Credit where credit is due: good movie credits

List creator: Cinenaut Created on: January 19, 2004 - 1:04 PM PST Description: A list of movies with interesting, fun or unusual title sequences. A good opening credit sequence puts you in the mood for a great movie. Too bad the movie doesn't always live up to the credits.

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Amelie (2001)
Amelie's entire childhood revealed via the opening credits.
	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Collector's Edition) (1974)
Opening credits gone seriously wrong.
	Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Credits served up on plates of not-so-appetizing food.
	Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Wonderful retro look.
	A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Pink Panther: an opening credits character that went on to be a star in his own right.
	West Side Story (1961)			Not Rated
Grafitti title sequence at the end. Saul Bass does it again.
	The Price of Milk (2000)
The credits are literally stitched into the quilt on the bed of the sleeping protagonists.
	With a Friend Like Harry (2000)
Opening credits cast shadows on the landscape.
	From Russia with Love (1963)
Although Bond movie opening credits are a big cliche now, I had to include at least one.
	North by Northwest (50th Anniversary Edition) (1959)			Not Rated
Saul Bass, with intersecting lines that become skyscrapers.
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Overhead shot of colorful geometric designs made with umbrellas and bicycles in the rain.
	You'll Never Get Rich (1941)			Not Rated
Movie titles on roadside signs.
	Willard (2003)
Tim Burtonesque creepy animation.
	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)			Not Rated
The opening clay animation is by Art Clokey of Gumby fame. It's quite good and has a bit of that Clokey surrealism. If only the movie were as good.
	Billy Bragg & Wilco - Man in the Sand (2001)			Not Rated
Credits on guitar picks stuck in the strings of a guitar.
	Signs (2002)
	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Cool retro title sequence and a fun DVD menu to match.
	Seven (1995)
	Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)			Not Rated
	Seconds (1966)
	Dead Ringers (Criterion Collection) (1988)
	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
	Charade (1963)			Not Rated
	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
	Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Collection) (1946)
	The Orphanage (2007)
Ripping wallpaper.
	Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
Credits on the covers of old science fiction novels!
	The Ghost Writer (2010)
No credits at the beginning, and a clever transition involving manuscript pages at the end.