# Movie Marathon (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988>\
**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:** 287

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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:** [November 15, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5722 "2024-11-15T17:08:28Z")

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**Movies about Hollywood**

1. The Day of the Locust
2. Boogie Nights
3. Barton Fink
4. Get SHorty
5. Chaplin
6. The Last Tycoon
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Won Ton Ton, The Dog That Saved Hollywood

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5723 "2024-11-15T19:18:17Z")

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**Movies about Hollywood**

1. The Day of the Locust
2. Boogie Nights
3. Barton Fink
4. Get SHorty
5. Chaplin
6. The Last Tycoon
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Won Ton Ton, The Dog That Saved Hollywood
9. Ed Wood

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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:** [November 16, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5724 "2024-11-16T02:59:53Z")

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**Movies about Hollywood**

1. The Day of the Locust
2. Boogie Nights
3. Barton Fink
4. Get SHorty
5. Chaplin
6. The Last Tycoon
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Won Ton Ton, The Dog That Saved Hollywood
9. Ed Wood
10. The Player

Pass.

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**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:** [November 17, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5725 "2024-11-17T11:05:40Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco

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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:** [November 17, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5726 "2024-11-17T12:36:18Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)

The one with Laurence Olivier.

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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:** [November 17, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5727 "2024-11-17T12:45:25Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs

Princess Vespa, of course – and remember Lone Star’s medallion, which Yogurt translates?

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [November 17, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5728 "2024-11-17T15:19:47Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday

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**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:** [November 17, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5729 "2024-11-17T15:45:13Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5730 "2024-11-17T16:00:54Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries
6. The Princess Bride

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5731 "2024-11-17T17:36:32Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries
6. The Princess Bride
7. Coming to America

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5732 "2024-11-17T19:18:23Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries
6. The Princess Bride
7. Coming to America
8. The Man in the Iron Mask

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**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:** [November 18, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5733 "2024-11-18T01:14:26Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries
6. The Princess Bride
7. Coming to America
8. The Man in the Iron Mask
9. Frozen

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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:** [November 18, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5734 "2024-11-18T03:49:33Z")

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**Movies where the central character is a prince(ss)**

1. Grace of Monaco
2. Hamlet (1948)
3. Spaceballs
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Princess Diaries
6. The Princess Bride
7. Coming to America
8. The Man in the Iron Mask
9. Frozen
10. Star Wars: A New Hope

If not _the_ central character, one of several.

Pass.

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**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:** [November 18, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5735 "2024-11-18T13:02:57Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense

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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:** [November 18, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5736 "2024-11-18T13:10:07Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5737 "2024-11-18T15:11:56Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution
3. Psycho

The movie had so many twists, you never knew what was going to happen.

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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:** [November 18, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5738 "2024-11-18T15:41:07Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution
3. Psycho
4. The Crying Game

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**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:** [November 18, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5739 "2024-11-18T16:01:19Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution
3. Psycho
4. The Crying Game
5. Shutter Island

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**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:** [November 18, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5740 "2024-11-18T16:20:17Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution
3. Psycho
4. The Crying Game
5. Shutter Island
6. The Life of Pi

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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:** [November 18, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5741 "2024-11-18T18:20:54Z")

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**Movies with a twist ending**

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Witness for the Prosecution
3. Psycho
4. The Crying Game
5. Shutter Island
6. The Life of Pi
7. No Way Out

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