best picture winners
This 1991 film, directed by Jonathan Demme, won Best Picture and features Anthony Hopkins as the terrifying Hannibal Lecter.
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This director of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill is known for his eclectic storytelling style and use of nonlinear timelines.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
What is Forrest Gump?
This 1939 film, based on the book by L. Frank Baum, became one of the most iconic films in American cinema.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This actor made his big return in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, having been absent from major films for over a decade.
Who is Tom Hardy?
This 1965 film about the von Trapp family, starring Julie Andrews, won Best Picture and features the song "Do-Re-Mi."
What is The Sound of Music?
This director is behind the Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and The Conversation.
Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
What is The Godfather?
This 2019 film became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
This classic horror trope often involves a lone survivor fighting off a relentless killer or monster, such as in Halloween.
What is "final girl"?
This 2014 film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, follows a washed-up actor trying to reclaim his fame by starring in a Broadway play.
What is Birdman?
This filmmaker, known for his work in suspense and psychological thrillers, directed Psycho (1960) and Rear Window (1954).
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
"You talking to me?"
What is Taxi Driver?
This 1975 thriller, directed by Steven Spielberg, was the first major blockbuster film about a killer shark terrorizing a beach town.
What is Jaws?
Me and Paul Mescal share the same favorite Ridley Scott movie from 1991. Name this movie.
What is Thelma & Louise?
This 2006 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, explores the inner workings of the Boston police force and features an undercover cop and a mole in the department.
What is The Departed?
This director of There Will Be Blood and The Phantom Thread is known for his distinctive, often intense, character-driven stories.
Who is Paul Thomas Anderson?
"I’ll have what she’s having."
What is When Harry Met Sally?
This 1997 film directed by James Cameron was the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide and won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
What is Titanic?
This film made history by becoming the first superhero film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. (hint: ask for year)
What is Black Panther?
This 2007 film, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, won Best Picture and is a tense, violent thriller about a hitman on the hunt for a drug deal gone wrong.
What is No Country for Old Men?
Known for his work on The Avengers series, this director is also behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly.
Who is Joss Whedon?
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
What is The Dark Knight?
Released in 1982, this sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott is considered one of the earliest films to blend film noir and dystopian themes, influencing the genre ever since.
What is Blade Runner?
This 1995 animated film by Pixar was the first feature-length film to be entirely created using CGI
What is Toy Story?