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Is There a Better Title?

Alternate title ideas for the movie.

Is There a Better Title? has run in 126 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘Pacific Heights’Bill Simmons

Eviction Quest (an unofficial Vision Quest sequel), building off Kyle's 'Eviction' idea

‘Pacific Heights’Chris Ryan

The Tenet (a play on Tenant), joking that Polanski already made a similar-sounding movie

‘Pacific Heights’Kyle Brandt

Threw out several options - 'Eviction,' questioned 'Pacific Heights' as too vague, and 'Safety Deposit' - without settling on one definitive pick

‘The Good Son’Bill Simmons

"Bad Brother" - argues it works better since the movie's ambiguity is about who is the good/bad son

‘The Good Son’Sean Fennessey

Cites Roger Ebert's suggestion "Henry: Portrait of a Future Serial Killer," and offers his own alternate "Every Mother's Son" (about who is the true mother to Mark vs. Henry)

‘Domestic Disturbance’Bill Simmons

Suggests multiple alternate titles: 'The Southport Lie', 'The Boatyard', and jokingly 'This Is My Family: The Rick Jack Story' for a Netflix version; also mocks 'Domestic Disturbance' as an awful title.

‘Domestic Disturbance’Chris Ryan

Suggests 'Joint Custody' as an alternate title, joking it evokes a marijuana-farm custody dispute like Pineapple Express.

‘Domestic Disturbance’Sean Fennessey

Proposes 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' as a fitting alternate title.

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’Bill Simmons

Says the actual title 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' rules and is the right title; no alternate suggested.

‘Single White Female’Bill Simmons

Says there is no better title - 'Single White Female' is one of the best titles of the 90s, perfectly conveys the movie and even entered the pop culture vernacular.