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This 1997 movie from James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as passengers on a doomed ship on its maiden voyage certainly didn’t “sink” at the box office. It has made over $2 billion worldwide.
What is Titanic?
This 2005 superhero flick by Christopher Nolan was a reboot of a franchise based on the DC comics starring the “Caped Crusader”, who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten his city.
What is Batman Begins?
This 2009 Oscar-nominated biopic was based on the real-life story of Michael Oher, who went from a homeless teen to an All-American football player and first round NFL draft pick for the Baltimore Ravens.
What is The Blind Side?
This hit movie is based on the first book in the YA novel series about a teenage girl who volunteers to take her younger sister's place in her society’s latest televised match to the death.
What is The Hunger Games?
Con artists plan to fleece this “creepy & kooky” family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester in this 1991 film that is based on a 1960’s TV show, which in turn is based on a comic strip that was published between 1938 & 1988. The film & its sequels later went on to spawn a TV show of their own.
What is The Addams Family?
This 1994 hit movie, based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom, starred Tom Hanks as the title character, whose motto on life was that it was “like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.”
What is Forest Gump?
In this 2007 “robotic” film based on the comics of the same name and directed by Michael Bay, an ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, who can disguise themselves as electronic objects. A clue to their ultimate power is held by a young teenager named Sam, who unwittingly buys one of them as his first car.
What is Transformers?
This 1999 biographic drama about Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, was based on the autobiography “Rocket Boys”.
What is October Sky?
This “magical” movie series is based on the books about a young boy with a great destiny who is rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle and proves his worth while attending a magical school.
What is Harry Potter?
This 1992 comedy movie about two friends who have a talk show on local public access television that comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to steal the show is based on characters from the sketch-comedy show Saturday Night Live. It was one of the only 2 SNL-based films to have a sequel.
What is Wayne's World?
This 1996 film from Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as a “pair of star-crossed lovers” from rival families, is a modern-day portrayal of Shakespeare’s tragic love story that keeps the original dialogue.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies who are now undead in this 2003 “swashbuckler” that was based on a Disney theme park ride of the same name.
What is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?
Francis Ouimet fights against social class prejudice and his own father’s disdain for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol, Harry Vardon, in this 2005 film based on a true biography of the same name.
What is The Greatest Game Ever Played?
A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods in this film adaptation of the first book in the best-selling YA series by Rick Riordan.
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief?
The original screenplay for this 1992 film starring Kristy Swanson as the title character was supposed to serve as the pilot for the resulting TV show, but the script was rewritten to give it more “bite” and was turned into a comedy.
What is Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
A streetwise NYPD detective joins a secret organization that is the “first, last and only line of defense against the worst scum of the universe” in this 1997 action-comedy starring Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones, based on the comics of the same name.
What is Men in Black?
How about a shave? This 2007 musical starred Johnny Depp as Benjamin Barker, aka the title character, who sets up a barber shop in London that becomes the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
What is Sweeny Todd?
This 1997 biopic tells the story of the title musician, who was the most popular Latin singer at the time of her tragic death at the age of 23 in 1995.
What is Selena?
This 2008 movie is based on the first book, Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
What is Twilight?
A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a “bio-exorcist” in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house in this ghostly 1988 film starring Michael Keaton as the title character. It launched a toy line and a cartoon series that ran for 4 seasons from 1989-1991.
This 1990 dark comedy by Tim Burton starred Johnny Depp as the title character, who was known for his “Hand”-y work.
What is Edward Scissorhands?
Bilbo Baggins journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug in this 2012 prequel to a hit movie trilogy that was based on the best-selling book series of the same names.
What is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?
This 1987 film is the true story of Ritchie Valens, a young rock & roll singer who tragically died on February 3, 1959 at the age of 17 in a plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. His most well-known single (which is also the title track) hit #22 on the U.S. charts, which was revolutionary for a song sung entirely in Spanish.
What is La Bamba?
In this classic novel with six different adaptions of the film, Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters, each determined to live life on her own terms.
What is Little Women?
This 1995 film, which was about a popular high school girl who spends her days playing match-maker, helping her friends with fashion choices, and looking for a boyfriend, was based on Emma by Jane Austen and made into a TV series that ran from 1996-1999. There’s no “clue” for this one.
What is Clueless?