Ransom!
Original better than Gibson’s remake.
Patty Hearst
I wish this were better.
The Lady Vanishes
She vanishes because [spoiler alert].
Next: movies with “Wax” in the title.
American Hot Wax
Alan Freed promotes rock music.
House Of Wax
Vincent Price has 3-D revenge!
Mystery Of The Wax Museum
Igor has a false face.
Next: Screwball comedies.
To Be Or Not To Be
My all-time favorite movie, ever.
The Awful Truth
Dunne, Grant robbed of Oscars.
Ninotchka
Garbo Laughs! (real ad copy)
Next: your three favorites.
I thought people would jump on that, but apparently not, so to keep the thread from going zombie, I’ll do it, and then post something new.
To Be Or Not To Be
Benny, Lombard, Shakespeare, Nazis, comedy!
Metropolis
Can five words possibly describe–
My Brilliant Career
Must’ve seen it 100 times.
Next: movies where a tattoo (or set of them) is important.
ETA: You can still do the previous one if you want.
[going back to favorites]
Fantasia
Music, color, movement by Disney.
Singin’ In The Rain
It’s the perfect movie musical.
Marvel’s The Avengers
Superhero movie of my lifetime.
Next: Movie where a tattoo (or set of them) is important.
Movie where a tattoo (or set of them) is important.
Waterworld
Back piece: map to Dryland!
Eastern Promises
Russian mob ink portrayed accurately.
The Matrix
Follow the White Rabbit, Neo!
Next: Movies with a MacGuffin that is never seen (directly or clearly, at least)
Pulp Fiction
The MacGuffin’s in the briefcase.
Waiting for Godot
Godot never does [spoiler alert].
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing
We see light, no painting.
Next: movies during which a national anthem (any nation) is sung.
The Hunt For Red October
A stirring scene on deck.
The Naked Gun
“Enrico” butchers anthem, saves Queen!
Casablanca
Dueling anthems at Rick’s Cafe.
Next: Movies in which a grown woman beats up a grown man.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Bernadette rescues Mitzi with gut-punch.
The Ugliest Woman in the World
Woman assassinates man at urinal.
9 to 5
Women indulge fantasy, then reality.
Next: movies that offer a solution to an unsolved historical mystery or real-life crime.
JFK
CIA did it, says Stone.
The Black Dahlia
The cop’s…girlfriend’s…mom?! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Zodiac
Mostly solved, lauded for accuracy.
Next: Films that feature made-up/fictitious religions.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Sneezing as a religious rite.
Dune
The Fremen worship Paul Atreides.
Ghostbusters
Watch out for Gozer worshipers.
Next: Movies set around less-well-used holidays (not Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Year’s)
Glad to see this thread is still chugging along!
Movies set around less-well-used holidays (not Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Year’s)
Independence Day
Welcome to Earth! [punch alien]
For Your Consideration
Home for Purim? Oy vey!
Roman Holiday
Audrey is cute as button.
Next: Movies about riots or civil unrest.
Speaking for myself, it only gets stuck when I can’t think of three movies that fit the criteria. 
Next: Movies about riots or civil unrest.
Robocop (1987)
Cops strike, city goes nuts.
V For Vendetta
Climaxes with a masked coup.
A Time To Kill
Clashing with Klan outside courthouse.
Next: Movies that have aged horribly (IYHO, of course).
Google is your friend. There are lists and compilations of every kind of movie.
Movies that have aged horribly (IYHO, of course).
Liquid Sky
Sucked all along; dated subculture.
Double Indemnity
Wax recorder makes me laugh.
The Towering Inferno
Wish they would all die.
Next: Movies set in or around Baltimore.
When I think “Baltimore,” I prefer to think not of burning buildings but of…
Hairspray (1988)
Waters’ only PG film - still!
Cry-Baby
Early in Depp’s arty phase.
Pink Flamingos
Divine eats dogshit, becomes star.
Next: Movies featuring great final performances by now-deceased stars.
The Shootist (1976)
Most appropriate last film ever.
The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu (1980)
Should have died one earlier.
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Also Klinton Spilbury’s first movie.
Next: Movies loosely based on Shakespeare
Forbidden Planet
The Tempest set in spaaaaace!
Shakespeare in Love
Romantic fantasy in history’s gaps.
(Bonus: Dench’s Oscar worthy cameo QE1)
West Side Story
Balletic gangs’ Romeo and Juliet
Next: Movies adapted from books
Catch-22
Yossarian can’t get a break.
The Grapes Of Wrath
'Tis possibly Fonda’s best performance.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Nearly as good as book.
Next: Movies involving pizza.
Mystic Pizza
The town is called “Mystic.”
Do the Right Thing
Italian Pizzeria in black neighborhood.
Pizza Man
Bill Mahar’s “bad movie” days.
Next: Jennifer Jason Leigh movies.
And here I thought everyone was citing movies they’d actually seen…
Jennifer Jason Leigh movies
The Hudsucker Proxy
Fast talking undercover news reporter.
Short Cuts
Oddly domestic phone sex operator.
Miami Blues
Hooker with heart of gold.
Next: Movies in which the lead character wears a hat.