# Summarize your life with movie titles **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 18, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578 "2010-12-18T01:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/1 "2010-12-18T01:22:25Z")
Shamelessly stolen from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496045) by faithfool from a couple of years ago: Step one: Choose an actor or director Step two: Answer the following using ONLY titles of movies by said actor or director. 1. Are you male or female? 2. Describe yourself. 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? 5. Describe your current relationship. 6. Where would you want to be now? 7. How do you feel about love? 8. What’s your life like? 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? 10. Say something wise. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/2 "2010-12-18T01:32:50Z")
NM. Be back with real answers shortly. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/3 "2010-12-18T01:36:42Z")
I think MOL doesn’t need this now, but in case anyone else is confused (and I definitely didn’t do much to dispel confusion, did I?): You’re describing yourself. So if I picked Tom Cruise, for example: 1. Are you male or female? **Valkyrie** ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/4 "2010-12-18T01:45:14Z")
1. Are you male or female? **Half a Wife** 2. Describe yourself. **Alice in Wonderland** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Souls at Sea** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Unconquered** 5. Describe your current relationship. **It’s a Big Country** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Return to Paradise** 7. How do you feel about love? **The Real Glory** 8. What’s your life like? **Thundering Speed** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Man of the West** 10. Say something wise. **Today We Live** My life brought to you by [Gary Cooper](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011/). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/5 "2010-12-18T01:54:33Z")
Robert Downey Jr. 1. Are you male or female? **How to Talk to Girls**. Okay, this is only “rumored” and is in post-production, but I couldn’t think of anything, and went to imdb. 2. Describe yourself. **Natural Born Killer[s]** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **That’s Adequate** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Kiss Kiss Bang Bang** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Friends and Lovers** 6. Where would you want to be now? **In Dreams** \* 7. How do you feel about love? **Lucky You** 8. What’s your life like? **The Soloist** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Wonder Boys**! 10. Say something wise. **Good Night, and Good Luck** \*A better answer would be “Home for the Holidays,” but it wouldn’t be true. I’m goddamn exhausted, and can’t sleep. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/6 "2010-12-18T02:13:07Z")
There was something like this floating around Facebook a while back, except it was song titles by an artist/band. Anyway, here goes 1. Are you male or female? **Jimmy The Gent** 2. Describe yourself. **God’s Gift To Women** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Captive Souls** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **A Breath Of Scandal** 5. Describe your current relationship. **The Desired Woman** 6. Where would you want to be now? **The Matrimonial Bed** 7. How do you feel about love? **Gold Is Where You Find It** 8. What’s your life like? **Good Time Charley** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Spring In Winter** 10. Say something wise. **I’ll See You In My Dreams** A [Michael Curtiz](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002031/) production. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/7 "2010-12-18T02:13:07Z")
1. Are you male or female? – **Rain Man** 2. Describe yourself. – **Marathon Man** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **The Point** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? –\*\* Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events\*\* 5. Describe your current relationship. – **Straight Time** 6. Where would you want to be now? – **Finding Neverland** 7. How do you feel about love? – **Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium** 8. What’s your life like? – **Stranger Than Fiction** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Confidence** 10. Say something wise. – **Wag the Dog** (Dustin Hoffman, of course) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/8 "2010-12-18T03:13:22Z")
1. Are you male or female? **John Q.** 2. Describe yourself **He Got Game.** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Deja Vu** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Much Ado About Nothing** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Man On Fire** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Philadelphia (why not? I’ve never been.)** 7. How do you feel about love? **Glory** 8. What’s your life like? **The Hurricane** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Courage Under Fire** 10. Say something wise. **Cry Freedom** ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/9 "2010-12-18T03:45:05Z")
1. Are you male or female? **King of the Hill** 2. Describe yourself. **Out of Sight** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Far from Heaven** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **The Big Empty** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Unscripted** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Pleasantville** 7. How do you feel about love? **Playground** 8. What’s your life like? **And Everything is Going Fine** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Tribute** 10. Say something wise. **Good Night, and Good Luck** [Steven Soderbergh](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001752/) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/10 "2010-12-18T16:30:47Z")
Let’s try Jimmy Stewart: 1. Are you male or female? _ **The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance** _ 1. Describe yourself. _ **The Man Who Knew Too Much** _ 1. What do people feel when they’re around you? _ **Vertigo** _ 1. How would you describe your previous relationship? _ **The Big Sleep** _ 1. Describe your current relationship. _ **You Gotta Stay Happy** _ 1. Where would you want to be now? * * * Seventh Heaven\*\*\* 1. How do you feel about love? _ **The Greatest Show on Earth** _ 1. What’s your life like? _ **It’s a Wonderful Life** _ 1. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? _ **Pot o’ Gold** _ 1. Say something wise. _ **You Can’t Take It With You** _ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/11 "2010-12-18T18:48:43Z")
1. Are you male or female? **Shaolin Wooden Men** 2. Describe yourself. **Heart of Dragon** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Mr. Nice Guy** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Hot War** 5. Describe your current relationship. **The Love Eterne** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Rumble in the Bronx** 7. How do you feel about love? **Winners and Sinners** 8. What’s your life like? **Gorgeous** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Miracles** 10. Say something wise. **Come Drink With Me** ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/12 "2010-12-18T19:04:17Z")
1. Are you male or female? Meet Joe Black 2. Describe yourself. Too Young to Die? 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? Happy Together 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? Burn After Reading 5. Describe your current relationship. A River Runs Through It 6. Where would you want to be now? Kalifornia 7. How do you feel about love? Spy Game 8. What’s your life like? Running with Scissors 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? The Tree of Life 10. Say something wise. God Grew Tired of Us A Brad Pitt joint. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/13 "2010-12-19T00:27:20Z")
1. Are you male or female? **The Soul of a Man** 2. Describe yourself. **The American Friend** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Faraway, So Close!** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Same Player Shoots Again** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Wings of Desire** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Land of Plenty** 7. How do you feel about love? **The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick** 8. What’s your life like? **Don’t Come Knocking** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **The End of Violence** 10. Say something wise. **Reverse Angle** Directed by Wim Wenders. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/14 "2010-12-19T00:50:59Z")
_1. Are you male or female?_ Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy _2. Describe yourself._ Superbad _3. What do people feel when they’re around you?_ Funny People _4. How would you describe your previous relationship?_ Forgetting Sarah Marshal _5. Describe your current relationship._ Knocked Up _6. Where would you want to be now?_ Get Him To The Greek _7. How do you feel about love?_ Kicking and Screaming _8. What’s your life like?_ Pineapple Express _9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?_ 40 Year Old Virgin _10. Say something wise._ Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story \* Produced by Judd Apatow\* ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/15 "2010-12-19T03:03:11Z")
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock: 1. Are you male or female? _The Manxman_ 2. Describe yourself. _Young and Innocent_ (once upon a time) _Number 17_(ditto) _Rich and Strange_ (relatively) _Foreign Correspondent_ (when I spent 2 years on the Mediterranean) _Vertigo_ (when I stand up quickly) _Family Plot_ (one of these days) 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? _Suspicion Stage Fright The Wrong Man The Man Who Knew Too Much_ (1934) 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? _The Farmer’s Wife Downhill Sabotage The Lady Vanishes_ 5. Describe your current relationship. _The Birds The Skin Game Frenzy_ 6. Where would you want to be now? _North By Northwest Strangers on a Train Under Capricorn Jamaica Inn_ 7. How do you feel about love? _Easy Virtue The Pleasure Garden_ 8. What’s your life like? _The Birds Frenzy Spellbound Psycho Notorious I Confess Murder!_ (just kidding!) 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? _Topaz_ 10. Say something wise. _Shadow of a Doubt The Man Who Knew Too Much_ ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/16 "2010-12-19T04:24:10Z")
1. Are you male or female? _Man of the House_ 2. Describe yourself. _The Fugitive_ 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? _Blown Away_ 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? _Smash-Up on Interstate 5_ 5. Describe your current relationship. _Blue Sky_ 6. Where would you want to be now? _In the Mist_ 7. How do you feel about love? _Stormy Monday_ 8. What’s your life like? _Under Siege_ 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? _The Package_ 10. Say something wise. - The Park is Mine - Tommy Lee Jones ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/17 "2010-12-19T19:47:54Z")
1. Are you male or female? **Inside Man** 2. Describe yourself. **Freak** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Bamboozled** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **She’s Gotta Have It** 5. Describe your current relationship. **She Hate Me** 6. Where would you want to be now? **School Daze** 7. How do you feel about love? **Jungle Fever** 8. What’s your life like? **Get on the Bus** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Mo’ Better Blues** 10. Say something wise. **Do the Right Thing** Spike Lee ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/18 "2010-12-20T21:26:58Z")
1. Are you male or female? _Tokyo Joe_ 2. Describe yourself. _A Holy Terror_ 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? _Men Are Such Fools_ 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? _Dead End_ 5. Describe your current relationship. _Love Affair_ 6. Where would you want to be now? _Key Largo_ 7. How do you feel about love? _Body and Soul_ 8. What’s your life like? _To Have and Have Not_ 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ 10. Say something wise. _You Can’t Get Away with Murder_ I decided to Bogart this thread ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/19 "2010-12-21T00:08:55Z")
1. Are you male or female? **My Fair Lady** 2. Describe yourself.\*\* Funny Face\*\* 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **They All Laughed.** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **The Nun’s Story** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Young Wives’ Tale** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Paris When it Sizzles** 7. How do you feel about love? **Charade** 8. What’s your life like?\*\* War & Peace\*\* 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Laughter in Paradise** 10. Say something wise. **We Will All Go to Monte Carlo** Audrey Hepburn! this is fun! ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-your-life-with-movie-titles/564578/20 "2010-12-21T00:27:40Z")
1. Are you male or female? **Zelig** 2. Describe yourself. **Sleeper** 3. What do people feel when they’re around you? **Bananas** 4. How would you describe your previous relationship? **Picking Up the Pieces** 5. Describe your current relationship. **Play it again, Sam** 6. Where would you want to be now? **Manhattan** 7. How do you feel about love? **Shadows and Fog** 8. What’s your life like? **Whatever Works** 9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? **Hollywood Ending** 10. Say something wise. **Take the Money and Run** Brought to you by Woody Allen.