100+ Movie Trivia Questions: Easy to Hard

100+ movie trivia questions organized from easy to hard. Mix difficulty levels to keep everyone engaged, or run a pure film nerd round to find the real cinephile in the room.

Easy Movie Trivia

1. What year was the original Star Wars released? (1977)
2. Who played Forrest Gump? (Tom Hanks)
3. What film franchise features Hogwarts? (Harry Potter)
4. Who voiced Woody in Toy Story? (Tom Hanks)
5. What is the name of the lion in The Lion King? (Simba)
6. What 2010 film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and involves entering dreams? (Inception)
7. What is the name of Thor's hammer? (Mjolnir)
8. Who played Jack in Titanic? (Leonardo DiCaprio)
9. What animated fish has a son named Nemo? (Marlin)
10. Who plays Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games? (Jennifer Lawrence)
11. What Marvel superhero has a shield? (Captain America)
12. What film features the line "You can't handle the truth!"? (A Few Good Men)
13. What is the name of the shark in Jaws? (Bruce)
14. Who played the original Batman in the 1989 Tim Burton film? (Michael Keaton)
15. Who plays Hermione Granger in Harry Potter? (Emma Watson)
16. What color pill does Neo take in The Matrix? (Red)
17. What does WALL-E stand for? (Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class)
18. Who voiced Shrek? (Mike Myers)
19. What 2014 film features Chris Pratt as Peter Quill? (Guardians of the Galaxy)
20. What Disney princess lives in Arendelle? (Elsa and Anna — from Frozen)

Medium Movie Trivia

1. Who directed Pulp Fiction? (Quentin Tarantino)
2. What film won the most Academy Awards ever? (Ben-Hur, Titanic, and Return of the King — tied at 11)
3. Who played the Joker in Joker (2019)? (Joaquin Phoenix)
4. What year was The Godfather released? (1972)
5. What film features Bill Murray reliving the same day? (Groundhog Day)
6. What was the first feature-length animated film? (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937)
7. What country produced Parasite? (South Korea)
8. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey? (Stanley Kubrick)
9. What film franchise stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto? (Fast & Furious)
10. Who wrote and directed Get Out? (Jordan Peele)
11. What 2023 film starred Margot Robbie as an iconic doll? (Barbie)
12. Who plays Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean? (Keira Knightley)
13. Who plays the title character in the 2023 film Oppenheimer? (Cillian Murphy)
14. What film set in Dune was released in 2021 and 2024? (Dune and Dune: Part Two)
15. What MCU film introduced Doctor Strange? (Doctor Strange, 2016)
16. Who directed Schindler's List? (Steven Spielberg)
17. What is the name of the animated film featuring a young chef in Paris? (Ratatouille)
18. Who plays the Joker in The Dark Knight? (Heath Ledger)
19. What 2019 film features a retired hitman from the Old West? (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — not exactly, but Tarantino's LA film)
20. What film introduced the MCU? (Iron Man, 2008)

Hard Movie Trivia

1. What was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film? (Rebecca, 1940)
2. What is mise-en-scène? (The visual arrangement of everything within the frame)
3. Who plays Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood? (Daniel Day-Lewis)
4. What is the Bechdel Test? (Requires 2+ named women who talk to each other about something other than a man)
5. What year did Citizen Kane come out? (1941)
6. Who launched the French New Wave with The 400 Blows? (François Truffaut)
7. What is a tracking shot? (A continuous camera movement following a subject through space)
8. Who composed the score for Jurassic Park? (John Williams)
9. What cinematographer shot the famous long takes in Children of Men? (Emmanuel Lubezki)
10. What film technique involves shooting through a car window while driving? (Process photography or driving plate shots)
11. Who is the cinematographer for most of Roger Deakins' acclaimed films? (Roger Deakins himself — he is the cinematographer)
12. What is a MacGuffin? (A plot device that motivates characters but has little narrative importance itself — coined by Hitchcock)
13. Who wrote the screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? (Charlie Kaufman)
14. What is the term for the audio technique of playing a sound before its source appears on screen? (Sound bridge or audio bridge)
15. What does "diegetic sound" mean? (Sound that exists within the world of the film, heard by the characters)

By Genre

Action

1. What is the name of James Bond's boss? (M)
2. What classic action film features the phrase "Yippee-ki-yay"? (Die Hard)
3. Who plays John Wick? (Keanu Reeves)
4. What is the Bourne franchise about? (An amnesiac CIA assassin discovering his identity)
5. Who plays Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible? (Tom Cruise)

Comedy

1. Who plays the Anchorman Ron Burgundy? (Will Ferrell)
2. What 1999 film satirizes working in an office? (Office Space)
3. What comedy duo starred in Superbad? (Jonah Hill and Michael Cera)
4. Who stars in Bridesmaids (2011)? (Kristen Wiig)
5. What film series features the Griswold family vacation? (National Lampoon's Vacation)

Horror

1. What 1973 film features a possessed girl named Regan? (The Exorcist)
2. What is the name of the killer in Halloween? (Michael Myers)
3. What Stephen King novel features a clown named Pennywise? (It)
4. Who directed Get Out? (Jordan Peele)
5. What is the name of the doll in Child's Play? (Chucky)

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