# Identify the movie from the IMDB "Plot Keywords"

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**Created:** [September 26, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583 "2007-09-26T19:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/1 "2007-09-26T19:04:54Z")

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Has this been done before? I’m always slightly baffled by the “plot keywords” thing on IMDB. I’m sure it can be turned into a game (no cheating now).

Which movie is this:

**Plot Keywords:** Patient / Disco / Hanging / Elephant / Vomit ?

Clue - it’s quite old.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/2 "2007-09-26T19:35:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Colophon]  
Has this been done before? I’m always slightly baffled by the “plot keywords” thing on IMDB. I’m sure it can be turned into a game (no cheating now).

Which movie is this:

**Plot Keywords:** Patient / Disco / Hanging / Elephant / Vomit ?

Clue - it’s quite old.  
[/QUOTE]

_Disorderlies_?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/3 "2007-09-26T20:22:34Z")

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[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!]  
_Disorderlies_?  
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Nope. (Never heard of it!)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/4 "2007-09-26T20:28:46Z")

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Does “quite old” mean '70s or so, or even older?

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**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/5 "2007-09-26T20:32:41Z")

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_They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?_ ?

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/6 "2007-09-26T20:34:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Colophon]  
Which movie is this:

**Plot Keywords:** Patient / Disco / Hanging / Elephant / Vomit ?

Clue - it’s quite old.  
[/QUOTE]

_Citizen Kane_.

What do I win?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-the-imdb-plot-keywords/420583/7 "2007-09-26T22:59:26Z")

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I don’t think you’d ever get it: [Airplane!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/)

Although I now see a different list: “Sick Pilot / Flight Attendant / Doctor / WWII / Patient”. Guess it chooses randomly from the full [list](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/keywords).