# Name That Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643 "2017-09-30T14:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 30, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/1 "2017-09-30T14:13:58Z")
A clue is given to a movie that is distinctive enough to identify it. The solver then gives a clue to another movie, and so on. Starting off: Dustin Hoffman as a martial arts teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/2 "2017-09-30T15:02:35Z")
Kung Fu Panda John Ratzenberger as an operations and security chief in a really cold location ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/3 "2017-09-30T16:59:39Z")
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Kathy Griffin as an eyewitness to a hit-and-run car crash. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/4 "2017-09-30T17:02:33Z")
_Pulp Fiction_ Bruce Willis as a man in an Easter Bunny costume ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/5 "2017-09-30T17:13:10Z")
_North_ Jeff Goldblum as a neurosurgeon in a cowboy outfit. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/6 "2017-09-30T17:19:53Z")
_The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_ [del]William Shatner[/del] John Lithgow as a panicky airplane passenger ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/7 "2017-09-30T17:53:59Z")
“Twilight Zone–The Movie” James Coburn talks to dolphins ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/8 "2017-09-30T19:45:59Z")
In Like Flint Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo are three New York City drag queens who embark on a road trip ---
**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 30, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/9 "2017-09-30T20:05:03Z")
_To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything - Julie Newmar_ John Leguizamo is a demonic clown. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/10 "2017-09-30T20:14:03Z")
_Spawn_ Jack Black is the brother of a death row prisoner. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/11 "2017-09-30T22:09:24Z")
_Dead Man Walking_ Billy Bob Thornton is an asshole card dealer. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/12 "2017-09-30T22:28:37Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Billy Bob Thornton is an asshole card dealer. Tombstone Ben Kingsley as a mental patient…who is the head doctor at a mental institution. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/13 "2017-10-01T00:49:42Z")
Stonehearst Asylum Robin Williams plays the King of the Moon, whose head and body have different minds and fight with each other ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/14 "2017-10-01T00:55:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Robin Williams plays the King of the Moon, whose head and body have different minds and fight with each other _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ Richard Dawson plays a game show host ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/15 "2017-10-01T01:10:02Z")
_The Running Man_ Christopher Lloyd and Danny deVito are mental patients. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/16 "2017-10-01T01:17:14Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Christopher Lloyd and Danny deVito are mental patients. _One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest._ Jack Benny does Shakespeare. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/17 "2017-10-01T02:41:01Z")
To Be or Not to Be Tom Hanks wears a dinner jacket to the jungle. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/18 "2017-10-01T02:56:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Tom Hanks wears a dinner jacket to the jungle. _Volunteers_ Irene Dunne & Cary Grant battle over custody of Mr. Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/19 "2017-10-01T13:34:27Z")
The Awful Truth Robert Downey Jr dies in a car trip across the desert after being rescued ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643/20 "2017-10-01T15:07:07Z")
_Less Than Zero_ Sarah Jessica Parker as a woman whose head is switched with a chihuahua’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-film/797643.md?page=2)