# 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:** 446
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8906 "2021-01-24T06:00:30Z")
Best Best Picture Oscar Winner of the Decade (no repeats of decades) 1. 1960s - The Apartment (1960) 2. 1940’s - Casablanca (1943) 3. 1970’s - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) 4. 1980s - Platoon 5. 1950s - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. 1930s - Gone with the Wind (1939) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8907 "2021-01-24T06:39:06Z")
Best Best Picture Oscar Winner of the Decade (no repeats of decades) 1. 1960s - The Apartment (1960) 2. 1940’s - Casablanca (1943) 3. 1970’s - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) 4. 1980s - Platoon 5. 1950s - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. 1930s - Gone with the Wind (1939) 7. 2000s - No Country For Old Men (2007) ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8908 "2021-01-24T14:16:36Z")
Best Best Picture Oscar Winner of the Decade (no repeats of decades) 1. 1960s - The Apartment (1960) 2. 1940’s - Casablanca (1943) 3. 1970’s - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) 4. 1980s - Platoon 5. 1950s - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. 1930s - Gone with the Wind (1939) 7. 2000s - No Country For Old Men (2007) 8. 1990s - Unforgiven ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8909 "2021-01-24T20:03:47Z")
Best Best Picture Oscar Winner of the Decade (no repeats of decades) 1. 1960s - The Apartment (1960) 2. 1940’s - Casablanca (1943) 3. 1970’s - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) 4. 1980s - Platoon (1986) 5. 1950s - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. 1930s - Gone with the Wind (1939) 7. 2000s - No Country For Old Men (2007) 8. 1990s - Unforgiven (1992) 9. 2010s - The King’s Speech (2010) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8910 "2021-01-25T00:27:10Z")
Best Best Picture Oscar Winner of the Decade (no repeats of decades) 1. 1960s - The Apartment (1960) 2. 1940’s - Casablanca (1943) 3. 1970’s - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) 4. 1980s - Platoon (1986) 5. 1950s - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6. 1930s - Gone with the Wind (1939) 7. 2000s - No Country For Old Men (2007) 8. 1990s - Unforgiven (1992) 9. 2010s - The King’s Speech (2010) 10. 1920s - Wings (1927/28) Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8911 "2021-01-26T04:14:33Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8912 "2021-01-26T05:30:02Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd He’s best known now for his stunts and pratfalls, but I was really impressed by his acting, too. Even in a silent film, he conveyed everything from joy to annoyance to love with remarkable authenticity. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8913 "2021-01-26T06:22:21Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger I almost forgot that I wasn’t actually watching Judy Garland. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8914 "2021-01-26T06:28:04Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans When I heard that the guy who had played the sophomoric wise-ass Johnny Storm in two Fantastic Four movies had been cast as Captain America, I had serious doubts. But, Evans was letter-perfect as the everyman-turned-hero, and became one of the linchpins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8915 "2021-01-26T06:38:52Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8916 "2021-01-26T06:59:34Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett 6. Stir of Echoes - Kevin Bacon ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8917 "2021-01-26T07:09:38Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett 6. Stir of Echoes - Kevin Bacon 7. The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8918 "2021-01-26T07:23:29Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett 6. Stir of Echoes - Kevin Bacon 7. The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love 8. Continental Divide - John Belushi Belushi in a rom-com? Yes, and he makes it work. Unlike drunken frat-boy Bluto, and Joliet Jake Blues, both of whom would do what no reasonable person would do in the circumstances; Belushi plays a Chicago investigative reporter sent to interview an environmental researcher in the Rockies absolutely straight. The plot unfolds as expected, with Belushi given some great lines (“The bear ate my cigarettes!”), but he’s always in character according to the movie. It’s not a movie for Belushi fans who want to see him as Bluto or Jake, but he proves that he can act in this one. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8919 "2021-01-26T07:32:04Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett 6. Stir of Echoes - Kevin Bacon 7. The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love 8. Continental Divide - John Belushi 9. Reese Witherspoon - Devil’s Knot ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8920 "2021-01-26T07:33:15Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > 1. The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love Seconding this one. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8921 "2021-01-26T10:37:28Z")
Film in which an actor surprised you when you saw how good he/she was 1. Naked Gun: 2.5 – Priscilla Presley 2. Safety Last! - Harold Lloyd 3. Judy - Renee Zellweger 4. Captain America: The First Avenger - Chris Evans 5. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett 6. Stir of Echoes - Kevin Bacon 7. The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love 8. Continental Divide - John Belushi 9. Reese Witherspoon - Devil’s Knot 10. Emma Stone - La La Land (And I second Belushi in Continental Divide, well worth seeking out) Which brings me to… **Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8922 "2021-01-26T10:51:56Z")
**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_, dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8923 "2021-01-26T11:56:50Z")
**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_, dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. Street-wise smart-alec in a B monster pic. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8924 "2021-01-26T12:24:28Z")
**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8925 "2021-01-26T13:02:57Z")
**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men I include this movie because it’s a stellar old black and white movie that I bet lots of people younger than 40 have never seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=447)