# 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\
**Page:** 480

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9587 "2021-03-01T02:35:53Z")

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**Movies that are sheer delirious fun**

1. Airplane!
2. There’s Something About Mary
3. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
4. Wayne’s World
5. Top Secret!
6. Scavenger Hunt
7. Trading Places
8. This is Spinal Tap

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9588 "2021-03-01T03:13:19Z")

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**Movies that are sheer delirious fun**

1. Airplane!
2. There’s Something About Mary
3. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
4. Wayne’s World
5. Top Secret!
6. Scavenger Hunt
7. Trading Places
8. This is Spinal Tap
9. The Princess Bride

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9589 "2021-03-01T04:13:22Z")

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**Movies that are sheer delirious fun**

1. Airplane!
2. There’s Something About Mary
3. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
4. Wayne’s World
5. Top Secret!
6. Scavenger Hunt
7. Trading Places
8. This is Spinal Tap
9. The Princess Bride
10. Ghostbusters

**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9590 "2021-03-01T04:25:18Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9591 "2021-03-01T04:31:13Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9592 "2021-03-01T04:32:49Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. High Time (1960)

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9593 "2021-03-01T04:46:34Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. High Time (1960)
4. National Lampoon’s Animal House

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9594 "2021-03-01T05:02:01Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. High Time (1960)
4. National Lampoon’s Animal House
5. The Paper Chase

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9595 "2021-03-01T07:09:54Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University
4. High Time (1960)
5. National Lampoon’s Animal House
6. The Paper Chase
7. Animal House

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9596 "2021-03-01T10:21:09Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University
4. High Time (1960)
5. National Lampoon’s Animal House
6. The Paper Chase
7. Animal House
8. The Freshman

Umm, are 5 & 7 the same thing? Not fixing, just in case.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9597 "2021-03-01T10:26:19Z")

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Yes they are. I have replaced one of them.

**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University
4. High Time (1960)
5. National Lampoon’s Animal House
6. The Paper Chase
7. Starter For 10
8. The Freshman

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9598 "2021-03-01T11:20:48Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University
4. High Time (1960)
5. National Lampoon’s Animal House
6. The Paper Chase
7. Starter For 10
8. The Freshman
9. College

8 & 9 have very similar plots, which I hadn’t thought about before, but Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton(respectively) make them distinctly memorable. Real gems.

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9599 "2021-03-01T11:36:44Z")

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**Movies set at college**

1. Horse Feathers
2. Oxford Blues
3. Monsters University
4. High Time (1960)
5. National Lampoon’s Animal House
6. The Paper Chase
7. Starter For 10
8. The Freshman
9. College
10. Revenge of the Nerds

Pass.

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9600 "2021-03-01T13:44:55Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9601 "2021-03-01T13:50:47Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9602 "2021-03-01T14:14:47Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee
3. The 400 Blows

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9603 "2021-03-01T15:06:52Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee
3. The 400 Blows
4. The SImpsons Movie

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9604 "2021-03-01T15:19:37Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee
3. The 400 Blows
4. The Simpsons Movie
5. The Good Son

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9605 "2021-03-01T15:37:08Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee
3. The 400 Blows
4. The Simpsons Movie
5. The Good Son
6. Addams Family Values

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**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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9606 "2021-03-01T15:45:43Z")

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**Films with mischievous children**

1. Home Alone
2. Nanny McPhee
3. The 400 Blows
4. The Simpsons Movie
5. The Good Son
6. Addams Family Values
7. Six Pack (1982)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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