# 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:** 317
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6322 "2025-01-23T17:59:50Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6323 "2025-01-23T18:04:46Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6324 "2025-01-23T18:28:44Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6325 "2025-01-23T18:46:04Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness 6. The Game Technically, it’s a “riches to rags and back to riches” story. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6326 "2025-01-23T19:17:02Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness 6. The Game 7. Wall Street ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6327 "2025-01-23T20:16:28Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness 6. The Game 7. Wall Street 8. The Money Pit ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6328 "2025-01-23T21:31:24Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness 6. The Game 7. Wall Street 8. The Money Pit 9. Gandhi ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6329 "2025-01-24T16:32:34Z")
**Riches-to-Rags** 1. Wilde 2. Trading Places 3. Coming to America 4. Overboard 5. Triangle of Sadness 6. The Game 7. Wall Street 8. The Money Pit 9. Gandhi 10. The War of the Roses Pass. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6330 "2025-01-24T16:59:07Z")
Movies Iconic of a decade. 1. Saturday night fever - 70’s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6331 "2025-01-24T17:00:31Z")
Movies Iconic of a decade. 1. Saturday night fever - 70’s 2. Wall Street - 1980s “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6332 "2025-01-24T17:23:25Z")
**Movies Iconic of a decade** 1. Saturday night fever - 70’s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6333 "2025-01-24T17:29:34Z")
**Movies Iconic of a decade** 1. Saturday night fever - 70’s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6334 "2025-01-24T18:19:36Z")
**Movies Iconic of a decade** 1. Saturday night fever - 70’s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6335 "2025-01-24T18:38:41Z")
**Movies Iconic of a decade** 1. Saturday night fever - 1970s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s 6. Empire Records - 1990s ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6336 "2025-01-24T18:47:31Z")
**Movies Iconic of a decade** 1. Saturday night fever - 1970s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s 6. Empire Records - 1990s 7. Safety Last! - 1920s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6337 "2025-01-24T19:18:36Z")
**Movies Iconic of a Decade** 1. Saturday Night Fever - 1970s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s 6. Empire Records - 1990s 7. Safety Last! - 1920s 8. Gone with the Wind - 1930s ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6338 "2025-01-24T20:55:40Z")
**Movies Iconic of a Decade** 1. Saturday Night Fever - 1970s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s 6. Empire Records - 1990s 7. Safety Last! - 1920s 8. Gone with the Wind - 1930s 9. Avatar - 2000s If someone can think of an iconic film from 1910s, we will have a full numeric sequence. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6339 "2025-01-24T21:39:13Z")
**Movies Iconic of a Decade** 1. Saturday Night Fever - 1970s 2. Wall Street - 1980s 3. Marty - 1950s 4. Easy Rider - 1960s 5. Casablanca - 1940s 6. Empire Records - 1990s 7. Safety Last! - 1920s 8. Gone with the Wind - 1930s 9. Avatar - 2000s 10. The Birth of a Nation - 1910s Much as I hate to say it. Pass. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6340 "2025-01-24T21:43:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. The Birth of a Nation - 1910s > > Much as I hate to say it. I was about to post exactly that, including the footnote. Next: **Fictional Musical Groups from Film** 1. The Commitments - _The Commitments_ (1991) About a Dublin-based soul band. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6341 "2025-01-24T21:45:48Z")
**Fictional Musical Groups from Film** 1. The Commitments - _The Commitments_ (1991) 2. The New Main Street Singers - _A Mighty Wind_ (2003) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=316) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=318)