StoneKeeper's Guessing Game: I Recommend this Mystery Movie #1755 [Fireworks (1997) Winner: hownos]
I have a movie in mind and you have to guess which one it is. For yeach 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.
Hint 1: MASH (1970) - Runtime shorter than 2 hours.
Hint 2: The Fly (1986) - Rated R by the MPAA.
Hint 3: 1917 (2019) - Director also has writing credit.
Hint 4: Body of Evidence (1992) - Release date in the 1990s.
Hint 5: Plump Fiction (1997) - Crime genre.
Hint 6: Following (1998) - One-word title.
Hint 7: Lionheart (1990) - Drama genre.
Hint 8: Gridlock'd (1997) - Fewer than 50,000 votes on IMDb.
Hint 9: Trainspotting (1996) - Director was born outside the US.
Hint 10: Twilight (1998) - Plot keyword: "Cancer".
Hownos wins with Fireworks (1997), a movie about a cop who goes into a spiral of depression and self-destruction after the deaths of his partner and child and his wife's diagnosis with cancer, eventually throwing everything away to spend what little time his wife has left to make her last days worthwhile. Not a happy movie, but a very good one.
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hownos: 260
LauraGrace: 194
nyctc7: 144
Allaby: 135
MonStar: 112
Kawada_Kira: 112
StoneKeeper: 104
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
Boromir: 1 share