# Movie Marathon (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801>\
**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\
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**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:** [May 7, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/641 "2021-05-07T17:06:39Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_

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**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:** [May 7, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/642 "2021-05-07T19:17:06Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_

Not to say any utopian film shows an absolutely _perfect_ society…

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**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:** [May 7, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/643 "2021-05-07T19:28:07Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_
7. _Zootopia_

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**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:** [May 7, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/644 "2021-05-07T21:16:55Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_
7. _Zootopia_
8. _Demolition Man_

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**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:** [May 8, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/645 "2021-05-08T19:05:10Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_
7. _Zootopia_
8. _Demolition Man_
9. _WALL-E_

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**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:** [May 8, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/646 "2021-05-08T20:41:19Z")

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**Utopian films**

1. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_
2. _Lost Horizon_
3. _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_
4. _Tomorrowland_
5. _Forbidden Planet_
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_
7. _Zootopia_
8. _Demolition Man_
9. _WALL-E_
10. _Barbarella_

or _Road to Utopia_

**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out

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**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:** [May 9, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/647 "2021-05-09T01:27:02Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)

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**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:** [May 9, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/648 "2021-05-09T02:18:10Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [May 9, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/649 "2021-05-09T02:26:01Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue

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**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:** [May 9, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/650 "2021-05-09T02:29:35Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)

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**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:** [May 10, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/651 "2021-05-10T12:17:57Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. The Kennel Murder Case

Philo Vance at his best

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**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:** [May 10, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/652 "2021-05-10T12:20:49Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/653 "2021-05-10T12:51:56Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
7. The Maltese Falcon

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**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:** [May 10, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/654 "2021-05-10T15:18:55Z")

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Housekeeping:

**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. The Kennel Murder Case
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
8. The Maltese Falcon

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**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:** [May 10, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/655 "2021-05-10T15:33:49Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. The Kennel Murder Case
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
8. The Maltese Falcon
9. Brick

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**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:** [May 11, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/656 "2021-05-11T02:45:19Z")

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**Good Old-Fashioned Whodunits**

1. Knives Out
2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974 or 2017)
3. And Then There Were None (1945)
4. Clue
5. Death on the Nile (Later this year)
6. The Kennel Murder Case
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
8. The Maltese Falcon
9. Brick
10. The Witness for the Prosecution

I particularly recommend this brilliant recent adaptation: [The Witness for the Prosecution (TV Mini Series 2016) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834256/)

Next up:

**Actresses who always impress you**

1. Jessica Chastain

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**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:** [May 11, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/657 "2021-05-11T06:22:02Z")

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**Actresses who always impress you**

1. Jessica Chastain
2. Frances Mcdormand

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**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:** [May 11, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/658 "2021-05-11T06:25:55Z")

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**Actresses who always impress you**

1. Jessica Chastain
2. Frances Mcdormand
3. Sandra Bullock

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/659 "2021-05-11T08:45:22Z")

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**Actresses who always impress you**

1. Jessica Chastain
2. Frances Mcdormand
3. Sandra Bullock
4. Olivia Colman

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**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:** [May 11, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/660 "2021-05-11T11:55:06Z")

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**Actresses who always impress you**

1. Jessica Chastain
2. Frances McDormand
3. Sandra Bullock
4. Olivia Colman
5. Susan Sarandon

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