Describe your favorite movies as vaguely as possible and see if others can guess them

[Rocknrule]

I'll start:

A burn victim and his 2 children explore a lot of places
A sailor and his pet chase a con artist
A guy goes on a treasure hunt in order to overthrow a dictator
A bunch of easily offended people pick a fight with their closest neighbor

[First Speaker]

1. well, offhand--#3 & #4--

...Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Duck Soup? Still working on the first two...

[Rocknrule]

2. Actually

#3 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
#4 - South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

[rug]

3. A whale sinks a ship!

You only get seven guesses.

[jakeXT]

46. In the Heart of the Sea

[rug]

49. That's cheating. I was thinking of a fictional whale.

[sarge43]

4. Two females fight about child raising techniques and men get hurt. n/t

[Rocknrule]

5. Meet the Fockers?

Oh wait, "two females"

[sarge43]

6. Yup. It isn't two women. n/t

[Sky Masterson]

7. Guy hires a man to stalk a girl he dated only once in his youth and report back to him.

.

[aidbo]

9. There's Something About Mary?

[Sky Masterson]

10. yep

[aidbo]

12. thx, I added one should be somewhat easy.

[Sky Masterson]

8. Criminal underhandedly dates a woman on a bet and gets her drunk.

.

[betsuni]

18. Guys and Dolls.

[Sky Masterson]

39. yep

[aidbo]

11. A former porn actor tries to..

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..capitalize on the foibles of a former co-star by blackmailing ransoming her to her husband.

An imbiber of caucasians is hired and double-crossed by the husband.

[SwankyXomb]

94. Big Lebowski

I really should get around to seeing that whole movie one day.

[aidbo]

95. Correctamundo.

[aidbo]

13. another, this should be easy too

A farm boy sets out on adventures with his father's old colleague from the war.

[First Speaker]

14. Star Wars

[aidbo]

15. Got it in one.

[Xipe Totec]

16. He eats half a turkey and dies. nt

[WinkyDink]

151. "Macario."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macario_(film)

The last scenes begin at twilight on the day that Macario shared the turkey with Death. He has not come home, and his wife and some villagers are looking for Macario out in the woods only to find him peacefully dead, next to a turkey divided in halves: one of which is eaten, the other being intact, as if he died not fulfilling his dream of eating a complete turkey for himself.

[Xipe Totec]

154. Impressive! Bravo!

[gratuitous]

17. #1 is . . .

Star Wars.

How about: Man hires gumshoe, but his daughters sidetrack the investigation.

[SwankyXomb]

34. Chinatown?

[gratuitous]

38. Close, but Noah Wylie never hires Jake Gittes

This movie's a bit older than Chinatown.

[cemaphonic]

68. The Big Sleep

Probably at least a dozen more in that genre.

[gratuitous]

69. That's it

I think what distinguished The Big Sleep is that it was daughters - plural - who interfere with the detective's investigation; usually it's just one dame who monkeys up the gig.

[Ptah]

19. Penne.

[aidbo]

20. Quills

[Ptah]

36. Analyze This

BEN: It's a simple question. What was your father eating!

VITTI: (after a long pause) Penne.

[aidbo]

37. Ah, well. Guessed that because penne is plural for pens in Italian and it seemed too fitting.

[Snobblevitch]

21. Three men and a woman time travel to a

dystopian location. One of them survives the ordeal and discovers the real truth of the future.

[aidbo]

60. Planet of the Apes?

[Snobblevitch]

62. Yep, it took a while, but I'm glad you got it.

I was a pre-schooler, the youngest child, and we were on vacation and it was raining. The family went to the movies. Of course I had no idea what was going on and fell asleep (I think that was the plan) anyway, around that time the Apollo moon missions were going on. I think it was Apollo 8 in which they orbited the moon, but it took three more missions before they figured out how to land on the moon. Every time Apollo 8 was said by Walter Cronkite, I thought he was saying "Apollo Ape."

[aidbo]

63. It threw me off because I didn't remember a woman in their space ship, so I checked the plot in Wiki

[aidbo]

73. I'll be 40 in August.

Never saw Planet of the Apes in theater, just on TV. My step-father was into films and film-making though and as such I was exposed to movies of all sorts as a young one. From Disney classics to the Marx Brothers and WC Fields to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I first Saw Star Wars on a boot-legged VHS tape. First movies I can remember seeing in the theater are ET and Bladerunner.

It is fascinating how mundane things can trigger memories on top of memories.

[davidpdx]

22. Mine

1) kid graduates from college
2) moves to the big city for a job but the kid finds out there is no job
3) kid goes to work for uncle
4) finds a way into management and starts dating
5) takes over the company, fires uncle, and falls in love

[SwankyXomb]

32. Secret of My Success

[davidpdx]

40. Yep

I think I needed to make it harder.

[Codeine]

23. Chef becomes unlikely hero despite discrimination. nt

[Fix The Stupid]

25. Ratatoullie? n/t

[Codeine]

27. Indeed. My favorite animated film by a mile. nt

[Codeine]

24. Is #2 Tintin? nt

[Rocknrule]

26. Nope, it's

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

[Angleae]

28. Here's several.

#1: Two women fight over a pair of shoes.
#2: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill.
#3: Redneck trucker kills chinese immigrants.
#4: Ship fails to deliver cargo, crew doesn't get bonus.
#5: Celebrity jock thinks rules don't apply to him, is right.
#6: Alcoholic rich man with technology fetish goes vigilante.
#7: American yahoo murders soldiers and desecrates religious artifacts for money.
#8: Disgruntled veteran protests taxes.
#9: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.

[aidbo]

31. A few Guesses:

1, Wizard of Oz?
3, Big Trouble in Little China?
6, Batman?

[SwankyXomb]

33. Close on 6

6 is actually Iron Man. The 'alcoholic' part gives it away.
2 is Batman though.
9 could also be Star Wars

[aidbo]

35. duh!

[jakeXT]

43. #5 Private Parts ? nt

[jmowreader]

54. #8 The Letters to the Editor in any newspaper in Idaho

[OrwellwasRight]

126. #9 could be Star Wars or Return of the Jedi

#5:The OJ Story?

[WinkyDink]

152. #3 = "Big Trouble in Little China."

I found your "cheat sheet"!

[Rocknrule]

29. A midget longs for a bigger body

N/t

[OrwellwasRight]

127. Big

[DFW]

30. I bet I could name one of my favorites, give all details, and still no one would guess it! n/t

[KamaAina]

41. Bunch of dumb frat boys party their way through college.

[jakeXT]

44. Animal House ?

[KamaAina]

45. DING DING DING!

Although I suppose the description could apply to Porky's as well, and possibly others.

[Art_from_Ark]

158. I think Porky's was about high school kids

[KamaAina]

42. Two brothers go the extra mile to help out the nuns who taught them.

[Iggo]

47. Is there some kind of car chase in this film?

[KamaAina]

48. Um, now that you mention it, yes, there is.

A couple of them, as a matter of fact.

[aidbo]

50. A classic

[restorefreedom]

51. ok heres a couple

1. a really mean/persecuted enemy and a persistent guy with a cigarette

2. road trip? yaaaaaa and last season prada shoes

[betsuni]

76. Is number two Legally Blonde?

[restorefreedom]

83. yes!! nt

[Shrek]

53. A rural recluse suffers ridicule and discrimination

And is forced to undertake a perilous quest for a despotic ruler.

[jmowreader]

55. Master drug chemist scams drug kingpins on two continents

[SwankyXomb]

57. Formula 51/The 51st State

[jmowreader]

58. You got it.

[SwankyXomb]

56. American-African dumps gal pal for Frenchman

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Clue: most quotable film is often misquoted.

[oberliner]

98. Casablanca?

That's gotta be it, right?

[SwankyXomb]

102. Sure is!

[Ptah]

59. The epic search for the Big 'W'

[gratuitous]

71. Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Still a lot of fun after all these years.

[jrandom421]

61. Here we go

1) A family in the South

2) A lot of guys on the beach

3) Unwelcome guests

4) A mechanic and metal

[jrandom421]

117. In answer to my own hints

1) The Great Santini

2) The Longest Day

3) The Avengers

4) Iron Man 3

[LiberalElite]

64. Laid up photographer

finds a lot to watch through his camera lens

[FrodosPet]

66. Rear Window

n/t

[Mr.Bill]

65. Guy meets girl,

another guy meets really young girl, guy breaks up with girl, guy runs into ex girlfriend, guy chases but never gets to speak with really beautiful girl, guy who broke up with girl gets back together with girl.

[aidbo]

74. Does this one feature a Neal Diamond song?

[Mr.Bill]

77. No, it does not.

It does feature a lot of popular songs from decades ago.

[betsuni]

80. Is it Beautiful Girls?

[CBGLuthier]

81. American Graffiti

It was the guy chases but never meets beautiful girl that tipped it.

[Mr.Bill]

97. You are correct.

Sorry I was away from the computer for so long.

[FrodosPet]

67. A guy enjoys a delicious burger

But he doesn't want any bacon.

[SwankyXomb]

72. Pulp Fiction

[CBGLuthier]

78. One of my all time favorites

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A man meets his god and kills him.
later he meets his god again and this time one of his friends kill him and he stays dead.

[RiffRandell]

79. Woman who never sowed her oats goes on vacation

every summer with her 2 kids and mother-in-law.

Meets a really hot guy who opens her up to things she has never experienced.

They go to Woodstock and do acid.

Teenage daughter sees her there with her lover.

Shit hits the fan.

[SwankyXomb]

114. A Walk On The Moon

[RiffRandell]

116. You got it!

I LOVE that movie. Great cast. The Blouse Man!

[Scuba]

82. 1. New guy provides garnish for martinis.

2. Storyteller miraculously recovers from lifelong disability.

3. Hitchhiker gets picked up by scary trucker.

4. Nerd punches bully, wins girl's heart.

5. Young guy gets career advice.

6. Threesome takes sea voyage.

7. Guy driving fast car listens to radio.

8. Family patriarch is disarmed, gives enemies the finger.

9. Guys in search of drugs strip car.

10. Prey becomes hunter, gets air during chase.




This is fun!

[oberliner]

85. 4. Back to the Future

5. The Graduate

That's all I got. Either one right?

[Scuba]

86. Yep, both.

I thought number 1 would be the easiest, followed by number 10.


Not sure anyone will get number 7.

[oberliner]

89. Think I'm stumped on the rest

Hopefully other folks will come up with the right answers!

[Scuba]

100. Here ya go ...

1. New guy provides garnish for martinis. = M*A*S*H

2. Storyteller miraculously recovers from lifelong disability. = The Usual Suspects

3. Hitchhiker gets picked up by scary trucker. = PeeWee's Big Adventure

4. Nerd punches bully, wins girl's heart. = Back To The Future

5. Young guy gets career advice. = The Graduate

6. Threesome takes sea voyage. = Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

7. Guy driving fast car listens to radio. = Vanishing Point

8. Family patriarch is disarmed, gives enemies the finger. = Sometimes a Great Notion

9. Guys in search of drugs strip car. = The French Connection

10. Prey becomes hunter, gets air during chase. = Bullett



I can't believe nobody got PeeWee's Big Adventure

[aidbo]

92. 1: Cocktail?

[Scuba]

99. Nope.

[SwankyXomb]

93. 6. Titanic

[BlueJazz]

84. Different reality

[Scuba]

87. The Matrix?

[BlueJazz]

88. You got it !

[Katashi_itto]

90. Debbie Does Dallas?

[Katashi_itto]

96. #1 Star Wars

[Adsos Letter]

101. Man buries treasure under giant W before kicking bucket.

Hilarity ensues.

[pinboy3niner]

103. See #59

[Adsos Letter]

104. Whoops!

Should have scrolled through the thread.

Ah well.

[sakabatou]

105. Okay, I got my own

1. Cowboys try and stop a terrorist.
2. A wizard, and an old woman get into hijinks.
3. A lost girl looks for her greedy parents.
4. A boy witnesses the end of the world he created.
5. A girl wants to be a writer.
6. Steampunk creation is sought.

[Tikki]

106. Comes to NY from Hungary..hangs with relatives, someone

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flies there later.



Tikki

[betsuni]

108. Is it Stranger Than Paradise?

[Tikki]

110. Yes..an awesome James Jarmusch movie.

Well done..


Tikki

[The Second Stone]

107. Here are some

1. Reluctant youngest son follows father in family business, tries not to take it personally.
2. Man who runs nightclub is stalked by his ex and her new man.
3. Little boy who never grows up dies wanting his simpler childhood.
4. Idiots chase fake relic in San Francisco.
5. Fake federal agents have no credentials to show prospectors.
6. Women with shoe fetish trying to kill each other.
7. Lawyer turned politician makes political career on a lie and steals the girl.
8. Some cowboys don't have the guts to kill their own niece.
9. Educator can't marry rich and learns to teach.

[betsuni]

109. Is #4 The Maltese Falcon?

[The Second Stone]

112. Yes

you got it

[First Speaker]

111. #1, The Godfather; #8, The Searchers...

...I *think*...:-/

[The Second Stone]

113. Two for two!

you got them both!

[SwankyXomb]

115. 2 is Casablance

5 is Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3 is Citizen Kane

[The Second Stone]

119. A smarty pants!

Three for three!

[betsuni]

121. Is #7 All the King's Men?

#6 is really bugging me. Another little hint please?

[The Second Stone]

130. Someone else got # 6

you will kick yourself.

And no on the other one. Hint: It's got John Wayne in it.

[betsuni]

136. You're right, I kicked myself. Good one!

[OrwellwasRight]

128. 4=The Maltese Falcon

5=Treasure of the Sierra Madre?
6=The Wizard of Oz

[mopinko]

118. a routine space mission goes bad

when a shock from outerspace stuns astronauts.

[The Second Stone]

120. Every space flick ever made!

Lost In Space!
20001: A Space Odyssey
Silent Running
Dark Star
Alien
Event Horizon
The Black Hole
The Fifth Element

[mopinko]

125. well, sorta true

but not the one i was thinking of.
this movie actually didnt do that well at the box office, in spite of a top shelf cast.

[The Second Stone]

129. Marooned

I dunno

[mopinko]

131. a hint, maybe.

one of the reasons i like it is that it was shot in chicago, mostly.
but it is supposed to be set in new york. there is a scene where they decked out an el station entrance to look like the ny subway, but the calder in the federal plaza is clearly visible, reflected in a window.

i'm sure that doesnt help.

also contained one of my favorite jokes.
older sister to younger sister with the prize husband-
dating at my age is tough. men are like parking places. all the good ones are taken and all the available ones are handicapped.

i'm sure that doesnt help, either.

[mopinko]

132. ok, i give.

the astronaut's wife w charlize theron and johnny depp.
spell binding movie, imho.

[The Second Stone]

133. Wasn't going to get that one.

But thanks!

[CBHagman]

122. During the family Christmas from hell...

...Dad's sleeping with eldest son's fiancee, eldest son is forced out of the closet by houseguest, Mom engages in an epic battle of wills with Dad, and absolutely nobody gets his or her way the entire holiday.

[betsuni]

123. Here are mine:

Shadows and zithers
Library books can be very bad for your health
Bad artist stalks young shop clerk
Sailors visit museums

[CBHagman]

124. I think I have three out of the four.

1. The Third Man
2. This is the one I can't guess.
3. I'll hazard a guess. Portrait of Jennie
4. On the Town

[betsuni]

135. The Third Man and On the Town are correct.

[OrwellwasRight]

134. Farmhand defeats evil king, gets the girl.

[CBHagman]

140. That can only be...

...The Princess Bride.

[OrwellwasRight]

143. You got it!

&width=810

[IrishEyes]

137. A dozen upset men argue with each other.

[IDemo]

139. "Republican Debate 2015"?

[CBHagman]

141. And one of them is Jack Klugman.

Twelve Angry Men.

[IDemo]

138. A baby, plenty of Pampers, and some inept bad guys

[OrwellwasRight]

144. Raising Arizona!?!

[IDemo]

146. Yep n/t

[malthaussen]

142. 1: Musicians flee gangland slaying.

2: New sheriff defeats government plot, rides off into sunset.

-- Mal

[WinkyDink]

148. #1 = The great "Some Like It Hot."

[kentauros]

145. Tonalities.

[WinkyDink]

149. "Forbidden Planet."

http://www.scifislacker.com/scifi-music/forbidden-planet-electronic-tonalities/

[kentauros]

156. Yep

My favorite movie soundtrack ever!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

147. Just ran across this on IMDB...

Barbara is a young woman who faces an incredibly stressful situation...

[WinkyDink]

150. "Night of the Living Dead."

You left a big clue!

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002650/bio

[Joe Shlabotnik]

155. I know,

I just thought the 'ya think?' factor was funny.

[WinkyDink]

153. Ultimate "Cheat Sheet" to truncated synopses (WARNING---SPOILERS AT LINK!):

http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/04/uncomfortable-plot-summaries/

P.S. I found and used this for only one of my answers above!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

157. Vaguely connected people from six different eras fighting oppression n' stuff. nt

[SwankyXomb]

182. Cloud Atlas?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

203. You got it!

[begin_within]

159. Somebody said something, then did something about it

[Art_from_Ark]

160. A ghost rides into town and literally paints the town red.

A civil engineer builds a bridge for the enemy then doesn't want to see it blown up.
A cowardly man takes a dare to spend the night in a haunted house.
An hour-long acid trip with lots of '60s songs and bizarre characters who hate color and music.
British fop saves a lot of people from certain death.

[petronius]

162. 1) High Plains Drifter

2) Bridge over the River Kwai

[Art_from_Ark]

163. Correct on both counts

[SwankyXomb]

183. 4 is Yellow Submarine

5 Lawrence of Arabia?

[Art_from_Ark]

202. 4 is indeed, Yellow Submarine

Lawrence of Arabia is a good guess for #5, although I'm not sure that Lawrence would have been considered a "fop", that is, a wealthy man who is excessively concerned about clothes and fashion-- like the man in the Kinks song "Dedicated Follower of Fashion". In fact, that song opens with a phrase that was used in the movie (and book of the same name) I'm thinking about

[petronius]

161. 1) A cynical American journalist chronicles the adventures of an

eccentric British archaeologist.

2) Three laid-off government workers travel home to find that things aren't what they used to be.

3) Railroad construction triggers demographic change, missed appointments, and economic opportunities in a small town.

4) Three men go on a fishing trip in a comically undersized boat.

[SwankyXomb]

166. 3. Blazing Saddles

[petronius]

199. That's probably correct as well, but I was going for the one with a larger emphasis

on whittling (before stuff happens) and amateur harmonica performances...

[kentauros]

164. Future furries

[WinkyDink]

165. Just a key line: "I'll make it."

[ProfessorGAC]

167. Hoosiers

Line is said by Jimmy Chitwood.

[WinkyDink]

174. WOOT!! And "Jimmy" had only 2 other lines: "I play, coach stays. He goes, I go."

[ProfessorGAC]

176. "Where You Going?"

"Going in the game!" "Sit Down!" "Gotta have 5 players, coach". "My team is on the floor." "Ok, you know what you're doing, i guess."

As you can see, i love this movie, too.

[ProfessorGAC]

178. You Forgot. . .

. . ."i don't know if it'll make a difference, but i think it's time for me to start playing ball" Much applause.

Then your line.

BTW: He does have one more line when he tells the one kid's dad "I've got something to say."

OK: I'm a freak about that movie.

[WinkyDink]

179. Oh, man. Know what I did? Relied on a bad memory, is what I did! "I love you guys"! ;-)

[Initech]

168. A guy blows up a hospital and strand criminals on a boat

[Initech]

169. A woman seeks revenge on the guy that killed her whole wedding party

[SwankyXomb]

184. Kill Bill

[Initech]

170. A robot designed to provide medical help is reinvented as a crime fighter

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[SwankyXomb]

185. Big Hero Six

[Initech]

171. A police officer uncovers a very dark truth about his otherwise quaint rural village

[Initech]

172. Billionaire defense contractor gets captured while giving presentation to Iraq troops

[SwankyXomb]

186. Iron Man

[Initech]

173. Gay man robs bank to pay for lover's gender reassignment surgery

[WinkyDink]

177. "Dog Day Afternoon."

[Initech]

175. Hot headed movie mogul sacrifices biggest star so he can buy private jet

[SwankyXomb]

192. Tropic Thunder

[Initech]

180. Tech billionaire uses cell phone SIM cards to trigger a world wide riot

[NightWatcher]

194. The Kingsman

A violent movie, but good. Saw it last week

[Initech]

181. An attempt to fix a future mistake results in the past being altered

[Initech]

187. An astrophysicist comes into contact with a mysterious element and travels to another realm

[Initech]

188. Three friends all have miserable day jobs and fight back against employers

[NightWatcher]

195. Horrible Bosses

[Initech]

189. A foreign megalomaniac is stripped of his power when visiting the UN

[Initech]

190. An ex con finds a mysterious suit that can change size

[Initech]

191. The members of a gang reconvene in a safe house after botched jewelry heist

[NightWatcher]

196. Reservoir Dogs?

I don't remember what kind of robbery it was from the movie that went bad

[Initech]

193. Billionaire con artists manipulate a North Carolina Congressional race

[NightWatcher]

197. Insomniac insurance recall investigator destroyed something beautiful

[Initech]

200. Easy one - Fight Club

[Initech]

198. While transporting a prisoner to execution, a murder mystery unfolds at a haberdashery

[Initech]

201. 40 year old man scams the international spelling bee

[KamaAina]

204. A horrible pResident sells the country out to a foreign power

[IrishEyes]

205. Here you go.

This is one of my favorite films.

A man who is good with his fists only wants to enter the medical profession and win the heart of a beauty with reddish hair. He is thwarted by his best friend who sets him up to take the fall for his crime. Also a woman speaks about radical ideas.