# 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:** 421
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8402 "2025-07-02T11:45:34Z")
**Movies Featuring Elementary Schools** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Les Diaboliques 3. The Birds 4. Kindergarten Cop 5. How Green Was My Valley 6. The Children’s Hour 7. School of Rock 8. Matilda 9. The Kindergarten Teacher ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8403 "2025-07-02T14:07:19Z")
**Movies Featuring Elementary Schools** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Les Diaboliques 3. The Birds 4. Kindergarten Cop 5. How Green Was My Valley 6. The Children’s Hour 7. School of Rock 8. Matilda 9. The Kindergarten Teacher 10. The Spy Next Door **Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8404 "2025-07-02T14:14:13Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8405 "2025-07-02T14:19:14Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8406 "2025-07-02T15:55:01Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8407 "2025-07-02T16:04:07Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8408 "2025-07-02T16:11:02Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Purple Rain ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8409 "2025-07-02T16:32:51Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Purple Rain 7. The Way We Were ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8410 "2025-07-02T17:13:41Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Purple Rain 7. The Way We Were 8. Jumpin’ Jack Flash _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8411 "2025-07-02T17:43:41Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Purple Rain 7. The Way We Were 8. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 9. Fools Rush In ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8412 "2025-07-02T20:51:46Z")
**Movies with Song Titles or Lyrics for Titles** 1. Can’t Buy Me Love 2. That Thing You Do 3. Rock and Roll High School 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. Purple Rain 7. The Way We Were 8. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 9. Fools Rush In 10. Strange Brew **Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank/Payback ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8413 "2025-07-02T20:58:44Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank/Payback 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8414 "2025-07-02T21:09:09Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8415 "2025-07-02T21:42:29Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) I didn’t know about _Switching Channels_ until just now, when it floated to the surface while I was looking up the others to confirm the years. Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, and some other folks you’ve heard of. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8416 "2025-07-02T22:25:49Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) _Shanghai_ was nominated for three (and won one) Oscar. The other two were not nearly as good. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8417 "2025-07-02T22:42:18Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) 6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) / Guess Who (2005) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8418 "2025-07-03T01:08:49Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) 6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) / Guess Who (2005) 7. Chicago (1927), Roxie Hart (1942) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8419 "2025-07-03T05:20:50Z")
**Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) 6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) / Guess Who (2005) 7. Chicago (1927), Roxie Hart (1942) 8. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Flubber (1997) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8420 "2025-07-03T08:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > **Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) 6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) / Guess Who (2005) 7. Chicago (1927), Roxie Hart (1942) 8. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Flubber (1997) 9. A Guy Named Joe (1943) / Always (1989) Irene Dunne’s ironic legacy was that her films were so good, nearly all of them were remade, leading to the originals being withdrawn from distribution, so Dunne, once voted the Most Popular Actress by the readers of _Photoplay_ magazine (handily beating Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman & Bette Davis) is largely forgotten. I realize _A Guy Named Joe_ isn’t an example, _Always_ being remade so much later-- just taking the opportunity to plug my favorite Golden Age actress. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8421 "2025-07-03T13:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > **Remakes of older films with different titles (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. Point Blank (1967)/ Payback (1999) 2. I am Legend (2007) / Omega Man (1971) / The Last Man on Earth (1964) 3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)/ Heaven Can Wait (1978)/ Down to Earth (2001) 4. The Front Page (1930 and 1974) / His Girl Friday (1940) / Switching Channels (1988) 5. Shanghai Express (1932)/ Night Plane from Chungking (1943)/ Peking Express (1951) 6. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) / Guess Who (2005) 7. Chicago (1927), Roxie Hart (1942) 8. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Flubber (1997) 9. A Guy Named Joe (1943) / Always (1989) 10. _Against All Flags_ (1952), _The King’s Pirate_ (1967) **Remakes of older films with a similar, but not the exact same, title (not remakes of foreign films and vice versa)** 1. _13 Ghosts_ (1960), _Thirteen Ghosts_ (2001) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=422)