# 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:** 404
**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:** [January 19, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8063 "2023-01-19T23:01:43Z")
**Movies that should have scored at least one Oscar, but didn’t - and in what category/ies** 1. _Limitless_ (2011) - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score 2. _Stand By Me_ (1986) - Best Adapted Screenplay 3. _12 Angry Men_ (1958) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay 4. _Gettysburg_ (1993) - Best Actor 5. _Psycho_ (1960) - Best Actor 6. _Field of Dreams_ (1989) – Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Was nominated, but lost out to _Driving Miss Daisy_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8064 "2023-01-20T01:40:46Z")
[quote=“Bicycle\_Bill, post:8063, topic:938801”] **Movies that should have scored at least one Oscar, but didn’t - and in what category/ies** 1. _Limitless_ (2011) - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score 2. _Stand By Me_ (1986) - Best Adapted Screenplay 3. _12 Angry Men_ (1958) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay 4. _Gettysburg_ (1993) - Best Actor 5. _Psycho_ (1960) - Best Actor 6. _Field of Dreams_ (1989) – Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 7. _Anomalisa_ (2015) - Best Animated Feature Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman (_Being John Malkovich_, _Adaptation_) . First R Rated movie nominated in the category. Lost out to _Inside Out_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8065 "2023-01-20T01:44:46Z")
**Movies that should have scored at least one Oscar, but didn’t - and in what category/ies** 1. _Limitless_ (2011) - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score 2. _Stand By Me_ (1986) - Best Adapted Screenplay 3. _12 Angry Men_ (1958) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay 4. _Gettysburg_ (1993) - Best Actor 5. _Psycho_ (1960) - Best Actor 6. _Field of Dreams_ (1989) – Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 7. _Anomalisa_ (2015) - Best Animated Feature 8. _The Elephant Man_ (1980) - Best Picture, Best Actor (Hurt), Best Director (David Lynch), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Music: Original Score. (The following year the Academy added Best Makeup in lieu of the work put in by makeup artists.) It lost to _Ordinary People._ _Raging Bull_ and _Coal Miner’s Daughter_ were also in the running. ---
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**Movies that should have scored at least one Oscar, but didn’t - and in what category/ies** 1. _Limitless_ (2011) - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score 2. _Stand By Me_ (1986) - Best Adapted Screenplay 3. _12 Angry Men_ (1958) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay 4. _Gettysburg_ (1993) - Best Actor 5. _Psycho_ (1960) - Best Actor 6. _Field of Dreams_ (1989) – Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 7. _Anomalisa_ (2015) - Best Animated Feature 8. _The Elephant Man_ (1980) - Best Picture, Best Actor (Hurt), Best Director (David Lynch), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Music: Original Score. (The following year the Academy added Best Makeup in lieu of the work put in by makeup artists.) 9. _The Color Purple_ (1985) - Nominated for 13 Oscars. Should have won for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography (God, that was a beautiful film) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8067 "2023-01-20T15:34:56Z")
**Movies that should have scored at least one Oscar, but didn’t - and in what category/ies** 1. _Limitless_ (2011) - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score 2. _Stand By Me_ (1986) - Best Adapted Screenplay 3. _12 Angry Men_ (1958) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay 4. _Gettysburg_ (1993) - Best Actor 5. _Psycho_ (1960) - Best Actor 6. _Field of Dreams_ (1989) – Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 7. _Anomalisa_ (2015) - Best Animated Feature 8. _The Elephant Man_ (1980) - Best Picture, Best Actor (Hurt), Best Director (David Lynch), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Music: Original Score. (The following year the Academy added Best Makeup in lieu of the work put in by makeup artists.) 9. _The Color Purple_ (1985) - Nominated for 13 Oscars. Should have won for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography (God, that was a beautiful film) 10. _Notorious_ (1946) - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Original Screenplay. My hands-down favorite Hitchcock. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman were outstanding in it. Claude Rains was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and Ben Hecht for Original Screenplay, but neither won, alas. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8068 "2023-01-20T15:41:05Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8069 "2023-01-20T15:42:34Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8070 "2023-01-20T15:53:07Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8071 "2023-01-20T16:10:51Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8072 "2023-01-20T16:28:05Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) _Four years before Steven Spielberg changed the movie business with “Jaws,” he came out with this TV movie and made us scared of big rigs._ _Dennis Weaver plays David, a businessman who passes a slow-moving truck on a two-lane highway, and it turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. The truck begins to follow him and before you know it the evil truck and its driver are tormenting David. What could be laughable turns into a tense thriller thanks to the mastery of Spielberg._ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8073 "2023-01-20T16:30:13Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) 6. _What’s Up, Doc?_ “There’s not much to see really. We’re inside a Chinese dragon.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8074 "2023-01-20T16:35:08Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) 6. _What’s Up, Doc?_ 7. _The Bourne Identity_ Sales for Mini Coopers skyrocketed after this movie came out. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8075 "2023-01-20T16:43:06Z")
**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) 6. _What’s Up, Doc?_ 7. _The Bourne Identity_ 8. _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ ---
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**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) 6. _What’s Up, Doc?_ 7. _The Bourne Identity_ 8. _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ 9. _The Great Escape_ ---
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**Movies with memorable chase scenes** 1. _The French Connection_ 2. _[Bullitt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7XR7s8Z7o)_ 3. _The Blues Brothers_ 4. _[Casino Royale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNlIj3CU28)_ 5. Duel (1971) 6. _What’s Up, Doc?_ 7. _The Bourne Identity_ 8. _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ 9. _The Great Escape_ 10. _[Raising Arizona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsiMJDCWvFQ)_ Nicolas Cage being chased by the police (and his wife!) down streets and through backyards, while carrying a pack of Huggies. **All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8078 "2023-01-20T18:32:09Z")
**All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak 2. Bullet Train ---
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**All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak 2. Bullet Train 3. The Taking of Pelham 123 ---
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**All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak 2. Bullet Train 3. The Taking of Pelham 123 4. 3:10 to Yuma Sure the train was a MacGuffin, but did appear on screen nevertheless. ---
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**All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak 2. Bullet Train 3. The Taking of Pelham 123 4. 3:10 to Yuma 5. The Lady Vanishes (1938) ---
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**All Aboard! Movies Featuring Trains** 1. Silver Streak 2. Bullet Train 3. The Taking of Pelham 123 4. 3:10 to Yuma 5. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 6. The General (1926) Buster Keaton classic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=405)