# 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:** 474
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9462 "2025-11-26T21:05:23Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9463 "2025-11-26T21:07:45Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9464 "2025-11-26T21:42:12Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ 6. _Earthstorm_ Listed as one of the worst disaster movies ever. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9465 "2025-11-27T10:26:10Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ 6. _Earthstorm_ 7. _Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_ ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9466 "2025-11-27T11:07:34Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ 6. _Earthstorm_ 7. _Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_ 8. _Airport_ ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9467 "2025-11-27T16:07:44Z")
**Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ 6. _Earthstorm_ 7. _Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_ 8. _Airport_ 9. _The Hindenburg_ ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9468 "2025-11-27T17:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > **Disaster movies** 1. _The Towering Inferno_ 2. _Zero Hour!_ 3. _Earthquake_ 4. _Volcano_ 5. _The_ Poseidon _Adventure_ 6. _Earthstorm_ 7. _Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_ 8. _Airport_ 9. _The Hindenburg_ 10. _In Old Chicago_ (complete with Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicking over the lantern) **Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ Patricia Hitchcock plays the only talkative character in the film-- she’s in one scene, but I think speaks 1/4 of the dialogue. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9469 "2025-11-27T17:40:57Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ IIRC a third of the movie has no dialogue, including the first 20-some minutes. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9470 "2025-11-27T17:46:48Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9471 "2025-11-27T18:10:41Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ Mel Brooks, 1976. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9472 "2025-11-27T18:49:42Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ ---
**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:** [November 27, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9473 "2025-11-27T21:08:22Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ 6. _The Artist_ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9474 "2025-11-28T03:17:12Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ 6. _The Artist_ 7. Allegro non-Troppo ---
**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:** [November 28, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9475 "2025-11-28T04:44:02Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ 6. _The Artist_ 7. _Allegro non troppo_ 8. _Flow_ Not even a single word of dialogue in this Oscar-winner: [Flow (2024 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(2024_film)) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9476 "2025-11-28T06:19:50Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ 6. _The Artist_ 7. _Allegro non troppo_ 8. _Flow_ 9. _My Octopus Teacher_ A great and touching documentary. Highly recommended. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9477 "2025-11-29T18:56:34Z")
**Movies without a lot of dialogue** 1. _Psycho_ 2. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 3. _Duel_ 4. _Silent Movie_ 5. _All Is Lost_ 6. _The Artist_ 7. _Allegro non troppo_ 8. _Flow_ 9. _My Octopus Teacher_ 10. _The Red Balloon_ **Family Viewing** 1. del Toro’s _Pinocchio_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9478 "2025-11-29T19:05:51Z")
**Family Viewing** 1. del Toro’s _Pinocchio_ 2. Elf (Watching right now on TBS 😁) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9479 "2025-11-29T19:21:19Z")
**Family Viewing** 1. del Toro’s _Pinocchio_ 2. Elf 3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9480 "2025-11-29T19:37:34Z")
**Family Viewing** 1. del Toro’s _Pinocchio_ 2. Elf 3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 4. Toy Story ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9481 "2025-11-29T20:03:02Z")
**Family Viewing** 1. del Toro’s _Pinocchio_ 2. Elf 3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 4. Toy Story 5. WALL-E [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=475)