# 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:** 288
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5743 "2020-06-27T21:19:08Z")
Sequels that were as good, or ALMOST, as good the original film. 1. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 2. Lethal Weapon 2 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Despicable Me 2 5. Aliens 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 7. Monsters University 8. Desperado 9. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 10. Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) Prison escape movies 1. Papillon ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5744 "2020-06-27T22:32:34Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5745 "2020-06-27T22:43:41Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5746 "2020-06-27T22:50:45Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5747 "2020-06-27T22:58:55Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5748 "2020-06-28T02:26:27Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz 6. Sugarland Express ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5749 "2020-06-28T02:48:33Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz 6. Sugarland Express 7. Midnight Express ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5750 "2020-06-28T04:01:22Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz 6. Sugarland Express 7. Midnight Express 8. The Great Escape ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5751 "2020-06-28T05:58:36Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz 6. Sugarland Express 7. Midnight Express 8. The Great Escape 9. Escape Plan ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5752 "2020-06-28T14:56:44Z")
Prison escape movies 1. Papillon 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Chicken Run 4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5. Escape from Alcatraz 6. Sugarland Express 7. Midnight Express 8. The Great Escape 9. Escape Plan 10. The Way Back Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5753 "2020-06-28T15:04:51Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5754 "2020-06-28T15:56:54Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5755 "2020-06-28T16:02:16Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5756 "2020-06-28T16:13:19Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5757 "2020-06-28T19:21:02Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot 6. First Knight ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5758 "2020-06-28T22:12:19Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot 6. First Knight 7. The Sword in the Stone ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5759 "2020-06-28T23:40:54Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot 6. First Knight 7. The Sword in the Stone 8. King Arthur ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5760 "2020-06-29T00:37:26Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot 6. First Knight 7. The Sword in the Stone 8. King Arthur 9. [Knights of the Round Table](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlG2H2FTSOQ) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5761 "2020-06-29T00:45:21Z")
Arthurian Mythos 1. Excalibur 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Camelot 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 5. Quest for Camelot 6. First Knight 7. The Sword in the Stone 8. King Arthur 9. [Knights of the Round Table] 10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade pass ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5762 "2020-06-29T03:42:03Z")
Movies which use a famous line of dialogue from another movie (exact quotes or approximations accepted) 1. Blazing Saddles - “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre It has to be a line of natural dialogue. It doesn’t count if a character in the movie says they are quoting the original movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=289)