# One line - Identify the movie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 17, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182 "2021-04-17T03:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/1 "2021-04-17T03:01:41Z")
Let’s try a new game. I’ll start by giving a line from a movie, but not the name of the movie or the actor. First person to get the movie right gets to give the next line. And, some leeway is given for the wording of the line; remembering lines by memory is good, even if a bit inaccurate. Here’s my play: “I’m thinking of very old nuns.” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/2 "2021-04-17T04:15:18Z")
If Googling is allowed, I can answer this one. “All of Me.” My play: “Don’t drive angry.” ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/3 "2021-04-17T05:17:38Z")
Groundhog Day. “Do I feel lucky?” ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/4 "2021-04-17T05:23:49Z")
Dirty Harry “You don’t see them fucking each other over for a goddamned percentage” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/5 "2021-04-17T12:12:02Z")
Aliens!!! **There is no Keyser Soze**! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/6 "2021-04-17T12:55:00Z")
The Usual Suspects “If you get hurt, hurt 'em back. If you get killed… walk it off.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/7 "2021-04-17T15:08:03Z")
Avengers - Age of Ultron “I’m not left-handed either” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/8 "2021-04-17T15:11:40Z")
> [@glee](#): > > “I’m not left-handed either” Princess Bride…? “Go whistle up a rope!” ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/9 "2021-04-18T15:00:00Z")
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes “Your friend was magnificent.” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/10 "2021-04-18T17:05:51Z")
_Top Gun_ I’ll buy _that_ for a dollar! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/11 "2021-04-18T17:15:47Z")
_Robocop_ “Now, which is it gonna be: drive your car in the lake or get a dislocated elbow?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/12 "2021-04-19T01:54:17Z")
_Billy Jack_ “Don’t do that. If you shoot him, you’ll only make him mad.” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/13 "2021-04-19T02:05:29Z")
_Blazing Saddles_! “I’ve quit better jobs than this.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/14 "2021-04-19T18:11:40Z")
_GhostBusters!_ “Where are all the good men dead?” ---
**Author:** ![cheeses\_of\_nazareth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheeses_of_nazareth/32/7700_2.png) [@cheeses\_of\_nazareth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheeses_of_nazareth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/15 "2021-04-20T23:24:29Z")
_Grosse Pointe Blank_ (“In the heart, or in the head?”) “We’re all alone out there, and tomorrow we’re going out there again” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/16 "2021-04-21T14:48:29Z")
_The Big Chill_ “No, no, Johnny. You cannot count him. You got twelve, they got twelve. The old ladies is just as good as you are!” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/17 "2021-04-21T15:01:44Z")
Arsenic and Old Lace. In a sort of sing song voice “You stay here mom, we’ll check it out”. ---
**Author:** ![cheeses\_of\_nazareth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheeses_of_nazareth/32/7700_2.png) [@cheeses\_of\_nazareth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheeses_of_nazareth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/18 "2021-04-23T15:00:52Z")
_ET_ “It’s beyond my control” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/19 "2021-04-23T16:00:32Z")
_Dangerous Liaisons._ “Good people, bad people, they generally look like what they are.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182/20 "2021-04-23T17:31:54Z")
_The Spanish Prisoner_ “Oh, they’ll find some dumb son of a bitch to bring it up.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-line-identify-the-movie/940182.md?page=2)