Guess the film by the plot! (try to stump people)

[Khephra]

I'll start it off...

"An advertising executive discovers that a pimple on his neck is starting to take over his life."

[NicoleM]

1. Joe vs. the Volcano?

[Khephra]

2. Nah

Not even close ;-)

[number six]

3. How to get ahead in Advertising.

Bruce Robinson 1988.

How about.... Intergalactic wankers come to earth to find new meat for fast-food chain.

[Khephra]

6. You got it!

Excellent film.

My guess would be that you're talking about "Bad Taste"?

[number six]

8. Oooh, you're good.

[Khephra]

9. Smile :-)

Thanks!

Ok...I'll give it another go then...

"Manic-depressive scientist confronts his father while going through physical changes"

[Bertha Venation]

4. Thinner?

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Is it Advertising?

eom

I am not sure if that is the right title or not. Just remembered

How to get ahead in advertising.

I was thinking the truth about advertising silly me.

[Khephra]

7. You were close, so you get a cookie!

:-)

[7th_Sephiroth]

11. Manic-depressive scientist confronts his father while going through physic

the fly 2

[Khephra]

13. I was thinking of the Hulk movie, but

yours works too. You get two cookies!

[Tempest]

31. Doesn't work

Seth was dead when his son was born.

[Richardo]

10. Woman seeks revenge on the girl who killed her sister...

...is herself killed by the same person. Murderer gets off scot free.

[Khephra]

17. It's a Clint Eastwood movie with Sandra...whatever her last name was...

Don't know the name though.

[Richardo]

19. Bzzzzzzzzzzzt. Wizard of Oz.

:D

...and it was Sandra Locke. (Didn't every Clint Eastwood movie made in the 70s have her in it?)

[Khephra]

39. I think so

What's funny is that I think there really is a Eastwood/Locke film with that plot.

[Speck Tater]

12. Orphan kid gets a crush on a girl that turns out to be his sister...

...so he kills their father.

[BurtWorm]

24. One of those Star Wars joints

[Speck Tater]

27. Bingo! Where do I send the cigar?

[BurtWorm]

33. Monica Lewinsky

;)

Care of Burt.

[Khephra]

34. Star Wars!

Or Return of the Jedi, if you want to be totally accurate.

Man, I can't believe that it took me so long to get that!

(shit...now I see others got it too...REALLY, I did get it on my own)

[MnFats]

14. that one movie where that guy does stuff?

and then they have to run and stuff blows up.

[Uzybone]

15. LOL

nt

[Speck Tater]

16. Was that the one that starred what's his name?

Enemy of the State

[patdem]

21. Didn't arnhuld swarwoptuoenager star in that movie???

[Uzybone]

18. Group of childhood friends....

find themselves under quarantine and have to save the world.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

45. more clues?

I am at a loss...


TWL

[Uzybone]

54. More clues

Farting and its a movie based on a famous authors book.

[BurtWorm]

58. Blazing Saddles!!

Wait--and a famous author's book...

[Uzybone]

61. Not what i was thinking of

maybe a lot of people havent seen this movie and it did suck so I dont blame them.....movie is DREAMCATCHER novel by Stephen King.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

89. never saw it

:(

[Speck Tater]

47. War Games?

[MnFats]

20. OK, here's a real one...jaded detective looking into..

...corruption in L.A. City Hall stumbles across a horrifying instance of incest among the rich and powerful.

[BurtWorm]

22. Chinatown

[MnFats]

23. of course...shoulda been more vague in my hint...

....

[number six]

25. Pagan Islanders, kid missing, cop investigates, burns alive.

Aaahhh...go on.

[ForrestGump]

32. The Wicker man?

Been a long time since I've seen it, so can't remember the plot. Excellent stuff, with Edward Woodward. How much wood would Edward Woodward if Edward Woodward wood?

Aren't they shooting a remake now?

[number six]

35. Well done. I was worried I'd gotten a bit obscure

Remake stuck in development hell, I believe.

[Khephra]

41. Nope...

Nic Cage is still set for the remake.

HOWEVER, they just finished filming the REAL sequel to TWM. Sean Austin and Chris Lee star. It's a thematic sequel, not a real sequel, and all of the principle people from TWM are involved. That one I REALLY want to see.

[number six]

43. Much better than a re-make!

Sounds good.

[Khephra]

53. Get this

The film is about a bunch of Christian RW missionaries (the door-to-door sort) who meet up with modern Pagans.

Hehehehehehehe!

Mel Gibson's "The Passion" will play in the theaters here in the US, but I highly doubt we will see TWM follow-up.

[MnFats]

26. Doctor in eastern European country has a hard time...

...being faithful to his wife and seduces many of the women around him. backdrop is repression of Commie regime; the dr. wants to stay uninvolved but ultimately can't stay out of conflict. Includes some strikingly erotic scenes for a mainstream movie....

[Bertha Venation]

29. Dr. Zhivago

[Richardo]

30. Unbearable Lightness of Being?

[MnFats]

37. 'lightness' is correct!

a damn fine film; those who have not seen it should rent it. Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche are superb...

[BurtWorm]

28. Two movies (that I can think of) have this plot

Guy with extraordinary ambition has to choose between career and family. In the older film, the guy chooses family; in the newer one, he chooses career. This choice is absolutely critical in both movies.

[BurtWorm]

79. Ambitious guy must choose: Career or Family

Two films. Name one or both.

The first was made in the 1950s (guy chooses family), the second in the 1980s (guy chooses career). The choice is absolutely critical in both movies.

[Richardo]

83. Two different movies? Or a remake?

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

100. Two different movies

The first one is a classic 1950s film, a touchstone of the decade that resonated with millions of suburban men, in particular.

The second film outraged a lot of people.

[Richardo]

I'll say "Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" and "Wall Street"

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

127. You're right about the first film

Here's another description of the second:

"But as his mission nears fulfillment, he finds out he must face up to the greatest temptation of all : leading the normal life of a good man."

[Richardo]

141. Last Temptation of Christ

thanks for the "temptation" hint

[BurtWorm]

147. I was so...tempted...to use that word before

You're right. Jesus. The Son of Man in the Grey Flannel Suit.

[Brotherjohn]

36. Conservative father struggles with rebellious son...

Son gets in over his head. Father has to confront his own demons to save his son.

[BurtWorm]

38. Missing?

[ThirdWheelLegend]

40. Star wars...

Return of the Jedi

:)?

[Brotherjohn]

42. HINT: (Way) more current. Plus...

I suppose the general plot could apply to many films, but basically, the plot really is that simple. All I haven't revealed is the setting (which would instantly give it away).

[Brotherjohn]

Okay. Times Up. Finding Nemo.

nt

[FDRrocks]

212. An odd series of events...

in a midwestern town recently ravaged by a tornado. No plot.

Hint: cats in garbage bags.

[nomaco-10]

220. My Life As A House. Kevin Kline Takes place in Malibou

[Speck Tater]

44. A couple of eco-freaks are smuggling biologicals...

.. out of a foreign country when they are forced to land at an Air Force base. After thinking they were going to jail for sure, they manage to convince the base commander to free them to comoplete their mission.

[Richardo]

49. Biodome?

:D

[Speck Tater]

91. And the answer is: Fly Away Home

[Richardo]

46. Crewmember kills off fellow crew and throws captain off ship...

...captain returns, kills mutineer and returns home feeling like a kid again.

[BurtWorm]

48. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Richardo]

51. oooo got me, BurtWorm...

Good one! :thumbsup:

[BurtWorm]

55. I thought it was a Gilligan's Island episode at first

the one when they all fall through the trap door on the beach and Gilligan dreams he's Dr. Jeckyl.

[Richardo]

63. HA!

That comes pretty close - wonder if Arthur C. Clarke lifted the plot from Sherwood Schwartz?

[Brotherjohn]

52. I was trying to come up with a vague ...

...but accurate description of 2001 earlier. Good job, Richardo.

[Richardo]

59. thx, brotherjohn

[underpants]

50. The Molly MacGuire Movie

:shrug:

[number six]

56. Dr Noah has a powerful virus. James Bond tries to stop him

So does James Bond, and James Bond, alongside James Bond.

[BurtWorm]

60. Casino Royale

[number six]

67. Right, wasn't too hard, but I liked how dumb it sounded!

[Richardo]

66. Casino Royale

Jimmy bond

[ThirdWheelLegend]

57. 3 guys investigate desolate town...

then the house takes off.


TWL

[Khephra]

64. That's Bad Taste again

:-)

[ThirdWheelLegend]

88. booo, you winned

:P

[Khephra]

62. Here's a Halloween themed one (REAL OBSCURE)

Toymaker uses bits of Stonehinge to make children kill their parents by having bugs come out of their faces.

[Brotherjohn]

90. Halloween III.

One of the WORST movies I ever paid to see.

[Khephra]

103. I loved it to tell you the truth

It was written by the genius behind the Quartermass films...problem was it wasn't a Halloween film.

[Brotherjohn]

121. I don't know. I saw it so many years ago.

And I guess I was expecting Michael Myers slashing people (not that that would have been high art or anything).

Interestingly, I flirted with the idea of putting this one up earlier. I guess because it's halloween and there's something about those bugs crawling out of the masks that stuck with me.

[freesqueeze]

65. Boy meets girl, discovers he's impotent and they redirect the

sexual tension into a multi-state robbing and killing spree.

[Richardo]

68. Bonnie and Clyde!

[freesqueeze]

74. Right you are Richardo!

eom

[ThirdWheelLegend]

69. Rugrats?

I didn't see it but who knows!?

[underpants]

71. Natural Born Killers?

:shrug:

[tridim]

70. Former 'Seattle Seven' member accidentally becomes a Brother Shamus.

Probably too easy.

[tridim]

202. I can't believe no one has guessed this one. Another Clue.

The main character has two best friends. One is in security, and the other has a fascination with "I Am The Walrus".

[Guaranteed]

223. The Big Lebowski!

I was gonna use that one, but you did. :)

[Guaranteed]

224. Dupe

[Uzybone]

72. Immigrant finds great success

but addiction and jealously lead to his downfall.

[Richardo]

73. "Say hello to my little fren'...."

Scarface!

[Uzybone]

77. that was too easy

I couldnt make it vaguer...good job.

[MnFats]

75. Brilliant young pianist rejects the life chosen for him...

...goes to work on an oil rig, returns home but is unable to connect with his distant father.

[Richardo]

80. "Take the chicken and hold it between your knees."

Five Easy Pieces!

[MnFats]

84. indeed, five easy pieces.

early jack nicholson brilliant performance. you knew he was for real with that one.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

76. Guys in frozen tundra..

norwegians go crazy..big hole in ice..people die..stuff is on fire.

[BurtWorm]

81. Grumpy Old Men?

Fargo?

[ThirdWheelLegend]

85. nope

[Richardo]

The Thing? or Encino Man?

:D

[ThirdWheelLegend]

93. winner! The Thing

was my plot synopsis vage enough? :P

[Brotherjohn]

86. Erik the Viking?

nt

[youngred]

78. Old Asshole teaches young boy new tricks and life

guess away

[Brotherjohn]

82. Karate Kid? Empire Strikes Back? (one w/ Yoda)

nt

[youngred]

130. nope

little more real world than those

[ThirdWheelLegend]

87. several hundred movies?

:P

[youngred]

132. true enough I suppose

old BLIND asshole, how's that?

[jenm]

155. scent of a woman

[youngred]

165. we have a winner

not that it wasn't obvious with that hint lol

[freesqueeze]

92. Group of writers become hooked on Bug Powder.

That should be enough...

[ThirdWheelLegend]

94. Naked Lunch

:)

[freesqueeze]

106. yup

[Speck Tater]

95. Lady beats small animals to death with a pipe,

while the city crumbles into ruins around her.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

97. Roger and Me

?

[Speck Tater]

144. Bingo: Classic Michael Moore.

nt

[freesqueeze]

98. Jezebel?

[tridim]

96. Overachieving playwright falls in love...

with a person who can't love him back.

[Brotherjohn]

99. Moulin Rouge?

nt

[Richardo]

107. Shakespeare in Love

[tridim]

125. Nope and nope. Another clue.

The woman falls in love with his best friend, who is about 35 years his senior.

[Richardo]

146. oh. Wonder Boys?

[ThirdWheelLegend]

149. that's my guess

eom

[tridim]

198. Nope. Another Clue.

The main character claims to have received sexual favors from his young protégé's mother.

[Guaranteed]

225. Rushmore

That's two of yours!
I think you're picking good, obscure movies. Too much for this crowd (you're giving easy clues, too).

[Brotherjohn]

184. Something by Woody?

[tridim]

200. Nope.

Something by a young director and a writer with a wierd nose. :D

[freesqueeze]

101. Gay couple kill a friend for fun and then

serve snack off his make-shift coffin.

[Richardo]

110. Rope. But are you sure they were gay?

[BurtWorm]

115. That was the subtext

It was based on Leopold and Loeb.

[Richardo]

134. I thought so too...

[freesqueeze]

118. Right! As gay as Hollywood would let them be at that time.

Next time you see the movie, check out the dynamics between the two 'room mates'.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

102. Rebellion group tries to stop event...

people get hit by cars... all praise Mr. President.


maybe too easy

[ThirdWheelLegend]

129. No guesses??

:)

I practically gave it away!

:)

[Speck Tater]

145. Death Race 2000

[BurtWorm]

143. Death Race 2000?

I don't know, I never saw it.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

151. by the timestamp on your post you win!

:P

[Uzybone]

104. Animal lover

searches for a mollusc

[BurtWorm]

108. Dr. Doolittle

[number six]

105. Four guys sit around trying to record an album. They argue.

A lot. Then they starting bitching about each other. An era dies before our eyes.

[BurtWorm]

111. Let It Be.

[freesqueeze]

112. Let it be

[Richardo]

114. Let it Be. Depressing film.

[Brotherjohn]

116. Let it Be?

[number six]

117. Yup. Can't sit through the damned thing.

[kmla]

109. Iowa farmboy picks up wrong bag at LAX...

... which has drugs in it. Dealer sees him as he leaves, and finds out where he lives, kills his brother, and chases the farmboy, who knows nobody in LA except a girl he met on the plane...

[Brotherjohn]

128. Sorry. Meant to post as it's own "plot".

[ThirdWheelLegend]

131. ignore this

:P

[Brotherjohn]

136. Sorry again. I moved the post below. Not Red Dawn, though.

[kmla]

138. Nope.

Small hint - Jeff Kober....

[skypilot]

113. How to Get Ahead in Advertising

*

On edit: Oh, never mind. I see that someone guessed it ages ago.

[tridim]

119. A convicted felon and his wife are unable to have a family of their own.

Easy.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

122. Raising Arizona

?

[BurtWorm]

123. Raising Arizona

[ThirdWheelLegend]

120. Science experiment yields desired result..

in the short term.. mayhem ensues.. party! kids humbled.


TWL

[Brotherjohn]

124. Weird Science.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

126. hehe, too easy

:P

[Brotherjohn]

133. Five misfits detained behind enemy lines.....

...rebel, cause general havoc, and get to know one another in the process.

[BurtWorm]

135. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest?

M*A*S*H?

[ThirdWheelLegend]

139. Breakfast Club!

:P

[Brotherjohn]

140. BINGO!

I was about to post an edit that perhaps they aren't all "misfits" (given that one was the "prom queen" type and one was a popular jock).

But if the Breakfast Club taught us anything, it taught us that... aren't we ALL misfits? (snnfff!)

[Uzybone]

137. Troubled cop

searches for serial killer. Scandal of immense importance lurks. Killer knows cops secret.

[Speck Tater]

150. LA Confidential?

[tridim]

152. Robocop?

[Uzybone]

153. nope

nt

[Speck Tater]

154. Dark City

nt

[Uzybone]

157. This will probably give it away

the scandal relates to the throne.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

158. From Hell?

?

[Uzybone]

163. Yes

From Hell is it and Insomnia was close.

[BigMcLargehuge]

166. I hedged on the serial killer clue

Insomnia was only one murder and one accidental/not accidental murder

[BigMcLargehuge]

160. Insomnia

both versions

[tridim]

142. A cloaked cult leader and his stuttering, dimwitted sidekick

entrap a clueless family to do his master's bidding.

:D

[BigMcLargehuge]

161. Manos the hands of fate

easy

[ThirdWheelLegend]

148. Man investigates kidnapping...

finds jewel as clue... acts crazy to further investigation... finds case to be result of suspect's missed opportunity, finds victim..kisses a man.. everything is happy.

[Uzybone]

168. any more clues?

Im stumped like Bush at a press conference.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

174. hmm hard to think of something..

that won't just simply give it away...


gimme a minute hehe

[ThirdWheelLegend]

179. ok...

Man and his investigation and police and their investigation are at odd with each other.

LOL thats vague :P

[Uzybone]

186. Arrgh

I give up.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

191. ok big clue

man loves all creatures great and small

[Uzybone]

195. Does anyone else know this?

Ive come to the conclusion that I havent seen this movie. Still clueless. :(

[ThirdWheelLegend]

201. hehe

another clue...

man gets wet

lol

[Uzybone]

203. grrrr you are not helping here

:)

[ThirdWheelLegend]

205. hehe

well my original plot is vague but applies to the movie..

okay here is the give away..

The man has an ability to talk from the other end.

:P

[Uzybone]

206. LOL

Ace Ventura...good one

[ThirdWheelLegend]

207. winner!

:)

[Brotherjohn]

204. Grrrr.. me too. I have to sign off soon. Help!

[Speck Tater]

156. Three pot-smoking malcontents...

...conspire to kill their boss and run his empire themselves.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

159. Half Baked

?

[Speck Tater]

162. Nope. Hint:

"It looked like Sweet and Low."

[BigMcLargehuge]

164. 9 to 5

what a way to make a living

[Speck Tater]

175. Bingo.

[Brotherjohn]

169. That PA (Pennsylvania) movie?

Scottsdale, PA or something?

About employees of a burger joint wanting to kill their boss.

[Supply Side Jesus]

219. Scotland PA, a fast food MacBeth

[youngred]

167. Crazy enterpeneur leads group on dangerous factory tour

gotta get this one

[Brotherjohn]

Willie Wonka, of course.

[youngred]

171. that didn't take long

told you it was easy

[Uzybone]

170. Willy wonka?

nt

[youngred]

172. Si, Oui, Ja, Da and Yes

:-)

what I'm watching right now actually

[mark0rama]

182. I was gonna guess "Jurassic Park"

It works pretty well, too.

[jonnyblitz]

173. Philadelphia n/t

[Speck Tater]

176. Deranged neo-nazi seizes the White House...

... oh, wait. That's on CNN not the movie channel.

[number six]

177. Sailors lost at sea rescued by U-boat get lost, meet dinosaurs

[BigMcLargehuge]

180. the land that time forgot

starring doug mcclure (you may remember him from such films as...)

[number six]

181. Oh yeah. Good catch.

[freesqueeze]

178. Rowdy gang takes over small town...

where they run into another gang that includes Rob Petrie's dentist.

[ForrestGump]

187. The Wild One?

Go, Johnny, go...

[freesqueeze]

193. Right! What are you protesting?

Whadya got?

[number six]

183. Hopeless drunks attempt holiday. Hilarity ensues.

[ForrestGump]

188. Girls Gone Wild, Volume Seven- Spring Break?

No?

[number six]

189. No. It's an actual movie. Two drunks. Now I've given it away.

[number six]

208. OK I give up, it was Withnail and I

[Speck Tater]

185. Theft of the championship race car,

days before the big event, leaves the pit crew in a desperate race against time to get their man back on the track to win the most important auto race of his life.

[ForrestGump]

190. Is the car named 'Herbie'?

Just wondering.

[Speck Tater]

199. Nope. Hint:

Donald Trump has a cameo appearance in the film.

[ForrestGump]

192. Army sergeant

is charged with escorting an allegedly rebellious serviceman back to the US and, in doing so, unwittingly assists in an attempted political assassination.

[jenm]

209. the last detail?

[ForrestGump]

211. Nope. Well, maybe...

Don't remember seeing that one, so it may well have the same plot.

I was thinking of "The Package." I love it - great actors (you can't go wrong with gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones in the primary roles).

[BurtWorm]

215. The Manchurian Candidate

[nomaco-10]

216. The Package Tommy Lee Jones & Gene Hackman

[DrWeird]

194. Young man finds world is not what it appears

is followed by mysterious figures and discovers hidden powers. Evil, unhuman, carbon copy overlords control the unsuspecting populace and our hero must do battle to free the people.

[Brotherjohn]

196. They Live?

[Uzybone]

197. The Matrix

easy peasy

[DrWeird]

210. NOPE!

Guess again!

[FDRrocks]

213. An odd series of events...

in a midwestern town recently ravaged by a tornado. No plot.

Hint: cats in garbage bags

Note: posted this above in the wrong place.

[BurtWorm]

217. Gummo?

[regnaD kciN]

214. Here's a new one...

The most recent Academy Award (Best Picture) winner featuring the following plot:

Strong-willed young woman falls in love with struggling artist, despite being caught in an "arranged" engagement with upper-class stuffed shirt. At the end, the ship sinks, but she survives.

[Supply Side Jesus]

218. oh no!!

titanic!! :puke:

[regnaD kciN]

221. WRONG!!!!!

Shakespeare In Love, from the year after you-know-what. Check out the description I gave -- it fits Shakespeare... as well, right down to the shipwreck.

[DS1]

222. Guy wants a cheeseburger, local PD objects

Answer tonight.