# \[GAME\]  the Movie Title game thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 15, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122 "2008-08-15T18:17:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/121 "2008-08-19T16:31:08Z")

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Lambada: The Forbidden Dance

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/122 "2008-08-19T16:34:01Z")

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My Little Chickadee

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/123 "2008-08-19T16:56:27Z")

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Nuts

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**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 19, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/124 "2008-08-19T17:02:18Z")

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_Oscar_ (very bad Stallone movie)

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/125 "2008-08-19T18:52:06Z")

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Peyton Place.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/126 "2008-08-19T19:11:40Z")

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Quick and the Dead, The

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/127 "2008-08-19T19:21:59Z")

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The Red Violin

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/128 "2008-08-19T19:23:36Z")

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Swimming to Cambodia

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/129 "2008-08-19T19:27:35Z")

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The Trouble with Angels

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/130 "2008-08-19T19:30:08Z")

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_Uncle Buck_

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/131 "2008-08-19T19:42:38Z")

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Vertigo

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**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 19, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/132 "2008-08-19T20:18:38Z")

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_When We Were Kings_ (documentary about the 1974 Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/133 "2008-08-19T20:23:02Z")

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_[Xavier](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105849/)_

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**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 19, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/134 "2008-08-19T20:32:21Z")

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_Yojimbo_ (great 1950s Mifune Samurai flick)

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/135 "2008-08-19T20:54:06Z")

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Let’s take a moment to tally the submissions so far, since a few repeats have cropped in (including, sorry, one of my one). Already on the list:

All About Eve  
Batman Begins  
Casablanca  
Dirty Dancing  
Easy Rider  
French Connection, The  
Ghost World  
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle  
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang  
In America (simulpost)  
Jumanji  
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (‘nother simulpost)  
King Solomon’s Mines  
Kalifornia (again)  
Leaving Las Vegas  
Men In Black  
Nightmare on Elm Street  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  
Peter Pan  
Quadrophenia  
Rocky  
Sexy Beast  
Time Machine, The  
Under the Sand  
Victor Victoria  
Water World  
X: the Unknown  
Young Man with a Horn  
Zulu  
Anaconda  
Bad News Bears, The  
Cry, the Beloved Country  
Deliverance  
East Is East  
From Here to Eternity  
Gone With the Wind  
How to Succeed In Business without Really Trying  
Ishtar  
Jailhouse Rock  
Kill Bill  
Live Free or Die Hard  
Magnificent Seven, The  
No Country for Old Men  
O Brother, Where Art Thou?  
Only the Lonely (simulpost)  
Pale Rider  
Quest for Fire  
Rashomon  
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.  
Trainspotting  
Unforgiven  
Virgin Spring  
When We Were Kings  
xXx  
Yongari, Monster from the Deep  
Zardoz  
Agent Cody Banks  
Being John Malkovich  
Croupier, The  
Dog Soldiers  
Earth Girls Are Easy  
Frenzy  
Godzilla  
Help!  
Insomnia  
JFK  
Kangaroo Jack  
Liar, Liar  
Mystery Men  
Never Say Never Again  
Oliver Twist  
Pump Up the Volume  
Quantum of Solace  
Rudy  
Sleeper  
Time Bandits  
Ulee’s Gold  
Under the Volcano (simulpost)  
V for Vendetta  
Wings  
Xanadu  
Young Frankenstein  
Zorba the Greek  
Airplane  
Breaker Morant  
Captain Corageous  
Dogma  
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)  
Falling Down  
Gone With the Wind (repeated)  
Halls of Montezuma  
Incredibles, The  
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (repeated)  
K-PAX  
Little Man Tate  
Mighty Joe Young  
New York Stories  
On the Waterfront  
Paris, Texas  
Quiz Show  
Rashomon (repeated)  
Superman  
Tron  
Unbreakable  
Vampire’s Kiss  
Weeds  
X-Files, The  
Youngblood  
Zelig  
Alvin and the Chipmunks  
Bloodsport  
Clockwise  
Dr. Zhivago  
East of Eden  
Fargo  
Gamera  
Halloween  
Innerspace  
Jumanji (repeated)  
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects  
Lambada: the Forbidden Dance  
My Little Chickadee  
Nuts  
Oscar  
Peyton Place  
Quick and the Dead, The  
Red Violin, The  
Swimming to Cambodia  
Trouble with Angels, The  
Uncle Buck  
Vertigo  
When We Were Kings (repeated)  
Xavier  
Yojimbo

To which I will add:

**Zorro, the Gay Blade**

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/136 "2008-08-19T20:55:39Z")

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Aracaphobia

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/137 "2008-08-19T21:52:45Z")

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Here they are in alphabetical order:

Agent Cody Banks  
Airplane  
All About Eve  
Alvin and the Chipmunks  
Anaconda  
Arachnophobia (I assume that was what **Annie** meant!)  
Bad News Bears, The  
Batman Begins  
Being John Malkovich  
Bloodsport  
Breaker Morant  
Captain Corageous  
Casablanca  
Clockwise  
Croupier, The  
Cry, the Beloved Country  
Deliverance  
Dirty Dancing  
Dog Soldiers  
Dogma  
Dr. Zhivago  
Earth Girls Are Easy  
East Is East  
East of Eden  
Easy Rider  
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)  
Falling Down  
Fargo  
French Connection, The  
Frenzy  
From Here to Eternity  
Gamera  
Ghost World  
Godzilla  
Gone With the Wind  
Gone With the Wind (repeated)  
Halloween  
Halls of Montezuma  
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle  
Help!  
How to Succeed In Business without Really Trying  
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang  
In America (simulpost)  
Incredibles, The  
Innerspace  
Insomnia  
Ishtar  
Jailhouse Rock  
JFK  
Jumanji  
Jumanji (repeated)  
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (‘nother simulpost)  
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (repeated)  
Kalifornia (again)  
Kangaroo Jack  
Kill Bill  
King Solomon’s Mines  
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects  
K-PAX  
Lambada: the Forbidden Dance  
Leaving Las Vegas  
Liar, Liar  
Little Man Tate  
Live Free or Die Hard  
Magnificent Seven, The  
Men In Black  
Mighty Joe Young  
My Little Chickadee  
Mystery Men  
Never Say Never Again  
New York Stories  
Nightmare on Elm Street  
No Country for Old Men  
Nuts  
O Brother, Where Art Thou?  
Oliver Twist  
On the Waterfront  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  
Only the Lonely (simulpost)  
Oscar  
Pale Rider  
Paris, Texas  
Peter Pan  
Peyton Place  
Pump Up the Volume  
Quadrophenia  
Quantum of Solace  
Quest for Fire  
Quick and the Dead, The  
Quiz Show  
Rashomon  
Rashomon (repeated)  
Red Violin, The  
Rocky  
Rudy  
Sexy Beast  
Sleeper  
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.  
Superman  
Swimming to Cambodia  
Time Bandits  
Time Machine, The  
Trainspotting  
Tron  
Trouble with Angels, The  
Ulee’s Gold  
Unbreakable  
Uncle Buck  
Under the Sand  
Under the Volcano (simulpost)  
Unforgiven  
V for Vendetta  
Vampire’s Kiss  
Vertigo  
Victor Victoria  
Virgin Spring  
Water World  
Weeds  
When We Were Kings  
When We Were Kings (repeated)  
Wings  
X: the Unknown  
Xanadu  
Xavier  
X-Files, The  
xXx  
Yojimbo  
Yongari, Monster from the Deep  
Young Frankenstein  
Young Man with a Horn  
Youngblood  
Zardoz  
Zelig  
Zorba the Greek  
Zorro, the Gay Blade  
Zulu

I’ll add

Breaking Away

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/138 "2008-08-19T22:11:00Z")

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Castaway

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/139 "2008-08-19T23:01:31Z")

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_Destry Rides Again_

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/140 "2008-08-20T00:42:43Z")

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Ernest Goes to Camp 😃

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