# 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:** 213
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4243 "2020-03-11T11:52:45Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4244 "2020-03-11T11:55:29Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4245 "2020-03-11T12:15:39Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4246 "2020-03-11T12:33:52Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) ---
**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 11, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4247 "2020-03-11T13:06:40Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) 6. A Knight’s Tale (Jousting) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4248 "2020-03-11T13:12:05Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) 6. A Knight’s Tale (Jousting) 7. Chariots of Fire (running) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4249 "2020-03-11T13:16:27Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) 6. A Knight’s Tale (Jousting) 7. Chariots of Fire (running) 8. Ben-Hur (chariot racing) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4250 "2020-03-11T14:33:28Z")
Minor sports (NOT football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, or auto racing) 1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) 6. A Knight’s Tale (Jousting) 7. Chariots of Fire (running) 8. Ben-Hur (chariot racing) 9. Eddie the Eagle (ski jumping) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4251 "2020-03-11T14:49:17Z")
1. By the Sword (fencing) 2. Dodgeball 3. Breaking Away (cycling) 4. Ice Castles (figure skating) 5. Balls of Fury (Ping-pong) 6. A Knight’s Tale (Jousting) 7. Chariots of Fire (running) 8. Ben-Hur (chariot racing) 9. Eddie the Eagle (ski jumping) 10. Secretariat (horse racing) Next up: Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4252 "2020-03-11T15:42:26Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4253 "2020-03-11T18:17:38Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4254 "2020-03-11T18:21:35Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4255 "2020-03-11T18:59:05Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Wit (ovarian cancer) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4256 "2020-03-11T18:59:43Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Philadelphia (HIV/AIDS) ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4257 "2020-03-11T19:12:46Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Wit (ovarian cancer) 6. Philadelphia (HIV/AIDS) 7. Lorenzo’s Oil (ALD) ---
**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 11, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4258 "2020-03-11T19:39:14Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Wit (ovarian cancer) 6. Philadelphia (HIV/AIDS) 7. Lorenzo’s Oil (ALD) 8. Brian’s Song (cancer) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4259 "2020-03-11T19:48:31Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Wit (ovarian cancer) 6. Philadelphia (HIV/AIDS) 7. Lorenzo’s Oil (ALD) 8. Brian’s Song (cancer) 9. Still Alice (Early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease) ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4260 "2020-03-11T21:18:46Z")
Movies that revolve around an illness 1. The Stand (Captain Tripps) 2. Panic in the Streets (Pneumonic Plague) 3. Dark Victory (brain tumor) 4. Outbreak (airborne virus) 5. Wit (ovarian cancer) 6. Philadelphia (HIV/AIDS) 7. Lorenzo’s Oil (ALD) 8. Brian’s Song (cancer) 9. Still Alice (Early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease) 10. The Elephant Man (Proteus syndrome) Pass ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4261 "2020-03-11T21:43:35Z")
1970s movies featuring a 1950s TV star 1. Smokey and the Bandit (Jackie Gleason) ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4262 "2020-03-11T21:46:34Z")
1970s movies featuring a 1950s TV star 1. Smokey and the Bandit (Jackie Gleason) 2. Oh, God! (George Burns) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=214)