Single-sentence summaries for movies

[Dennis]

National Lampoon's Vacation:

A food scientist and his family have a bad vacation.

[daveB from Oakland]

Stabbin' in the Woods:

MetaWheedon something something attractive young archetypes go to a Cabin SPOILER ALERT,  wish I hadn't read that one thing about the film before seeing it ... but still, it was pretty good.

[daveB from Oakland]

Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986):

You think it's one thing, but then it's another thing.

[hardweek]

National Lampoon's European Vacation: a family goes on vacation to Europe.

[buffcoat]

Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.

[Steve of Bloomington]

The Sixth Sense: Wait whuuuuuut?

[Steve of Bloomington]

Memento: A guy forgets everything but Sammy Jankis.

[daveB from Oakland]

Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.

Totally. I saw him in the trailer for an upcoming Oliver Stone movie and I was making groaning noises in my head. I don't agree with the statement "there are no second acts in American life," but I think I would have preferred that to be the case for Vinnie Barbarino.

[daveB from Oakland]

The Shining:

A writer and his family have a bad vacation.

Man gets possessed by evil, does Ed McMahon impressions.

[BadGuyZero]

After Hours

Man's worst night ever causes Martin Scorsese to have the worst box office ever.

[hardweek]

Straight from IMDB:

Dude, where's my car? : Two potheads wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car.

[Smelodies]

Pulp Fiction: In retrospect, perhaps Quentin should have left Travolta where he found him.

Maybe it's me, but don't you find it weird that more time has passed between Pulp Fiction and the present than from Saturday Night Fever to Pulp Fiction?

[mostlymeat]

Straight from IMDB:

Dude, where's my car? : Two potheads wake up from a night of partying and can't remember where they parked their car.

IMDB is actually really good at this game. For example:

Hardbodies (1984):

Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach.

[Crusherkc]

2001: A Space Odyssey:
A beacon from the past gives humanity a chance to shine.

Dr. Strangelove:
An American general starts WWIII when he blames the Russians for his impotence.

A Clockwork Orange:
An innovative government program helps a troubled youth fit back into society.

[danfromhalifax]

Dawn of the Dead (1978):
Mall patrons walk slowly, and develop taste for brains.