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Here are a few more - DRIVING MISS DAISY, CROSSING DELANCEY, KILLING MR. GRIFFIN, and the very similar KILLING MISS TINGLE, which was re-edited and retitled TEACHING MISS TINGLE in order to assuage nervous studio heads who feared their target audience might start offing teachers, I guess.
For some reason, I have always found this type of title (present participle - direct object) a little pretentious and off-putting. They sound self-important and fussy. However, there are some excellent movies on this list.
Just for fun, convert all these titles into the much more macho imperative with an exclamation point form. SAVE PRIVATE RYAN! SERVE SARA! EDUCATE RITA! Or try the inclusive and perky sounding form - LET'S FIND NEVERLAND, LET'S CHASE AMY, LET'S EAT RAOUL.
By the way, RAGING BULL does not fit here, but its inclusion made me laugh. (For that matter, REGARDING HENRY isn't really using the same construction either.) If we are admitting such movies, we could add one of my favorite films, BEING THERE. Okay, I'll cut out the grammar-geekiness now.
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