# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4843 "2020-04-16T00:37:51Z")

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British gangster movies

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. We Still Kill The Old Way
3. Snatch
4. Layer Cake
5. Get Carter
6. The Gentlemen

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4844 "2020-04-16T04:38:05Z")

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British gangster movies

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. We Still Kill The Old Way
3. Snatch
4. Layer Cake
5. Get Carter
6. The Gentlemen
7. [Villain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3quMiaEQs)

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4845 "2020-04-16T11:08:26Z")

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British gangster movies

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. We Still Kill The Old Way
3. Snatch
4. Layer Cake
5. Get Carter
6. The Gentlemen
7. Villain
8. In Bruges

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4846 "2020-04-16T11:46:11Z")

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British gangster movies

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. We Still Kill The Old Way
3. Snatch
4. Layer Cake
5. Get Carter
6. The Gentlemen
7. Villain
8. In Bruges
9. Legend

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4847 "2020-04-16T13:56:24Z")

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British gangster movies

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. We Still Kill The Old Way
3. Snatch
4. Layer Cake
5. Get Carter
6. The Gentlemen
7. Villain
8. In Bruges
9. Legend
10. The Long Good Friday

Next up:

Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4848 "2020-04-16T14:01:42Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4849 "2020-04-16T14:29:12Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4850 "2020-04-16T14:30:22Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4851 "2020-04-16T14:41:07Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4852 "2020-04-16T14:49:25Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea
6. Taken - France

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4853 "2020-04-16T15:29:50Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea
6. Taken - France
7. Gomorra - Italy

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4854 "2020-04-16T15:45:19Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea
6. Taken - France
7. Gomorra - Italy
8. The Italian Job - Italy

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4855 "2020-04-16T18:30:40Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea
6. Taken - France
7. Gomorra - Italy
8. The Italian Job - Italy
9. Black Rain - Japan

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4856 "2020-04-16T20:25:23Z")

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Movies about crime other than in the U.S.

1. Gorky Park - Soviet Union
2. The General - Ireland
3. In Bruges - Belgium and Ireland
4. District 13 - France
5. No Blood, No Tears - S. Korea
6. Taken - France
7. Gomorra - Italy
8. The Italian Job - Italy
9. Black Rain - Japan
10. Police Story - Hong Kong (which was still a British colony at the time)

I’ll pass.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4857 "2020-04-16T20:37:17Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park

No musical score was used. Even the 20th Century Fox fanfare is missing during the opening of the film.

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4858 "2020-04-16T20:49:09Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park
2. Dracula

Philip Glass eventually composed a score in 1998.

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4859 "2020-04-16T20:50:38Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park
2. Dracula
3. Dog Day Afternoon

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4860 "2020-04-16T23:42:30Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park
2. Dracula
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Rope

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**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:** [April 16, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4861 "2020-04-16T23:58:08Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park
2. Dracula
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Rope
5. Network

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4862 "2020-04-17T01:53:37Z")

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Non-silent movies with no or very minimal musical score.

1. The Panic In Needle Park
2. Dracula
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Rope
5. Network
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Short list, best films ever seen

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