# 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:** 23
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/441 "2019-09-09T17:09:57Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/442 "2019-09-09T17:12:29Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/443 "2019-09-09T18:02:17Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/444 "2019-09-09T18:17:52Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno 6. Cast Away One of the most achingly beautiful pieces of movie music I’ve ever heard: [Cast Away Soundtrack - Main Theme - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMoFmICrISE) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/445 "2019-09-09T18:26:15Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno 6. Cast Away 7. Batman (1989) One of Danny Elfman’s earliest and most iconic movie scores. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/446 "2019-09-09T19:48:03Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno 6. Cast Away 7. Batman (1989) 8. Dark City The opening theme here - gloriously menacing: [Dark City Soundtrack - Into The City - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdV3Ad1mYk) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/447 "2019-09-09T20:21:41Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno 6. Cast Away 7. Batman (1989) 8. Dark City 9. Dr. No (all include the main James Bond theme in the opening, but Dr. No was first). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/448 "2019-09-10T01:20:59Z")
Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars 2. Jaws 3. Psycho 4. The Lone Ranger 5. The Towering Inferno 6. Cast Away 7. Batman (1989) 8. Dark City 9. Dr. No (all include the main James Bond theme in the opening, but Dr. No was first). 10. Cyrano De Bergerac Classical elegance: [Cyrano De Bergerac 1990 ~ Theme (soundtrack) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkcfzbyJa0) Next category: Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/449 "2019-09-10T01:22:21Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/450 "2019-09-10T13:49:33Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/451 "2019-09-10T13:56:33Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/452 "2019-09-10T15:20:51Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/453 "2019-09-10T15:40:38Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback 6. The Man with No Name, the Dollars Trilogy I know there were names that other people called him by. But these were just nicknames people used. The character never gave his real name. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/454 "2019-09-10T15:59:48Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback 6. The Man with No Name, the Dollars Trilogy 7. Driver, Drive ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/455 "2019-09-10T16:20:41Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback 6. The Man with No Name, the Dollars Trilogy 7. Driver, Drive 8. Eli Cross, The Stunt Man ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/456 "2019-09-10T19:27:38Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback 6. The Man with No Name, the Dollars Trilogy 7. Driver, Drive 8. Eli Cross, The Stunt Man 9. Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, The Sting ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/457 "2019-09-10T19:44:51Z")
Antiheroes 1. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 2. Luke Jackson, Cool Hand Luke 3. Harry H. Morant, Breaker Morant 4. Han Solo, Star Wars 5. Porter, Payback 6. The Man with No Name, the Dollars Trilogy 7. Driver, Drive 8. Eli Cross, The Stunt Man 9. Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, The Sting 10. The Gecko Brothers, From Dusk till Dawn Your movie needs to include an actor from the previous movie in the list. 11. Batman and Robin ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/458 "2019-09-10T19:47:36Z")
Your movie needs to include an actor from the previous movie in the list. 1. Batman and Robin 2. The Men Who Stare at Goats ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/459 "2019-09-10T19:48:57Z")
Your movie needs to include an actor from the previous movie in the list. 1. Batman and Robin 2. The Men Who Stare at Goats 3. Nobody’s Fool ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/460 "2019-09-10T20:42:13Z")
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