# 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:** 418
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8342 "2025-06-29T03:15:24Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8343 "2025-06-29T04:59:56Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8344 "2025-06-29T08:47:22Z")
> [@](#): > > **William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8345 "2025-06-29T11:44:33Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8346 "2025-06-29T12:56:01Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band 6. Deal of the Century One of his few forays into comedy. It was not good. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8347 "2025-06-29T14:55:40Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band 6. Deal of the Century 7. Cruising ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8348 "2025-06-29T19:19:41Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band 6. Deal of the Century 7. Cruising 8. Bug ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8349 "2025-06-30T02:41:08Z")
**William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band 6. Deal of the Century 7. Cruising 8. Bug 9. Killer Joe ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8350 "2025-06-30T10:00:50Z")
> [@](#): > > **William Friedkin films** 1. Sorcerer 2. To Live and Die in L.A. 3. The Exorcist 4. The French Connection 5. The Boys in the Band 6. Deal of the Century 7. Cruising 8. Bug 9. Killer Joe 10. Fritz Lang Interviewed NEXT: **Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8351 "2025-06-30T10:47:00Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8352 "2025-06-30T11:07:29Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8353 "2025-06-30T12:01:09Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. Ninotchka - Ernst Lubitsch ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8354 "2025-06-30T12:11:58Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8355 "2025-06-30T13:00:15Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee 6. _The Shape of Water_ - Guillermo del Toro ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8356 "2025-06-30T13:05:13Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee 6. _The Shape of Water_ - Guillermo del Toro 7. _Taken_ - Pierre Morel ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8357 "2025-06-30T15:40:24Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee 6. _The Shape of Water_ - Guillermo del Toro 7. _Taken_ - Pierre Morel 8. _Nomadland_ - Chloe Zhao ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8358 "2025-06-30T17:28:40Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee 6. _The Shape of Water_ - Guillermo del Toro 7. _Taken_ - Pierre Morel 8. _Nomadland_ - Chloe Zhao 9. _Aguirre, the Wrath of God_ - Werner Herzog ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8359 "2025-06-30T19:31:35Z")
**Hollywood films by ex-pat directors** that is, from another country _to_ the US. 1. _Fury_ – Fritz Lang 2. _Rebecca_ - Alfred Hitchcock 3. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ - Milos Forman 4. _Ninotchka_ - Ernst Lubitsch 5. _Life of Pi_ - Ang Lee 6. _The Shape of Water_ - Guillermo del Toro 7. _Taken_ - Pierre Morel 8. _Nomadland_ - Chloe Zhao 9. _Aguirre, the Wrath of God_ - Werner Herzog 10. _Kindergarten Cop_ - Ivan Reitman **Hollywood films with something Czech about them** 1. _Pickup_ (1951) Hollywood B-movie based on Czech novel “Guard No. 47” (Josef Kopta, 1926), starring and directed by Hugo Haas, Czech expatriate actor playing a Czech-American. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8360 "2025-06-30T19:38:21Z")
**Hollywood films with something Czech about them** 1. _Pickup_ (1951) 2. _The Living Daylights_ (1987) Bond helps a KGB general escape to the West at a concert hall in Bratislava ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8361 "2025-06-30T19:51:25Z")
**Hollywood films with something Czech about them** 1. _Pickup_ (1951) 2. _The Living Daylights_ (1987) 3. _Mission: Impossible_ (1996) Much of the film was set in Prague, and the “[exploding fish tank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8HHeT4Eo6A)” scene took place in Prague’s Old Town Square. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=419)