# 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:** 453
**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 10, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9043 "2023-04-10T16:22:46Z")
**The Films of Meg Ryan** 1. When Harry Met Sally 2. Restoration 3. Joe Versus the Volcano 4. You’ve Got Mail 5. Proof of Life 6. The Presidio 7. French Kiss 8. Sleepless in Seattle 9. InnerSpace 10. The Doors Pass. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9044 "2023-04-10T16:26:12Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9045 "2023-04-10T16:36:45Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9046 "2023-04-10T16:41:04Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9047 "2023-04-10T17:10:54Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9048 "2023-04-10T17:13:45Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9049 "2023-04-10T18:22:55Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) 6. The Glenn Miller Story ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9050 "2023-04-10T20:56:51Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) 6. The Glenn Miller Story 7. Rocketman (Elton John) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9051 "2023-04-10T21:14:01Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) 6. The Glenn Miller Story 7. Rocketman (Elton John) 8. Amadeus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – highly fictionalized, but still … _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9052 "2023-04-10T21:23:42Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) 6. The Glenn Miller Story 7. Rocketman (Elton John) 8. Amadeus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – highly fictionalized, but still … 9. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) Sissy Spacek won Best Actress Oscar for her titular role. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9053 "2023-04-11T03:02:03Z")
**Biographical Films About Musicians** 1. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) 2. Bird (Charlie Parker) 3. Ray (Ray Charles) 4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 5. Immortal Beloved (Beethoven) 6. The Glenn Miller Story 7. Rocketman (Elton John) 8. Amadeus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – highly fictionalized, but still … 9. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 10. Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa) A 1952 biopic. Pass. ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9054 "2023-04-11T03:21:09Z")
Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9055 "2023-04-11T04:02:37Z")
**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9056 "2023-04-11T07:40:24Z")
**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9057 "2023-04-11T07:55:34Z")
**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. 4. _Erin Brockovich_ - the title character, an environmental activist and whistleblower ---
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**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. 4. _Erin Brockovich_ - the title character, an environmental activist and whistleblower 5. _Hacksaw Ridge_ - Desmond Doss - pacifist who won the Medal of Honor in WWII ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9059 "2023-04-11T10:08:01Z")
**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. 4. _Erin Brockovich_ - the title character, an environmental activist and whistleblower 5. _Hacksaw Ridge_ - Desmond Doss - pacifist who won the Medal of Honor in WWII 6. _Kinsey_ - Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher ---
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**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. 4. _Erin Brockovich_ - the title character, an environmental activist and whistleblower 5. _Hacksaw Ridge_ - Desmond Doss - pacifist who won the Medal of Honor in WWII 6. _Kinsey_ - Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher 7. _The Flying Irishman_ - Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan, whose ‘error’ was probably deliberate. ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9061 "2023-04-11T12:18:46Z")
never mind ---
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**Biographical films about somebody Not in the entertainment industry** 1. _Tucker: The Man and His Dream_ - Preston Tucker, the automaker 2. _My Friend Dahmer_ - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer 3. _The Founder_ - About Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into what we know today. 4. _Erin Brockovich_ - the title character, an environmental activist and whistleblower 5. _Hacksaw Ridge_ - Desmond Doss - pacifist who won the Medal of Honor in WWII 6. _Kinsey_ - Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher 7. _The Flying Irishman_ - Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan, whose ‘error’ was probably deliberate. 8. _Becoming Jane_ - Jane Eyre, author [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=454)