# 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:** 50
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/983 "2019-10-02T00:49:18Z")
Foreign Film Noir 1. Bob le Flambeur 2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) 3. M (1931) 4. Bullet in the Head 5. Rififi (1955) 6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951 ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/984 "2019-10-02T02:06:29Z")
Foreign Film Noir 1. Bob le Flambeur 2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) 3. M (1931) 4. Bullet in the Head 5. Rififi (1955) 6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951 7. Ossessione (1943) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/985 "2019-10-02T04:32:03Z")
Foreign Film Noir 1. Bob le Flambeur 2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) 3. M (1931) 4. Bullet in the Head 5. Rififi (1955) 6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951 7. Ossessione (1943) 8. Alphaville (1965) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/986 "2019-10-02T05:41:04Z")
Foreign Film Noir 1. Bob le Flambeur 2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) 3. M (1931) 4. Bullet in the Head 5. Rififi (1955) 6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951 7. Ossessione (1943) 8. Alphaville (1965) 9. [Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfXZVqdLKcE) (1970) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/987 "2019-10-02T06:46:16Z")
Foreign Film Noir 1. Bob le Flambeur 2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) 3. M (1931) 4. Bullet in the Head 5. Rififi (1955) 6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951 7. Ossessione (1943) 8. Alphaville (1965) 9. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) 10. City on Fire (Ringo Lam, 1987) Tarantino “borrowed” heavily from this one to make Reservoir Dogs. Next: Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/988 "2019-10-02T12:42:46Z")
Next: Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/989 "2019-10-02T13:12:36Z")
Next: Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/990 "2019-10-02T14:42:38Z")
Next: Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/991 "2019-10-02T14:50:13Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/992 "2019-10-02T14:54:37Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) 6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/993 "2019-10-02T17:30:49Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) 6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen) 7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/994 "2019-10-02T18:11:53Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) 6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen) 7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic) 8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/995 "2019-10-02T20:26:21Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) 6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen) 7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic) 8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character) 9. Jurassic Park (new standard for realism in CGI creatures) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/996 "2019-10-02T20:32:42Z")
Special Effects Landmarks 1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien) 2. Tron (Steven Lisberger) 3. Avatar (multiple) 4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.) 5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan) 6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen) 7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic) 8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character) 9. Jurassic Park (new standard for realism in CGI creatures) 10. The Matrix (Bullet Time by John Gaeta) Comedy Horror Movies 11. Arsenic and Old Lace ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/997 "2019-10-02T20:34:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character) It was _The Two Towers_, though, in which Gollum becomes a major character. There’s really just glimpses of him in _Fellowship_. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/998 "2019-10-02T20:36:33Z")
Comedy Horror Movies 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/999 "2019-10-02T21:04:04Z")
Comedy Horror Movies 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 3. Shaun of the Dead ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1000 "2019-10-03T00:05:12Z")
Comedy Horror Movies 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 3. Shaun of the Dead 4. Saturday the 14th ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1001 "2019-10-03T00:41:10Z")
Comedy Horror Movies 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 3. Shaun of the Dead 4. Saturday the 14th 5. Young Frankenstein ---
**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:** [October 3, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1002 "2019-10-03T11:49:09Z")
Comedy Horror Movies 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 3. Shaun of the Dead 4. Saturday the 14th 5. Young Frankenstein 6. Dead Alive ETA: Also known as “Braindead.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=51)