# 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:** 426
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8506 "2020-12-29T00:59:52Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8507 "2020-12-29T01:12:05Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8508 "2020-12-29T01:14:44Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8509 "2020-12-29T01:49:02Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8510 "2020-12-29T02:31:06Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8511 "2020-12-29T02:44:48Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6. Wings (1927) (it must have been a good movie; it won the first ever Oscar for “Best Picture”) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8512 "2020-12-29T02:47:37Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6. Wings (1927) (it must have been a good movie; it won the first ever Oscar for “Best Picture”) 7. The Gold Rush ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8513 "2020-12-29T02:52:28Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6. Wings (1927) (it must have been a good movie; it won the first ever Oscar for “Best Picture”) 7. The Gold Rush 8. Intolerance Honestly, _Broken Blossoms_, and _Metropolis_ are two of my favorite films ever, not just favorite silent films. Frick missing out posting those. But _Intolerance_ is pretty darned good. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8514 "2020-12-29T09:10:24Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6. Wings (1927) (it must have been a good movie; it won the first ever Oscar for “Best Picture”) 7. The Gold Rush 8. Intolerance 9. Modern Times ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8515 "2020-12-29T14:09:39Z")
**Best silent films:** 1. Broken Blossoms 2. Safety Last! 3. The General 4. Metropolis 5. Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6. Wings (1927) (it must have been a good movie; it won the first ever Oscar for “Best Picture”) 7. The Gold Rush 8. Intolerance 9. Modern Times 10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame There has to be a Lon Chaney film! **NEXT** : sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8516 "2020-12-29T15:52:26Z")
**NEXT** : sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8517 "2020-12-29T15:59:08Z")
**NEXT** : sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8518 "2020-12-29T16:00:22Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8519 "2020-12-29T16:11:18Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8520 "2020-12-29T16:20:27Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears 6. Rollerball (1975) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8521 "2020-12-29T16:49:33Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears 6. Rollerball (1975) 7. It Happens Every Spring ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8522 "2020-12-29T16:51:50Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears 6. Rollerball (1975) 7. It Happens Every Spring 8. Major League ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8523 "2020-12-29T17:56:17Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears 6. Rollerball (1975) 7. It Happens Every Spring 8. Major League 9. Miracle ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8524 "2020-12-29T18:46:19Z")
Sports films that even non-sports people (like me) like: 1. Cool Runnings 2. A League of Their Own 3. Slap Shot 4. Moneyball 5. Bad News Bears 6. Rollerball (1975) 7. It Happens Every Spring 8. Major League 9. Miracle 10. Whip It **The Roles of Roy Scheider** 1. Chief Martin Brody, _Jaws_ ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8525 "2020-12-29T20:05:51Z")
**The Roles of Roy Scheider** 1. Chief Martin Brody, _Jaws_ 2. Joe Gideon, _All That Jazz_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=427)