# 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:** 486
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9702 "2025-12-25T03:10:52Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9703 "2025-12-25T03:31:02Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight 6. Ocean’s Eleven (1960) ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9704 "2025-12-25T17:31:05Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight 6. Ocean’s Eleven (1960) 7. The Big Year The bird finding hunt takes place over a calendar year, ending with Bostick finally photographing his elusive snowy owl just before auld lang syne is heard in the background. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9705 "2025-12-25T22:32:31Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight 6. Ocean’s Eleven (1960) 7. The Big Year 8. Constantine ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9706 "2025-12-26T00:13:33Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight 6. Ocean’s Eleven (1960) 7. The Big Year 8. Constantine 9. Ghostbusters II It’s foreshadowed at the very beginning of the movie, in which a psychic on Venkman’s show says he believes the world will end on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to Vigo the Carpathian, he’s nearly right. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9707 "2025-12-26T06:02:46Z")
**Movies set at New Year’s, or where the new year plays a role somehow** 1. Heatwave (1982) 2. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Strange Days 5. The Horn Blows At Midnight 6. Ocean’s Eleven (1960) 7. The Big Year 8. Constantine 9. Ghostbusters II 10. End of Days Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9708 "2025-12-26T06:23:22Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9709 "2025-12-26T06:33:03Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9710 "2025-12-26T07:26:42Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9711 "2025-12-26T12:40:21Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9712 "2025-12-26T12:53:36Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9713 "2025-12-26T13:15:46Z")
> [@](#): > > **Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) released between the Summer of Love and Woodstock, when the year 2001 seemed so remote as to be entirely fictional; now people born then can vote, drink, and rent cars ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9714 "2025-12-26T16:49:22Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. 2012 (2009) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9715 "2025-12-26T17:03:28Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. 2012 (2009) 8. 1922 (2017) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9716 "2025-12-26T17:08:17Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. 2012 (2009) 8. 1922 (2017) 9. 1918 (1985) A Horton Foote film, about WWI and the influenza pandemic. With Matthew Broderick in one of his first film appearances. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9717 "2025-12-26T21:28:11Z")
**Years included in movie titles** 1. 1917 (2019) 2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 3. Death Race 2000 (1975) 4. 1776 (1972) 5. Summer of '42 (1971) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. 2012 (2009) 8. 1922 (2017) 9. 1918 (1985) 10. 1984 (1984) **Movies with NEW in the title** 1. New York, New York ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9718 "2025-12-26T21:32:29Z")
**Movies with NEW in the title** 1. New York, New York 2. New Waterford Girl I went to high school with the lead actress. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9719 "2025-12-26T21:42:02Z")
**Movies with NEW in the title** 1. New York, New York 2. New Waterford Girl 3. What’s New Pussycat ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9720 "2025-12-26T22:26:31Z")
**Movies with NEW in the title** 1. New York, New York 2. New Waterford Girl 3. What’s New Pussycat 4. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/9721 "2025-12-26T23:26:58Z")
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