# 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\
**Page:** 48

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/941 "2021-06-02T18:22:43Z")

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**Movies set in Latin America**

1. Bananas
2. Clear and Present Danger
3. The Mosquito Coast
4. Moon Over Parador
5. The Road to Rio
6. At Play in the Fields of the Lord

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/942 "2021-06-02T19:00:14Z")

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**Movies set in Latin America**

1. Bananas
2. Clear and Present Danger
3. The Mosquito Coast
4. Moon Over Parador
5. The Road to Rio
6. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
7. Frida

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/943 "2021-06-02T19:02:35Z")

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**Movies set in Latin America**

1. Bananas
2. Clear and Present Danger
3. The Mosquito Coast
4. Moon Over Parador
5. The Road to Rio
6. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
7. Frida
8. Salvador

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/944 "2021-06-02T19:27:27Z")

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**Movies set in Latin America**

1. Bananas
2. Clear and Present Danger
3. The Mosquito Coast
4. Moon Over Parador
5. The Road to Rio
6. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
7. Frida
8. Salvador
9. Fitzcarraldo

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/945 "2021-06-02T19:31:43Z")

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**Movies set in Latin America**

1. Bananas
2. Clear and Present Danger
3. The Mosquito Coast
4. Moon Over Parador
5. The Road to Rio
6. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
7. Frida
8. Salvador
9. Fitzcarraldo
10. The Boys From Brazil

Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/946 "2021-06-02T19:33:47Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/947 "2021-06-02T19:37:18Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/948 "2021-06-02T19:56:40Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/949 "2021-06-02T20:22:27Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/950 "2021-06-02T20:52:48Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco
6. Unbreakable

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/951 "2021-06-02T20:56:08Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco
6. Unbreakable
7. No Way Out

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/952 "2021-06-02T21:06:05Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco
6. Unbreakable
7. No Way Out
8. Wild Things

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/953 "2021-06-02T21:21:11Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco
6. Unbreakable
7. No Way Out
8. Wild Things
9. Dead Ringer

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/954 "2021-06-02T22:33:05Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> But in a game like this, the word itself is important, not its particular meaning in the movie. “Jacket” is perfectly cromulent.

Cromulent. Just learned a new word.

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/955 "2021-06-02T22:58:34Z")

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Movies with a major plot twist

1. The Crying Game
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Orphan (2009)
5. Coco
6. Unbreakable
7. No Way Out
8. Wild Things
9. Dead Ringer
10. The Sting _…(c’mon, if you tell me you saw that ending coming, you’re a bigger liar than Trump)_

-pass-

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [June 2, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/956 "2021-06-02T23:04:21Z")

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**Movies with the word “cromulent” in the title.**

Just kidding.

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/957 "2021-06-02T23:33:19Z")

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**Movies that feature the destruction of a major landmark (and which one)**

1. The Great Race (The Eiffel Tower)

Could probably do a whole category specifically on the Eiffel Tower, tbh.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/958 "2021-06-02T23:48:25Z")

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**Movies that feature the destruction of a major landmark (and which one)**

1. The Great Race (The Eiffel Tower)
2. X-Men: The Last Stand (Golden Gate Bridge)

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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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/959 "2021-06-03T01:08:51Z")

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**Movies that feature the destruction of a major landmark (and which one)**

1. The Great Race (The Eiffel Tower)
2. X-Men: The Last Stand (Golden Gate Bridge)
3. V for Vendetta (UK Parliament)

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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:** [June 3, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/960 "2021-06-03T02:20:31Z")

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**Movies that feature the destruction of a major landmark (and which one)**

1. The Great Race (The Eiffel Tower)
2. X-Men: The Last Stand (Golden Gate Bridge)
3. V for Vendetta (UK Parliament)
4. Independence Day (The White House)

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