# Numerical Movie Title Challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630 "2004-01-15T19:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/1 "2004-01-15T19:16:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/2 "2004-01-15T19:22:22Z")
One Christmas The Two Towers Three for the Road Four Weddings and a Funeral Five Easy Pieces The Sixth Sense The Seven Samurai 9 to 5 Ten Little Indians The Dirty Dozen 13 Days 15 Minutes ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/3 "2004-01-15T19:24:21Z")
_Sixteen Candles_ ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/4 "2004-01-15T19:34:37Z")
8 1/2 Women Stalag 17 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/5 "2004-01-15T19:37:18Z")
– just double checked 8 1/2 is the full title of the Fellini film and I forgot 8 Mile the Eminemm film ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/6 "2004-01-15T19:38:11Z")
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 \ 40 Days and 40 Nights \ 101 Dalmations \ 200 Cigarettes \ 5000 Fingers of Dr T ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/7 "2004-01-15T19:42:17Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/8 "2004-01-15T19:47:11Z")
\ 8 Million Ways to Die ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/9 "2004-01-15T20:04:22Z")
I skipped a few numbers in this : 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 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/10 "2004-01-15T20:20:10Z")
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) … ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/11 "2004-01-15T20:39:47Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![summerjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-movie-title-challenge/224630/12 "2004-01-15T21:56:22Z")
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)