# New Game: One-Word Films A-Z

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706 "2009-10-22T03:36:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/201 "2009-10-23T19:29:30Z")

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**Misery**

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/202 "2009-10-23T19:32:21Z")

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Nixon

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/203 "2009-10-23T19:34:05Z")

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**Oklahoma!**

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**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/204 "2009-10-23T19:38:34Z")

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**Pollyanna**

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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/205 "2009-10-23T19:53:05Z")

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[**Quebec**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043946/)

Me? Cheat? How dare you!

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/206 "2009-10-23T19:54:48Z")

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Rodan

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/207 "2009-10-23T19:57:32Z")

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Suspicion (just on TCM a few days ago)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/208 "2009-10-23T20:26:14Z")

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**Tommy**

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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/209 "2009-10-23T20:29:07Z")

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[**U-571**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141926/)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/210 "2009-10-23T20:33:25Z")

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_Volunteers_

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**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/211 "2009-10-23T20:35:28Z")

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**Wanted**

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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/212 "2009-10-23T20:45:12Z")

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X-Files  
Well, judges?

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/213 "2009-10-23T21:55:14Z")

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> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> X-Files  
> Well, judges?

Fairly sure the movie is called “The X-files”.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/214 "2009-10-23T23:22:02Z")

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I expect we’ll fail to come up with another X.

So I’ll just go on to

Yellowbeard.

(And I have a “Z” I’ve been holding onto since round 1)

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/215 "2009-10-24T00:17:38Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> I expect we’ll fail to come up with another X.

[Xavier](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964005/)

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/216 "2009-10-24T00:37:46Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> [Xavier](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964005/)

Well, fancy that. Bravo.

**Zulu**!

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/217 "2009-10-24T01:00:24Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> Yellowbeard.

Already used in Post #154. So I’ll replace it with [_Yanks_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080157/).

We also have _Yojimbo_ (originally named in Post #29) repeated in Post #123. Anyone have another “Y” flick we can insert to get the game that much more “legit”?

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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:** [October 24, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/218 "2009-10-24T01:05:52Z")

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_Yesterday_ (several of that name over the years)

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**Author:** ![Pulp\_Friction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Pulp\_Friction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pulp_Friction)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/219 "2009-10-24T01:40:45Z")

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After **SEVEN** rounds:

**Adaptation**  
**Alien**  
**Amadeus**  
**Annie**  
**Arachnophobia**  
**Arthur**  
**Australia**  
**Babel**  
**Bananas**  
**Batman**  
**Beerfest**  
**Beetlejuice**  
**Benji**  
**Blue**  
**Carrie**  
**Casablanca**  
**Clerks**  
**Crank**  
**Crash**  
**Cujo**  
**Cut**  
**Dancing**  
**Delicatessen**  
**Deliverance**  
**Dick**  
**Diner**  
**Dogma**  
**Dumbo**  
**Emma**  
**Emmanuelle**  
**Entrapment**  
**Equilibrium**  
**Equus**  
**Eragon**  
**Excalibur**  
**Failan**  
**Fame**  
**Fargo**  
**Fireproof**  
**Firestarter**  
**Following**  
**Fuck**  
**Gallipoli**  
**Garfield**  
**Ghostbusters**  
**Giant**  
**Gigi**  
**Gigli**  
**Grindhouse**  
**Hackers**  
**Hellboy**  
**Hellraiser**  
**Highlander**  
**Hoodwinked**  
**House**  
**Hud**  
**Igor**  
**Ikiru**  
**Inchon**  
**Innocence**  
**Insomnia**  
**Intolerance**  
**Ishtar**  
**Jack**  
**Jade**  
**Jaws**  
**Joe**  
**Jumanji**  
**Jumper**  
**Juno**  
**Kafka**  
**Kalifornia**  
**Kanal**  
**Khartoum**  
**Kids**  
**Kingpin**  
**Koyaanisqatsi**  
**Labyrinth**  
**Laputa**  
**Lenny**  
**León**  
**Leprechaun**  
**Lionheart**  
**Luv**  
**M**  
**Madagascar**  
**Mask**  
**Matinee**  
**Metropolis**  
**Misery**  
**Moonraker**  
**Newsies**  
**Next**  
**Nixon**  
**Norbert**  
**North**  
**Nosferatu**  
**Notorious**  
**Obsession**  
**Octopussy**  
**Oklahoma!**  
**Oliver!**  
**Once**  
**Othello**  
**Outland**  
**Pi**  
**Platoon**  
**Pollock**  
**Pollyanna**  
**Porky’s**  
**Psycho**  
**Push**  
**Q**  
**Quadrophenia**  
**Quarantine**  
**Quebec**  
**Quest**  
**Quicksand**  
**Quills**  
**Rambo**  
**Ran**  
**Ratatouille**  
**Rebecca**  
**Robocop**  
**Rodan**  
**Se7en**  
**Shrek**  
**Star!**  
**Stardust**  
**Sunrise**  
**Surrogates**  
**Suspicion**  
**Threesome**  
**Thunderbirds**  
**Tombstone**  
**Tommy**  
**Transformers**  
**Tremors**  
**Tron**  
**U-571**  
**UltraViolet**  
**Unbreakable**  
**Underworld**  
**Unfaithful**  
**Unforgiven**  
**Up**  
**Valkyrie**  
**Valmont**  
**Vertigo**  
**Victory**  
**Videodrome**  
**Viridiana**  
**Volunteers**  
**W**  
**Wanted**  
**WarGames**  
**Watchmen**  
**Water**  
**Waterworld**  
**Werewolf**  
**X**  
**X2**  
**Xanadu**  
**Xavier**  
**X-mass**  
**X-Men**  
**XXX**  
**Yalta**  
**Yanks**  
**Yellowbeard**  
**Yentl**  
**Yesterday**  
**Yesterday**  
**Yojimbo**  
**Z**  
**Zandalee**  
**Zardoz**  
**Zelig**  
**Zoolander**  
**Zorro**  
**Zulu!**

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**Author:** ![Pulp\_Friction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Pulp\_Friction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pulp_Friction)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/220 "2009-10-24T01:41:51Z")

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By the way, many thanks to those of you who have been policing the posts and calling out the duplicates. I think we’re up to date.

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