# 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:** 423
**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:** [July 5, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8442 "2025-07-05T03:56:21Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting @RivkahChaya I love Irene Dunne in _Show Boat_ but don’t know her other films. Which would you recommend? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8443 "2025-07-05T04:10:30Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8444 "2025-07-05T13:46:34Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was chronicles “Operation Mincemeat”, the British ploy to feed disinformation to the Nazis about the invasion of Sicily during WWII _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8445 "2025-07-05T14:20:47Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was 6. The Ladykillers I rewatched the remake recently, and decided I don’t hate it as much as I thought. But it pales in comparison with the British original. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8446 "2025-07-05T15:28:39Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was 6. The Ladykillers 7. The Grifters Agree Knoodler. Of course I saw the remake first so didn’t have anything to compare it to. ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8447 "2025-07-05T16:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was 6. The Ladykillers 7. The Grifters 8. How to Steal a Million ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8448 "2025-07-05T16:05:18Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was 6. The Ladykillers 7. The Grifters 8. How to Steal a Million 9. The Producers ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8449 "2025-07-05T16:26:12Z")
**Movies about con games, scams, swindles, and/or etc.** 1. House of Games 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Sting 4. The Thomas Crown Affair 5. The Man Who Never Was 6. The Ladykillers 7. The Grifters 8. How to Steal a Million 9. The Producers 10. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Next: **Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movier** 1. Mystery Men ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8450 "2025-07-05T16:51:15Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8451 "2025-07-05T16:53:11Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8452 "2025-07-05T19:55:08Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8453 "2025-07-05T21:58:19Z")
**on-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable ---
**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 6, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8454 "2025-07-06T00:35:34Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable 6. Kick-Ass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8455 "2025-07-06T01:06:03Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable 6. Kick-Ass 7. My Crazy Super Ex-Girlfriend ---
**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:** [July 6, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8456 "2025-07-06T02:36:27Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable 6. Kick-Ass 7. My Crazy Super Ex-Girlfriend 8. The Iron Giant ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8457 "2025-07-06T12:45:29Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable 6. Kick-Ass 7. My Crazy Super Ex-Girlfriend 8. The Iron Giant 9. Super (2010) ---
**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 6, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8458 "2025-07-06T14:36:08Z")
**Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. Mystery Men 2. Hellboy (2004) 3. Hancock 4. The Incredibles 5. Unbreakable 6. Kick-Ass 7. My Crazy Super Ex-Girlfriend 8. The Iron Giant 9. Super (2010) 10. Hero At Large **More Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. The Phantom ---
**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:** [July 6, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8459 "2025-07-06T14:57:25Z")
**More Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. The Phantom 2. The Rocketeer ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8460 "2025-07-06T16:17:12Z")
**More Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. The Phantom 2. The Rocketeer 3. The Crow (1994) ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8461 "2025-07-06T16:19:35Z")
**More Non-DC Non-Marvel Superhero Movies** 1. The Phantom 2. The Rocketeer 3. The Crow (1994) 4. Sky High [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=424)