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CLOSED Baker's Dozen: Movies where the protagonist is poor...Part III

posted 5 years ago by tsrt (1177)
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Protagonist is a poor person. Maybe there are a few more good films that we missed.

Here are the ones we did the last two times:

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Code 8 (2019)
First Blood (1982)
(The) Gold Rush (1925)
(The) Grapes of Wrath (1939)
(A) Knight's Tale (2001)
(The) Last Picture Show (1971)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Oliver! (1968)
(The) Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Parasite (2019)
(The) Pursuit of Happiness (2006)
Rocky (1976)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
(A) Taste of Honey (1961)
Titanic (1997)
Trading Places (1983)
(The) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Umberto D. (1952)
Vagabond (1985)
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Winter's Bone (2010)
(The) Wrestler (2008)

New list:

1. Larry Crowne (2011)

[–] nyctc7 (44119) 5 years ago

1. Larry Crowne (2011)
2. The Hunger Games (2012)
3. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
4. Raining Stones (1993)
5. Lion (2016)
6. Angela's Ashes (1999)
7. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
8. My Fair Lady (1964)
9. Joy (15)
10 The Jerk (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NeS4ueaU6w

[–] davodikum (6212) 5 years ago

11 hobo with a shotgun

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 5 years ago

Damn! How did this not come up earlier?!
Fun movie

[–] davodikum (6212) 5 years ago

I thought of it the first time the game was played. I just didn't chime in. Think I was just in scroll mode whilst doing something else. I double checked the previous entries list before I posted. I was just as surprised as you.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 5 years ago

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[–] Who (5146) 5 years ago

13. Tess (1979)

[–] tsrt (1177) 5 years ago

Finished:

1. Larry Crowne (2011)
2. The Hunger Games (2012)
3. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
4. Raining Stones (1993)
5. Lion (2016)
6. Angela's Ashes (1999)
7. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
8. My Fair Lady (1964)
9. Joy (2015)
10 The Jerk (1979)
11 Hobo with a shotgun (2011)
12. Pretty Woman (1990)
13. Tess (1979)

[–] PaladinNJ (21786) 5 years ago

Extra:
The Gift of Love (1978)
Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Huckleberry Finn (1974)

CLOSED ***Baker's Dozen: Movies where the protagonist is poor...Part III***

CLOSED Baker's Dozen: Movies where the protagonist is poor...Part III