# 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:** 252
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5023 "2022-04-28T12:52:48Z")
**Movies in which someone has a memorable death** 1. The Wizard of Oz - The Wicked Witch 2. Die Hard - Hans Gruber 3. The Exorcist - Father Karras 4. The Godfather - Sonny Corleone 5. Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan - Spock 6. Dr. Strangelove – Major T.J. ‘King’ Kong 7. Platoon - Elias 8. The Omen - The Photographer 9. Jaws - Quint 10. Scarface - Tony Montana pass ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5025 "2022-04-28T16:51:55Z")
**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone I’m assuming a senior citizen dying of natural causes, like a heart attack, qualifies as ‘dying of old age’ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5026 "2022-04-28T17:13:07Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I’m assuming a senior citizen dying of natural causes, like a heart attack, qualifies as ‘dying of old age’ Correct. ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter Her death is off camera, but her funeral is depicted in the film. ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski No he doesn’t exactly die of old age, but his manner of death is bold and heroic. Replace it if you think it doesn’t belong. ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski 6. Up - Ellie Fredricksen I’m not crying, you’re crying. ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski 6. Up - Ellie Fredricksen 7. Cocoon - Rose ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5032 "2022-04-28T22:27:43Z")
**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski 6. Up - Ellie Fredricksen 7. Cocoon - Rose 8. Forrest Gump - Mama Gump She dies offscreen, and its not stated what the cause is, but she says to Forrest, “It’s just my time”. Also, Vito Corleone dies in the first Godfather film. ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. Godfather 2 - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski 6. Up - Ellie Fredricksen 7. Cocoon - Rose 8. Forrest Gump - Mama Gump 9. Citizen Kane - Charles Foster Kane ---
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**Movies in which someone dies of old age** 1. Return of the Jedi - Yoda 2. The Godfather - Vito Corleone 3. Captain America: Civil War - Peggy Carter 4. Being There - Ben Rand 5. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski 6. Up - Ellie Fredricksen 7. Cocoon - Rose 8. Forrest Gump - Mama Gump 9. Citizen Kane - Charles Foster Kane 10. Henry Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility His death opens the movie and sets the story in motion. Pass. ---
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Next: **Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Near the end of the film, Padme gives birth to Luke and Leia ---
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**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby Title gives it away ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5037 "2022-04-29T17:08:42Z")
**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind Prissy is a reluctant midwife. ---
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**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Men in Black “Congratulations, it’s a… squid.” ---
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**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Men in Black 5. The World According to Garp ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5040 "2022-04-29T18:08:53Z")
**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Men in Black 5. The World According to Garp 6. Eraserhead Actually, the hospital isn’t sure it _is_ a baby… ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/5041 "2022-04-29T18:16:06Z")
**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Men in Black 5. The World According to Garp 6. Eraserhead 7. Parenthood ---
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**Movies In Which a Baby Is Born** 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Gone with the Wind 4. Men in Black 5. The World According to Garp 6. Eraserhead 7. Parenthood 8. Alien Not every birth is welcome, and not every baby is adorable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=253)