# Five-Word Movie Review **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494 "2014-02-04T16:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 140
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2782 "2025-08-21T05:36:18Z")
**Movies about food** _Ratatouille_ Pixar’s love-letter to French cuisine _Chef_ Favreau takes break from blockbusters _The Menu_ Sins revealed, punished, by chef Next: **Movies About Rural Living** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2783 "2025-08-22T04:50:27Z")
_Bad Day at Black Rock_ Nobody wants Spencer Tracy around _In the Heat of the Night_ “They call me Mister Tibbs!” _Doc Hollywood_ Dr. Stone’s stuck in Grady Next: **More movies about rural living** ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2784 "2025-08-22T05:18:51Z")
_Cars_ _Doc Hollywood_ on four wheels. _Witness_ Ford, while hiding, helps Amish. _Field of Dreams_ Ballpark in cornfield? They’ll come. Next: **Movies based on actual historical events** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2785 "2025-08-23T00:14:19Z")
_Glory_ Black troops help crush slavery _Iron Jawed Angels_ Suffragists struggle for voting rights _All the Way_ Cranston is great as LBJ Next: **Movies that get history wrong** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2786 "2025-08-23T00:59:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Movies that get history wrong _Anastasia_ DNA says that she isn’t. _Birth of a Nation_ Historical film; terrible history lesson. _JFK_ Maybe least accurate film ever. NEXT: **Fiction people think is true** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2787 "2025-08-23T03:11:16Z")
_The Sound of Music_ Rode a train into Switzerland _Argo_ Canadian embassy’s part is downplayed _Chariots of the Gods_ The answer to everything: Aliens! Next: **Movies by Sofia Coppola** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2788 "2025-08-24T00:52:59Z")
_The Virgin Suicides_ Sisters have some big problems _Lost in Translation_ Lonely wife, washed-up star bond _The Beguiled_ Downbeat Civil War feminist drama Next up: **Movies costarring actors better known as a directors** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2789 "2025-08-24T03:46:56Z")
_Eyes Wide Shut_ Sydney Pollack as Victor Ziegler _The Village_ Director played a park ranger _Pulp Fiction_ Tarantino’s Jimmy shelters “the dorks” Next: **Movies with large groups of children as central characters** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2790 "2025-08-25T01:15:08Z")
_Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory_ Golden Tickets reveal true character(s) _Weapons_ Kids disappear; school-shooting horror parable? _Lord of the Flies_ Civilization’s veneer is very thin Next: **Movies focusing on old people** ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2791 "2025-08-26T02:19:50Z")
**Movies focusing on old people** _Driving Miss Daisy_ Black chauffeur drives Jewish widow _Cocoon_ Oldsters are revitalized by aliens _Grumpy Old Men_ Feuding neighbors make lives miserable Next: **Movies With Unlikeable Protagonists** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2792 "2025-08-26T02:51:19Z")
_Payback_ Coolest antihero ever, I’d say! _Best in Show_ Everyone is totally annoying. _Everyone_. _Wall Street_ Entitled douchebags, white-collar criminals abound. Next up: **Movies about people who are pure at heart but not annoying** ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2793 "2025-08-27T05:35:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Movies about people who are pure at heart but not annoying _Mr. Smith Goes To Washington_ Idealistic Senator fights government corruption _Mr. Deeds Goes To Town_ Smalltown millionaire helps poor farmers _Mulan_ (1998) Woman fights for family, country Next: **Movies Starring Jimmy Stewart** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2794 "2025-08-27T13:44:08Z")
_Rear Window_ First base with Grace Kelly _Harvey_ Overly referenced in subsequent movies _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_ Rare billing above John Wayne Next: **John Ford movies** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2795 "2025-08-27T16:21:27Z")
_The Tornado_ His first (1917); now lost _Napoleon’s Barber_ His first talkie, also lost _The Battle of Midway_ He was wounded while filming Next up: **More John Ford movies** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2796 "2025-08-27T18:04:28Z")
_Up the River_ Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart debuts _How Green Was My Valley_ First Oscar for Best Director _Donovan’s Reef_ Ford’s last with the Duke Next: **Even more John Ford movies** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2797 "2025-08-28T21:33:13Z")
_My Darling Clementine_ Col. Sherman Potter’s favorite film _They Were Expendable_ PT boats, but no JFK _Chesty_ Not about what you think! Next up: **Alex Proyas films** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2798 "2025-08-29T06:31:49Z")
_Knowing_ It’s better not to know _I, Robot_ You, Sonny, learns to wink _Dark City_ Beware the Strangers wearing trenchcoats Next: **A24 movies** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2799 "2025-08-29T18:31:57Z")
_Midsommar_ Not the nicest cult around _Ex Machina_ Beautiful robot is tough cookie _Civil War_ America in, say, five years? Next up: **Less-well-known Spencer Tracy movies** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2800 "2025-08-30T07:45:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Less-well-known Spencer Tracy movies _Dante’s Inferno_ Bribe, suicide, trial, start over! _Fury_ Loosely based on Leo Frank. _The Sea of Grass_ High-grossing, but not very well-remembered. NEXT: **US films of Fritz Lang** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494/2801 "2025-08-31T01:51:43Z")
_The Big Heat_ Tough cop takes on gangsters _Man Hunt_ In crosshairs? _Der Fuhrer_ himself _Contempt_ Ol’ Fritz appears as himself Next up: **More US films of Fritz Lang** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-review/680494.md?page=141)