# Find 50 movies from the last 20 years in this painting

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**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542 "2009-05-25T07:40:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/21 "2009-05-25T22:43:39Z")

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I’m having a problem with the red car and the dragon. Regarding the latter, none of the movies with “dragon” in their titles from the last 20 years seem to be correct.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/22 "2009-05-25T22:46:47Z")

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1973 was only 20 years ago, wasn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/23 "2009-05-25T22:55:30Z")

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I was kind of thinking that that one was older. Did it get remade, or something?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/24 "2009-05-25T22:57:25Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> I’m having a problem with the red car and the dragon. Regarding the latter, none of the movies with “dragon” in their titles from the last 20 years seem to be correct.

Enter the dragon

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/25 "2009-05-25T22:59:57Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I was kind of thinking that that one was older. Did it get remade, or something?

they seem to have made a mistake.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/26 "2009-05-25T23:05:46Z")

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too late for edit…

It seems a film of the same name _was_ made - [Enter the Dragon (2006) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039959/)

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/27 "2009-05-25T23:08:43Z")

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50 minutes long and in Serbo Croat.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/28 "2009-05-26T00:52:23Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> I can’t even see the picture, only the background…

It refuses to work in Firefox. I had to switch to ie rendering.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/29 "2009-05-26T01:03:42Z")

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> [@phungi](#):
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> the sign with the red “no” symbol is driving me crazy
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> isn’t it The Caine Mutiny?

The one below the “HOLLYWOOD” sign?

No Country For Old Men?

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/30 "2009-05-26T01:05:38Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> I’m having a problem with the red car and the dragon. Regarding the latter, none of the movies with “dragon” in their titles from the last 20 years seem to be correct.

Enter The Dragon?

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/31 "2009-05-26T06:43:52Z")

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Anybody get all 50?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/32 "2009-05-26T17:42:55Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> Anybody get all 50?

Yep. that’s why I’ve been helping people.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/33 "2009-05-26T17:50:14Z")

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Incidentally, I’m in Firefox, too, and didn’t have to do anything at all to get it to work. Maybe it’s because it’s the Mac version?

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/34 "2009-05-26T17:54:22Z")

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Didn’t they do an M&M version of this a while ago? It kind of reminds me of that.

Lots of fun, thanks for posting it…I’ve got a couple and will do the rest later!

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**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-50-movies-from-the-last-20-years-in-this-painting/497542/35 "2009-05-29T02:37:14Z")

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I got to 37 before giving up and cheating. 🙂

> [@RickJay](#):
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> Going counterclockwise from the bottom left, more or less, I see 45:

OK, adding the last few to RickJay’s invaluable list (and slightly reorganizing same), this seems to be all of them (counterclockwise-ish from left side):

[ol]  
[li]Flags of Our Fathers[/li][li]The Two Towers[/li][li]Brick[/li][li]The Diving Bell and the Butterfly[/li][li]The Fisher King[/li][li]Swimming with Sharks[/li][li]Pi[/li][li]The Matrix[/li][li]Zodiac[/li][li]Hook[/li][li]Liar, Liar[/li][li]Signs[/li][li]Million Dollar Baby[/li][li]Pirates of the Caribbean[/li][li]Monsters, Inc.[/li][li]Ice Age[/li][li]Scream[/li][li]Stardust[/li][li]The English Patient[/li][li]Little Children[/li][li]Children of Men[/li][li]Iron Man[/li][li]Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (although all you need is the first word)[/li][li]Happy Feet[/li][li]Interview with the Vampire[/li][li]The Dark Knight[/li][li]Saw[/li][li]Bolt[/li][li]Pulp Fiction[/li][li]Cloverfield[/li][li]The Last King of Scotland[/li][li]Gladiator[/li][li]Attack of the Clones[/li][li]Milk[/li][li]Chocolat[/li][li]The Pianist (The Piano does not work)[/li][li]300 [/li][li]Trainspotting[/li][li]Walk the Line[/li][li]The Thin Red Line[/li][li]Crash[/li][li]No Country for Old Men [/li][li]The Green Mile[/li][li]The Crow [/li][li]Iris[/li][li]Traffic[/li][li]Enter The Dragon[/li][li]Moulin Rouge[/li][li]Snakes on a Plane[/li][li]Eagle Eye[/li][/ol]

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