# 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:** 141
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2803 "2019-12-26T19:10:14Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2804 "2019-12-26T19:24:17Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2805 "2019-12-26T20:01:43Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Trading Places ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2806 "2019-12-26T20:57:41Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Trading Places 7. Dick Tracy ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2807 "2019-12-26T21:24:40Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Trading Places 7. Dick Tracy 8. The Apartment ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2808 "2019-12-26T21:45:43Z")
If you trade places twice, are you back where you started from? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2809 "2019-12-26T22:43:56Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Dick Tracy 7. The Apartment 8. 200 Cigarettes Removed duplicate ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2810 "2019-12-26T22:48:05Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Dick Tracy 7. The Apartment 8. 200 Cigarettes 9. The Horn Blows At Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2811 "2019-12-27T08:14:49Z")
Movies set on or around New Year’s (at least partially) 1. Trading Places 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. Ocean’s 11 4. Ghostbusters II 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Dick Tracy 7. The Apartment 8. 200 Cigarettes 9. The Horn Blows At Midnight 10. The Hudsucker Proxy Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2812 "2019-12-27T11:31:31Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2813 "2019-12-27T14:16:43Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski and True Grit) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2814 "2019-12-27T15:04:22Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2815 "2019-12-27T15:20:07Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2816 "2019-12-27T15:47:52Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson 6. Tom Hanks ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2817 "2019-12-27T16:32:25Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson 6. Tom Hanks 7. Steve Buscemi ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2818 "2019-12-27T16:46:48Z")
I assume we are defining “Coen brothers movies” as any movie they wrote and/or directed and/or produced? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2819 "2019-12-27T18:05:42Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson 6. Tom Hanks 7. Steve Buscemi 8. M. Emmet Walsh ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2820 "2019-12-27T18:54:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I assume we are defining “Coen brothers movies” as any movie they wrote and/or directed and/or produced? Wrote and/or directed. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2821 "2019-12-27T20:46:27Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson 6. Tom Hanks 7. Steve Buscemi 8. M. Emmet Walsh 9. George Clooney ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2822 "2019-12-27T21:33:43Z")
Actors who have appeared in at least two Coen brothers movies 1. John Goodman 2. John Turturro 3. Jeff Bridges 4. Frances McDormand 5. Tim Blake Nelson 6. Tom Hanks 7. Steve Buscemi 8. M. Emmet Walsh 9. George Clooney 10. Billy Bob Thorton Next Up: REVENGE!! Movies where the bad guys get their comeuppance, but good! 1. Your Next [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=142)