# Movie Marathon (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/361 "2026-04-21T17:28:09Z")
**Science!** 1. Weird Science 2. Back to the Future 3. The Fly (1986) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life 5. Real Geniius 6. Jurassic Park 7. The Andromeda Strain 8. Things To Come 9. Flatliners ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/362 "2026-04-21T17:45:34Z")
**Science!** 1. Weird Science 2. Back to the Future 3. The Fly (1986) 4. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life 5. Real Geniius 6. Jurassic Park 7. The Andromeda Strain 8. Things To Come 9. Flatliners 10. Young Einstein A very silly film, reimagining Albert Einstein as an Australian scientist/brewer/rock musician, and Marie Curie as a hot young Frenchwoman. Next: **1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/363 "2026-04-21T17:57:55Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/364 "2026-04-21T18:06:44Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/365 "2026-04-21T18:10:31Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/366 "2026-04-21T18:43:04Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/367 "2026-04-21T20:12:43Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! 6. The Blues Brothers ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/368 "2026-04-21T23:04:59Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Private Benjamin ---
**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:** [April 21, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/369 "2026-04-21T23:58:29Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Private Benjamin 8. Major League _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/370 "2026-04-22T03:14:03Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Private Benjamin 8. Major League 9. Trading Places My all-time-favorite Eddie Murphy movie (although Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott and Jamie Lee Curtis are all very good in it, too). ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/371 "2026-04-22T07:52:08Z")
**1980s Comedies** 1. Real Genius 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Space Balls 4. Ghostbusters 5. Airplane! 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Private Benjamin 8. Major League 9. Trading Places 10. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad Next: **Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/372 "2026-04-22T08:55:58Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann Granted, she jumps on top of the train and on boxcars. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/373 "2026-04-22T12:33:58Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/374 "2026-04-22T12:45:14Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/375 "2026-04-22T12:53:55Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/376 "2026-04-22T14:16:21Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes 6. The Narrow Margin Film noir about a police detective protecting a gangster’s widow on a train between Chicago and Los Angeles. Shown somewhat regularly on TCM. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/377 "2026-04-22T14:40:13Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes 6. The Narrow Margin 7. Source Code ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/378 "2026-04-22T14:41:03Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes 6. The Narrow Margin 7. Knight and Day We first meet precocious neurodivergent genius Simon on the train, and have a fight scene against an assassin sent to kill him. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/379 "2026-04-22T14:45:15Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes 6. The Narrow Margin 7. Knight and Day 8. The Music Man The movie opens with a group of traveling salesman on a train; after the first musical number (“MainTitle/Rock Island”), Professor Harold Hill disembarks from the train at River City, Iowa. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/380 "2026-04-22T16:55:37Z")
**Movies involving a train journey** 1. Silver Streak 2. The Journey of Natty Gann 3. Snowpiercer 4. Bullet Train 5. The Lady Vanishes 6. The Narrow Margin 7. Knight and Day 8. The Music Man 9. Strangers on a Train [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=20)