Horror
This film, which premiered in 1973, is widely remembered for utterly scarring audiences, mostly due to its depiction of the devil.
What is The Exorcist?
The first Pixar film, Toy Story, is a beautiful story with remarkable three-dimensional characters (in more ways than one!). Tom Hanks voiced Woody, while this television funny-man voiced Buzz Lightyear.
Who is Tim Allen?
The Breakfast Club
What are the 80s?
Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible franchise, the titular Jerry Maguire, and Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man
Who is Tom Cruise?
The winner for Best Actor, this actor/joker finally won an Academy Award despite numerous worthy performances.
Who is Joaquin Phoenix?
Directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980, this film was notoriously despised by the source material's author, Stephen King. Something tells me he wasn't drinking red rum after the premiere.
What is The Shining?
The first ever full-length animated feature was this Disney classic released in 1937.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
What are the 60s?
Ellen Ripley in Alien, Grace in Avatar, and Warden Walker in Holes
Who is Sigourney Weaver?
Who is Laura Dern?
#1 on Bravo's Scariest Movie Moments countdown, a formative television event for me when I was nine, was not actually from a horror movie, but this Spielberg summer flick credited for creating the modern blockbuster.
What is Jaws?
Probably my favorite Studio Ghibli film, this World War II tragedy is one of the only films by the studio not directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
What is Grave of the Fireflies?
Dario Argento's Suspiria
The titular Capote, Lancaster Dodd in The Master, and Scotty in Boogie Nights
Who is Philip Seymour Hoffman?
The winner of both Best Director and Best Picture for Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho made sure to give thanks to his favorite director, this Italian-American director of Taxi Driver.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
Robert Eggers, one of the hottest names in horror, is responsible for two remarkably unique inclusions to the canon:
2019's The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, and this particularly dark film set in Puritan New England.
What is The Witch?
This animated film franchise features a truly bonkers voice cast including Peter Dinklage, Charli XCX, Danny McBride, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox from Smosh, Hannibal Buress, Blake Shelton, Gaten Matarazzo, David Dobrik, and JoJo Siwa.
What is Angry Birds?
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane
What are the 40s?
Michael Corleone in The Godfather, the titular Serpico, and Tony Montana in Scarface
Who is Al Pacino?
Although a brilliantly well-directed film, Little Women by Greta Gerwig only went home with one Oscar, this prize rewarded the film's aestheticism.
What is Costume Design?
The only horror film to ever win Best Picture at the Oscars, it actually pulled the incredible feat of winning the five major awards:
Picture, director, actor, actress, and screenplay
What is Silence of the Lambs?
I don't think any director of animated film has a better top three in his filmography than this man, the brain behind The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille.
Who is Brad Bird?
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
What are the 60s?
Flora McGrath in The Piano, the titular Margaret, Rogue in X-Men
Who is Anna Paquin?
Who is NOBODY?