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Poll: Run-Off: The Best Film Title Ever

A poll by rubyfruit76
Excellent prose sometimes seems to be a dying art. The film industry, at times, does its part to revive it with great screen plays and, every so often, with exquisite titles from various sources, including novels, poems, and songs. The titles below serve as oases in a desert of the vague and recycled stamp-ons like Deceived and Shattered.

Below are the top vote-getters from the first two parts of this poll: "Titles of Films before 1975" and "Titles of Films after 1975." This poll will determine the final winner. Instead of voting for your favorite movie, please vote for the title you think has the most pleasing language.

Part I of Poll is here. Part II of Poll is here. Discuss the Run-Off Poll here.

Results of 4,878 votes:

  1. 1.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

     
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The title was taken from the following passage of the Alexander Pope poem, "Eloisa to Abelard:" How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! / The world fo…
  2. 2.

    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

     
    The Silence of the Lambs: From the Thomas Harris novel, which is the second book in his series that revolve around the character of Hannibal Lecter.
  3. 3.

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

     
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Supposedly, Stanley Kubrick considered several other titles, including Dr. Doomsday or: How to Start World War III Without Even Tr…
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