Christopher Nolan
This Christopher Nolan film features a dream-sharing heist led by Dom Cobb.
What is Inception?
Before becoming a feature director, Fincher famously directed music videos for this “Material Girl” pop icon.
Who is Madonna?
This Tarantino film contains a fictional TV pilot called “Fox Force Five.”
What is Pulp Fiction?
Robert De Niro asks, “You talkin’ to me?” in this Scorsese classic.
What is Taxi Driver?
The nickname of this iconic movie prop was inspired by Spielberg’s lawyer.
What is Bruce?
(Jaws)
Nolan based the structure of this war film around three intersecting timelines titled “The Mole,” “The Sea,” and “The Air.”
What is Dunkirk?
Fincher directed the pilot episode for this Netflix political drama starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood.
What is House of Cards?
“The Bride” seeks revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in this two-part Tarantino saga.
What is Kill Bill: Volume 1?
(Also acceptable: Kill Bill: Volume 2)
This Scorsese film opens with the line, “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”
What is Goodfellas?
This Spielberg film was the first ever movie released on VHS to sell one million copies.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This Nolan film tells its story backward in fragmented memory sequences following Leonard Shelby.
What is Memento?
In this film, Fincher collaborates with longtime creative partners to construct a tone that blends melancholy romance with technical precision and restraint rather than his typical psychological tension.
What is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
This actor appears in every Tarantino film from Reservoir Dogs through The Hateful Eight except for one.
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
Scorsese finally won his first Best Director Oscar for this Boston-set crime thriller.
What is The Departed?
Spielberg’s obsession with absent fathers appears prominently in this 2002 sci-fi noir starring Tom Cruise.
What is Minority Report?
Nolan’s debut feature was made for roughly $6,000 and follows a writer who begins burglarizing strangers’ apartments.
What is Following?
Fincher notoriously disowned this 1992 franchise sequel due to studio interference.
What is Alien 3?
Tarantino’s screenplay for this Oliver Stone-directed film was heavily rewritten, leading Tarantino to publicly criticize the final product.
What is Natural Born Killers?
This Japanese filmmaker’s work directly inspired Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Silence stylistically and spiritually.
Who is Akira Kurosawa?
“This Spielberg collaboration with Tom Hanks focuses on the logistics and bureaucracy of war rather than direct combat.
What is Saving Private Ryan?
This philosopher’s paradox heavily influenced the ending ambiguity of Nolan’s Inception, particularly regarding subjective reality.
What is the Ship of Theseus
Fincher directed the American adaptation of this Stieg Larsson mystery involving Lisbeth Salander.
What is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
Tarantino co-wrote but did not direct this 1993 crime-romance film starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.
What is True Romance?
This film represents Scorsese’s meditation on fame, obsession, and violence through the lens of stand-up comedy culture and celebrity worship.
What is The King of Comedy?
Spielberg secretly directed portions of this 1982 supernatural film, leading to decades of debate over authorship.
What is Poltergeist?