Film & Television Trivia Questions
- Which 1980 film is based on a Stephen King novel and stars Jack Nicholson?
- Which 1980 psychological horror film features the line 'Here's Johnny!'?
- Which 1980s sitcom featured a group of four older women living together in Miami?
- Which 1980s sitcom is set in a Boston basement bar described in its theme song as a place "where everybody knows your name"?
- Which 1982 Disney film was a pioneer in the use of extensive computer-generated imagery to depict the digital world inside a mainframe computer?
- Which 1982 John Carpenter film, set at a remote Antarctic research station, is renowned for the elaborate practical body-horror effects created by Rob Bottin?
- Which 1982 Ridley Scott film is a seminal work of the 'cyberpunk' genre?
- Which 1982 Spielberg film features a friendly extraterrestrial who wants to 'phone home'?
- Which 1983 episode remains the most-watched series finale in U.S. television history?
- Which 1985 film features a DeLorean time machine?
- Which 1987 Rob Reiner film features the character Inigo Montoya, who repeatedly vows to avenge his father's death with a specific four-sentence introduction?
- Which 1988 Katsuhiro Otomo film, set in the dystopian city of Neo-Tokyo, is credited with defining the cyberpunk aesthetic and popularizing anime for Western audiences?
- Which 1990 epic, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, is a 'revisionist Western' that depicts a Union soldier's relationship with a group of Lakota Sioux?
- Which 1990 film features Julia Roberts as a sex worker who falls in love with a businessman played by Richard Gere?
- Which 1990 gothic fantasy film marked the first collaboration between director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp, who played a gentle artificial man with blades for fingers?
- Which 1990 Martin Scorsese film features a famous three-minute continuous shot following Henry Hill and his date through the service entrance and kitchen of the Copacabana nightclub?
- Which 1990s animated series featured three crime-fighting girls created in a lab from 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'?
- Which 1990s sitcom focused on a group of six people living in Manhattan and hanging out at Central Perk?
- Which 1990s TV show featured characters named Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer?
- Which 1990s TV show followed two FBI agents investigating paranormal phenomena?
- Which 1990s TV show was famously described as 'a show about nothing'?
- Which 1991 action sequel revolutionized visual effects with the T-1000, a villain composed of a 'mimetic polyalloy' liquid metal that could shapeshift into other people?
- Which 1991 film features the character Clarice Starling and the villain Hannibal Lecter?
- Which 1991 film was the first animated movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
- Which 1992 directorial debut by Quentin Tarantino features a group of diamond thieves who use color-coded aliases like Mr. White, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Pink?
- Which 1993 Bill Murray comedy popularized the 'time loop' narrative trope, in which a cynical weatherman is forced to relive the same day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?
- Which 1993 film tells the true story of a businessman who saved over 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust?
- Which 1994 cult fantasy film is tragically remembered for the accidental on-set death of its lead actor, Brandon Lee?
- Which 1994 Disney film was inspired by William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet'?
- Which 1994 Disney film was the first to be based on an original story rather than a fairy tale?
- Which 1994 Disney movie features songs like 'Circle of Life' and 'Hakuna Matata'?
- Which 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino features a briefcase with a mysterious glowing interior?
- Which 1994 film features the characters Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega?
- Which 1994 film features the quote, 'Life is like a box of chocolates'?
- Which 1994 film features the 'Royale with Cheese' conversation?
- Which 1994 film stars Tom Hanks as a man with a low IQ who witnesses and influences several historical events?
- Which 1994 movie featured the iconic dance between Uma Thurman and John Travolta?
- Which 1994 Quentin Tarantino film revitalized nonlinear storytelling in Hollywood?
- Which 1995 Michael Mann crime drama is historically significant for being the first film to feature Al Pacino and Robert De Niro sharing the screen in the same scene?
- Which 1995 neo-noir film centers on a police interrogation and the search for the true identity of a mysterious crime lord named Keyser Söze?
- Which 1995 Pixar film was the first fully computer-animated feature film?
- Which 1995 post-apocalyptic film starring Kevin Costner was notorious at the time of its release for being the most expensive movie ever produced?
- Which 1995 teen comedy starring Alicia Silverstone is a modern-day adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel 'Emma' set in Beverly Hills?
- Which 1996 Danny Boyle film, set in Edinburgh, stars Ewan McGregor as a heroin addict trying to clean up his life?
- Which 1997 film was the first to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office?
- Which 1997 James Cameron film features the characters Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater?
- Which 1997 Paul Verhoeven film serves as a satire of fascism and features a futuristic military force fighting giant insects known as "Arachnids"?
- Which 1997 Studio Ghibli film, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, tells the story of a conflict between forest gods and a human mining settlement?
- Which 1999 film features a boy who famously tells his psychologist, "I see dead people"?
- Which 1999 film stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton and has a 'first rule' about not talking about it?