# 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:** 8\
**Page:** 34

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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:** [November 19, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/661 "2009-11-19T03:52:50Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Can we get a compilation of the first 22 rounds?

Go for it. The OP seems to have bowed out after compiling the 15th round back on page 10.

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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:** [November 20, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/662 "2009-11-20T04:01:11Z")

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I don’t feel like taking the time to do a complete list, but I’ll summarize the “I” flicks to date. If everyone does this for his/her respective letter, we’ll have a bunch of good summaries without using up too much bandwidth on any single post.

I’ll add [_Ivory_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051340/) to the ninth letter’s compilation, which now reads as follows:  
**Idiocracy**  
**If…**  
**Igor**  
**Ikiru**  
**Imagine**  
**Inchon**  
**Incognito**  
**Indian**  
**Indianapolis**  
**Innocence**  
**Insiste**  
**Insomnia**  
**Intermezzo**  
**Interpol**  
**Interview**  
**Intolerance**  
**Invictus**  
**Invincible**  
**Irene**  
**Iris**  
**Ishtar**  
**It!**  
**Ivory**

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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:** [November 20, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/663 "2009-11-20T04:36:42Z")

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Good idea.

I’ll add **Junior**

**Jabberwocky  
Jack  
Jade  
Jakarta  
Jarhead  
Jaws  
Jeffrey  
Jewboy  
Jezebel  
JFK  
Jim.  
Jocelyn  
Jocks  
Joe  
Josephine  
Julia  
Jumanji  
Jump!  
Jumper  
Ju-on  
Junior  
Junk  
Juno**

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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:** [November 20, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/664 "2009-11-20T20:36:39Z")

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[_Kansas_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095428/) has now been admitted to the ranks of _K_ films.  
**Kafka**  
**Kalifornia**  
**Kanal**  
**Kansas**  
**Kazaam**  
**Kes**  
**Khartoum**  
**Kickboxer**  
**Kidnapped**  
**Kids**  
**Kim**  
**Kingpin**  
**Kinsey**  
**Kismet**  
**Kleptomania**  
**Klute**  
**Knockabout**  
**Knockout**  
**knowing**  
**Koyaanisqatsi**  
**K-Pax**  
**Krull**  
**Kwaidan**

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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:** [November 21, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/665 "2009-11-21T03:08:01Z")

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\*\*\*Lipstick  
\*

Labyrinth  
Laputa  
Lassie  
Laura  
Legend  
Lenny  
León  
Leprechaun  
Leviathan  
Lies  
Life  
Lifeboat  
Lincoln  
Lionheart  
Lipstick  
Lisztomania  
Lolita  
Loot  
Loser  
Louisa  
Loverboy  
Loving  
Luv\*\*

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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:** [November 22, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/666 "2009-11-22T06:12:43Z")

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Looks like we’re running out of steam. To help finish out this round, here’s a bunch in a row.

**Marty  
Nickelodeon  
Olympia  
Potemkin  
 [Quantez](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050872/)  
Ray**

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/667 "2009-11-22T13:55:38Z")

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**Silmido**

Based on true story of a Korean secret special ops unit trained to assassinate Kim Jong-Il, only things go horribly wrong.

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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:** [November 23, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/668 "2009-11-23T04:04:50Z")

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Just for the sake of closing out the 23rd round, here’s T to Z:

**Them!  
 [Underneath](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114788/)  
 [Venom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084854/)  
 [Walker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096409/)  
 [Xtracurricular](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275799/)  
 [Yippee](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850359/)  
 [Zouzou](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026023/)**

I’ve played my last “X”, so unless someone else has another this will be the final complete round.

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