# Movie Marathon (Part 4)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550>\
**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\
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**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:** [July 3, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1021 "2026-07-03T00:02:52Z")

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Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_

[![](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/55634/archive/files/6a7cd36a5e279ca79197c62112243ef5.jpg?Expires=1784160000&Signature=txkClfrBMkAlYU%7ENR%7E4bHIHVMYTDdlJW6MEUiR4IpvoHwBQcNnlmcN-CjoHOHUlAd6L0iyckQAdA7cc0sSDSDd1Zpi8RaUNsDRbpjuyOT1VhoWgZeJM0CtxYXUMoO1edijIZwxEJji2aikKQi1d0YGlSNZj4H142J1297G2AZy3MahX8w1Q5797Hxhmlb04DJhGr4KVreH7xzjFVsx64r-dsNXkEfz5GQuBEL1zw-YLQCWFHd-SVU8qNZ7E7J73tkbCQpMbD8WD641FEfOMPBkzrc7aEUIiExkgbx3yvgSh9ERdhFlGCdZa0loPQF40DZ8odqpEy9OhMPqpaR4GUqg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM) ](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/55634/archive/files/6a7cd36a5e279ca79197c62112243ef5.jpg?Expires=1784160000&Signature=txkClfrBMkAlYU%7ENR%7E4bHIHVMYTDdlJW6MEUiR4IpvoHwBQcNnlmcN-CjoHOHUlAd6L0iyckQAdA7cc0sSDSDd1Zpi8RaUNsDRbpjuyOT1VhoWgZeJM0CtxYXUMoO1edijIZwxEJji2aikKQi1d0YGlSNZj4H142J1297G2AZy3MahX8w1Q5797Hxhmlb04DJhGr4KVreH7xzjFVsx64r-dsNXkEfz5GQuBEL1zw-YLQCWFHd-SVU8qNZ7E7J73tkbCQpMbD8WD641FEfOMPBkzrc7aEUIiExkgbx3yvgSh9ERdhFlGCdZa0loPQF40DZ8odqpEy9OhMPqpaR4GUqg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM)

Granted, he’s smoking cigars, not cigarettes – but I had to pay homage to the double holder (which was also present and much more prominent in Disney’s 1953 cartoon version)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1022 "2026-07-03T01:23:40Z")

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Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_

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**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:** [July 3, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1023 "2026-07-03T03:02:45Z")

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Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_

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**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:** [July 3, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1024 "2026-07-03T03:07:56Z")

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Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_
6. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in _Hyde Park on Hudson_

[![](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2012/12/murray_hyde_park_rect.jpg) ](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2012/12/murray_hyde_park_rect.jpg)

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**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:** [July 3, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1025 "2026-07-03T03:35:46Z")

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**Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder**

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_
6. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in _Hyde Park on Hudson_
7. Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in _Django Unchained_

As seen here: [‘Django Unchained’ Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx Showcase the Film’s Antebellum Fashions (Photos)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/django-unchained-leonardo-dicaprio-jamie-foxx-quentin-tarantino-christoph-waltz-kerry-washington-317082/)

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**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:** [July 3, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1026 "2026-07-03T17:00:37Z")

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**Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder**

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_
6. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in _Hyde Park on Hudson_
7. Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in _Django Unchained_
8. Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in _Sunset Boulevard_

It was one of those odd-looking ring cigarette holders

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1027 "2026-07-04T12:59:08Z")

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**Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder**

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_
6. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in _Hyde Park on Hudson_
7. Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in _Django Unchained_
8. Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in _Sunset Boulevard_
9. Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) in _Troop Beverly Hills_

[![](https://i0.wp.com/furglamor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FurGlamor-Troop-Beverly-Hills-1989-007-1024x557.jpg?ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/furglamor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FurGlamor-Troop-Beverly-Hills-1989-007-1024x557.jpg?ssl=1)

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1028 "2026-07-04T14:40:24Z")

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**Characters in a movie who smoke cigarettes in a cigarette holder**

1. Ben (Dean Stockwell) in _Blue Velvet_
2. Cruella de Vil in _101 Dalmatians_
3. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in _Hook_
4. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
5. Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) in _Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale_
6. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) in _Hyde Park on Hudson_
7. Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) in _Django Unchained_
8. Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in _Sunset Boulevard_
9. Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) in _Troop Beverly Hills_
10. Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) in _Where The Buffalo Roam_

[![](https://film-authority.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/khgyb_tnl_1280x720.jpg) ](https://film-authority.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/khgyb_tnl_1280x720.jpg)

My category, so pass.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1029 "2026-07-04T17:26:28Z")

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Let’s go with…

**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1030 "2026-07-04T17:37:02Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1031 "2026-07-04T17:38:14Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1032 "2026-07-04T17:39:52Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _The Dead Don’t Die_ (as Chief Cliff Robertson)

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1033 "2026-07-04T17:42:51Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1034 "2026-07-04T17:48:19Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1035 "2026-07-04T19:41:38Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)
6. _Stripes_ (lead, as a ne’er-do-well who joins the Army along with his buddy played by Harold Ramis)

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**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:** [July 4, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1036 "2026-07-04T20:58:30Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)
6. _Stripes_ (lead, as a ne’er-do-well who joins the Army along with his buddy played by Harold Ramis)
7. _Ghostbusters_ (contains one of the best movie lines: “Back off man. Im a scientist.”)

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**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:** [July 5, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1037 "2026-07-05T03:35:56Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)
6. _Stripes_ (lead, as a ne’er-do-well who joins the Army along with his buddy played by Harold Ramis)
7. _Ghostbusters_ (contains one of the best movie lines: “Back off man. Im a scientist.”)
8. _Next Stop, Greenwich Village_ (his uncredited screen debut, in 1976)

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**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:** [July 5, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1038 "2026-07-05T04:15:22Z")

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**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)
6. _Stripes_ (lead, as a ne’er-do-well who joins the Army along with his buddy played by Harold Ramis)
7. _Ghostbusters_ (contains one of the best movie lines: “Back off man. Im a scientist.”)
8. _Next Stop, Greenwich Village_ (his uncredited screen debut, in 1976)
9. _Lost in Translation_ (lead role, as a lonely American actor in Japan)

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1039 "2026-07-05T17:08:25Z")

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]  
**Bill Murray movies** _(lead or cameo roles)_

1. _Zombieland_ (cameo, as himself)
2. _The Greatest Beer Run Ever_ (supporting role as ‘The Colonel’, a WWII veteran who runs a bar in New York)
3. _Meatballs_ (as Tripper, head counsellor)
4. _Caddyshack_ (as Carl Spackler, greenskeeper at the golf course, waging war against a gopher)
5. _Groundhog Day_ (lead role, as television weatherman Phil Connors)
6. _Stripes_ (lead, as a ne’er-do-well who joins the Army along with his buddy played by Harold Ramis)
7. _Ghostbusters_ (contains one of the best movie lines: “Back off man. Im a scientist.”)
8. _Next Stop, Greenwich Village_ (his uncredited screen debut, in 1976)
9. _Lost in Translation_ (lead role, as a lonely American actor in Japan)
10. _St. Vincent_ (lead role, as a grumpy veteran neighbor of Maggie, played my Melissa McCarthy.)

**Melissa McCarthy movies**

1. Bridesmaids

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**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:** [July 5, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1040 "2026-07-05T17:19:14Z")

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**Melissa McCarthy movies**

1. Bridesmaids
2. Spy

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