# 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:** 297
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5922 "2024-12-15T04:47:22Z")
**Female directors and one of their best movies** 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5923 "2024-12-15T05:05:44Z")
**Female directors and one of their best movies** 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ 7. Nora Ephron - _You’ve Got Mail_ Rewatched it again recently - still a funny, charming romcom. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5924 "2024-12-15T07:15:21Z")
**Female directors and one of their best movies** 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ 7. Nora Ephron - _You’ve Got Mail_ 8. Penny Marshall - _A League of Their Own_ I went back and forth between this and _Big_. Could have gone with either one, really. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5925 "2024-12-15T07:49:15Z")
**Female directors and one of their best movies** 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ 7. Nora Ephron - _You’ve Got Mail_ 8. Penny Marshall - _A League of Their Own_ 9. Julie Taymor - _Across the Universe_ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5926 "2024-12-15T11:49:36Z")
**Female directors and one of their best movies** 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ 7. Nora Ephron - _You’ve Got Mail_ 8. Penny Marshall - _A League of Their Own_ 9. Julie Taymor - _Across the Universe_ 10. The Wachowskis – _The Matrix_ Don’t know if this would count, though, since they were still presenting as male when they directed it. I’ll wait for input, and pass until then. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5927 "2024-12-15T14:48:59Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5928 "2024-12-15T17:41:52Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > **Female directors and one of their best movies** > > 1. Sofia Coppola - _Lost In Translation_ > 2. Sara Driver - _Sleepwalk_ > 3. Kathryn Bigelow - _The Hurt Locker_ > 4. Ana DuVernay - _Selma_ > 5. Greta Gerwig - _Little Women_ > 6. Mary Harron - _American Psycho_ > 7. Nora Ephron - _You’ve Got Mail_ > 8. Penny Marshall - _A League of Their Own_ > 9. Julie Taymor - _Across the Universe_ > 10. The Wachowskis – _The Matrix_ > > Don’t know if this would count, though, since they were still presenting as male when they directed it. I’ll wait for input, and pass until then. I don’t see a problem. Carry on. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5929 "2024-12-15T21:55:55Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1.TAG (2018) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5930 "2024-12-15T23:40:20Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5931 "2024-12-15T23:42:59Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) About competitive fencing ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5932 "2024-12-16T02:02:56Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5933 "2024-12-16T02:04:23Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) World Series Poker meets _This Is Spinal Tap_ ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5934 "2024-12-16T02:09:00Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) 6. BASEketball (1998) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5935 "2024-12-16T02:58:25Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) 6. BASEketball (1998) 7. Cool Runnings (1993) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5936 "2024-12-16T03:42:42Z")
**Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) 6. BASEketball (1998) 7. Cool Runnings (1993) 8. Blue Crush (2002) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5937 "2024-12-16T08:25:23Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:5936, topic:985988, full:true”] **Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) 6. BASEketball (1998) 7. Cool Runnings (1993) 8. Blue Crush (2002) 9. The Big Blue (1988) Free diving **Movies with lots of Cameos** 1. The Muppet movie (1979) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5938 "2024-12-16T14:51:58Z")
**Movies with lots of Cameos** 1. The Muppet movie (1979) 2. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5939 "2024-12-16T15:02:37Z")
You’re one movie short! **Movies About Non-Mainstream Sports** 1. TAG (2018) 2. Over the Top (1987) 3. By the Sword (1991) 4. Dodgeball 5. The Grand (2007) 6. BASEketball (1998) 7. Cool Runnings (1993) 8. Blue Crush (2002) 9. The Big Blue (1988) 10. Kingpin (1996) **Movies with lots of Cameos** 1. The Muppet movie (1979) 2. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 3. The Magic Christian ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5940 "2024-12-16T15:35:49Z")
**Movies with lots of Cameos** 1. The Muppet movie (1979) 2. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 3. The Magic Christian 4. The Player (1992) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/5941 "2024-12-16T17:52:53Z")
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