# 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:** 293
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Movies Set on Trains 1. Silver Streak (1976) 2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 4. Boxcar Bertha (1972) 5. Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 6. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7. The Polar Express (2004) 8. The First Great Train Robbery (1978) 9. Strangers on a Train (1951) 10. The Great Train Robbery (1903) Next: First films of people who became A-listers ---
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Next: First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks A slasher film, inspired by “Halloween.” I was sure that Hanks’ first film would have been “Mazes and Monsters,” the trashy 1982 made-for-TV movie about a Dungeons & Dragons player who goes insane, but that was his _second_ film. ---
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Next: First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Jonny Depp ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Jonny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Johnny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne 6. Animal House (1978) - Kevin Bacon _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Johnny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne 6. Animal House (1978) - Kevin Bacon 7. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Harrison Ford ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Johnny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne 6. Animal House (1978) - Kevin Bacon 7. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Harrison Ford 8. Dick Turpin (1925) - Gary Cooper ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Johnny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne 6. Animal House (1978) - Kevin Bacon 7. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Harrison Ford 8. Dick Turpin (1925) - Gary Cooper 9. Innocent Lies (1995) - Keira Knightley ---
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First films of people who became A-listers 1. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) - Tom Hanks 2. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1992) - Amy Adams 3. Bad Sister (1931) - Bette Davis 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Johnny Depp 5. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne 6. Animal House (1978) - Kevin Bacon 7. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Harrison Ford 8. Dick Turpin (1925) - Gary Cooper 9. Innocent Lies (1995) - Keira Knightley 10. Bush Christmas - Nicole Kidman next Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-lisr actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - _(the late)_ Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android \*\*\* interesting bit of trivia — Warwick Davis was the person inside the ‘Marvin’ costume, and he also appeared with Rickman in several different roles including Professor Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin in the “Harry Potter” octology. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey I don’t think I’ve ever heard more effective voiceover work. There’s one particularly sad scene where his tone of voice and delivery… well, you have to see (and hear) it for yourself. ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche 6. Look Who’s Talkin’ - Bruce Willis ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche 6. Look Who’s Talkin’ - Bruce Willis 7. Radio Flyer - Tom Hanks, uncredited ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche 6. Look Who’s Talkin’ - Bruce Willis 7. Radio Flyer - Tom Hanks, uncredited 8. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Liam Neeson ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche 6. Look Who’s Talkin’ - Bruce Willis 7. Radio Flyer - Tom Hanks, uncredited 8. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Liam Neeson 9. Conan the Barbarian - Morgan Freeman, uncredited ---
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Non-animated films with Voice-only roles by A-list actors. 1. The Art if Racing in the Rain - Kevin Costner 2. The World’s End - Bill Nighy 3. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - (the late) Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android 4. Moon - Kevin Spacey 5. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, and Don Ameche 6. Look Who’s Talkin’ - Bruce Willis 7. Radio Flyer - Tom Hanks, uncredited 8. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Liam Neeson 9. Conan the Barbarian - Morgan Freeman, uncredited 10. Star Wars [aka, “A New Hope”] - James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader Movies about GBLTQ relationships that are not “coming out stories.” 1. Go Fish [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=294)