# Why don't movies have Intermissions anymore? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** movies **Created:** [August 10, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546 "2024-08-10T18:34:21Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 60
### Author: ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner) #### Post date: [August 12, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546/60 "2024-08-12T01:45:51Z")
Here are two lists of films with intermissions: > **[Intermission](https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Intermission)** > > Once Upon a Time, when bladders were smaller, attention spans were shorter, and people actually went to the theatre to see films instead of illegally streaming them off the Internet, there was a thing called an intermission. This was a time when... > **[Intermissions](https://letterboxd.com/richardk/list/intermissions/)** > > I like films with intermissions. And it's actually useful to know, too, before starting a film. EDIT: OK this is obviously not 100% comprehensive, rather it's films that one is likely to see because they are not entirely obscure. Here’s a thread about intermissions: > [@Movies with intermissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-intermissions/682673): > > Is there some way to research how many movies have had intermissions? I just saw part of Oliver! today and had forgotten it had an intermission. Just off the top of my head I can remember: Oliver My Fair Lady Gone With the Wind Gandhi Ben-Hur Spartacus Quo Vadis How the West Was Won Dr. Zhivago plus others I’m sure I’ll remember as soon as I post this thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546)._