# 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:** 498
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9948 "2021-03-25T15:01:19Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9949 "2021-03-25T15:05:45Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9950 "2021-03-25T15:15:07Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9951 "2021-03-25T15:27:08Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia 6. Training Day ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9952 "2021-03-25T15:36:51Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia 6. Training Day 7. American Gangster ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9953 "2021-03-25T15:53:45Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia 6. Training Day 7. American Gangster 8. Courage under Fire ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9954 "2021-03-25T16:53:20Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia 6. Training Day 7. American Gangster 8. Courage under Fire 9. Flight ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9955 "2021-03-25T18:31:41Z")
**Denzel Washington Movies** 1. Fences 2. Crimson Tide 3. Malcolm X 4. Carbon Copy 5. Philadelphia 6. Training Day 7. American Gangster 8. Courage under Fire 9. Flight 10. The Equalizer Pass ---
**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 25, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9956 "2021-03-25T18:53:36Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9957 "2021-03-25T19:07:29Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9958 "2021-03-25T19:43:45Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9959 "2021-03-25T19:52:00Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) Wells’s book was published in 1897. ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9960 "2021-03-25T20:09:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** > > 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) > 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) > 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) > 4. War of the Worlds (1953) > 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 > ._(although the movie itself was a remake of a 1925 silent film of the same name, so if you feel it doesn’t belong, just remove it through housekeeping)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9961 "2021-03-25T20:21:24Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 6. Moby Dick (1956) - book published in 1851 This is the Gregory Peck version, there is a 1930 version starring Lionel Barrymore. Plus lots that came after these. ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9962 "2021-03-25T20:25:41Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 6. Moby Dick (1956) - book published in 1851 7. John Carter (2012) - book _A Princess of Mars_ published in 1912 ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9963 "2021-03-25T20:36:48Z")
Internet Protocol? ---
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Intellectual property, i.e., based on a story or other work published 50 years prior ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9965 "2021-03-25T21:14:23Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 6. Moby Dick (1956) - book published in 1851 7. John Carter (2012) - book _A Princess of Mars_ published in 1912 8. Pinocchio (1940) - book published in 1887 Plus versions in 2019, 2022 and 2023 coming. ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9966 "2021-03-25T21:21:23Z")
**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 6. Moby Dick (1956) - book published in 1851 7. John Carter (2012) - book _A Princess of Mars_ published in 1912 8. Pinocchio (1940) - book published in 1887 9. King Kong (2005) - original released in 1933 ---
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**Movies made from IP at least 50 years old at the time the movie was released** 1. The Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) 2. Dune (2021, release has been delayed) 3. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 4. War of the Worlds (1953) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) - book published in 1880 6. Moby Dick (1956) - book published in 1851 7. John Carter (2012) - book _A Princess of Mars_ published in 1912 8. Pinocchio (1940) - book published in 1887 9. King Kong (2005) - original released in 1933 10. Beowulf (2007) - book written c.975-1025 Next: **Movies with more than one remake or reboot** 1. The Jazz Singer (1927/1952/1980) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=499)