# 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:** 75
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1481 "2026-09-23T02:04:32Z")
**Sports movies that have no mention of sports in the title** 1. Jerry Maguire 2. Rudy 3. The Natural 4. The Program 5. It Happens Every Spring 6. Bull Durham ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1482 "2026-09-23T02:14:07Z")
**Sports movies that have no mention of sports in the title** 1. Jerry Maguire 2. Rudy 3. The Natural 4. The Program 5. It Happens Every Spring 6. Bull Durham 7. Marty Supreme ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1483 "2026-09-23T03:28:06Z")
**Sports movies that have no mention of sports in the title** 1. Jerry Maguire 2. Rudy 3. The Natural 4. The Program 5. It Happens Every Spring 6. Bull Durham 7. Marty Supreme 8. Miracle About the 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic hockey team. ---
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**Sports movies that have no mention of sports in the title** 1. Jerry Maguire 2. Rudy 3. The Natural 4. The Program 5. It Happens Every Spring 6. Bull Durham 7. Marty Supreme 8. Miracle 9. Horse Feathers ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1485 "2026-09-23T05:02:58Z")
[quote=“dirtball, post:1484, topic:1027550, full:true”] **Sports movies that have no mention of sports in the title** 1. Jerry Maguire 2. Rudy 3. The Natural 4. The Program 5. It Happens Every Spring 6. Bull Durham 7. Marty Supreme 8. Miracle 9. Horse Feathers 10. The Bad News Bears Films with unusual premises 1. Being John Malcovich ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1486 "2026-09-23T05:15:05Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run ---
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**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1488 "2026-09-23T05:40:35Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There ---
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**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1490 "2026-09-23T12:59:27Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show 6. Cube ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1491 "2026-09-23T15:17:14Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show 6. Cube 7. Tron ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1492 "2026-09-23T15:26:06Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show 6. Cube 7. Tron 8. Miracle on 34th Street ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1493 "2026-09-23T17:20:10Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show 6. Cube 7. Tron 8. Miracle on 34th Street 9. Bedknobs & Broomsticks ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1494 "2026-09-23T18:01:10Z")
**Films with unusual premises** 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Run Lola Run 3. The Seventh Seal 4. Being There 5. The Truman Show 6. Cube 7. Tron 8. Miracle on 34th Street 9. Bedknobs & Broomsticks 10. The Final Countdown _(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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_(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. 9 to 5 ---
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_(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. 9 to 5 3. Rhinestone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1497 "2026-09-23T18:18:29Z")
_(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. 9 to 5 3. Rhinestone 4. Steel Magnolias Tough topic; I can’t think of another movie role of hers. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1498 "2026-09-23T18:24:25Z")
_(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. 9 to 5 3. Rhinestone 4. Steel Magnolias 5. Gnomeo & Juliet > [@knoodler](#): > > Tough topic; I can’t think of another movie role of hers. She has 157 “actress” credits on IMDB, but most of those are for music videos. Of her actual movie roles, a number of then were made-for-TV movies (which likely still qualify for this thread). ---
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_(In memory of Dolly)_… **Dolly Parton Films** 1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. 9 to 5 3. Rhinestone 4. Steel Magnolias 5. Gnomeo & Juliet 6. Straight Talk Wikipedia says that she was in 12 theatrical films. ---
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> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > She has 157 “actress” credits on IMDB, but most of those are for music videos. Of her actual movie roles, a number of then were made-for-TV movies (which likely still qualify for this thread). Since I called the category, I say made-for-TV movies are acceptable. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=76)