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By release date, this film is the second movie in the entire Star Wars franchise, though it is chronologically fifth in the Skywalker Saga.

What is The Empire Strikes Back?

100

Despite a massive cultural impact, this creator of a globally renowned sci-fi franchise only directed four films before the year 2000

Who is George Lucas?

100

As a state trooper in this movie, Jim Carrey comes across a surprisingly resilient cow lying in the road.

What is Me, Myself & Irene?

100

This 1976 Best Picture Oscar winner has now spawned eight sequels, including the Creed films.

What is Rocky?

100

This iconic, deep-voiced actor of stage and screen commanded performances as Shakespeare's Othello and voiced the most famous villain in the Star Wars franchise.

Who is James Earl Jones?

200

Christopher Nolan opted for no CGI & a practical spinning hallway set for an iconic fight scene in this 2010 film.

What is Inception?

200

This director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind also directed Jaws and Jurassic Park.

Who is Steven Spielberg?

200

Jim Carrey stars as an ordinary insurance agent who discovers his entire life is actually a reality TV show.

What is The Truman Show?

200

Mel Gibson directed and starred in this epic historical war drama about the 13th-century Scottish warrior William Wallace.

What is Braveheart?

200

This commanding British actor, famous for playing a telepathic mutant leader and a legendary Starfleet captain, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010.

Who is Patrick Stewart?

300

This 1979 sci-fi classic was marketed with the terrifying tagline, "In space no one can hear you scream."

What is Alien?

300

This acclaimed director of the sci-fi films The Abyss and Terminator 2 also directed the 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

Who is James Cameron?

300

Carrey plays a twisted installation worker named Chip Douglas who becomes obsessed with a customer in this 1996 dark comedy.

What is The Cable Guy?

300

Tom Hanks won Best Actor, and this film won Best Picture for 1994, famously telling us that "life is like a box of chocolates."

What is Forrest Gump?

300

Known for his distinct, stuttering delivery, this actor survived dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, fought aliens in Independence Day, and portayed a quirky grandmaster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Who is Jeff Goldblum?

400

This 1997 film takes its name from a futuristic "perfect" material and stars Bruce Willis as a flying taxi driver.

What is The Fifth Element?

400

In 2007, he brought the popular Hasbro toy line to the big screen with a live-action film about battling Autobots and Decepticons.

Who is Michael Bay?

400

He is hired to find Snowflake, the missing live dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins, right before the Super Bowl.

What is Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?"

400

For 1997, it became the first film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.

"What is Titanic?"

400

She transitioned from a bow-and-arrow-wielding rebel in The Hunger Games to becoming one of the youngest Best Actress Oscar winners for Silver Linings Playbook.

Who is Jennifer Lawrence?

500

In a dystopian Los Angeles, police detective Rick Deckard is tasked with tracking down bioengineered humans—known as "replicants"—that are illegal on Earth.

What is Blade Runner?

500

He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for directing and writing the 1994 nonlinear film Pulp Fiction

Who is Quentin Tarantino?


500

In a 1994 comedy, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play two well-meaning but incredibly dimwitted friends traveling to Aspen.

What is Dumb and Dumber?

500

Winning all 11 categories it was nominated for, this 2003 film tied Titanic and Ben-Hur for the most Oscar wins in history.

What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?

500

This "Queen of Sci-Fi" battled extraterrestrials as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise and commanded the moon of Pandora as Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar.

Who is Sigourney Weaver