Movie Marathon (Part 1)

Movies where a non-American actor performs with an American accent

  1. The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield)
  2. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)
  3. To Die For (Nicole Kidman)
  4. Wedding Crashers (Isla Fischer)
  5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Bob Hoskins)
  6. Star Trek Generations (Marina Sirtis)
  7. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette
  8. Jurassic Park (Sam Neill)

Movies where a non-American actor performs with an American accent

  1. The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield)
  2. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)
  3. To Die For (Nicole Kidman)
  4. Wedding Crashers (Isla Fischer)
  5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Bob Hoskins)
  6. Star Trek Generations (Marina Sirtis)
  7. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette
  8. Jurassic Park (Sam Neill)
  9. Spider-Man: Homecoming (Tom Holland)

Movies where a non-American actor performs with an American accent

  1. The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield)
  2. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)
  3. To Die For (Nicole Kidman)
  4. Wedding Crashers (Isla Fischer)
  5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Bob Hoskins)
  6. Star Trek Generations (Marina Sirtis)
  7. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette
  8. Jurassic Park (Sam Neill)
  9. Spider-Man: Homecoming (Tom Holland)
  10. Husbands & Wives (Judy Davis)

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)

The film that apparently directed itself.

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)

-“BB”-

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)

Next: directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
  6. Children of a Lesser god (Randa Haines)

Directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
  6. Children of a Lesser god (Randa Haines)
  7. The Merchant of Venice (Lois Weber)

The first feature-length movie directed by a woman (1914)

Directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th Amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
  6. Children of a Lesser god (Randa Haines)
  7. The Merchant of Venice (Lois Weber)
  8. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)

First and only woman so far to win an Oscar as Best Director.

Directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th Amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
  6. Children of a Lesser god (Randa Haines)
  7. The Merchant of Venice (Lois Weber)
  8. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
  9. Lost In Translation (Sophia Coppola)

Directed by a woman (in honor of the recent anniversary of the 19th Amendment)

  1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong)
  2. The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand)
  3. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
  4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
  5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
  6. Children of a Lesser god (Randa Haines)
  7. The Merchant of Venice (Lois Weber)
  8. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
  9. Lost In Translation (Sophia Coppola)
  10. The Departure (Gillian Anderson)

Next up:

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise

For those who don’t know: Bechdel test - Wikipedia

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. Bound

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. Bound
  6. Iron-jawed Angels

Does Thelma & Louise pass so easily? The two women spend a lot of time talking about the men.

I actually have the cartoon where Bechdel sets forth the rule. It says a movie has to have at least two women who talk about something besides men.

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. Bound
  6. Iron-jawed Angels
  7. Charlie’s Angels

I’m thinking the 2000 movie. I haven’t seen the new one but it probably also fits.

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. Bound
  6. Iron-jawed Angels
  7. Charlie’s Angels
  8. The Heat

Movies that easily pass the Bechdel Test

  1. Thelma and Louise
  2. Coyote Ugly
  3. Ocean’s Eight
  4. Captain Marvel
  5. Bound
  6. Iron-jawed Angels
  7. Charlie’s Angels
  8. The Heat
  9. Sister Act