# 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:** 4

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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 22, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/61 "2009-10-22T16:07:49Z")

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Damn. Let’s try…

Cut

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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 22, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/62 "2009-10-22T16:12:34Z")

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**Deliverance**

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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 22, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/63 "2009-10-22T16:13:11Z")

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**Emma**

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/64 "2009-10-22T16:14:33Z")

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Fame.

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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 22, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/65 "2009-10-22T16:22:07Z")

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> [@cucuy](#):
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> Fame.

Ha! “Fame” has been picked already!

Now you have to send 10.000 $ to the poster above you. I’m sorry, but them’s the rules.

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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 22, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/66 "2009-10-22T16:31:03Z")

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OP here…

When two posts turn up for the same letter, obviously the earlier post takes precedence and the title for the ineligible post remains available when the letter rolls around again.

And to clarify one rule that seems to have been misinterpreted, when an error occurs, the $10 penalty goes to the OP. 😃

I will post an updated list of titles used after each circuit of the alphabet.

Here is the first go-'round:

**Amadeus  
Babel  
Clerks  
Dogma  
Emmanuelle  
Fargo  
Giant  
Hud  
Igor  
Jumanji  
Koyaanisqatsi (extra credit to ya!)  
Labyrinth  
Matinee  
North  
Once (bonus point – great, great flick!)  
Platoon  
Quicksand  
Rainman  
Se7en  
Threesome  
Underworld  
Valmont  
WarGames  
Xanadu  
Yojimbo  
Zardoz**

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/67 "2009-10-22T16:38:29Z")

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> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> Ha! “Fame” has been picked already!
> 
> Now you have to send 10.000 $ to the poster above you. I’m sorry, but them’s the rules.

:smack: What I get for skimming.

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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 22, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/68 "2009-10-22T16:39:35Z")

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After two rounds:

**Adaptation**  
**Amadeus**  
**Babel**  
**Beetlejuice**  
**Carrie**  
**Clerks**  
**Delicatessen**  
**Dogma**  
**Emmanuelle**  
**Equus**  
**Fame**  
**Fargo**  
**Gallipoli**  
**Giant**  
**Hackers**  
**Hud**  
**Igor**  
**Insomnia**  
**Jumanji**  
**Jumper**  
**Kingpin**  
**Koyaanisqatsi**  
**Labyrinth**  
**León**  
**M**  
**Matinee**  
**Newsies**  
**North**  
**Oliver!**  
**Once**  
**Platoon**  
**Porky’s**  
**Quarantine**  
**Quicksand**  
**Rainman**  
**Ran**  
**Se7en**  
**Stardust**  
**Threesome**  
**Thunderbirds**  
**Unbreakable**  
**Underworld**  
**Valmont**  
**Vertigo**  
**WarGames**  
**Waterworld**  
**Xanadu**  
**X-Men (judges? Ding!)**  
**Yentl**  
**Yojimbo**  
**Zardoz**  
**Zelig**

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/69 "2009-10-22T16:42:02Z")

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Let’s try this:

**Firestarter**

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/70 "2009-10-22T16:52:53Z")

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Ghostbusters

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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 22, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/71 "2009-10-22T16:56:36Z")

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**House**

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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 22, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/72 "2009-10-22T16:58:19Z")

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Ishtar

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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 22, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/73 "2009-10-22T17:01:59Z")

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Jade. (It was a movie with David Caruso)

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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/74 "2009-10-22T17:05:58Z")

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Kalifornia

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/75 "2009-10-22T17:07:10Z")

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Laputa

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/76 "2009-10-22T17:14:52Z")

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**Moonraker**

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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 22, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/77 "2009-10-22T17:25:28Z")

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**Norbert**

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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 22, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/78 "2009-10-22T17:34:51Z")

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**Othello** (not specifically familiar with the movie versions, but there’s got to be one.)

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/79 "2009-10-22T17:40:30Z")

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Pi

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-one-word-films-a-z/514706/80 "2009-10-22T17:45:09Z")

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Quills

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