# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/181 "2019-08-27T21:04:55Z")
Silent Movies 1. Nosferatu 2. Metropolis 3. The General 4. Safety Last 5. Silent Movie (okay, there’s one spoken word in it) 6. The Phantom of the Opera 7. Hypocrites ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/182 "2019-08-27T22:35:08Z")
Silent Movies 1. Nosferatu 2. Metropolis 3. The General 4. Safety Last 5. Silent Movie (okay, there’s one spoken word in it) 6. The Phantom of the Opera 7. Hypocrites 8. The Gold Rush ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/183 "2019-08-28T02:28:30Z")
Silent Movies 1. Nosferatu 2. Metropolis 3. The General 4. Safety Last 5. Silent Movie (okay, there’s one spoken word in it) 6. The Phantom of the Opera 7. Hypocrites 8. The Gold Rush 9. _The Birth of a Nation_ ---
**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, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/184 "2019-08-28T04:24:13Z")
Silent Movies 1. Nosferatu 2. Metropolis 3. The General 4. Safety Last 5. Silent Movie (okay, there’s one spoken word in it) 6. The Phantom of the Opera 7. Hypocrites 8. The Gold Rush 9. The Birth of a Nation 10. The Great Train Robbery The first Western, by some accounts: [The Great Train Robbery (1903 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1903_film)) Next category: Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/185 "2019-08-28T04:39:51Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/186 "2019-08-28T05:24:44Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. _Gandhi_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/187 "2019-08-28T06:11:07Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/188 "2019-08-28T11:51:48Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/189 "2019-08-28T12:12:51Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart 6. 42 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/190 "2019-08-28T13:19:58Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart 6. 42 7. Spotlight ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/191 "2019-08-28T13:31:11Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart 6. 42 7. Spotlight 8. Awakenings It’s not a biopic of Oliver Sacks, but he’s the protagonist. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/192 "2019-08-28T17:33:49Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart 6. 42 7. Spotlight 8. Awakenings 9. Alexander Nevsky ---
**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, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/193 "2019-08-28T17:40:09Z")
Movies about heroic or admirable real people 1. Sully 2. Norma Rae 3. Gandhi 4. Serpico 5. Braveheart 6. 42 7. Spotlight 8. Awakenings 9. Alexander Nevsky 10. The Crossing About George Washington, the crossing of the Delaware and the Battle of Trenton. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/194 "2019-08-28T17:55:55Z")
Are you passing on the next topic, or did you just forget? ---
**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, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/195 "2019-08-28T18:02:35Z")
Oops, I forgot! I keep thinking this is Baker’s Dozen. Next category: Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/196 "2019-08-28T18:15:00Z")
Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Little John ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/197 "2019-08-28T18:24:21Z")
Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Little John 3. JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/198 "2019-08-28T18:50:41Z")
Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Little John 3. JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy 4. John Wick - John Wick ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/199 "2019-08-28T18:54:13Z")
Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Little John 3. JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy 4. John Wick - John Wick 5. Die Hard - John McClane ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/200 "2019-08-28T19:18:50Z")
Movies about or featuring guys named John, and his full name 1. Dark City - John Murdock 2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Little John 3. JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy 4. John Wick - John Wick 5. Die Hard - John McClane 6. Rocketman - Elton John [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=11)