# One word movie clues **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 24, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063 "2016-03-24T23:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/1 "2016-03-24T23:00:56Z")
The rules are simple. You think of a movie and then you think of a one word clue so people can guess the title. But the clue can’t be a word in the title, the name of a character, or a variation of the above. Try to use spoilers to hide your guesses. Add more clues for more movies. 1 arena 2 chariot 3 chocolates 4 emerald 5 force 6 iceberg 7 inconceivable 8 jury 9 lobotomy 10 mafia 11 monolith 12 petals 13 plastics 14 pornstar 15 redrum 16 rosebud 17 royale 18 schwing 19 shark 20 shower 21 strawberries 22 supercalifragalisticexpealidocious 23 toga 24 unobtanium 25 velociraptor ---
**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:** [March 24, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/2 "2016-03-24T23:25:57Z")
1 arena - Gladiator 2 chariot - Ben Hur 3 chocolates - Forest Gump 4 emerald 5 force - Star Wars 6 iceberg - Titanic 7 inconceivable - The Princess Bride 8 jury - 12 Angry Men 9 lobotomy - Sucker Punch or One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 10 mafia - The Godfather 11 monolith - 2001: A Space Odyssey 12 petals - American Beauty 13 plastics - The Graduate 14 pornstar - Boogie Nights 15 redrum 16 rosebud - Citizen Kane 17 royale - Pulp Fiction 18 schwing - Wayne’s World 19 shark - Jaws 20 shower - Psycho 21 strawberries - Fearless 22 supercalifragalisticexpealidocious - Mary Poppins 23 toga - Animal House 24 unobtanium - Avatar 25 velociraptor - Jurassic Park I think I did okay, but I missed two. 26 boulder 27 disco 28 umbrella ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/3 "2016-03-25T00:24:15Z")
Looks like you got almost all of them, Professor. 15 redrum - The Shining 26 boulder - Raiders of the Lost Ark? 27 disco - Saturday Night Fever 28 umbrella - Singin’ in the Rain 29 motorcycles 30 piano ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/4 "2016-03-25T00:31:29Z")
Well, you got my three right, Thin Ice. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/5 "2016-03-25T00:57:53Z")
[spoiler]1 arena – Miracle 2 chariot – Ben Hur 3 chocolates – Forrest Gump 4 emerald – The Wizard of Oz 5 force – Star Wars 6 iceberg – One of the Titanic movies 7 inconceivable 8 jury – 12 Angry Men 9 lobotomy – One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest 10 mafia == The Godfather 11 monolith – 2001 12 petals – Broken Blossoms 13 plastics – The Graduate 14 pornstar – Deep Throat 15 redrum – The Shining 16 rosebud – Citizen Kane 17 royale – Pulp Fiction 18 schwing 19 shark – Jaws 20 shower – Psycho 21 strawberries – Tess of the D’Urbervilles 22 supercalifragalisticexpealidocious – Mary Poppins 23 toga – Animal House 24 unobtanium – Avatar 25 velociraptor – Jurassic Park 26 boulder – Raiders of the Lost Ark 27 disco – Saturday Night Fever or Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 28 umbrella – Singin’ in the Rain 29 motorcycles – Easy Rider 30 piano – Casablanca[/spoiler] 31 Klan 32 transformation 33 machinenmentsch ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/6 "2016-03-25T01:04:47Z")
31 Klan - Missisippi Burning 32 transformation - Transformers/The Fly 33 machinenmentsch - Metropolis ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/7 "2016-03-25T01:08:07Z")
34 - Peanut-butter ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/8 "2016-03-25T01:11:39Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > 31 Klan - Missisippi Burning > 32 transformation - Transformers/The Fly > 33 machinenmentsch - Metropolis Correct on Metropolis, wrong on the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/9 "2016-03-25T01:18:51Z")
31 Klan Birth of a Nation ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/10 "2016-03-25T01:23:58Z")
Prof. Pepperwinkle got most of mine right, but skipped two and guessed wrong on two. Of course, that could be as much the fault of my clues as his guesses. Thin Ice got all three of Prof. Pepperwinkle’s and one of the ones he had missed. So the three of mine that are still alive are: 4 emerald 12 petals 21 strawberries ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/11 "2016-03-25T01:24:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 31 Klan > > Birth of a Nation Yup. Maybe instead of “transformation” for the other one, I should have said “potion.” ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/12 "2016-03-25T02:18:34Z")
RivkahChaya got my two right. 35 SPEAKER 36 Prom 37 Mister ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/13 "2016-03-25T02:32:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Prof. Pepperwinkle got most of mine right, but skipped two and guessed wrong on two. Of course, that could be as much the fault of my clues as his guesses. Thin Ice got all three of Prof. Pepperwinkle’s and one of the ones he had missed. So the three of mine that are still alive are: > > 4 emerald > 12 petals > 21 strawberries I took some guesses at these, and I admit the latter two were kind of stabs in the dark, but I was serious about the first one: “emerald” isn’t _The Wizard of Oz_? Oh, duh-- is “petals” _It’s a Wonderful Life_? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/14 "2016-03-25T02:35:00Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > RivkahChaya got my two right. > > 35 SPEAKER > 36 Prom > 37 Mister 36 Prom CarrieDon’t know about the others. I would guess that 35 is _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_, except it’s capitalized. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/15 "2016-03-25T02:58:33Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I took some guesses at these, and I admit the latter two were kind of stabs in the dark, but I was serious about the first one: “emerald” isn’t _The Wizard of Oz_? > Oh, duh-- is “petals” _It’s a Wonderful Life_? Sorry. I missed your guess on that one. You got it and petals right. For transformation, I’m guessingDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/16 "2016-03-25T03:02:53Z")
A few more: 38 Alamo 39 eleven 40 inspector 41 cubicle 42 liger 43 pillows 44 pod 45 replicant ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/17 "2016-03-25T03:06:09Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > 37 Mister In the Heat of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/18 "2016-03-25T05:10:51Z")
1. liger - Napoleon dynamite 2. replicant - Blade Runner 3. 42 ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/19 "2016-03-25T11:28:35Z")
Rivkah, you got 36 Prom right, but SPEAKER is not Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Little Nemo, you got 37 Mister right. 40 Dirty Harry 44 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 35 SPEAKER is still in play, and a new one: 1. 76 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-clues/750063/20 "2016-03-25T12:39:00Z")
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