StoneKeeper's Movie Guessing Game: I Recommend THIS Film #1721 [Border Café (2005) Winner: tcrum]
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 Fred on this one.
Bonus hint: Under 3500 votes.
Hint 1: Stillwater (2021) - IMDb rating in the 7s.
Hint 2: The Young Savages (1961) - Runtime between 100 and 120 minutes.
Hint 3: Hear My Song (1991) - Director was born in the 1950s.
Hint 4: Saint Jack (1979) - Setting is in Asia.
Hint 5: The Legend of Hei (2019) - At least 1,000 votes on IMDb.
Hint 6: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) - Director also has writing credit.
Hint 7: The Prodigal Son (1981) - Neither English nor Japanese are spoken in the movie.
Hint 8: Made in Hong Kong (1997) - Genres: Drama, romance.
Hint 9: Born a King (2019) - Filmed in the Middle East.
Hint 10: Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996) - Turkish language.
Tcrum wins with Border Café (2005), a really good Iranian movie about a woman who took over running her husband's truck stop cafe on the Iranian-Turkish border after he died, defying her misogynist brother-in-law who wants to take it over for himself.
Scoreboard:
FredBurroughs: 332
hownos: 252
LauraGrace: 189
nyctc7: 141
Allaby: 135
MonStar: 112
Kawada_Kira: 106
StoneKeeper: 103
lud: 100 (EMERITUS)
tcrum: 98
dmac8: 44
SkyCoyote5150: 25
Vastuntitled: 25
KvlhokVjequs: 16
twinA: 12
bellington83: 4
SomeCodhopper: 4
zeesha: 3
TalkinPikchorBox: 3
SamGerard: 3
Stratego: 3
KasparHauser: 2
MinaVladimir: 1
godewey: 1
ShogunofYonkers: 1
Damosuzuki: 1
sslssg: 1
Kowalski: 1
TexasJack: 1 share