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Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013
Probation
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SciFiDownBeat posted:

john wick, again?

maybe also seven psychopaths if the man and the killer are two different people

Think way more famous a movie.

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XBenedict
May 23, 2006

YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.

Otisburg posted:

A man weeps for the loss of his beloved pet, and the killer escapes justice to kill again.

A Fish Called Wanda?

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul
Still unsolved:

With the help of a girl who secretly has a crush on him, a loser transforms into the world's best volleyball player.
Hint: it's beach volleyball.

A young man is promised he will never see the sun, again, after damaging his grandfather's car.

A man's parentage is called into question when we notice he shares traits with a brilliant, but crazy, academic.

A man's twin brother seamlessly replaces the man in his group of friends.

An agreement to behave in a depraved manner becomes a point of contention in a co-dependent, alcoholic relationship.


Only one of these might count as sort of obscure; one is an all-time classic.

Anil Dikshit
Apr 11, 2007

Otisburg posted:

They made a movie of it, I think it was one of those "masters of horror" low budget jobs.

Yeah, I just like his writing and wanted to point out he wrote the original story.

Mister Mind
Mar 20, 2009

I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm

Keith Atherton posted:

A man finds something in his mailbox that is meant to intimidate him.

The Color of Night

Mister Mind
Mar 20, 2009

I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm

Centripetal Horse posted:

An agreement to behave in a depraved manner becomes a point of contention in a co-dependent, alcoholic relationship.

Leaving Las Vegas

Wild T
Dec 15, 2008

The point I'm trying to make is that the only way to come out on top is to kick the Air Force in the nuts, beart it savagely with a weight and take a dump on it's face.

Centripetal Horse posted:

A man's twin brother seamlessly replaces the man in his group of friends.

Beerfest?

A young boy copes with the disappearance of his family and the arrival of hostile intruders by employing a series of elaborate traps.

It's not Home Alone.

Wild T fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Apr 21, 2016

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Mister Mind posted:

Leaving Las Vegas

Huh, no, but that's a pretty reasonable guess. The phrasing in my description is actually a modified version of a line from the film.


Wild T posted:

Beerfest?

As a matter of fact, yes!

Cat Hassler
Feb 7, 2006

Slippery Tilde

Mister Mind posted:

The Color of Night

That's not what I was going for but might be a good guess - haven't seen that movie.

Another hint: the man is being intimidated to keep his mouth shut and not testify in court

Still unguessed/updated:

A man buys a car to impress another man he is in love with. He ends up in tears berating himself

Two European border guards are repeatedly outsmarted, but become media heroes.

Cat Hassler fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Apr 21, 2016

Red Oktober
May 24, 2006

wiggly eyes!



Junior Jr. posted:

An aging actor is performing on Broadway and ends up in a hospital bed.

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Keith Atherton posted:


Two European border guards are repeatedly outsmarted, but become media heroes.

I really feel like I've seen this, but can't quite get it.

Cat Hassler
Feb 7, 2006

Slippery Tilde

Red Oktober posted:

I really feel like I've seen this, but can't quite get it.

The border guards are held at gunpoint in the first border crossing

This is a comedy

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord

Red Oktober posted:

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

You got it!

H.H
Oct 24, 2006

August is the Cruelest Month
-A racist serves good coffee to a couple of friends who stop at his house after experiencing car trouble.

-An addict succumbs to a brain parasite transmitted to him by a cat.

-A middle aged man makes a career change, starts working in fast food.

Keromaru5
Dec 28, 2012

Pictured: The Wolf Of Gubbio (probably)

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Red Oktober posted:

Two European border guards are repeatedly outsmarted, but become media heroes.

This is Stripes. I did one about the same guys a few pages ago.

Still waiting for any takers on my last batch.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

H.H posted:

-A racist serves good coffee to a couple of friends who stop at his house after experiencing car trouble.

Pulp Fiction ?

quote:

-A middle aged man makes a career change, starts working in fast food.

American Beauty ?

H.H
Oct 24, 2006

August is the Cruelest Month

MariusLecter posted:

Pulp Fiction ?


American Beauty ?

yes to both.

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
Inspired by a movie, a woman travels to America and is reunited with her pet bunny.

Hint:the movie she watches is fargo

Mister Mind
Mar 20, 2009

I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm

Ahundredbux posted:

Inspired by a movie, a woman travels to America and is reunited with her pet bunny.

Hint:the movie she watches is fargo

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

CoolZidane
Jun 24, 2008

Centripetal Horse posted:

An agreement to behave in a depraved manner becomes a point of contention in a co-dependent, alcoholic relationship.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

CoolZidane posted:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Nope. Maybe I should give a clue. I don't want to make it too easy, though.

Keromaru5
Dec 28, 2012

Pictured: The Wolf Of Gubbio (probably)

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Answers:

Keromaru5 posted:

A little girl goes hunting for a mother's marbles. Coraline

A boy realizes what he must do for others when he beholds an otherworldly figure hanging on a cross. Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone

A man is severely reprimanded for criticizing his boss's religion. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Lordshmee
Nov 23, 2007

I hate you, Milkman Dan

Keromaru5 posted:

True Romance

Now tell me... Am I lying?

Lordshmee
Nov 23, 2007

I hate you, Milkman Dan

H.H posted:


-An addict succumbs to a brain parasite transmitted to him by a cat.


Trainspotting.

Are we spoiler in our guesses for a reason?

H.H
Oct 24, 2006

August is the Cruelest Month

Lordshmee posted:

Trainspotting.

correct.

Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013
Probation
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stoners fly cross country to beat up shitposters

Anil Dikshit
Apr 11, 2007

Otisburg posted:

stoners fly cross country to beat up shitposters

Jay and silent bob strike back

Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!

kizudarake posted:

Jay and silent bob strike back

Ya dude Snoochie booches or w/e they say.

Wild T
Dec 15, 2008

The point I'm trying to make is that the only way to come out on top is to kick the Air Force in the nuts, beart it savagely with a weight and take a dump on it's face.
Since nobody's guessed on this one yet

Wild T posted:


A young boy copes with the disappearance of his family and the arrival of hostile intruders by employing a series of elaborate traps.

It's not Home Alone.

An additional hint:

The kid then rescues a man from the trunk of his car.

zimbomonkey
Jul 15, 2008

Tattoos? On MY black quarterback?
Angry over its lot in life, a machine decides to destroy Earth.

Red Oktober
May 24, 2006

wiggly eyes!



Lordshmee posted:

Trainspotting.

Are we spoiler in our guesses for a reason?

Yes, so more than one person can play along.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I think I've got it now.


A couple is gets told about the importance of the dip-tet.

A horse-eater is almost killed after breaking into a house.

A botanist knocks her stalker's eye out and gets sent by her supervisor for an invasive evaluation before she can return to work.

Both cuts of the movie end with the boyfriend getting his suit muddy on the way to pick someone up.

A man decides against joining the company a friend works for in favor of a job where he hurts and disappoints others.

An foreign doctor is upset by a visiting professor and his companions.

An addict and a loon help a man get over his drinking problem. The man also gets financial advice.

An absentee father on the verge of death indulges his son's explosive impulses, this results in the death of a doctor.

An absentee father almost has an epiphany that'll break a multi-generational cycle of abuse and neglect but before he can finish the thought his wife yells at him.

A beloved businessman fails to secure federal funding for a company that's suffering from changes in government policy.

A Spaniard spends a fortune on his wife and kid before splitting; he smiles at their memorial plaque.

shut up blegum
Dec 17, 2008


--->Plastic Lawn<---
Quoting myself because nobody got them so far:

beedeebee posted:

A writer takes some pills during a hazy weekend. They affect his work.

A man loses his wife and daughter. Ten years later, he sets up a series of shell companies to buy an old building on a plot of land adjacent to a prison.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer

beedeebee posted:

A writer takes some pills during a hazy weekend. They affect his work.

I really want to say Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas but that'd be too obvious.

zimbomonkey
Jul 15, 2008

Tattoos? On MY black quarterback?

beedeebee posted:

Quoting myself because nobody got them so far:

Is the second one Law Abiding Citizen?

shut up blegum
Dec 17, 2008


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RandomPauI posted:

I really want to say Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas but that'd be too obvious.

That'd be pretty obvious yeah. So no, guess again :)

zimbomonkey posted:

Is the second one Law Abiding Citizen?

Yup.

Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
Humans band together to isolate and destroy a troublesome machine.

Junior Jr.
Oct 4, 2014

by sebmojo
Buglord
Humans go to an alien planet to make money from a rare material.

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
the lady really didnt like her sandwich

the other guy died in his stupid little hat

a couple gay dudes shopping for clothes decide to leave a store after one knocks over a sunglasses stand

stump collector
May 28, 2007

Centripetal Horse posted:

A man's twin brother seamlessly replaces the man in his group of friends.

gattaca?

e: nevermind, already answered

stump collector fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Apr 22, 2016

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overeager overeater
Oct 16, 2011

"The cosmonauts were transfixed with wonderment as the sun set - over the Earth - there lucklessly, untethered Comrade Todd on fire."



RandomPauI posted:

A couple is gets told about the importance of the dip-tet.

I'll go for the obvious answer: Raising Arizona?

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