# 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\
**Page:** 8

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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:** [February 25, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/141 "2026-02-25T05:27:52Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale
6. _La Strada_ (Italy) - Richard Basehart
7. _The Woman in the Fifth_ - Ethan Hawke
8. _Melancholia_ (Sweden) - Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland

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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:** [February 25, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/142 "2026-02-25T05:32:34Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale
6. _La Strada_ (Italy) - Richard Basehart
7. _The Woman in the Fifth_ - Ethan Hawke
8. _Melancholia_ (Sweden) - Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland
9. _The Silent Partner_ (Canada) - Elliott Gould

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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:** [March 1, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/143 "2026-03-01T16:44:12Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale
6. _La Strada_ (Italy) - Richard Basehart
7. _The Woman in the Fifth_ - Ethan Hawke
8. _Melancholia_ (Sweden) - Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland
9. _The Silent Partner_ (Canada) - Elliott Gould
10. _The Man From Snowy River_ (Australia) - Kirk Douglas

Douglas played twin brothers.

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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:** [March 1, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/144 "2026-03-01T16:59:01Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg

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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:** [March 1, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/145 "2026-03-01T19:08:10Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino

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**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:** [March 1, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/146 "2026-03-01T21:17:51Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes

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**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:** [March 1, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/147 "2026-03-01T21:31:33Z")

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> [@themapleleaf](#):
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> **Written and directed by…**  
> (screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda

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**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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/148 "2026-03-01T22:29:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **Written and directed by…**  
> (screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen

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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:** [March 1, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/149 "2026-03-01T22:47:22Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen
6. Clerks - Kevin Smith

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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:** [March 2, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/150 "2026-03-02T00:11:55Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen
6. Clerks - Kevin Smith
7. Plan 9 From Outer Space - Edward D. Wood Jr.

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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:** [March 2, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/151 "2026-03-02T12:54:54Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen
6. Clerks - Kevin Smith
7. Plan 9 From Outer Space - Edward D. Wood Jr.
8. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles

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**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:** [March 2, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/152 "2026-03-02T13:54:07Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen
6. Clerks - Kevin Smith
7. Plan 9 From Outer Space - Edward D. Wood Jr.
8. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles
9. Rocky - Sylvester Stallone

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/153 "2026-03-03T00:08:53Z")

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**Written and directed by…**  
(screenplay is credited to a single person, who also directed; can be based on source material written by someone else)

1. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
2. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) - Agnes Varda
5. Annie Hall - Woody Allen
6. Clerks - Kevin Smith
7. Plan 9 From Outer Space - Edward D. Wood Jr.
8. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles
9. Rocky - Sylvester Stallone
10. Inception - Christopher Nolan

New category:

**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. Surrender by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/154 "2026-03-03T01:23:49Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. Surrender by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. Glass Onion by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/155 "2026-03-03T01:57:20Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/156 "2026-03-03T04:16:58Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_
4. “The Promise” by When In Rome - _Napoleon Dynamite_

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/157 "2026-03-03T05:11:09Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_
4. “The Promise” by When In Rome - _Napoleon Dynamite_
5. “Carrying You,” sung by Azumi Inoue, with music by Joe Hisaishi and lyrics by director Hayao Miyazaki - _Castle in the Sky_

My favorite Miyazaki film by far.

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/158 "2026-03-03T11:58:34Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_
4. “The Promise” by When In Rome - _Napoleon Dynamite_
5. “Carrying You,” sung by Azumi Inoue, with music by Joe Hisaishi and lyrics by director Hayao Miyazaki - _Castle in the Sky_
6. “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn - _Dr. Strangelove_

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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:** [March 3, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/159 "2026-03-03T12:26:09Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_
4. “The Promise” by When In Rome - _Napoleon Dynamite_
5. “Carrying You,” sung by Azumi Inoue, with music by Joe Hisaishi and lyrics by director Hayao Miyazaki - _Castle in the Sky_
6. “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn - _Dr. Strangelove_
7. “I Thought I’d Lost You” by Miley Cyrus - _Bolt_

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**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:** [March 3, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/160 "2026-03-03T14:46:03Z")

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**Songs sung during the end credits of a movie (and ONLY during the end credits)**

1. “Surrender” by K.D. Lang - _Tomorrow Never Dies_
2. “Glass Onion” by The Beatles - _Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery_
3. “Spirit” by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - _Ghostbusters II_
4. “The Promise” by When In Rome - _Napoleon Dynamite_
5. “Carrying You,” sung by Azumi Inoue, with music by Joe Hisaishi and lyrics by director Hayao Miyazaki - _Castle in the Sky_
6. “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn - _Dr. Strangelove_
7. “I Thought I’d Lost You” by Miley Cyrus - _Bolt_
8. “Pet Sematary” by the Ramones - _Pet Sematary_

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