StoneKeeper's Movie Guessing Game: I recommend THIS movie #1747 [A Forest is Swaying (1982) Winner: FredBurroughs]
I have a movie in mind and you have to guess which one it is. For each movie you guess, I will give a hint that connects your guess with the movie I have in mind.
For each guess, a connection is posted. Example of connections: Actor, length, genre, aspect ratio, language, country, year, director, actor, writer in common, rating, number of votes, nominations. It can even be something like: both movies involve Cabbage Patch Kids. Also, you can use Metascore color or rating, Rotten Tomatoes score, any award wins or nominations in common, same number of words in the title, plot keywords. Note: "Plot" in the IMDB advanced search links to "Plot Summary" on the film's page. "Keyword" in the advanced search links to "Plot Keyword" on the film's page.
Helpful search engine: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/ Click on Feature Film and TV Movie. Then modify for the hints as they are posted.
- The winner can either start a new game or say "pass". In case of a pass, the OP gets to start another one.
- After 12 hints and 15 incorrect guesses the point goes to the OP and he/she gets to start another one.
- Movie must have at least 3500 IMDB votes. Otherwise, add a bonus hint. No documentaries.
- Maximum 2 guesses per player per hint.
- Can't edit a guess once posted. Delete ONLY
- Post one Hint at a time.
Standing in for tcrum on this one!
Bonus hint: Under 3500 votes.
Hint 1: Ice Castles (1978) - Drama genre.
Hint 2: Stillwater (2021) - Fewer than 400 votes on IMDb.
Hint 3: Shark Exorcist (2015) - Runtime shorter than 90 minutes.
Hint 4: And They Call It Summer (2012) - English is not spoken in the movie.
Hint 5: Spartacus (1913) - Set outside of the Americas.
Hint 6: Schoolboy Crush (2007) - Same IMDb rating: 6.0.
Hint 7: The Angry Guest (1972) - Made in East Asia.
Hint 8: The Film Emotional Atyachar (2010) - Official English title on IMDb is four words.
Hint 9: Night and Day (2004) - Drama is the ONLY genre.
Hint 10: I Am a Teacher (2016) - Set in a communist country.
FredBurroughs wins with A Forest is Swaying (1982), a movie from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea about a man who tries to plant a forest in an area where the natural environment was destroyed by bombing in the Korean War. The movie can be seen on Youtube for free with English subtitles.
Scoreboard:
FredBurroughs: 337
hownos: 257
LauraGrace: 193
nyctc7: 144
Allaby: 135
MonStar: 112
Kawada_Kira: 111
StoneKeeper: 103
lud: 100 (EMERITUS)
tcrum: 100
dmac8: 44
SkyCoyote5150: 25
Vastuntitled: 25
KvlhokVjequs: 16
twinA: 12
bellington83: 4
SomeCodhopper: 4
zeesha: 4
TalkinPikchorBox: 3
SamGerard: 3
Stratego: 3
KasparHauser: 2
MinaVladimir: 1
godewey: 1
ShogunofYonkers: 1
Damosuzuki: 1
sslssg: 1
Kowalski: 1
TexasJack: 1 share