Have a movie marathon.

🌍 Anywhere🔄 Repeatable👤 All ages

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Pick a theme like "80s sci-fi," "movies with the same actor," or "films you've never seen but should have" and settle in for 6-8 hours of cinematic bliss. Prep comfort food, silence phones, and create intermissions for discussion—the shared experience makes even mediocre movies memorable.

Difficulty

5/100Easy

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Cost

$10 – $50

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Time

full-day

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People

1–10

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Setting

indoor

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Season

any

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Equipment

movies, snacks

People who tried this

“Yesterday, I put myself to the ultimate test: the Marvel Movie Marathon. Sitting in a 250-seat theater in Los Angeles, I endured 17 hours of movie madness. I knew this was going to be a phenomenal undertaking that would push me to my movie-watching limits, which was one of the main reasons I did it. Well, that and I got to watch The Avengers again.”

mixed— Derrick Deane · Fandangosource ↗

“Honestly, it was a pretty epic movie but HOLY COW IT’S SUCH A LONG MOVIE! We were wiped by the end of it. It didn’t help that there are about five or six instances where the movie could’ve reasonably ended, but didn’t.”

mixed— Elizabeth Choe '13 · MIT Admissions blogsource ↗