Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) passed out in the snow. She tells him she loves him.
Closing Sequence, Taxi Driver
Travis (Robert De Niro) gives Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) one last ride.
Closing Sequence, Easy Rider
After successfully smuggling cocaine across the US, Wyatt (Peter Fonda) tells Billy (Dennis Hopper) they "blew it." Then, back on the road, two drivers shoot both motorcycle riders.
Closing Sequence, Faces
Richard (John Marley) yells at Maria (Lynn Carlin) for having a man over.
Closing Sequence, On the Waterfront
Despite Edie's (Eva Marie Saint) efforts to convince him not to, Terry (Marlon Brando) goes to confront union leader, Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb).
Closing Sequence, Unforgiven
After learning of Ned's death, Will (Clint Eastwood) goes on a killing spree.
Closing Sequence, The Battle of Algiers
Epilogue describing the uprising two years following the film's events.
Closing Sequence, The 400 Blows
After his mother visits, Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) escapes the reform school during a soccer match.
Closing Sequence, All About My Mother
Lola (Toni Canto) meets the third Esteban and talks with Manuela (Cecilia Roth) about the second. As Huma (Marisa Paredes) and Mario (Carlos Lozano) practice Federico Garcia Lorca's "Blood Wedding," Manuela leaves Barcelona again. Two years later, Manuela returns to Barcelona with the Third Esteban to attend a conference on AIDS.
Closing Sequence and Credits, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) talks to his neighbor Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha).
Closing Sequence and Epilogue, Boyz n the Hood
Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Doughboy (Ice Cube) have a heartfelt conversation.
Concerning Hobbits (Opening Sequence Part 2), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm), narrates life in the Shire as he works on his book. His nephew, Frodo (Elijah Wood), talks with the wizard, Gandalf (Ian McKellen).
Damned Sunglasses!, Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo (Corinne Marchand) and Dorothée (Dorothée Blank) visit Dorothée's boyfriend Raoul (Raymond Cauchetier) at the movie theater where he walks. He lets them watch a short from the projection booth.
Death Proof Opening Title Sequence, Death Proof
A list of opening credits superimposed upon fast editing of some of the protagonists the antagonist's car.
Django Unchained Opening Title Sequence, Django Unchained
Much like the Italian original, a list of superimposed titles over the protagonist's journey through the landscape.
Do You Love Me?, A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel (Gena Rowlands) and Nick (Peter Falk) clean up after the messy night.
Dr. Strangelove Opening Title Sequence, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A list of handwritten opening titles over the refueling of an important plane.
Falling Chandelier, The Phantom of the Opera
While Carlotta (Virginia Pearson) is on stage, terrible things begin to happen.
Far From Heaven Opening Title Sequence, Far from Heaven
A list of superimposed titles following the protagonist's car's journey back to her house.
Fatty Killed Someone, Yi Yi
Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee) learns that Fatty (Pang Chang Yu) killed someone.
Final Day of the Strike, The Battle of Algiers
On the last day of the strike, French paratroopers roam through the streets, attacking Algerians.
Goodbye, The Godfather Part II
After finding the bodies of the men who tried to kill him, Michael (Al Pacino) says goodbye to his son, Anthony (James Gounaris).
H.W. Grows Up, There Will Be Blood
Daniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) and H.W. (Dillon Freasier and Russell Harvard) live in California as time passes.
High Noon Opening Title Sequence, High Noon
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the gang arriving to town. Popularized the theme song, especially among westerns.
Hugo Stiglitz, Inglourious Basterds
Introduction to the character Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger).
Jerry Maguire Opening Title Sequence, Jerry Maguire
A list of opening credits superimposed upon a montage of the protagonist's work experience.
José and Cléo, Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo's (Corinne Marchand) lover José (José Luis de Vilallonga) visits her in her apartment.
Julie's Birthday, The Worst Person in the World
Julie (Renate Reinsve) celebrates her 30th birthday with her mom (Marianne Krogh), grandmother (Thea Stabell), and partner Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie).
Just Be a Rock, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joy (Stephanie Hsu) and Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh) have a conversation in the rock universe.
Li'l Ze's Backstory, City of God
Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino) begins killing people as a child, and he is given protection in his adulthood in a Candomblé ceremony.
Limo Duet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Tommy (Michael Pitt) picks up Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) in a limo.
Lolita Opening Title Sequence, Lolita
A list of superimposed opening credits while the title character gets a pedicure from the protagonist.
Monkey Business Opening Title Sequence, Monkey Business
A list of superimposed opening credits interrupted by the protagonist multiple times.
Monstro Elisasue Performance, The Substance
Monstro Elisasue (Margaret Qualley) performs for a crowd, but chaos ensues.
North by Northwest Opening Title Sequence, North by Northwest
A list of opening credits over vector-like imagery dissolved into the real world.
Oldboy Opening Title Sequence, Oldboy
A ticking list of opening titles superimposed upon the protagonist's kidnapping.
Omaha Beach Invasion, Saving Private Ryan
US soldiers arrive on the German-occupied Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Captain John Miller of the 2nd Ranger Battalion (Tom Hanks) leads surviving men to the sea wall to attack the German forces.
One Is the Loneliest Number, Magnolia
Establishing various lives across the San Fernando Valley.
Opening Credits, Drive
The opening credits roll as Driver (Ryan Gosling) drives through Los Angeles.
Opening Credits and Sequence, Ran
After a successful boar hunt, Lords Ayabe (Jun Tazaki) and Fujimaki (Hitoshi Ueki) each hope to arrange marriages between their daughters and Lord Hidetora Ichimonji's (Tatsuya Nakadai) son, Saburo (Daisuke Ryu).
Opening Credits and Sequence, Unforgiven
At Greely's Saloon and Brothel in Big Whiskey Wyoming, two men, Quick Mike (David Mucci) and Davey Bunting (Rob Campbell), cut the face of Delilah, a prostitute (Anna Thomson). The Town Sheriff, Little Bill (Gene Hackman), lets the perpetrators off easy. Taking justice into their own hands, Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher) and the other prostitutes place a bounty on their heads.
Opening Credits and Sequence, Persepolis
Instead of boarding her flight to Tehran, Marjane ("Marji") (Chiara Mastroianni) reflects on her youth in Iran. Living with her mom (Catherine Deneuve), dad (Simon Abkarian), and grandmother (Danielle Darrieux), young Marji (Gabrielle Lopes) witnesses the start of the Iranian Revolution.
Opening Sequence, The Hunger
Miriam Blaylock (Catherine Deneuve) and John (David Bowie) invite a young couple from the nightclub to their home.
Opening Sequence, The Living End
Jon (Craig Gilmore) gets a diagnosis at the doctor's office
Opening Sequence, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) finishes his shift at the auto garage.
Opening Sequence, The Godfather Part II
As a boy, Vito Andolini (Oreste Baldini) is run out of his hometown, Corleone, Italy, and immigrates to the United States by himself.
Opening Sequence, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
In the Sonoran Desert, a group of researchers discover Flight 19, a group of World War Two fighter planes that went missing over the Bermuda Triangle.
Opening Sequence, Oldboy
Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) saves a man (Oh Dal-su) from committing suicide. Dae-su begins to tell this man the story of how he was kidnapped 15 years ago.
Opening Sequence, The Birds
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pretends to work at a bird shop to impress Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) who is looking for a couple of love birds.
Opening Sequence, Pink Flamingos
Edie (Edith Massey) begs Divine (Divine) to get her some eggs.
Opening Sequence, Taxi Driver
Opening credits and establishes New York City setting through neo-noir filming techniques
Opening Sequence, The Red Shoes
Student composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) attends the ballet that his professor scored, only to realize that his professor plagiarized his work.
Opening Sequence, Yi Yi
The family has gathered for Ah-Di's (Hsi-Sheng Chen) wedding.
Opening Sequence, A Woman Under the Influence
Opening credits and Nick's workplace.
Opening Sequence, The Sound of Music
Maria (Julie Andrews) sings "The Sound of Music," and the opening credits roll.
Opening Sequence, Bringing Up Baby
David Huxley (Cary Grant) is missing one bone that would complete his skeleton of a Brontosaurus. He is also about to marry his fiance, Alice Swallow (Virginia Walker).
Opening Sequence, Inglourious Basterds
Opening credits and Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) arrives to a farm.
Opening Sequence, The Worst Person in the World
Julie (Renate Reinsve), a medical student in Oslo, realizes she isn't living the life she wants and flits through a series of majors and relationships. She then meets Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie), a comic book artist, at a party.
Opening Sequence, A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) arrives in New Orleans to stay with her sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), and brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando).
Opening Sequence, A Brighter Summer Day
During a time of political unrest in Taiwan, Chang Chen/Hsiao Si'r (Chang Chen) is forced to attend night school after failing a test. Si'r and his father (Chang Kuo-chu) listen to a radio broadcast acknowledging distinguished students.
Opening Sequence, There Will Be Blood
Daniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) mines for silver and injures himself.
Opening Sequence, Nashville
Opening credits and Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson) records a song while Opal (Geraldine Chaplin) prepares to write about it.
Opening Sequence, City of God
Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) gets stuck between the police, an escaped chicken, and Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino) and his gang.
Opening Sequence, Easy Rider
Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) buy cocaine in Mexico and smuggle it into the US.
Opening Sequence, Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) dies in a motorcycle accident.
Opening Sequence, She Done Him Wrong
Opening credits and establishing shots of New York City in the 1890s.
Opening Sequence, American Psycho
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) gets a meal with Timothy Bryce (Justin Theroux), Craig McDermott (Josh Lucas), and David Van Patten (Bill Sage).
Opening Sequence, PlayTime
A group of American tourists arrive at the Paris airport.
Opening Sequence, Volver
Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and Soledad (Lola Dueñas) return to their hometown with Raimunda's daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) to visit their mother's grave and their elderly aunt (Chus Lampreave).
Opening Sequence, Sense and Sensibility
When Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson) dies, his wife (Gemma Jones) and daughters Elinor (Emma Thompson), Marianne (Kate Winslet), and Margaret (Myriam Francois) lose their home to his son, John (James Fleet), from another marriage. Mr. Dashwood tells John to look out for his girls, but John's wife, Fanny (Harriet Walter), is less generous. Fanny's brother, Edward (Hugh Grant), comes to visit.
Opening Sequence, The Battle of Algiers
An informant tells the French Army the spot where Ali la Pointe (Brahim Hadjadj) is hiding. Opening credits roll.
Opening Sequence, Touki Bouki
Mory (Magaye Niang) works at a butcher in Dakar, Senegal.
Opening Sequence, A Man Escaped
Fontaine (François Letterier), a member of the French Resistance, jumps out of a car to avoid imprisonment.
Opening Sequence, Oppenheimer
In 1959, the senate questions former AEC chairman Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.) about his relations with Oppenheimer. In 1954, a committee questions Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), who remembers his past.
Opening Sequence, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Set during Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, two Romanian university students, Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), prepare for Gabita's illegal abortion.
Opening Sequence, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Promo and press interview with Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), followed by opening credits.
Opening Sequence, Triangle of Sadness
Carl (Harris Dickinson) attends a casting call for a modeling agency.
Opening Sequence, Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo (Corinne Marchand) goes to a fortune teller (Loye Payen) to see if the fortune teller can predict the results of her biopsy.
Opening Sequence, The Shining
Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) drives to the Overlook Hotel and completes his interview for a job as a caretaker of the building. Meanwhile, Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and Danny (Danny Lloyd) have breakfast.
Press Interviews, The Battle of Algiers
FLN leader Larbi Ben M'hidi (Si Mohamed Baghdadi) and French Lieutenant-Colonel Phillippe Mathieu (Jean Martin) are interviewed by the press.
Se7en Opening Title Sequence, Se7en
A list of handwritten opening credits cut between and superimposed upon grimy investigation details and the killer's journal.
Shosanna's Revenge, Inglourious Basterds
Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) gets ready to enact her plan to burn down the cinema.
Skyfall Opening Title Sequence, Skyfall
A list of opening credits superimposed upon digital imagery and extreme close-ups.
Suicide Bomb, The Hurt Locker
James (Jeremy Renner) and Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) report to a suicide bomb threat.
Tear Me Down (Opening Sequence), Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig Schmidt (John Cameron Mitchell) and her band perform "Tear Me Down" in a restaurant in Kansas City.
The Chaser Opening Title Sequence, The Chaser
A list of opening titles superimposed upon the antagonist claiming another victim and our introduction to the protagonist.
The French Kill Ali la Pointe, The Battle of Algiers
Ali la Pointe (Brahim Hadjadj) and others are killed in a bombing by the French paratroopers.
The Fugitive Opening Title Sequence, The Fugitive
A list of opening credits superimposed upon the protagonist, followed by an audio description of the locales used.
The Rebellion, The Grey Zone
The Sonderkommandos (David Arquette, David Chandler, Daniel Benzali) enact their plan.
The Spy Who Loved Me Opening Title Sequence, The Spy Who Loved Me
A list of opening titles superimposed upon a cat and mouse dancing game between the two main characters.
The Wailing Opening Title Sequence, The Wailing
A list of opening titles as the story begins with the first killings.
The Women's Munitions, The Grey Zone
Dina (Mira Sorvino) and Rosa (Natasha Lyonne) discuss the plan for smuggling gunpowder to the other camps.
Three French Officers Killed, The Battle of Algiers
On July 20, 1956, the FLN organized the quick, subtle assassinations of three French officers in Algiers.
Tommy and Hedwig's Last Goodbye, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) strips at a performance, then meets Tommy (Michael Pitt) as he performs one last song for her.
Vertigo Opening Title Sequence, Vertigo
A list of opening credits superimposed upon an extreme close-up of a female face followed by symbolic imagery.
