Topic: Pinched this idea from the former BBC boards

[Najemikon]

  Yup!
 

[richierich]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers

[DJ Doena]

Could we additionally name the plot device?

[lyonsden5]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( If I correctly understand the rules )

[Najemikon]

I think that's an excellent MacGuffin!

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)

[lyonsden5]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)
6. The Jewel of the Nile

[lovemunkey187]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. The Silent Flute (aka Circle of Iron)

[richierich]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. The Silent Flute (aka Circle of Iron)
8. Psycho (Janet Leighs stolen loot)

[lyonsden5]

This one is proving quite difficult. 

[Najemikon]

 

[richierich]

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. The Silent Flute (aka Circle of Iron)
8. Psycho (Janet Leighs stolen loot)
9. Big Sleep (Dead driver)

[Kathy]

Are there any more MacGuffinites out there? Jon has stumped me on this one!

[Najemikon]

Well, I didn't mean to slow you down this much!   

1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Pulp Fiction (the unknown content of the briefcase)
3. Transformers
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ronin (another briefcase)
6. The Jewel of the Nile
7. The Silent Flute (aka Circle of Iron)
8. Psycho (Janet Leighs stolen loot)
9. Big Sleep (Dead driver)
10. The Trouble with Harry (a bit of a stretch, but Harry himself, the dead body!)
11. The Spanish Prisoner (ages since I saw it, but the product/formula)
12. North by Northwest (everyone is chasing after a character that doesn't exist)
13. Mission: Impossible 3 ("Rabbits foot")
14. Marathon Man (pretty much the whole film. Is it safe? Is bloody what safe? )
15. The Big Lebowski (the rug)

Not sure about the last one, but I think it counts. Anyway, you useless lot left me to think up 5 all on me lonesome so I don't think you have a right to complain! Right, lets try an easier one based on another term... The Fourth Wall.

The fourth wall is a term describing the invisible barrier between an audience and the story. I bet it was coined in theatre. Think of when you watch a sitcom, normally set in a room where you can see three physical walls. Because you're suspending disbelief, you naturally assume the fourth is there, right in front of you. If a character in the story looks at or speaks to the audience directly, they are said to have broken the fourth wall. So...

NAME 15 FILMS OR TV SHOWS THAT BREAK THE FOURTH WALL

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (frequently involves the viewer, right to the end: "You're still here? Go home.")

[lyonsden5]

Thanks for adding TV shows to this one. Should make it easier 

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (frequently involves the viewer, right to the end: "You're still here? Go home.")
2. Moonlighting (Bruce Willis often addresses the audience)

[Sanuye]

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (frequently involves the viewer, right to the end: "You're still here? Go home.")
2. Moonlighting (Bruce Willis often addresses the audience)
3. Alfie (Both Michael Caine and Jude Low versions)