03 February 2025

Add "ing" to the title of a movie. Now what is the storyline of the movie?

 That was the challenge in an AskReddit post 6 years ago.  Here are some of the replies:
Hooking - Peter Pan's just trying to make extra money before the holidays

The Ringing -  tinnitus coming out of the TV

Ghosting - Patrick Swayze doesn't know how to say goodbye

Jack Frosting - A tale of a cake decorator

The Jungle Booking - Tales of a Sri Lankan corrections officer

Dude, Where’s My Caring? - Two wild dudes learn the true meaning of compassion
Lots more at the link.  Readers are invited to add their own have added dozens more in the comments.

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  1. schindler's listing - german's minor maritime tragedy

    beetle juicing - new protein shake diet takes the world by storm

    auntie maiming - texas chainsaw: the prequel

    harold and modding - a once innocent hobby takes a terrifying turn

    zombielanding - the reverse rapture nobody expected

    the hosting - the best party in town you really shouldn't attend

    gaslighting - history of victorian lighting

    seabiscuiting - mercat seeks forever land home

    stardusting - cinderella story of unemployed astrophysicist working as janitor at nasa to make ends meet

    x-ing - 1 chicken, 1 road

    rooming - love in a quiet boarding house in the middle of nowhere

    house of ushering - secret hogwarts house for failed wizards who can't give up the wand

    the hammering - teen misses curfew

    peter panning - lost boy finds gold

    screaming - primal therapy isn't funny

    spotlighting - shy theater operator's need to be appreciated

    romancing the stoning - the ugly side of community spirit

    leave no tracing - narcissist architect terrorizes his small office

    mashing - the quintessential brewmaster

    seabiscuiting - mercat seeks forever land home

    green carding - growth of positivism in soccer

    monsters, inking - eerie happenings in the early days of disney's animation factory

    chariots of firing - tumbrels at a corporate downsizing

    carmen jonesing - it's all in the title

    tootsie-ing - don't ask just don't


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  2. Fun idea.
    Stagecoaching - behind the scenes of a Broadway play.
    Gone with the Winding - a man loses his fishing pole to a big fish.
    Star War Sing - a space opera.

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  3. The Lord of the Ringings - the private life of Quasimodo
    Zing - The hilarious tale of an uprising gone wrong featuring Chevy Chase
    A Man for All Seasonings - New cooking ideas
    Chariots of Firing - the feature-film version of The Apprentice
    Midnight Cowboying - home on the range after dark (sequel to Brokeback Mountain)
    The Silence of the Lambings - early black-and-white images of the farm
    MASHing - the best potato dish you can make at home
    The Stinging - a documentary on how insects defend themselves
    The Right Stuffing - a search for the perfect Thanksgiving tradition
    My Left Footing - an introduction to constructing foundations

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  4. I was thinking that the one word character name movies would work, but not? Spidermanning, Batmanning, Supermanning - I don't even have a punch line for any of those.

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  5. Star Trekking - Hollywood stars go for a walk in the woods
    The Life of Pi-ing - baking / eating every pie imaginable
    ETing - estimating what time it is
    Helping - four young men assist people they meet
    Jurassic Parking - old school parking lot?

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