# Can you guess what Bruce Dern movie I just finished watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 28, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850 "2026-03-28T22:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/1 "2026-03-28T22:40:42Z")
And I don’t mean one he just happened to be in-He starred in this one, and he was bull goose loony fun! ---
**Author:** ![TheZenPaperboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/2 "2026-03-28T22:44:37Z")
Middle age crazy ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/3 "2026-03-28T22:46:53Z")
No, but he was pretty good in that one. Hint: Because of a lawsuit, it did NOT involve the book of Dianetics. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/4 "2026-03-29T02:03:16Z")
The Burbs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/5 "2026-03-29T02:10:09Z")
Nope. Second clue: Water. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/6 "2026-03-29T02:26:34Z")
Smile ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/7 "2026-03-29T02:27:38Z")
> **[World Gone Wild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Gone_Wild)** > > World Gone Wild is a 1988 science fiction film directed by Lee H. Katzin, and starring Bruce Dern, Catherine Mary Stewart and Michael Paré. > In the nuclear-ravaged wasteland of Earth in the year 2087, rain has not fallen for fifty years and water is as precious as life itself. The isolated town of Lost Wells, an outpost that survived the holocaust, is led by Ethan, a Moses-like guru and the last schoolteacher on the planet, Angie. The inhabitants of the town guard the secret of their existence ... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/8 "2026-03-29T02:31:14Z")
Yes! Weird combination of “Seven Samurai” and “Mad Max”, and the ending is just what-the-fuck funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guess-what-bruce-dern-movie-i-just-finished-watching/1028850/9 "2026-03-29T03:12:24Z")
I was going to guess Silent Running because that was just on last night.