# 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:** 497
**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 17, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9923 "2023-06-17T20:33:52Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. What the Bleep Do We Know ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9924 "2023-06-17T20:34:24Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. A League of Their Own In this clip, Geena Davis and Tom Hanks both use the traditional signs and gestures with which baseball coaches convey information to a batter at the plate: [A League Of Their Own | Giving Mixed Signs | CineClips - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJP2_74ztYg) ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9925 "2023-06-17T21:40:23Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. A League of Their Own 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Truffaut’s character shows manual sign language to represent the various tones in the five-note theme. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9926 "2023-06-17T21:43:21Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. A League of Their Own 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8. The Miracle worker ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9927 "2023-06-17T21:51:29Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. A League of Their Own 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8. The Miracle worker 9. There Will Be Blood ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9928 "2023-06-17T21:55:59Z")
**Movies with scenes in some signed language, or other genuine (not invented for the film) manual communication (not necessarily ASL-- could be BSL, LSF, etc.)** 1. Children of a Lesser God 2. Mr. Holland’s Opus 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. CODA 5. Congo 6. A League of Their Own 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8. The Miracle Worker 9. There Will Be Blood 10. The Day of the Dolphin Researchers communicate with dolphins using a sign language (not ASL, as I recall). Pass. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9929 "2023-06-18T06:23:01Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9930 "2023-06-18T08:24:17Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) First Best Picture winner to be directed by a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9931 "2023-06-18T09:59:37Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9932 "2023-06-18T10:24:11Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9933 "2023-06-18T10:43:17Z")
] **Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9934 "2023-06-18T12:41:30Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling) ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9935 "2023-06-18T13:31:53Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling) 7. Whip It (Drew Barrymore) ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9936 "2023-06-18T14:10:24Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling) 7. Whip It (Drew Barrymore) 8. The Hitch-Hiker - Ida Lupino First film noir directed by a woman ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9937 "2023-06-18T14:57:51Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling) 7. Whip It (Drew Barrymore) 8. The Hitch-Hiker - Ida Lupino 9. Harlan County, USA - Barbara Kopple An Oscar-winning documentary ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9938 "2023-06-18T17:30:31Z")
**Movies directed by a woman** 1. Ladybird (Greta Gerwig) 2. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 3. Big (Penny Marshall) 4. The Matrix (Lily and Lana Wachowski) 5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling) 7. Whip It (Drew Barrymore) 8. The Hitch-Hiker - Ida Lupino 9. Harlan County, USA - Barbara Kopple 10. Private Parts (Betty Thomas) pass ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9939 "2023-06-18T21:42:42Z")
**Non-World War war movies** 1. Breaker Morant (Boer War) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9940 "2023-06-18T21:55:30Z")
**Non-World War war movies** 1. Breaker Morant (Boer War) 2. Braveheart (War of Scottish independence) ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9941 "2023-06-18T22:37:25Z")
**Non-World War war movies** 1. Breaker Morant (Boer War) 2. Braveheart (War of Scottish independence) 3. MASH - (Korean War) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9942 "2023-06-18T22:57:18Z")
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