1920's - 1930's
Which of these films was the first to win Best Picture at the first Academy Awards in 1929?
A.) 7th Heaven (1927)
B.) Wings (1927)
C.) The Racket (1928)
B.) Wings (1927)
Winning Best Picture in 1943, this is a film many have named as the greatest movie of all time.
Casablanca
This surreal horror film was directed by David Lynch and released in 1977.
Eraserhead
The Disney Renaissance began with which Disney animated film?
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Tom Hardy stars alongside Charlize Theron in what 2015 post-apocalyptic action film?
Mad Max: Fury Road
Released at the end of the Great Depression, this Best Picture winning film is commonly regarded as one of the first American film epics, although it has been heavily criticized for its outdated racial views.
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Although it's more famous for its 1982 remake, this Red Scare film featured a shapeshifting monster.
The Thing from Another World (1951)
How many Stanley Kubrick films were released throughout the 1960's and which were they?
4: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Lolita (1962), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Spartacus (1960)
The "Brat Pack" was a group of young actors in the 80's who commonly worked together in movies. What are three names of the core 8 members?
Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy.
In between his directorial debut of Synecdoche, New York (2006) and his latest film I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), director-screenwriter Charlie Kaufman directed this stop-motion animated drama.
Anomalisa (2015)
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Remade as Sorcerer in 1977, this French thriller featured Yves Montand as a man desperate to leave South America at any cost, including his life.
The Wages of Fear (1953)
This 1974 horror film marketed itself as having been based on true events, though in reality the main antagonist was loosely based on American serial killer Ed Gein.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
What year was Studio Ghibli's first film, Castle in the Sky, released?
1986
Don Cheadle took over the role of James Rhodes in Iron Man 2 (2010) from which actor in Iron Man (2008)?
Terrence Howard
Max Schreck played this terrifying monster in the titular 1922 German film. HINT: this character also appeared on Spongebob Squarepants.
Nosferatu
Although Throne of Blood (1957) is an adaptation of the play Macbeth, what is the difference between how Macbeth/Washizu are killed?
Macbeth is killed by Macduff whereas Washizu is killed by his own army.
Although this was Dustin Hoffman's second feature film role, this 60's satirical film shot him to stardom.
The Graduate (1967)
During the 1999 Oscar broadcast, comedian Robin Williams performed this song that was nominated for Best Original Song that year.
Blame Canada
In the 2004 adaptation of The Grudge, the ghost of Kayako Saeki is this type of spirit in Japanese folklore.
An Onryō.
This 20's horror film is famous for being one of the first films with a twist ending.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
This 1959 French film's title means "to raise hell" in French.
The 400 Blows
The famous Michael Myers mask in Halloween (1978) is actually a spray-painted mask of this movie star.
William Shatner
In the film Scanners (1981), the scene in which Revok blows up a scanner's head was filmmed by shooting a fake head filled with wax, dog food, and other nasty ingredients. However, they did not use shotgun shells to destroy the head. What was used in place of the shells?
Table salt
During the filming of Spider-Man 2 (2004), Alfred Molina nicknamed each of Doc Ock's robotic arm puppets. Can you name one of these names?
Larry, Harry, Flo, and Mo.