Sabrina
Cabbie’s daughter is love interest.
Total Recall
Johnny Cab is killing machine.
Taxi Driver
Are you talkin’ to me?
Next: Movies about lawyers.
The Case of the Howling Dog
First Perry Mason movie: 1934.
Miracle on 34th St.
Lawyer charms divorcee, defends Santa.
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister Sir Wilfred takes case.
Next: Julia Sawalha movies.
My Cousin Vinny
Brooklyn lawyer wins first case
A Few Good Men
You can’t handle the truth
Erin Brockovich
Single mom discovers contaminated groundwater
Next: Marty Feldman movies
Young Frankenstein
Wait, no, wasn’t his hump…?
Silent Movie
If only he’d shut up!
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Of course they were wrong.
Next: John Cleese movies.
Harry Potter and the whatever
The half-headless ghost with attitude.
A Fish Called Wanda
Thinks Americans have better sex.
Clockwise
Punctual, comprehensive schoolmaster gives speech.
Next: JULIA SAWALHA MOVIES!!
Looks like she’s just been on TV, but OK…
Keep It In the Family
Her acting debut, in 1981
The Pirates of Penzance
Unnamed daughter of Gen. Stanley
The Flint Street Nativity
Played Wise Man, notwithstanding gender
Next: Jennifer Saunders films
Interesting…I’ve seen a couple in theaters. Must be some special US 16mm releases.
Anyway:
Eat the Rich
Angry waitress stumbles on coup.
A Midwinter’s Tale*
Semi-pro Hamlet production redeems church.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Actual theatrical release. Not TV.
Next: Movies starring famous comedy duos (three different ones). Bonus points if one is female.
*Sawalha also in this.
Trading Places
Aykroyd, Murphy get sweet revenge
The Naughty Nineties
Abott, Costello - “Who’s on first?”
The Heat
McCarthy, Bullock as tough cops
Next: Movies best-known for a single gag
When Harry Met Sally
Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm.
The Naughty Nineties
Abbott, Costello: “Who’s on first?”
Risky Business
Tom Cruise dances in underwear.
Next: Movies with an often-referenced, repeated, parodied, attempted-to-top scene, gag, or joke.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Key: airspeed velocity of swallow
Airplane!
“…and don’t call me Shirley.”
Aliens
Gotta nuke 'em from orbit
Next: Post-Cold War movies in which nukes are a factor
Post-Cold War movies in which nukes are a factor
Sum of All Fears
Ben Affleck tries Jack Ryan
The Peacemaker
Clooney, Kidman track down nukes
True Lies
Agent teams with hot wife
Next: Comedies featuring the supernatural.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Vapid teen is chosen one.
Beetlejuice
Michael Keaton as annoying ghost.
Ghostbusters
Either version works; you pick.
Next: Unintentionally hilarious supernatural movies.
The Amityville Horror
Might be time to move.
The Exorcist
Little girl sure sounds weird.
The Omen
Let’s turn on a priest!
Next: Movies with a Catholic theme or main character.
I Confess
Murderer’s confession protected by priest.
The Bells of St. Mary’s
Priest, Mother Superior have disagreements.
Agnes of G-d
Did novice kill her baby?
Next: movies released in 1986.
Platoon
When Charlie Sheen was innocent!
Blue Velvet
Small town holds weird secrets
Stand by Me
Maine boys go on adventure
Next: movies released in 1987
Bagdad Café
German tourist braves American desert.
The Bedroom Window
Isabelle Huppert makes American film!
The Whales of August
Last film of Lillian Gish.
Next: Movies that exist by referencing another movies-- I don’t means sequels, I mean like the way Throw Momma from the Train depends on the existence of Strangers on a train– and yes, you can use that one.
Great category!
The Usual Suspects
Title quotes classic Casablanca line
RKO 281
How Welles made Citizen Kane
Room 237
Bizarre theories about The Shining
Next: More movies that exist by referencing another movies
Thanks!
Throw Momma from the Train (Strangers on a Train)
Makes Hitchcock film come true.
*(500) Days of Summer *(The 7th Seal)
Chess game like Bergman film.
Do The Right Thing (Night of the Hunter)
Love/Hate tattoos & speech adapted.
Oops! ETA: Next: films released in color before 1940.
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ
The earliest, hand-colored, in 1903
With Our King and Queen Through India
Very rare Delhi Durbar documentary
The Devil-Stone
Only two reels survive, alas
Next: Films from the year you were born
Deathrace 2000
Carradine, Stallion murder by driving
A Boy and His Dog
Horny Don Johnson after apocalypse
Month Python and the Holy Grail
Still quoted by nerds today
Next: Robert Rodriguez movies