# Narrated movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070 "2002-12-16T13:21:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070/21 "2002-12-16T23:56:18Z")

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**Terminator 2**  
**L.A. Story**  
**Army of Darkness**  
**Pitch Black**

Does it have to be off-screen narration? Tevye narrates while on the screen at the beginning of **Fiddler on the Roof**.

I don’t think the narrator shows up as a character in either, but how about **Magnolia** and **Amelie**?

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**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070/22 "2002-12-17T00:09:11Z")

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_Moulin Rouge_

“When suddenly – an unconscious Argentinean fell through my ceiling! He was then joined by a dwarf dressed as a nun.”

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**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070/23 "2002-12-17T00:21:37Z")

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_Cinema Paradisio_ - an absolute masterpiece.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070/24 "2002-12-17T00:22:18Z")

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**A Clockwork Orange**

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrated-movies/143070/25 "2002-12-17T01:48:19Z")

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The best narrated movie of all time, Terence Malick’s [Badlands](http://www.moviescripts.de/html/script/badlands.html) check out the script.

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