Movie Marathon (Part 1)

Thread Games
1983

Movies about gambling

  1. Guys and Dolls
  2. 21
  3. Little Miss Marker
  4. Rounders
  5. The Cooler
  6. God of Gamblers
  7. A Big Hand For The Little Lady
1984

Movies about gambling

  1. Guys and Dolls
  2. 21
  3. Little Miss Marker
  4. Rounders
  5. The Cooler
  6. God of Gamblers
  7. A Big Hand For The Little Lady
  8. The Grand

The final poker hand was not scripted, it actually played out like that.

1985

Movies about gambling

  1. Guys and Dolls
  2. 21
  3. Little Miss Marker
  4. Rounders
  5. The Cooler
  6. God of Gamblers
  7. A Big Hand For The Little Lady
  8. The Grand
  9. Hard Eight
1986

Movies about gambling

  1. Guys and Dolls
  2. 21
  3. Little Miss Marker
  4. Rounders
  5. The Cooler
  6. God of Gamblers
  7. A Big Hand For The Little Lady
  8. The Grand
  9. Hard Eight
  10. The Gambler (1974)

I’ll pass.

1987

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
1988

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
1989

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
1990

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
1991

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
1992

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
  6. La Femme Nikita
1993

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
  6. La Femme Nikita
  7. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
1994

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
  6. La Femme Nikita
  7. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
  8. The Killer
1995

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
  6. La Femme Nikita
  7. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
  8. The Killer
  9. Pulp Fiction
1996

Movies about hitmen or assassins

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. The Day of the Jackal
  3. The Bourne Identity
  4. The Mechanic
  5. Suddenly
  6. La Femme Nikita
  7. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
  8. The Killer
  9. Pulp Fiction
  10. Léon: The Professional

No good ideas right now, so I’ll pass …

1997

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
1998

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
  2. Whitney (Angela Bassett)
1999

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
  2. Whitney (Angela Bassett)
  3. A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay)
2000

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
  2. Whitney (Angela Bassett)
  3. A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay)
  4. Cadillac Records (Darnell Martin)
2001

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
  2. Whitney (Angela Bassett)
  3. A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay)
  4. Cadillac Records (Darnell Martin)
  5. Lemon (Janicza Bravo)
2002

Directed by a black female

  1. Herbie Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson)
  2. Whitney (Angela Bassett)
  3. A Wrinkle in Time (Ava DuVernay)
  4. Cadillac Records (Darnell Martin)
  5. Lemon (Janicza Bravo)
  6. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash)