Film History
The first motion picture film, released in 1878, features what animal?
A horse
Which comedian turned director was responsible for the 2017 horror classic Get Out?
Jordan Peele
The character Ellen Ripley is from which movie or series?
Alien
In The Hunger Games, what do Katniss and Peeta use to win the games?
Nightlock
'Brokeback Mountain', 'A Knight's Tale', '10 Things I Hate About You', 'The Dark Knight', 'Candy'
Heath Ledger
Which movie revolutionized the use of color in films?
The Wizard of Oz
Which director founded Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic?
George Lucas
Where does Janet Leigh get stabbed to death in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'?
The shower
What Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland?
Bill Murray
'Interstellar', 'Bones and All', 'Lady Bird', 'Beautiful Boy', 'The French Dispatch'
Timothée Chalamet
Which iconic 1960 horror movie protested the Hays Code?
Psycho
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
What famous gangster movie features the line, “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli”?
The Godfather
In what movie does Viggo Mortensen break his toe kicking a helmet?
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', 'Memoirs of a Geisha', 'Crazy Rich Asians', 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
Michelle Yeoh
Which 1927 film marked the end of silent film and the beginning of “talkies”?
The Jazz Singer
Which Italian is the first director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best director?
Federico Fellini
Which 1973 horror movie caused so much terror and distress that many audience members left the theater mid-movie?
The Exorcist
What 2023 film is a biopic of the Von Erich wrestling family?
The Iron Claw
'Parasite', 'Memories of Murder', 'Snowpiercer', 'The Host', 'Sympathy for Mr Vengeance'
Song Kang-Ho
Which Soviet filmmaker is deemed the “father of montage”?
Sergei Eisenstein
Legal problems led which Oscar-winning director to flee the United States in 1978?
Roman Polanski
Which actor only ever appeared in 5 movies, and each one was nominated for Best Picture Academy Award?
John Cazale
What is the highest grossing film in history to never hit #1 at the box office?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
'Belle de Jour', 'Repulsion', 'Donkey Skin', 'The Young Girls of Rochefort', 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'
Catherine Deneuve