# Movies to watch while self-quarantined. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558 "2020-03-16T01:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/21 "2020-03-16T11:53:13Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The last part sounds odd – movie production is typically a one-to-three-year process – unless they meant “the last stage of production, just a month or two or three before a film is released” (publicity? distribution? maybe sound editing or music?). Yeah, they were talking about movies with release dates coming up, the latest Bond movie _No Time To Die_ (maybe not a great title now). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/22 "2020-03-16T11:57:57Z")
Got it. Makes sense. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/23 "2020-03-16T12:54:16Z")
I’d be as happy as a pig in shit. Can I just stay home and watch movies all day? Work down my “next” pile? Count me in! However, in the spirit of the thread, The Andromeda Strain, Omega Man and The Incredible Melting Man\* are very near the top of the pile. \*Yes it wasn’t contagious. That wasn’t the problem. 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/24 "2020-03-16T13:00:29Z")
How about John Carpenter’s \*The Thing \*(1982), or _28 Days Later_? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/25 "2020-03-17T01:21:18Z")
I watched Django (1966)…i was very pleased. And can’t stop singing the damn song ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/26 "2020-03-17T02:24:05Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed Togo and McFarland, USA, both on Disney Plus. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/27 "2020-03-17T15:35:11Z")
[quote=“Boycott, post:4, topic:849558”] The 1945 version of _And then there were none_. Watched it so many times and never gets old. [/QUOTE] Damn, great idea! One of the best casts of all-character actors until the 1970s! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/28 "2020-03-17T15:38:37Z")
I’m kind of in the mood for **White Zombie** (1932), starring Bela Lugosi as “Murder” Legendre. Also in public domain, and I haven’t seen it in many years. Terrible acting, but very moody and atmospheric. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/29 "2020-03-17T15:57:17Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > How about John Carpenter’s \*The Thing \*(1982), ? I was coming in to suggest this. It’s what we gave my boss many years ago when he took a sabbatical to go on an expedition. To Antarctica. No joke. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/30 "2020-03-17T16:06:00Z")
mm ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/31 "2020-03-17T16:14:36Z")
Oooooh! And the 1979 version of _Nosferatu_, where the people think the deaths from vampirism are actually deaths from a plague that’s upon them, and the vampire has rats traveling with him, which lends credence to the idea. And what about the 1988 Australian movie _The Navigator_? And the TV movie _And the Band Played On_. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/32 "2020-03-17T16:41:51Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > And what about the 1988 Australian movie _The Navigator_? What about the 1924 American movie _The Navigator?_ We could all use a good laugh right about now, and the sight of Buster Keaton’s character, an American demonstrating imagination and competence, would be quite refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/33 "2020-03-17T18:40:16Z")
[Panic in the Streets](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042832/) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/34 "2020-03-19T06:54:30Z")
The Director’s cuts of _Das Boot_ and _Apocalypse Now_. But the quarantine will be over before you get through them. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/35 "2020-03-19T08:53:53Z")
_Cabin Fever_ obviously. “Pancakes. PANCAKES!” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/36 "2020-03-19T11:37:36Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life Miracle on 34th Street Groundhog Day Blues Brothers ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/37 "2020-03-19T15:40:13Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > [Panic in the Streets](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042832/) That’s what I was going to suggest. The movie itself is far less lurid than the title would suggest. It’s about a public health officer trying to prevent a plague epidemic in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/38 "2020-03-20T02:04:24Z")
And in addition to being Richard Widmark’s second movie ever — after playing the deranged gangster Tommy Udo in **Kiss of Death** — it stars Jack Palance as the heavy and Zero Mostel as his hapless stooge. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/39 "2020-03-20T09:33:07Z")
[The Last Valley](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/) [Flesh+Blood](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089153/) ---
**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 20, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/40 "2020-03-20T10:07:49Z")
OK, here’s serious suggestions (from my list of rewatchables): The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) The Awful Truth (1937) Cool Runnings (1993) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979) Star Wars (A New Hope) (1977) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Your, Mine & Ours (1968) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558.md?page=3)