I was sorting through my movie collection and I noticed that there were several with a number in the title. I decided to try and arrange them in numerical order. This suggested a game to me and the rules are this: You have to compile a list of movies with a number in the title, beginning with 1(one) and go as far as you can without skipping numbers. The number may be expressed as name or numeral (e.g. **two ** or 2) but the number can’t be an indicator of a series, e.g. The Scaryman, Part 8. The number must be a discrete part of the title, you can’t take the *one * out of 2001.
Example list: One Trick Pony; Two Mules for Sister Sara; Three Kings;…
It is only coincidence that the number came first in my example. The number can appear anywhere in the title.
How far can you go without cheating? Stumped huh? Ok, you can cheat a little.
It Happened One Night
The Two Towers
Three Men and a Baby
Four Rooms
Nine to Five
Six Days and Seven Nights
Seven
8 1/2
9 1/2 Weeks
Ten Little Indians
Ocean’s Eleven
Twelve Monkeys
13 Ghosts
<skip>
40 Days and 40 Nights
<skip>
101 Dalmations
<skip>
200 Cigarettes
<skip>
5000 Fingers of Dr T
The Power of One
Two if by Sea
Three Men and a Baby
Pi
Four Rooms
The Fifth Element
Six Degrees of Separation
Seven
Jennifer 8
The Whole Nine Yards
9 1/2 Weeks
10
Ocean’s Eleven
Twelve Monkeys
Thirteen
Sixteen Candles
She’s the 1
The 2 Jakes
E (okay, I cheated to find that … it’s a 1981 animated short)
3some (or The 3 Musketeers, if that doesn’t count)
Pi
4 Rooms
Full Fathom 5
6 Degrees of Separation
The 7 Samurai
8 Million Ways to Die
8 1/2
Nine Months
9 1/2 weeks
10
Ocean’s 11
12 Angry Men
13
…14-16?..
Stalag 17
…18-19?..
20 Bucks
Bat 21
…22?..
23 Skidoo
24 Hour Party People
…25-28?..
29 Palms
…30-38?..
The 39 Steps
North Dallas 40
Sticking strictly with integers and going for a contiguous list, I get …
Less Than Zero
One Christmas
The Two Towers
Three for the Road
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Five Easy Pieces
Six Degrees of Separation
The Magnificent Seven
8 Mile
The Whole Nine Yards
10
Ocean’s Eleven
Twelve Monkeys
13 Ghosts
14 Carrot Rabbit
15 Minutes
Sixteen Candles
Stalag 17
18 Again!
K-19, The Widowmaker
Twenty Bucks
21 Grams
Catch-22
23-Skidoo
24 Hour Party People
25 Ways to Quit Smoking (actually a short Plympton film but what the heck)
One Night of Love
Two Hearts in Waltz Time
The Three Little Pigs
The Sign of Four
Slaughterhouse-Five
With Six You Get Eggroll
7th Heaven
Dinner at Eight
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
11 Harrowhouse
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Thirteenth Letter
Fourteen Hours
One Crazy Summer
Two if by Sea
Three Kings
Four Rooms
9 to 5
Deep Star 6
Seven
Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag
9 Months
10
Ocean’s 11
Twelve Monkeys
13 ghosts
14 hours (cheat)
15 minutes
Sixteen Candles
Stalag 17
Hangar 18
K-19
Twenty Bucks
21 Grams
Catch-22
23-Skidoo (cheat)