# The Atoz Game (Part 3)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/901 "2026-04-27T20:41:57Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/902 "2026-04-28T05:47:24Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/903 "2026-04-28T16:06:31Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon

Protests led to a death: [Under a Texas Moon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_a_Texas_Moon#Response)

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**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:** [April 28, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/904 "2026-04-28T16:16:14Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon  
V for Vendetta

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/905 "2026-04-28T17:32:34Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon  
V for Vendetta  
Willard

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/906 "2026-04-28T18:50:51Z")

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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:905, topic:1025341, full:true”]  
**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon  
V for Vendetta  
Willard  
Xanadu

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/907 "2026-04-28T21:04:46Z")

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Widely derided, yes, but I’d hardly call Xanadu “controversial” (my favorite one-word review at the time: “Xanadon’t”). Then again, there aren’t many movies starting with “X” to choose from.

**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon  
V for Vendetta  
Willard  
Xanadu  
Year of the Dragon

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/908 "2026-04-29T02:06:25Z")

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**Controversial Mainstream Films**

A Clockwork Orange  
Blue Velvet  
Cease Fire  
Dante’s Inferno  
The Exorcist  
Flesh For Frankenstein  
Godfather, The  
Harold and Maude  
It  
Jesus Christ Superstar  
Kick-Ass  
Last Tango In Paris  
Mondo Cane  
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest  
Pretty Baby  
Quills  
Rosemary’s Baby  
Shining, The  
Taxi Driver  
Under a Texas Moon  
V for Vendetta  
Willard  
Xanadu  
Year of the Dragon  
Zardoz

Pass

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/909 "2026-04-29T03:52:33Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/910 "2026-04-29T05:12:51Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/911 "2026-04-29T06:17:10Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/912 "2026-04-29T06:58:56Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/914 "2026-04-29T14:11:11Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/915 "2026-04-29T16:00:23Z")

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House  
Harry’s not around

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House  
Harry’s not around  
Itinirary

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House  
Harry’s not around  
Itinerary  
Joint Session of Congress

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House  
Harry’s not around  
Itinerary  
Joint Session of Congress  
King, of course!

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**All about the Royal Visit**

Advance men and women  
British diplomacy  
Charles and Camilla  
Diplomatic tact  
England  
First visit as King and Queen  
Guests at Blair House  
Harry’s not around  
Itinerary  
Joint Session of Congress  
King, of course!  
Lawn, South, of White House

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