# Puzzle: Misguided Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941 "2014-04-25T10:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/1 "2014-04-25T10:29:20Z")
This puzzle is a list of 21 movie titles with something in common. The movie titles have been broken into “doublets” and the doublets alphabetized. **Example:** AMERICAN HUSTLE AM ER IC AN HU ST LE AM AN ER HU IC LE ST \*\* Problems:\*\* 1. Something went wrong with my computer (probably due to the recent power outage) and unfortunately all the letters of the “common factor” part of the title are off by one letter, either a letter too high or a letter too low. So, for example, if the common factor was “body parts” then MY LEFT FOOT might become MY LEFT GNPS and THE CHINA SYNDROME could become THE DIHOA SYNDROME. Sorry about this, but don’t blame me. Blame the power company. 2. Some of the titles have an odd number of letters. So in order to break them properly into doublets, an extra letter had to be added at the beginning of these titles prior to breaking them up. Also, all the titles with an even number of letters have an extra doublet. These extra letters will not be used when solving the titles. \*\* Mitigating Circumstance:\*\* The extra letters, when read in order, will spell out something you might say upon figuring out the common factor and then solving the puzzle. _Can you reconstruct the movie titles and discover the common factor?_ * * * 1. AN AP DA EL ES GR HE NT OT TE TH 2. AC AR BR DE EM EW GG KS LD NM OM OR OR SA TH TT 3. EE ES HA HA MP NK ON OR SF TH TI WS 4. AR EA ES EW HB ID OS RS 5. DF DO ES FR IE IN MA SF TO TO 6. DA ER HM IE LD NK OR PY RS SO TI UB 7. AG DV EI ER ET FB HO NA NG OG RK SI TI WT 8. CA EB EC FA NR OF OK ON RM RO RT YB 9. ET FT HE HE HI IG NA OH SO UA 10. AM CA DE DU ED RE RN SA SD SI TU 11. BS EA HE HO ME NW OA ST TG TS TU 12. AK ER IL OR PP 13. BZ DE EE EN EP NC ND SI 14. AT BB CK ET HE IO LL LS NR NS TA UR 15. FI GH HO KN LL OC OL RO SC WR 16. AL BA BE DB HE HN LA LB MA NT OW RA RI RO SI SM SO TH TY 17. CO CO EC ED ER HR IS IT LU MB OH RY TH UN US VE 18. BB BI BO BS CH ER GF IN IS LI OR RD YF 19. GT IN NG NS RA RO TI 20. AI CA EW HT LD LZ MO NA ND OF OR OW PT RR TH TO 21. AN DE DO HA NH TS WS * * * ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/2 "2014-04-25T15:42:07Z")
I’ll take the short easy one: 1. Moonraker - leftover letter: I ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/3 "2014-04-25T15:54:29Z")
1. Independence Day - leftover letter: S ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/4 "2014-04-25T16:06:37Z")
1. Trainspotting - leftover letter: G scrambled words so far: moon, day, spot ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/5 "2014-04-25T16:38:38Z")
1. The Shawshank Redemption - leftover: OR ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/6 "2014-04-25T18:42:15Z")
1. Searching For Bobby Fischer - leftover: LI the common theme seems to be words that precede the word light: red light moon light day light spot light search light ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/7 "2014-04-25T19:20:00Z")
1. Shadows and Fog - leftover: T ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/8 "2014-04-25T20:11:43Z")
1. Fried **Green** Tomatoes - IN 2. Chri **stop** her Columbus: The Discovery - E ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/9 "2014-04-25T20:39:17Z")
1. The **Night** of the Iguana - E ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/10 "2014-04-26T21:05:07Z")
9 down, 12 to go. Nice job so far **Nauplius**! Apologies ahead of time for the somewhat obscure 1940’s sci-fi flick and that other rather disreputable title. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/11 "2014-04-26T21:53:40Z")
1. **Sky** Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Left over: H ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/12 "2014-04-26T22:11:30Z")
1. The Grand **Bud** apest Hotel. Left over: N ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/13 "2014-04-26T22:50:50Z")
1. A **Street** car Named Desire. Left over: S ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/14 "2014-04-26T23:01:20Z")
1. The Men who **Star** e at Goats. Left over: S ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/15 "2014-04-26T23:22:09Z")
1. Rock ‘n’ Roll **High** School. Left over: W ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/16 "2014-04-26T23:46:12Z")
1. Sorority Babes in the S **lime** ball Bowl-a-rama. Left over: TH :rolleyes: I never heard of that movie before. After working on it a while, I suspected “sorority babes” was in there, so I did an IMDB search on that phrase and this is what turned up. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/17 "2014-04-27T00:24:05Z")
Dang! You are rocking, **blbliophage**! (And hey, you try and find a movie with “lime” in the title. It ain’t easy.) ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/18 "2014-04-27T04:53:48Z")
1. How to Get A **head** in Advertising - RK ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/19 "2014-04-27T05:20:11Z")
1. Tinker **Tail** or Soldier Spy - DA The leftover letters seem to be spelling out: No more darkness I saw the light That means the last few leftovers are: 2. OM 4. E 8. N 14. A ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941/20 "2014-04-27T08:02:57Z")
1. The **Black** Stallion Returns - A [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-misguided-movies/686941.md?page=2)