# Number that movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179 "2000-10-16T22:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/41 "2000-10-17T11:26:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrcaChow: > \*The **Seven** Samurai. (Emphasis mine.) D’oh! Was hoping no one would catch my bad! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/42 "2000-10-17T11:40:47Z")
**The taking of Pelham 123 Artice 99** ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/43 "2000-10-17T11:52:57Z")
What’s the Marilyn Monroe movie… Seven Years Itch? ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/44 "2000-10-17T12:30:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Thespos and asesmayo > > All numbers count, decimal, irrational, even negative, if you can find one that includes them. What about imaginary numbers? If imaginary numbers are legal, we can use any movie with “I” in the title… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/45 "2000-10-17T14:51:12Z")
**Apartment Zero** Which, BTW, has a great movie game the characters play. But thats for another thread. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/46 "2000-10-17T15:06:32Z")
The **Seventh** Seal The **Seventh** Sign **37°2** le matin (aka Betty Blue in English) **Two** Women **1900** With **Six** You Get Eggroll ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/47 "2000-10-17T15:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by quasar \* > > \*\* > > 20 cigarettes > > \*\* > > I think it was 200 cigarettes. > As for my contributions–Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Four Wedding and Funeral… \*\* **ThisYearsGirl, you crack me up!** You might be right about 200 cigarettes. I am too lazy to go check it out right now. What really struck my funny bone was that you found a missing zero in one of the movies I mentioned, yet you failed to notice that in that very same OP I had included two movies which you proceeded to list again in your post. Anyhow, what are the odds on someone having such a specialized attention span? 😃 > [@](#): > > **Originally posted by THespos** > What about imaginary numbers? If imaginary numbers are legal, we can use any movie with “I” in the title… Using imaginary numbers. Pretty imaginative of your part! Nonetheless, as stated in the OP for the specific example of one, the number must be acting as such to be considered acceptable. Thus you will have to find a movie where I plays the role of an imaginary number instead of a pronoun. Good luck dude! > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Kilt wearin man > Independence Day was always abbreviated ID4 - does that count? You found a loophole in my initial guidelines. Are you a lawyer? 😃 Anyway, I love that movie so I will allow it. In that vein, all abbreviations qualify for this list. And of course that means a couple more nominees: **MI2** **T2** **More Sandra Bullock proposals** **Love Potion #9** **If 2 by sea**. Not sure about the name. The movie sucked big time and I forgot most anything guarding any relation to it. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/48 "2000-10-17T16:03:43Z")
“100 greatest lesbian action scenes” from my, ahem, friend’s, adem, collection. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/49 "2000-10-17T16:50:33Z")
I must have missed it, because I can’t believe no one on this board has posted **9 1/2 Weeks** yet. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/50 "2000-10-17T17:05:55Z")
I’ll add **Six Degrees of Separation** and **First Blood**. Come one everybody! We’ve got work to do. According to IMDB there are almost 450 movies that have the word “first” in their title. We are at least 2000 movies short of a complete list. Think! Think! ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/51 "2000-10-17T17:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quasar \* > …Anyway, I love that movie so I will allow it. In that vein, all abbreviations qualify for this list. And of course that means a couple more nominees: > > **MI2** > **T2** > > \*\* You’re allowing those even though they explicitly break one of the rules you set out in the beginning (2 indicating a sequel)? Anyway, my contributions: **The First Power Two Days In The Valley** And I may have to add **Rambo: First Blood Part 2** ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/52 "2000-10-17T17:16:19Z")
**THespos** - someone did post 9 1/2 Weeks. Sorry. **Kilt-wearin’ man** - I think it’s 2 Days in the Valley. **oldscratch** - Do you mean the 10th Kingdom? 10 Things I Hate About You 1969 High Noon I apologize if anyone has already posted these, but I checked as well as my apparently feeble eyes could manage, and I didn’t see any of them up there yet . . . ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/53 "2000-10-17T17:42:09Z")
First You Cry The First Deadly Sin First Target Murder in the First First Strike First Family The Prisoner of Second Avenue Second Time Around Second Chance ---
**Author:** ![delini8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@delini8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delini8r)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/54 "2000-10-17T17:56:14Z")
Air Force One Deathrace 2000 Transylvania 6500 (shudder) ---
**Author:** ![Torberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@Torberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torberg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/55 "2000-10-17T18:01:44Z")
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Farenheit 451 ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/56 "2000-10-17T18:07:11Z")
Oodles of ordinals: The Third Man Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse (not sure if this was really a movie) The Fifth Musketeer Henry V (several versions) The Sixth Sense The Sixth Day D-Day, the Sixth of June (I already posted the only seventh movies I could think of) The Six Wives of King Henry VIII The Private Life of Henry VIII Le huitième jour Can’t think of any ninth or tenth movies ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/57 "2000-10-17T18:21:13Z")
Brewster’s Millions ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/58 "2000-10-17T18:23:26Z")
_Sinbad’s 7 Voyages_, or _The 7 Voyages of Sinbad_, can’t remember which way it is worded. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/59 "2000-10-18T01:01:13Z")
Okay, let’s see… 10 10 Things I Hate About You Sixteen Candles 18 Again! 976-Evil Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Mystery Science Theatre 3000 ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179/60 "2000-10-18T01:12:24Z")
The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao North Dallas Forty > [@](#): > > Transylvania 6500 (shudder) You are oh so right, **delini8r** - what a _horrible_ movie! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-that-movie/37179.md?page=4)