1930s
King Kong
This quotable movie features lines such as "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" and "We'll always have Paris"
Casablanca
Katharine Hepburn plays a missionary who ultimately falls in love in this 1951 movie
The African Queen
This movie, infamous for its shower scene, redefined the horror genre
Psycho
This director created American Graffiti before going on to direct Star Wars
George Lucas
This Charlie Chaplin film inspired a famous "I Love Lucy" episode
Modern Times
This movie, based on John Steinbeck's novel released a year prior, was set in the Great Depression and starred Henry Fonda
The Grapes of Wrath
Two musicians played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon flee the mob by disguising themselves as women
Some Like It Hot
This epic movie follows the English officer T.E. Lawrence's activities in the Middle East, which he recorded in his 1926 memoir "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"
Lawrence of Arabia
A malfunctioning robotic shark prop forced Steven Spielberg to build suspense by keeping it offscreen, which helped make this movie a classic thriller
Jaws
Clark Gable plays a newspaper reporter following a runaway heiress played by Claudette Colbert in what movie?
It Happened One Night
This was a foundational film noir about a private detective who gets caught up in the hunt for a priceless statue
The Maltese Falcon
Why is Margo upset in this scene?
She's starting to see Eve as her rival
Who played Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the movie of the same name?
What were reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward investigating?
An idealistic man named Jefferson Smith gets appointed to the Senate but has to defend himself against corrupt peers
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
What political position is Charles Foster Kane running for in this scene?
Governor of New York
A 425 ft long bridge was built and blown up for this movie based on the POWs that were forced to work on a railway linking Thailand and Burma during WWII
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Elizabeth Taylor has an all-night battle with her husband Richard Burton in what movie?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
This black comedy based on Richard Hooker's novel follows the staff at a medical unit during the Korean War
M*A*S*H
What are the names of the three Marx brothers?
Groucho, Harpo, and Chico
This movie, released a year after the war's end, was about three WWII veterans who struggle to adjust after returning home
The Best Years of Our Lives
Marlon Brando's performance in this movie popularized Method acting
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sidney Poitier said the famous line "They call me Mr. Tibbs" in this movie, inspiring the name of its sequel
In the Heat of the Night
Who is the Godfather?
Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando