list movies with no guns

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less credit for kids' movies and movies that take place before guns were invented

n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:10 (seventeen years ago)

Sleep by Andy Warhol

Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

Action films with no combat, guns/weaponry, or organized sports

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:16 (seventeen years ago)

Why would you want to watch a movie with no guns?

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

most comedies
most non-American movies

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

two mules for sister sarah! oh shit no that had guns in it

goole, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

almost all porno

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

almost

goole, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

Once

modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in ...

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

woops

xpost

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

i've said too much

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

Alien 3

I'M ACTUALLY FINE (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

most romcoms

gabbneb, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:24 (seventeen years ago)

can't think of any

Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

rambo?

Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

gun-lovin' porn?

fiscal liberal (kenan), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)

"most ..." is a copout

n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:33 (seventeen years ago)

you want us to list every romcom we can think of?

gabbneb, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:34 (seventeen years ago)

I'm pretty sure there aren't any guns in Ghostbusters unless you count unlicensed nuclear accelerators.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

ah, multiplex-raised America.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

re ghostbusters

"if he tries to stop you, you can shoot him"

so there was *implication* that the cop was carrying a gun.

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Oh yeah. I forgot about the cops.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

i'm just kidding, we'll give you that one

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:38 (seventeen years ago)

i was about to say Withnail and I, but...

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry, but shooting fish and ceilings with a shotgun counts.

snoball, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)

in Alien 3 don't the soldier guys at the end turn up with guns, and go to shoot Ripley but Lance stops them?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)

Can't remember any guns in Spinal Tap

ledge, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:44 (seventeen years ago)

don't they play a final gig at a military base? surely someone must have seen a gun in one scene?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:45 (seventeen years ago)

Bizarre, I was just going to mention Spinal Tap! What about the scene with the metal detector at the airport, do security guards at American airports have guns?

Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:46 (seventeen years ago)

The ones with guns do.

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

are there guns in the naked prey?

goole, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

were there any guns in Silent Running?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

My Dinner With Andre (not the director's cut with the alternate ending though)

Øystein, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:54 (seventeen years ago)

spinal tap is clean

ledge, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

all the president's men. does that have any guns in it?
happiness by tod solondz? they are the 2 dvds in front of me.

piscesx, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

No guns in Irreversible?

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

harvey

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

Election (the american one).

chap, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

Psycho.

chap, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:11 (seventeen years ago)

ET, post-2002...

slap bass: the ungentle art (stevie), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:21 (seventeen years ago)

all the president's men. does that have any guns in it?

yes

gabbneb, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:32 (seventeen years ago)

Remains of the Day
Howards End
Before Sunrise
Reality Bites

This is hard. There's even a gun in My Fair Lady.

franny glass, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

Gungarry Gun Ross

WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:44 (seventeen years ago)

cops with guns in that, right?

omar little, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

are there guns in Clockwork Orange? or just billy clubs and knives?

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:48 (seventeen years ago)

looking at my bookshelf of DVDs:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Knocked Up
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

this is not hard guys, wtf

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:50 (seventeen years ago)

Shining?

2001 Space Odyssey?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:52 (seventeen years ago)

ET, post-2002...

I think there's still the guy with the shotgun pointing at them before they fly off on the bikes.

The Five-Dollar Footlong Song (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:52 (seventeen years ago)

Hannah and Her Sisters
Far From Heaven

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:55 (seventeen years ago)

Safe

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:55 (seventeen years ago)

Waking Life (I think?)

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:56 (seventeen years ago)

Revenge of the Nerds (unless starter pistols count?)

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

Pretty in Pink

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:58 (seventeen years ago)

this is not hard guys, wtf

right, so what's the point?

gabbneb, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 17:01 (seventeen years ago)

doesn't scatman come with a shotgun in the shining?

Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

Gunlessland

Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)

Does Kill Bill vol 1 have any guns in it? I know vol 2 does.

chap, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original), IIRC

Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

xpost: yes, in a box of cereal

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

ooh Abbott good call with Chainsaw

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

um Uma's shot in the head in the first scene wtf

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

Haha, oh yeah.

chap, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

guys there are about 250 million movies with no guns at all, and I'd be more interested in Nick telling us what he was thinking about when he started this thread.

fiscal liberal (kenan), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)

Guns
Movies

Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

probably

Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

Texas Chainsaw remake had guns and was also unduly gruesome and also also features a severed head of Harry Knowles on a banquet platter.

Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

Waking Life (I think?)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:56 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Dude, that bar scene.

⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

die hard
(im guessing, i haven't seen it)

Shacknasty (Frogman Henry), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:33 (seventeen years ago)

A Clockwork Orange
Human Resources
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Pocket Money
The Adventure
La Belle noiseuse
Broken Flowers
Carnal Knowledge
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

Darjeeling Limited

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:38 (seventeen years ago)

I'd be more interested in Nick telling us what he was thinking about when he started this thread.

― fiscal liberal (kenan), Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:12 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

why?

n/a is just more of a character....in a genre polluted by clones (n/a), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:43 (seventeen years ago)

happiness by tod solondz?

definitely a gun in this.

circa1916, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:52 (seventeen years ago)

Don't Look Back
Don't Look Now

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:58 (seventeen years ago)

I was gonna say Empire Records but then I remembered the scene where the shoplifting kid came back in with the gun.

Trayce, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

What about So I Married an Axe Murderer?

Trayce, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)

The Fog?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:45 (seventeen years ago)

after double-checking, Clockwork Orange does have guns. Brief shot of artillery in the brainwashing scene.

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

all movies should be required to have a gun

Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:56 (seventeen years ago)

wizard of oz

Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:58 (seventeen years ago)

amadeus?

Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:59 (seventeen years ago)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:59 (seventeen years ago)

singing in the rain? (can't remember)
one flew over the cuckoos nest?
(i'm just scanning AFI100)

Kevin Keller, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:00 (seventeen years ago)

yeah that

Kevin Keller, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:00 (seventeen years ago)

that stupid Tom Hanks stranded on an island movie

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:06 (seventeen years ago)

Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Gattaca?
Singles

uh...other Ethan Hawke films?

Gukbe, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:08 (seventeen years ago)

Edward Scissorhands?

ledge, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:10 (seventeen years ago)

Lord of the Flies

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:17 (seventeen years ago)

2nd Todd Solondz Happiness

Alex in SF, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:23 (seventeen years ago)

re: amadeus, there's no stage pistol in any of those operas?

mind playin tricks on me

goole, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:27 (seventeen years ago)

can't recall for sure, hence the question mark
you may be right

Kevin Keller, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:28 (seventeen years ago)

xp I think there is a gun in that video.

Alex in SF, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)

i think there may be soldiers w/ muskets in some incidental frederick business but that maybe some other periwigged movie i'm remembering

xp haha

goole, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)

guys to make this thread better we can change it to "movies that would be made better by the addition of a gun"

i'm going with amelie

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:44 (seventeen years ago)

2nd Todd Solondz Happiness

Pretty sure a character daydreams about going to the park with an assault rifle and blowing people away in this movie.

circa1916, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:45 (seventeen years ago)

Scenes From A Marriage

Alex in SF, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:46 (seventeen years ago)

"Pretty sure a character daydreams about going to the park with an assault rifle and blowing people away in this movie."

Pretty sure this doesn't happen in the opening seconds of Happiness and you are thinking of a different movie.

Alex in SF, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:46 (seventeen years ago)

My Breakfast With Blassie

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:46 (seventeen years ago)

the second movie i thought of does in fact involve a gun (though i don't recall if it's actually shown to the camera), the production (but not brandishing) of which is treated (in a bit of meta?) as beyond the pale

gabbneb, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:47 (seventeen years ago)

or holiday - in the scene where cary grant has to convince the father to let him marry his daughter, he shows up packin heat and just levels the piece right on the old man's temple, goin "now whaddya say, champ?"

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:47 (seventeen years ago)

Scenes From A Marriage might also be better with guns.

Alex in SF, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:47 (seventeen years ago)

re: happiness -- it's the child molester/therapist who is also the lizard dude in spider-man who has the gun fantasy. he's telling it to his therapist after the jon lovitz opening i think.

there's a gun in storytelling, too, but no guns in the solondz dollhouse and abortion movies ... i think.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 04:53 (seventeen years ago)

Schindler's List. No wait, that probably has guns in it. Does it?

gabbneb, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 05:23 (seventeen years ago)


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