# 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:** 77
**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 26, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1523 "2019-10-26T15:56:33Z")
Non-comedic movies that starred a comedic actor 1. The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg) 2. The King of Comedy (Jerry Lewis) 3. The World According to Garp (Robin Williams) 4. Foxcatcher (Steve Carell) 5. The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray) 6. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1524 "2019-10-26T16:01:18Z")
Non-comedic movies that starred a comedic actor 1. The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg) 2. The King of Comedy (Jerry Lewis) 3. The World According to Garp (Robin Williams) 4. Foxcatcher (Steve Carell) 5. The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray) 6. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) 7. The Number 23 (Jim Carrey) ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1525 "2019-10-26T18:06:13Z")
Non-comedic movies that starred a comedic actor 1. The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg) 2. The King of Comedy (Jerry Lewis) 3. The World According to Garp (Robin Williams) 4. Foxcatcher (Steve Carell) 5. The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray) 6. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) 7. The Number 23 (Jim Carrey) 8. Everything Must Go (Will Farrell) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1526 "2019-10-26T19:15:36Z")
Non-comedic movies that starred a comedic actor 1. The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg) 2. The King of Comedy (Jerry Lewis) 3. The World According to Garp (Robin Williams) 4. Foxcatcher (Steve Carell) 5. The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray) 6. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) 7. The Number 23 (Jim Carrey) 8. Everything Must Go (Will Farrell) 9. Aliens (Paul Reiser) ---
**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 26, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1527 "2019-10-26T19:31:48Z")
Non-comedic movies that starred a comedic actor 1. The Color Purple (Whoopi Goldberg) 2. The King of Comedy (Jerry Lewis) 3. The World According to Garp (Robin Williams) 4. Foxcatcher (Steve Carell) 5. The Razor’s Edge (Bill Murray) 6. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler) 7. The Number 23 (Jim Carrey) 8. Everything Must Go (Will Farrell) 9. Aliens (Paul Reiser) 10. Philadelphia (Tom Hanks) He’s a _serious actor_ now as we all know of course, but Hanks was almost exclusively in comedies until this role, which successfully proved he had the acting chops to make the transition into serious parts. Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1528 "2019-10-26T19:35:37Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) ---
**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 26, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1529 "2019-10-26T20:08:59Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1530 "2019-10-26T21:01:05Z")
Damn it, you took all the good ones. Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) ---
**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 26, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1531 "2019-10-26T23:49:20Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1532 "2019-10-26T23:58:11Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) 6. Halloween (Jamie Lee Curtis) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1533 "2019-10-27T02:51:40Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) 6. Halloween (Jamie Lee Curtis) 7. Revenge of the Creature (Clint Eastwood) ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1534 "2019-10-27T02:55:59Z")
Good one! Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) 6. Halloween (Jamie Lee Curtis) 7. Revenge of the Creature (Clint Eastwood) 8. He Knows You’re Alone (Tom Hanks) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1535 "2019-10-27T03:48:26Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) 6. Halloween (Jamie Lee Curtis) 7. Revenge of the Creature (Clint Eastwood) 8. He Knows You’re Alone (Tom Hanks) 9. Poltergeist III (Lara Flynn Boyle) ---
**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 27, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1536 "2019-10-27T03:52:49Z")
Big name actor’s first film role was a horror movie 1. Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Johnny Depp) 3. Friday the 13th (Kevin Bacon) 4. Devil’s Rain (John Travolta in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role) 5. Children of the Corn III (Charlize Theron) 6. Halloween (Jamie Lee Curtis) 7. Revenge of the Creature (Clint Eastwood) 8. He Knows You’re Alone (Tom Hanks) 9. Poltergeist III (Lara Flynn Boyle) 10. The Blob (Steve McQueen) In his screen debut! Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden A great sf B-movie thriller about an alien criminal hopping from human body to body ---
**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 27, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1537 "2019-10-27T04:05:03Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball Not a deep film but it always makes me laugh. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1538 "2019-10-27T04:06:47Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball 3. Summer Rental A John Candy film. It never fails to make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1539 "2019-10-27T04:12:04Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball 3. Summer Rental 4. Night Patrol The Unknown Comic, Linda Blair and Billy Barty. What’s not to like? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1540 "2019-10-27T05:15:04Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball 3. Summer Rental 4. Night Patrol 5. Up Your Alley Murray Langston and Linda Blair in a slightly more dramatic movie. Been looking for that online since online was a thing. ---
**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 27, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1541 "2019-10-27T12:41:07Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball 3. Summer Rental 4. Night Patrol 5. Up Your Alley 6. Flash Gordon To me, my hawkmen! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1542 "2019-10-27T14:50:30Z")
Guilty pleasures 1. The Hidden 2. Dodgeball 3. Summer Rental 4. Night Patrol 5. Up Your Alley 6. Flash Gordon 7. Cobra Woman The original 1944, with Maria Montez, the “Queen of Technicolor.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=78)