Somethinging Someone (or something)

At the end of the 20th century a movie titling trend emerged which I call somethinging someone. It's a verb in, correct me if I am wrong, the present active tense, followed by a noun - usually the name of a person. Before the late 20th century, somethinging someone titles rarely appear. Now they pop up a couple of times a year. I can see their appeal - they indicate the nature of the story by saying what happens and who or what it happens to, indicating an activity or pursuit of a goal. There is a lot of saving, being and becoming. A few of them are puns based on common phrases, or may simply be a phrase or term with the same structure. Sometimes the second word, up for instance, is not a noun. So what. I do not differentiate. I write them down when I see them and have accumulated this list.

Waltzing Matilda - 33

Eating Raoul - 82

Educating Rita - 83

Stalking Laura - 93

Boxing Helena - 93

Guarding Tess - 94

Deconstructing Sarah - 94

Stealing Beauty - 96

Chasing Amy - 97

Deconstructing Harry - 97

Finding Forrester - 00

Hanging Up - 00

Saving Grace - 00

Saving Silverman - 01

Kissing Jessica Stein - 01

Avenging Angelo - 02

Missing Allen - 02

Owning Mahowney - 03

Saving Face - 04

Being Julia - 04

Finding Neverland - 04

Following Sean - 05

Keeping Mum - 05

Nearing Grace - 05
Fetching Cody - 05

Copying Beethoven - 06

Finding Dawn - 06

Becoming Jane - 07

Closing Escrow - 07

Touching Home - 08

Finding Amanda - 08

Hatching Pete - 09

Passing Strange - 09

Taking Woodstock - 09
Loving Leah - 09

Erasing David - 10

Becoming Chaz - 11

Killing Bono - 11

BONUS! Somethinging someone with two names, a title, or in one case, an article.

Driving Miss Daisy - 89

Saving Private Ryan - 98

Waking Ned Devine - 98

Teaching Mrs. Tingle - 99

Being John Malkovich - 99

Raising Victor Vargas - 02

Seducing Dr. Lewis - 03

Capturing The Friedmans - 03

Hating Alison Ashley - 05

Forgiving Dr. Mengele - 06

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 08