Worst2First: My Top Ten Films That Say the Title in the Film

Worst2First: 

My Top Ten Films That Say the Title in the Film

There's a joke on "Family Guy" where Peter comments on how films say the title in the film:

I then realized that there are several films that include the title of the film in the film, some of which are obvious (such as "Iron Man" or "Thor"), while others suggest an action that takes place that correlates to the title itself (such as "Clear and Present Danger" or "Full Metal Jacket").  To compile a list of my ten favorite films wasn't easy, as I could've done a top hundred list considering all the films that mention the title, but here are my personal top ten films that mention the name in the film, worst2first...

**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS**

#10

Saving Private Ryan

 Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti and Matt Damon in the titular role, "Saving Private Ryan" is an epic war movie about a squad who goes in search of a fallen paratrooper.

#9

Raging Bull

 Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, "Raging Bull" tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, whose self-destructive behavior outside the ring almost destroyed him.

#8

To Kill a Mockingbird

Based on the classic novel by Harper Lee, Gregory Peck stars as Atticus Finch, an attorney who tries to defend an African American man against a false charge of rape in the radically racist south.

#7

 Chinatown

 Jack Nicholson stars in this gritty film noir thriller by director Roman Polanski about a private investigator who finds much more than he bargained for when he originally signed up to investigate a simple infidelity case.

#6

 Inception

 Christopher Nolan directs this highly cerebral, highly visual masterpiece starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page and Cillian Murphy about a group of people who travel inside dreams to extract information, but get in way over their heads.

#5

Fight Club

 Even though the first rule about Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club, it sure does mention the title a lot in the film.  Starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, the film is a deep dive into the human psyche, and the lengths one ordinary man goes in order to be less than ordinary.

#4

 The Departed

Martin Scorsese earns his much-deserved Oscar for directing "The Departed," a film about a cop who goes undercover in the mafia, while the mafia sends one of their own undercover in the police force.  Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg and Vera Farmiga, the film is a gritty modern noir that's filled with surprising twists and turns.

#3

The Dark Knight

 The middle film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight" is hailed as the best superhero film in history, thanks to the Oscar-winning performance by the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, who transformed the film into a dark, foreboding piece of cinema.

#2

The Godfather

 Francis Ford Coppola's unrelenting look into the lives of a mafia family, "The Godfather" revolutionized cinema and remains to this day one of the best films ever made.

#1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

 While I could've included all three "Lord of the Rings" films, I focused on the third because it was my favorite of the three, bringing an end to an epic trilogy by director Peter Jackson in a film series that will be studied for decades by film students as some of the best films to come out of the 2000s.