# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/361 "2023-07-22T21:40:18Z")
**Movies centering around a wedding** 1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Wedding Crashers 3. Bridesmaids 4. Father of the Bride 5. The Philadelphia Story 6. The In-Laws 7. Four Weddings and a Funeral 8. Up in the Air 9. My Best Friend’s Wedding ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/362 "2023-07-22T23:11:12Z")
**Movies centering around a wedding** 1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Wedding Crashers 3. Bridesmaids 4. Father of the Bride 5. The Philadelphia Story 6. The In-Laws 7. Four Weddings and a Funeral 8. Up in the Air 9. My Best Friend’s Wedding 10. Monsoon Wedding **Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/363 "2023-07-22T23:13:54Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/364 "2023-07-22T23:43:31Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/365 "2023-07-23T02:53:24Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/366 "2023-07-23T04:15:56Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/367 "2023-07-23T05:21:38Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill 6. Phantasm ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/368 "2023-07-23T10:12:47Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill 6. Phantasm 7. The Loved One ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/369 "2023-07-23T12:14:50Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill 6. Phantasm 7. The Loved One 8. The Pallbearer ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/370 "2023-07-23T20:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill 6. Phantasm 7. The Loved One 8. The Pallbearer 9. Macabre ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/371 "2023-07-24T10:57:15Z")
**Movies centering around a funeral or funeral home** 1. My Girl 2. This Is Where I Leave You 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Death at a Funeral 5. The Big Chill 6. Phantasm 7. The Loved One 8. The Pallbearer 9. Macabre 10. Bordello of Blood **Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/372 "2023-07-24T11:22:04Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian Does that count? He’s on a planet, not just space. If not, let’s go with 2001: A Space Odyssey. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/373 "2023-07-24T12:57:57Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/374 "2023-07-24T13:14:54Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/375 "2023-07-24T15:32:24Z")
Yeah, I’d count The Martian. **Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke’s novelization has quite a bit more on what Bowman did after disconnecting HAL, and how truly alone he then was - more isolated, there in the outer reaches of the Solar System, than any other person in the history of humanity. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/376 "2023-07-24T15:37:43Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Interstellar Romilly waited 23 years for Brand and Cooper (minus Doyle) to return to the mother ship. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/377 "2023-07-24T15:56:15Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Interstellar 7. Alien Just Ripley and Jones the cat, alone in the shuttle at the end. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/378 "2023-07-24T17:03:11Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Interstellar 7. Alien 8. Ad Astra ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/379 "2023-07-25T02:20:51Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Interstellar 7. Alien 8. Ad Astra 9. Armageddon The regular cast were fine, but Peter Stormare’s solitary cosmonaut in the ISS seemed pretty lonely. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/380 "2023-07-25T14:20:59Z")
**Movies featuring lonely people in space** 1. Silent Running 2. The Martian 3. Gravity 4. Moon 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Interstellar 7. Alien 8. Ad Astra 9. Armageddon 10. Passengers **Movies featuring lonely people at sea** 1. All Is Lost [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=20)