# 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:** 45
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/881 "2026-06-11T03:58:07Z")
**Movies set in the winter** 1. The Shining 2. Winter’s Bone 3. Fargo 4. The Man Who Came to Dinner 5. Twelfth Night 6. Ghostbusters II 7. Angel Square 8. Die Hard 9. Nobody’s Fool (1994) 10. A Simple Plan Next up: **Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/882 "2026-06-11T04:15:45Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure The time of year is never explicitly stated, but the plot centers around Bill and Ted needing to get a perfect grade on their final History report; this would put it at the end of the school year in San Dimas, California, which would have been in late spring. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/883 "2026-06-11T04:19:46Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/884 "2026-06-11T04:25:52Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/885 "2026-06-11T04:54:07Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. Midsommar ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/886 "2026-06-11T13:16:32Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. Midsommar 6. It Happens Every Spring Ray Milland accidentally invents a substance that repels wood. Paint it on a baseball, and there’s no chance of it making contact with the bat! ETA: Doesn’t _Midsommar_ take place, well, in mid summer? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/887 "2026-06-11T13:19:37Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. Midsommar 6. It Happens Every Spring 7. Dazed & Confused ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/888 "2026-06-11T14:41:44Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. Midsommar 6. It Happens Every Spring 7. Dazed & Confused 8. Spring Breakers ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/889 "2026-06-11T14:49:56Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. Midsommar 6. It Happens Every Spring 7. Dazed & Confused 8. Spring Breakers 9. April in Paris ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/890 "2026-06-11T15:17:42Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Doesn’t _Midsommar_ take place, well, in mid summer? I misread the title. /smh **Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. The Virgin Suicides 6. It Happens Every Spring 7. Dazed & Confused 8. Spring Breakers 9. April in Paris I changed #5. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/891 "2026-06-11T18:55:39Z")
**Movies set in the spring** 1. Went The Day Well? 2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 3. Easter Parade 4. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 5. The Virgin Suicides 6. It Happens Every Spring 7. Dazed & Confused 8. Spring Breakers 9. April in Paris 10. 10 Things I Hate About You Next up, you guessed it! **Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/892 "2026-06-11T19:00:13Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/893 "2026-06-11T21:11:56Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/894 "2026-06-11T21:15:20Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/895 "2026-06-12T13:44:48Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/896 "2026-06-12T14:03:27Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox 6. The Trouble with Harry ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/897 "2026-06-12T14:34:52Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox 6. The Trouble with Harry 7. Home for the Holidays ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/898 "2026-06-12T14:35:18Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox 6. The Trouble with Harry 7. Home for the Holidays 8. You’ve Got Mail ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/899 "2026-06-12T15:03:34Z")
**Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox 6. The Trouble with Harry 7. Home for the Holidays 8. You’ve Got Mail 9. Hocus Pocus ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/900 "2026-06-13T13:01:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > **Movies set in the fall** 1. Autumn in New York 2. Halloween 3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox 6. The Trouble with Harry 7. Home for the Holidays 8. You’ve Got Mail 9. Hocus Pocus 10. Return of the Secaucus 7 Hmmmm. We’ve done all the seasons. How about, **Films that take place over the span of one year (more or less)**? 1. _Grease_ – Contains brief scenes from the summer, then follows the next academic year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=46)