# New Game: One-Word Films A-Z **URL:** \ **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:** 14
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/261 "2009-10-25T03:35:03Z")
**Kickboxer** ---
**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 25, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/262 "2009-10-25T03:48:24Z")
**Loverboy** ---
**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 25, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/263 "2009-10-25T04:16:03Z")
**Michael** ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/264 "2009-10-25T06:48:39Z")
_Nighthawks_ ---
**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 25, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/265 "2009-10-25T11:18:15Z")
[Opium](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010533/) Conrad Veidt was the man. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/266 "2009-10-25T14:16:37Z")
\*\*Poltergeist \*\* ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/267 "2009-10-25T14:33:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Is there a _Yanks_ besides the [one I linked earlier](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080157/)? > > Also, there should be two _Yesterday_ films in there, though I don’t know [which of these](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Yesterday) either poster had in mind. Sorry 'bout that. Let’s go with using a title just once, regardless of whether there are multiple films made of the same title. I guess we’re short a Y now. ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/268 "2009-10-25T14:36:49Z")
I also think we’re at the stage where you may use resources other than your own brain for finding titles. Without it being considered cheating, that is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/269 "2009-10-25T14:56:39Z")
**Y2k** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/270 "2009-10-25T15:04:24Z")
Zombieland ---
**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 25, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/271 "2009-10-25T15:30:47Z")
**Aphrodite** And yes, I think we should be able to use other resources such as IMDB and Wiki now. ---
**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 25, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/272 "2009-10-25T17:08:00Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Zombieland > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Aphrodite** > > And yes, I think we should be able to use other resources such as IMDB and Wiki now. Psst. **Y2K** was intended to replace a missing Y, it wasn’t the next letter. We are still missing Q-X from the current sequence. **Querelle** ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/273 "2009-10-25T17:50:21Z")
**Rififi** ---
**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 25, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/274 "2009-10-25T17:55:15Z")
**Swordfish** ---
**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 25, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/275 "2009-10-25T18:10:50Z")
**Terminator** ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/276 "2009-10-25T20:16:34Z")
Untitled ---
**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 25, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/277 "2009-10-25T22:30:29Z")
**Volcano** ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/278 "2009-10-25T23:08:32Z")
**Wall-E** ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/279 "2009-10-26T00:30:53Z")
**X** (a 1963 film) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/280 "2009-10-26T00:37:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **X** (a 1963 film) Taken on the first round. **[Xchange](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242150/)** will do though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706.md?page=15)