# 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:** 208
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4143 "2020-03-06T15:52:48Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4144 "2020-03-06T15:55:09Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4145 "2020-03-06T16:15:30Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) 6. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4146 "2020-03-06T17:34:15Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) 6. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) 7. Barefoot (Evan Rachel Wood) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4147 "2020-03-06T17:41:22Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) 6. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) 7. Barefoot (Evan Rachel Wood) 8. Sweet November (Sandy Dennis or Charlize Theron, depending on which version you’re watching) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4148 "2020-03-06T17:53:16Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls Am I supposed to know what this means? It seems like everyone is in on the joke except me, so I guess I’m odd man out. But WTF? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4149 "2020-03-06T18:02:10Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Am I supposed to know what this means? It seems like everyone is in on the joke except me, so I guess I’m odd man out. But WTF? [Google is your friend.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4150 "2020-03-06T18:04:27Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) 6. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) 7. Barefoot (Evan Rachel Wood) 8. Sweet November (Sandy Dennis or Charlize Theron, depending on which version you’re watching) 9. The Apartment (Shirley MacLaine) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4151 "2020-03-06T20:19:59Z")
Movies with Manic Pixie Dream Girls 1. Garden State (Natalie Portman) 2. Elizabethtown (Kirsten Dunst) 3. Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe) 4. Better off Dead (Diane Franklin) 5. Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn) 6. Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn) 7. Barefoot (Evan Rachel Wood) 8. Sweet November (Sandy Dennis or Charlize Theron, depending on which version you’re watching) 9. The Apartment (Shirley MacLaine) 10. Yes Man (Zooey Deschanel) The concept has a TVTropes page, too: [Manic Pixie Dream Girl - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl) Next up: Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4152 "2020-03-06T20:41:37Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4153 "2020-03-06T21:20:54Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4154 "2020-03-06T21:23:08Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4155 "2020-03-06T22:09:30Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4156 "2020-03-07T01:09:01Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina 6. Planes, Trains ans Automobiles ---
**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:** [March 7, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4157 "2020-03-07T05:09:35Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina 6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 7. Yes Man ---
**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:** [March 8, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4158 "2020-03-08T05:37:34Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina 6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 7. Yes Man 8. Evan Almighty ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4159 "2020-03-08T05:47:07Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina 6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 7. Yes Man 8. Evan Almighty 9. Real Genius Though probably not _the_ main character, Mitch (the teenaged prodigy) definitely meets the criteria for this list. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4160 "2020-03-08T09:25:41Z")
Films in which the stuffed-shirt main character loosens up and learns to enjoy life 1. Something Wild 2. The Sure Thing 3. Now, Voyager 4. Barefoot in the Park 5. Sabrina 6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 7. Yes Man 8. Evan Almighty 9. Real Genius 10. Joyrtders with Martin Landau pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4161 "2020-03-09T02:25:13Z")
That should by “Joyriders”, above. next Films with a military rank in the title 1. Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4162 "2020-03-09T04:17:36Z")
Films with a military rank in the title 1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Sergeant York [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=209)