# 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:** 328
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ISWYDT (Yes, Discourse, this is a complete sentence) ---
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**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius (1985) 2. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) 3. Airplane! (1980) 4. Revenge of the Nerds (1984) 5. Ghostbusters (1984) 6. World According to Garp (1982) 7. Trading Places (1983) 8. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 9. Crocodile Dundee (1986) 10. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) LOVE that movie - still some of Michael Caine’s and Steve Martin’s funniest work. Pass. ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie ---
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> [@](#): > > **Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist 6. Rosemary’s Baby ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist 6. Rosemary’s Baby 7. Sense and Sensibility (1995) ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist 6. Rosemary’s Baby 7. Sense and Sensibility (1995) 8. Dune ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist 6. Rosemary’s Baby 7. Sense and Sensibility (1995) 8. Dune 9. Jaws ---
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**Book/Story Based Movies** 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Carrie 3. Housekeeping 4. Breakheart Pass 5. The Exorcist 6. Rosemary’s Baby 7. Sense and Sensibility (1995) 8. Dune 9. Jaws 10. The Hunger Games **Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny 4. Ghost ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny 4. Ghost 5. Ghostbusters ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny 4. Ghost 5. Ghostbusters 6. Star Wars ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny 4. Ghost 5. Ghostbusters 6. Star Wars 7. Doctor Strange ---
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**Movies that have supernatural happenings, but are not straight out horror movies** 1. The Green Mile 2. Field of Dreams 3. Mr. Destiny 4. Ghost 5. Ghostbusters 6. Star Wars 7. Doctor Strange 8. Practical Magic ---
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