Plot & Themes
This film follows a Kansas girl who dreams of a more exciting life but learns "there's no place like home."
Wizard if Iz
This actor played the lead role of Forrest Gump and also portrayed the prison guard in The Green Mile, but not in Shawshank Redemption.
Tom Hanks
Top Gun: Maverick falls under this film genre, known for aerial stunts and adrenaline.
Action films
"I see dead people,"
The Sixth Sense
This film used a revolutionary blend of sepia and Technicolor to show fantasy vs. reality.
The Wizard of Oz
A medic who refuses to carry a weapon saves 75 men during WWII in this powerful true story.
Name the actress who plays Sandy in Grease.
Olivia Newton John
Chicago blends crime and musical numbers, making it part of this hybrid genre
Musical Genre
"Tell me about it, stud."
Grease
Which real-life person inspired the film Concussion?
Dr. Bennett Omalu
This film explores PTSD and American heroism through the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
American Sniper
He played the troubled Arthur Fleck, who becomes the Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix
Napoleon Dynamite is a good example of this type of offbeat, awkward style/genre
Comedy Genre
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things..."
Shawshank Redemption
The Joker won Joaquin Phoenix this major award.
Academy Award for Best Actor
In The Impossible, what natural disaster strikes the vacationing family?
A Tsunami
Dorothy’s three traveling companions represent a brain, a heart, and this third quality.
courage
Sixth Sense and Gothika both fall into this suspenseful film genre.
Horror
Psychological thriller
"Lord, help me get one more"
Hacksaw ridge
Hacksaw Ridge was directed by this controversial actor-director.
Mel Gibson
This 2004 psychological thriller involves a woman waking up in a psychiatric hospital with no memory of committing a crime.
Gothika
What’s the name of the football player whose life changes after being adopted in The Blind Side?
Michael Orr
In The Proposal, name two rom-com tropes/ cliches that are clearly used?
enemies to lovers
fake relationship
age gap
falls in love with the family
"Marry me... because I'd like to date you."
The proposal
The Impossible is based on the true story of a family's survival during this real-world event in 2004. (Name and year of the specific event)
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami