# 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:** 90
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1783 "2019-11-07T19:37:56Z")
Sports/competition movies where the protagonist loses at the end 1. Whip It 2. Rocky 3. A League Of Their Own 4. Bad News Bears 5. North Dallas Forty 6. Cars 7. Cool Runnings 8. Major League 9. Tin Cup 10. Silver Linings Playbook Movies you know by heart. 11. The Wizard of Oz ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1784 "2019-11-07T20:09:29Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1785 "2019-11-07T20:36:11Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1786 "2019-11-07T20:37:51Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1787 "2019-11-07T20:49:22Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride Had it on a VHS tape my dad recorded from TV, so it still had all the commercials. Watched that tape every day during at least 2 consecutive summer breaks. I memorized it with the commercials so now when I watch it without the commercials, it seems wrong. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1788 "2019-11-07T21:00:49Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride 6. It’s a Wonderful Life ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1789 "2019-11-07T21:12:45Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride 6. It’s a Wonderful Life 7. John Carpenter’s The Thing My buddies and I (young teens at the time) could quote that sucker almost through and through. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1790 "2019-11-07T21:26:36Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride 6. It’s a Wonderful Life 7. John Carpenter’s The Thing 8. Raiders of the Lost Ark It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1791 "2019-11-07T21:27:40Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride 6. It’s a Wonderful Life 7. John Carpenter’s The Thing 8. Raiders of the Lost Ark 9. Back to the Future ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1792 "2019-11-07T21:36:29Z")
Movies you know by heart. 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Star Wars 3. Forrest, Forrest Gump 4. Toy Story 5. The Princess Bride 6. It’s a Wonderful Life 7. John Carpenter’s The Thing 8. Raiders of the Lost Ark 9. Back to the Future 10. Reservoir Dogs “Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking Sent from my SM-S727VL using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1793 "2019-11-07T21:39:53Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1794 "2019-11-07T21:41:47Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1795 "2019-11-07T22:14:44Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1796 "2019-11-07T22:30:06Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo - but it turns out it wasn’t ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1797 "2019-11-07T22:39:05Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo 6. In Cold Blood ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1798 "2019-11-07T23:13:51Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo 6. In Cold Blood 7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre _Very_ loosely based on a true story. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1799 "2019-11-08T00:06:23Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo 6. In Cold Blood 7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 8. Into the Wild ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1800 "2019-11-08T00:25:15Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo 6. In Cold Blood 7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 8. Into the Wild 9. With a Song in My Heart ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1801 "2019-11-08T04:25:08Z")
“Based on a True Story” 1. Dead Man Walking 2. Goodfellas 3. Blow 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. Fargo 6. In Cold Blood 7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 8. Into the Wild 9. With a Song in My Heart 10. Rocketman Entertaining, but it takes _great_ liberties with the facts. Next category: Biopics 1. Lincoln ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1802 "2019-11-08T05:28:30Z")
Biopics 1. Lincoln 2. Man on the Moon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=91)