# 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:** 444
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8862 "2025-09-03T15:50:13Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8863 "2025-09-03T16:03:04Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8864 "2025-09-03T16:34:43Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8865 "2025-09-03T16:45:22Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Zombieland ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8866 "2025-09-03T19:00:45Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Zombieland 7. I Walked With a Zombie ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8867 "2025-09-03T23:07:37Z")
> [@](#): > > **Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Zombieland 7. I Walked With a Zombie 8. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies ---
**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:** [September 3, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8868 "2025-09-03T23:13:34Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Zombieland 7. I Walked With a Zombie 8. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies 9. White Zombie Considered the first feature length zombie movie. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8869 "2025-09-04T01:45:59Z")
**Zombies!** 1. Return of the Living Dead 2. Warm Bodies 3. Shawn of the Dead 4. World War Z 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Zombieland 7. I Walked With a Zombie 8. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies 9. White Zombie 10. 28 Days Later Sandra Bullock fights zombies while in rehab! 😆 pass ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8870 "2025-09-04T02:09:35Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8871 "2025-09-04T02:17:39Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8872 "2025-09-04T02:19:18Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8873 "2025-09-04T02:52:29Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8874 "2025-09-04T03:22:50Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8875 "2025-09-04T06:13:32Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) 6. Romeo + Juliet (1996) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8876 "2025-09-04T13:18:01Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) 6. Romeo + Juliet (1996) 7. Forbidden Planet (Based on _The Tempest_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8877 "2025-09-04T14:38:18Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) 6. Romeo + Juliet (1996) 7. Forbidden Planet (Based on _The Tempest_) 8. Kiss Me Kate (based on _The Taming of the Shrew_) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8878 "2025-09-04T22:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > **Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) 6. Romeo + Juliet (1996) 7. Forbidden Planet (Based on _The Tempest_) 8. Kiss Me Kate (based on _The Taming of the Shrew_) 9. Maqbool (Bollywood Scottish play) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8879 "2025-09-05T19:43:17Z")
**Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays in Modern Settings** 1. Strange Brew (adapted from _Hamlet_) 2. 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from _The Taming of the Shrew_) 3. West Side Story (adapted from _Romeo and Juliet_) 4. She’s the Man (adapted from _Twelfth Night_) 5. O (adapted from _Othello_) 6. Romeo + Juliet (1996) 7. Forbidden Planet (Based on _The Tempest_) 8. Kiss Me Kate (based on _The Taming of the Shrew_) 9. Maqbool (Bollywood Scottish play) 10. Scotland, PA (adapted from _Macbeth_ and set in a fast-food restaurant) Next up: **Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays** 1. _Henry V_ (1989) Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8880 "2025-09-05T19:53:44Z")
**Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays** 1. _Henry V_ (1989) 2. _Ran_ (1985) Kurosawa and _King Lear_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8881 "2025-09-05T20:50:34Z")
**Best movie adaptations of Shakespeare plays** 1. _Henry V_ (1989) 2. _Ran_ (1985) 3. _Hamlet_ (1948) It’s the Laurence Olivier version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=443) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=445)