# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 170
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3383 "2021-12-08T15:21:28Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3384 "2021-12-08T15:28:54Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3385 "2021-12-08T16:47:18Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3386 "2021-12-08T16:56:08Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) 6. Le Ballon Rouge (1956) You know, the ‘red balloon’ movie you were probably forced to watch in elementary school at recess on rainy days. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3387 "2021-12-08T17:09:51Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)( 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) 6. Le Ballon Rouge (1956) 7. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3388 "2021-12-08T19:31:41Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) 6. Le Ballon Rouge (1956) 7. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) 8. Children of Paradise (1945) I have to admit, I wasn’t all that impressed when I watched it. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3389 "2021-12-08T19:45:45Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) 6. Le Ballon Rouge (1956) 7. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) 8. Children of Paradise (1945) 9. Van Gogh (1991) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3390 "2021-12-08T21:55:55Z")
**Oui oui! French cinema** 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) 2. Amélie (2001) 3. The Wages of Fear (1953) 4. La Grande Illusion (1937) 5. Amour (2012) 6. Le Ballon Rouge (1956) 7. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) 8. Children of Paradise (1945) 9. Van Gogh (1991) 10. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) **Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3391 "2021-12-08T22:06:11Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3392 "2021-12-08T22:18:03Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3393 "2021-12-08T23:02:32Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3394 "2021-12-09T00:25:31Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3395 "2021-12-09T01:46:07Z")
[quote=“Nonsuch, post:3394, topic:938801, full:true”] **Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared 6. A Simple Plan ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3396 "2021-12-09T01:55:15Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared 6. A Simple Plan 7. Snowpiercer (if not astronomical winter then winterlike conditions) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3397 "2021-12-09T06:43:13Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared 6. A Simple Plan 7. Snowpiercer (if not astronomical winter then winterlike conditions) 8. New in Town (def snowbanks and such) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3398 "2021-12-09T12:59:05Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared 6. A Simple Plan 7. Snowpiercer (if not astronomical winter then winterlike conditions) 8. New in Town (def snowbanks and such) 9. The Invisible Man ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3399 "2021-12-09T13:10:19Z")
**Movies set significantly in Winter** 1. White Christmas 2. The Thing 3. Nobody’s Fool 4. Hot Dog … The Movie 5. Running Scared 6. A Simple Plan 7. Snowpiercer (if not astronomical winter then winterlike conditions) 8. New in Town (def snowbanks and such) 9. The Invisible Man 10. The Shining **Best and/or favorite and/or otherwise notable actor-director teams (in an “ongoing professional relationship,” which we’ll define as having made at least three movies together)** 1. Werner Herzog (d) and Klaus Kinski (a) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3400 "2021-12-09T13:25:29Z")
**Best and/or favorite and/or otherwise notable actor-director teams (in an “ongoing professional relationship,” which we’ll define as having made at least three movies together)** 1. Werner Herzog (d) and Klaus Kinski (a) 2. John Ford (D) and John Wayne (A) They made 21 Movies together ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3401 "2021-12-09T14:48:10Z")
**Best and/or favorite and/or otherwise notable actor-director teams (in an “ongoing professional relationship,” which we’ll define as having made at least three movies together)** 1. Werner Herzog (d) and Klaus Kinski (a) 2. John Ford (D) and John Wayne (A) 3. Tim Burton (D) and Johnny Depp (A) 8 movies together ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3402 "2021-12-09T15:17:44Z")
**Best and/or favorite and/or otherwise notable actor-director teams (in an “ongoing professional relationship,” which we’ll define as having made at least three movies together)** 1. Werner Herzog (d) and Klaus Kinski (a) 2. John Ford (D) and John Wayne (A) 3. Tim Burton (D) and Johnny Depp (A) 4. Frank Capra (D) and James Stewart (A) _It’s a Wonderful Life_, _Mr. Smith Goes To Washington_, _You Can’t Take It With You_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=171)