# 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:** 375
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7482 "2025-04-25T19:18:38Z")
**Favorite low-budget cult film** 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi 6. Plan 9 from Outer Space 7. The Blair Witch Project 8. The Hidden 9. Repo Man ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7483 "2025-04-26T15:27:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Favorite low-budget cult film** 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi 6. Plan 9 from Outer Space 7. The Blair Witch Project 8. The Hidden 9. Repo Man 10. Stranger than Paradise **Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7484 "2025-04-26T15:30:00Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7485 "2025-04-26T15:35:34Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7486 "2025-04-26T16:09:37Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7487 "2025-04-26T16:33:18Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7488 "2025-04-26T23:50:34Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven 6. Some Like it Hot ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7489 "2025-04-27T02:35:57Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven 6. Some Like it Hot 7. Breaker Morant Terrific Australian courtroom drama and war movie. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7490 "2025-04-27T02:44:39Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven 6. Some Like it Hot 7. Breaker Morant 8. The Big Chill ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7491 "2025-04-27T02:54:14Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven 6. Some Like it Hot 7. Breaker Morant 8. The Big Chill 9. Green Book ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7492 "2025-04-27T08:35:18Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. My Brilliant Career 2. The Breakfast Club 3. Coffee and Cigarettes 4. The Lion in Winter 5. The Trial of the Chicago Seven 6. Some Like it Hot 7. Breaker Morant 8. The Big Chill 9. Green Book 10. Bringing up Baby I chose the last topic so pass. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7493 "2025-04-27T08:42:06Z")
I really enjoyed that category. I’m not a fan of superhero, destroy the city in order to save it, CGI is the star movies. Some good suggestions in the resulting list that I should make a point of seeing. So let’s do it again: **Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7494 "2025-04-27T11:03:16Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7495 "2025-04-27T13:23:22Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7496 "2025-04-27T15:09:02Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7497 "2025-04-27T15:14:24Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus 5. Clerks ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7498 "2025-04-27T15:17:05Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus 5. Clerks 6. Do the Right Thing ---
**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:** [April 27, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7499 "2025-04-27T15:27:18Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus 5. Clerks 6. Do the Right Thing 7. Man on the Moon ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7500 "2025-04-27T18:35:21Z")
**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus 5. Clerks 6. Do the Right Thing 7. Man on the Moon 8. 12 Angry Men ---
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**Favorite FX-lite films** (no aliens, gore, car crashes, over-reliance on green screens, etc.) 1. Hidden Figures 2. Dinner at Eight 3. Good Will Hunting 4. Amadeus 5. Clerks 6. Do the Right Thing 7. Man on the Moon 8. 12 Angry Men 9. The Cider House Rules [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=374) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=376)