# Return of the Movie Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916 "2010-01-06T16:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/1 "2010-01-06T16:40:33Z")
We haven’t played for a while, I don’t think (with key words like “movie” and “game,” I’m not even going to look). The rules are simple: one person names a movie; the next person names someone in that movie; the next person names a (different) movie that actor/actress was in; the next person names someone in \*that \*movie… The only other rule is: no repeats. That doesn’t usually get tricky until a couple of pages into the game. Ready? Let’s start with the last movie I saw: _Nine_. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/2 "2010-01-06T16:43:06Z")
Daniel Day-Lewis ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/3 "2010-01-06T16:50:43Z")
The Unbearable Lightness of Being ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/4 "2010-01-06T16:52:33Z")
Juliette Binoche ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/5 "2010-01-06T17:04:43Z")
_The English Patient._ ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/6 "2010-01-06T17:41:19Z")
Colin Firth ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/7 "2010-01-06T17:44:21Z")
_Bridget Jones’ Diary_ ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/8 "2010-01-06T17:54:50Z")
Renée Zellweger ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/9 "2010-01-06T17:55:27Z")
_Cold Mountain_ ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/10 "2010-01-06T17:58:08Z")
Philip Seymour Hoffman ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/11 "2010-01-06T17:58:40Z")
**Boogie Nights** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/12 "2010-01-06T18:02:14Z")
Julianne Moore. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/13 "2010-01-06T18:11:23Z")
**Short Cuts** Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/14 "2010-01-06T21:41:56Z")
Jennifer Jason Leigh ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/15 "2010-01-06T21:47:27Z")
Single White Female ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/16 "2010-01-06T22:11:15Z")
Bridget Fonda ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/17 "2010-01-06T22:48:20Z")
_Balto_ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/18 "2010-01-07T00:11:58Z")
Bob Hoskins ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/19 "2010-01-07T01:09:25Z")
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916/20 "2010-01-07T02:06:21Z")
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