# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/81 "2019-08-22T19:15:57Z")
1. Thor 2. Moneyball 3. Thank you For Smoking 4. Marley & Me 5. Ladyhawke 6. Skyfall 7. Alexander the Great 8. Memento 9. The Way We Were 10. Midnight in Paris Next: In honor of [panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21817277&postcount=51), whom I do not know and have never conversed with to my knowledge :), but got the idea from, how about Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/82 "2019-08-22T19:20:00Z")
Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic 2. Oldboy Not the typical “person disappears” story, as it is actually the protagonist who has disappeared from the rest of the Earth, but it still fits. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/83 "2019-08-22T19:20:04Z")
Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/84 "2019-08-22T20:17:30Z")
Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/85 "2019-08-22T20:34:09Z")
1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said 5. Jumanji (both versions) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/86 "2019-08-22T20:51:30Z")
1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said 5. Jumanji (both versions) 6. _The Vanishing_ The 1988 original or the 1993 remake. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/87 "2019-08-22T21:07:12Z")
1. A wrinkle in time ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/88 "2019-08-22T22:12:47Z")
Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said 5. Jumanji (both versions) 6. The Vanishing 7. A wrinkle in time 8. What Dreams May Come ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/89 "2019-08-22T22:17:05Z")
1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said 5. Jumanji (both versions) 6. The Vanishing 7. A wrinkle in time 8. What Dreams May Come 9. Tron: Legecy ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/90 "2019-08-22T22:49:07Z")
Movies where a character who has literally or figuratively disappeared from the face of the earth is the driving plot point 1. Frantic 2. Oldboy 3. Poltergeist 4. Murder, She Said 5. Jumanji (both versions) 6. The Vanishing 7. A wrinkle in time 8. What Dreams May Come 9. Tron: Legecy 10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/91 "2019-08-22T23:11:54Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/92 "2019-08-22T23:26:15Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) _3. Bright (2017)_ I can’t believe you forced me to include that movie in any list, but I couldn’t think of another. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/93 "2019-08-22T23:28:54Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. Bright (2017) 4. JFK (1991) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/94 "2019-08-23T00:01:50Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. Bright (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter Again, year is not necessary. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/95 "2019-08-23T01:01:00Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. Bright (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 6. _It Happened Here_ (1964) ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/96 "2019-08-23T01:08:11Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. Bright (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 6. It Happened Here (1964) 7. Fatherland It’s pretty good, but the book by Robert Harris is much better. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/97 "2019-08-23T02:57:55Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. Bright (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 6. It Happened Here (1964) 7. Fatherland 8. [Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2246549/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3) Bill Oberst, Jr., is outstanding as Abe. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/98 "2019-08-23T05:49:54Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. _Bright_ (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 6. _It Happened Here_ (1964) 7. Fatherland 8. [Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2246549/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3) 9. _White Man’s Burden_ (1995) Interesting premise wasted on a not very good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/99 "2019-08-23T07:27:14Z")
Alternate history movies 1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 2. Watchmen (2009) 3. _Bright_ (2017) 4. JFK (1991) 5. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 6. _It Happened Here_ (1964) 7. Fatherland 8. [Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2246549/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3) 9. White Man’s Burden(1995) 10. X-Men: First Class Movies where the star was well-known for some other activity before becoming an actor. No actor repeats. _1. The Terminator (1984)_ ---
**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:** [August 23, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/100 "2019-08-23T10:42:43Z")
Movies where the star was well-known for some other activity before becoming an actor. No actor repeats. 1. The Terminator (1984) 2. Love Me Tender (1956) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=6)