# 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:** 388
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7742 "2025-05-13T21:21:20Z")
**Mothers in movies** 1. Stop or My Mom Will Shoot 2. Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead 3. Mommy Dearest 4. Stepmom 5. Freaky Friday 6. Oedipus Rex 7. Serial Mom 8. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 9. Throw Momma From the Train ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7743 "2025-05-13T21:46:20Z")
**Mothers in movies** 1. Stop or My Mom Will Shoot 2. Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead 3. Mommy Dearest 4. Stepmom 5. Freaky Friday 6. Oedipus Rex 7. Serial Mom 8. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 9. Throw Momma From the Train 10. Psycho **Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7744 "2025-05-13T21:52:59Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7745 "2025-05-13T21:59:50Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End Early in the film, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, Burt Reynolds’ character attempts to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7746 "2025-05-13T21:59:58Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. Drugstore Cowboy ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7747 "2025-05-13T22:00:37Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy Housekeeping due to simulpost. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7748 "2025-05-13T22:08:20Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7749 "2025-05-14T00:16:04Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Matrix “You take the blue pill… the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… you stay in [Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland), and I show you how [deep the rabbit hole goes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_the_rabbit_hole).” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7750 "2025-05-14T00:19:02Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Matrix 7. Requiem For a Dream ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7751 "2025-05-14T00:32:59Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Matrix 7. Requiem For a Dream 8. Pulp Fiction Mia gets a syringe of adrenaline to the heart to counteract a heroin overdose. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7752 "2025-05-14T00:37:36Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Matrix 7. Requiem For a Dream 8. Pulp Fiction 9. Up In Smoke ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7753 "2025-05-14T03:18:00Z")
**Pharmaceuticals in movies** 1. Limitless 2. Valley of the Dolls 3. The End 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Matrix 7. Requiem For a Dream 8. Pulp Fiction 9. Up In Smoke 10. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Dr. McCoy slips some advanced medication to an ailing woman in a hospital. Pass. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7754 "2025-05-14T12:43:07Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7755 "2025-05-14T13:19:38Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7756 "2025-05-14T13:20:47Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7757 "2025-05-14T13:35:24Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers 4. Dark Victory ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7758 "2025-05-14T14:35:13Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers 4. Dark Victory 5. Young Doctors in Love ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7759 "2025-05-14T14:40:30Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers 4. Dark Victory 5. Young Doctors in Love 6. Patch Adams ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7760 "2025-05-14T18:46:10Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers 4. Dark Victory 5. Young Doctors in Love 6. Patch Adams 7. Doctor Zhivago ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7761 "2025-05-14T18:46:55Z")
**Movies featuring doctors** 1. Awakenings 2. Doctor Strange 3. Dead Ringers 4. Dark Victory 5. Young Doctors in Love 6. Patch Adams 7. Doctor Zhivago 8. Article 99 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=389)