Movie trivia is where one person knows every Oscar winner and another somehow remembers the exact name of a fictional hotel, spaceship, or villain from a film they have not watched in ten years.
These 225 movie trivia questions jump from classic Hollywood to blockbusters, sci-fi, comedy, action, and romance, with box-office records and movie-history “firsts” checked instead of repeated from older trivia lists.
Classic Hollywood Trivia Questions
Start with old Hollywood, landmark films, legendary performances, and the movies that shaped the language of cinema.
Challenge your knowledge of the golden age of Hollywood with these fascinating trivia questions about iconic stars, films, and directors.
- Who played Rick Blaine in Casablanca?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart - What was Walt Disney Animation Studios’ first feature-length animated film?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Which director is known as "The Master of Suspense"?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock - What year was Gone with the Wind released?
Answer: 1939 - Who starred opposite Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot?
Answer: Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon - Which movie featured Judy Garland singing "Over the Rainbow"?
Answer: The Wizard of Oz - What is the name of the fictional newspaper in Citizen Kane?
Answer: The Inquirer - Who directed Ben-Hur (1959)?
Answer: William Wyler - For which film did Audrey Hepburn win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer: Roman Holiday - Who played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind?
Answer: Vivien Leigh - Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: Wings - What is the name of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous character?
Answer: The Tramp - Who directed Singin' in the Rain?
Answer: Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen - Which film is famous for the line, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”?
Answer: Gone with the Wind - Who starred in To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus Finch?
Answer: Gregory Peck - What year was the first Academy Awards ceremony held?
Answer: 1929 - Who directed The Grapes of Wrath?
Answer: John Ford - Which film is often considered Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece?
Answer: Vertigo - What was Marilyn Monroe’s birth name?
Answer: Norma Jeane Mortenson - Who played Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind?
Answer: Clark Gable - What genre is the movie High Noon?
Answer: Western - Who starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Answer: Audrey Hepburn - Which movie featured the song “As Time Goes By”?
Answer: Casablanca - Who directed It’s a Wonderful Life?
Answer: Frank Capra - Which 1927 feature became famous for its synchronized spoken-dialogue sequences?
Answer: The Jazz Singer - Who played the titular character in Lawrence of Arabia?
Answer: Peter O'Toole - Which classic movie ends with the line, “After all, tomorrow is another day”?
Answer: Gone with the Wind - Who starred in The Maltese Falcon?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart - What year was The Wizard of Oz released?
Answer: 1939 - What is the name of the ship in Mutiny on the Bounty?
Answer: HMS Bounty - Who directed Rear Window?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock - What was the name of the monster in Frankenstein?
Answer: The Creature - Who played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard?
Answer: Gloria Swanson - What movie featured the character Rick Blaine?
Answer: Casablanca - Who directed Psycho?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock - Which 1975 Steven Spielberg film is widely credited with helping establish the modern summer blockbuster?
Answer: Jaws
Modern Blockbuster Trivia Questions
This round moves into contemporary franchises, superheroes, awards hits, and movies big enough to become part of pop culture.
From sci-fi hits to Marvel favorites, explore trivia about the movies that shaped the 21st century.
- Which movie kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Iron Man (2008) - Who directed Avatar (2009)?
Answer: James Cameron - What is the highest-grossing film worldwide as of September 2026?
Answer: Avatar - Who plays the character John Wick?
Answer: Keanu Reeves - What is the name of the fictional African country in Black Panther?
Answer: Wakanda - Who directed The Dark Knight?
Answer: Christopher Nolan - What is the name of the AI antagonist in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
Answer: Ultron - What planet is Rey from in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Answer: Jakku - Which movie popularized the phrase “I am Groot”?
Answer: Guardians of the Galaxy - What is the real name of the Winter Soldier?
Answer: Bucky Barnes - Which movie features a virtual reality world called the OASIS?
Answer: Ready Player One - What is the title of the fourth Matrix film?
Answer: The Matrix Resurrections - Who plays Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe?
Answer: Gal Gadot - What is the subtitle of the second Doctor Strange film?
Answer: Multiverse of Madness - Who played Pennywise in It (2017)?
Answer: Bill Skarsgård - What movie features the quote, “Why so serious?”
Answer: The Dark Knight - Which director is known for the movie Inception?
Answer: Christopher Nolan - Who voiced Simba in the 2019 The Lion King remake?
Answer: Donald Glover - What is the name of the robot in Interstellar?
Answer: TARS - What is the full title of the first Fantastic Beasts film?
Answer: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Who plays Deadpool?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds - Which movie features the character Shuri?
Answer: Black Panther - What is the name of Thor’s hammer?
Answer: Mjölnir - Who directed Dune (2021)?
Answer: Denis Villeneuve - Which warrior drives the War Rig in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Answer: Imperator Furiosa - Which Spider-Man actor appeared in The Social Network?
Answer: Andrew Garfield - Who played the Joker in Joker (2019)?
Answer: Joaquin Phoenix - What is the name of Anna and Elsa’s kingdom in Frozen?
Answer: Arendelle - Who directed Parasite?
Answer: Bong Joon-ho - What color pill does Neo take in The Matrix?
Answer: The red pill - Which Pixar movie features the emotions Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust?
Answer: Inside Out - Who played Black Widow in the MCU?
Answer: Scarlett Johansson - What year was the first Hunger Games movie released?
Answer: 2012 - What is the name of the villain in Skyfall?
Answer: Raoul Silva - Who plays the titular character in Captain Marvel?
Answer: Brie Larson - What movie features a ship called the Millennium Falcon?
Answer: Star Wars - What is the name of Moana’s home island and village?
Answer: Motunui
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movie Trivia Questions
Spaceships, wizards, dystopias, dragons, time travel, and enough fictional geography to test even a serious genre fan.
Test your knowledge of otherworldly adventures and futuristic tales with these sci-fi and fantasy-themed questions.
- What is the name of the spacecraft in Alien?
Answer: Nostromo - Who directed Blade Runner?
Answer: Ridley Scott - What is the name of Frodo's sword in The Lord of the Rings?
Answer: Sting - What planet is Luke Skywalker from?
Answer: Tatooine - What is Neo's real name in The Matrix?
Answer: Thomas Anderson - Who plays Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Answer: Ian McKellen - What year is Back to the Future Part II set in when they visit the future?
Answer: 2015 - What is the name of the AI computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Answer: HAL 9000 - Who directed The Shape of Water?
Answer: Guillermo del Toro - What is the name of the dragon in How to Train Your Dragon?
Answer: Toothless - Which movie features the line, "May the Force be with you"?
Answer: Star Wars - What is the name of the character played by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Answer: Imperator Furiosa - What is the name of the powerful ring in The Lord of the Rings?
Answer: The One Ring - Who starred in The Fifth Element as Korben Dallas?
Answer: Bruce Willis - What dinosaur do Grant and Sattler first see fully inside Jurassic Park?
Answer: Brachiosaurus - What year was Star Wars: A New Hope released?
Answer: 1977 - What is the name of the villain in The Incredibles?
Answer: Syndrome - Which movie features the iconic line, "I'll be back"?
Answer: The Terminator - What is the name of the realm Thor comes from in the Marvel movies?
Answer: Asgard - What is the subtitle of the Avatar sequel?
Answer: The Way of Water - What is the name of the Na’vi tribe in Avatar?
Answer: The Omaticaya - Who directed the original Jurassic Park?
Answer: Steven Spielberg - What is the name of the main protagonist in Dune?
Answer: Paul Atreides - Who played Trinity in The Matrix?
Answer: Carrie-Anne Moss - What is the name of the dragon in The Hobbit?
Answer: Smaug - What two colors are Luke Skywalker’s main lightsabers in the original Star Wars trilogy?
Answer: Blue and green - Which movie popularized the concept of "inception"?
Answer: Inception - Who played Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games?
Answer: Jennifer Lawrence - What name is given to the Cracks of Doom inside Mount Doom?
Answer: Sammath Naur - What is the title of the second movie in The Hobbit trilogy?
Answer: The Desolation of Smaug - Who directed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
Answer: Steven Spielberg - What movie features the character named Gollum?
Answer: The Lord of the Rings - What derogatory nickname do humans use for the alien refugees in District 9?
Answer: Prawns - Who played the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (2010)?
Answer: Johnny Depp - What is the name of the protagonist in The Hunger Games?
Answer: Katniss Everdeen - In The Matrix, what is the name of the city where humans live underground?
Answer: Zion - Who directed the Star Wars sequel trilogy?
Answer: J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson - What is the name of Thor’s sister in Thor: Ragnarok?
Answer: Hela
Comedy Movie Trivia Questions
Time for quotable comedies, ridiculous characters, cult favorites, and movies that reward repeat viewing.
Laugh your way through this section as you test your knowledge of iconic comedy films and hilarious characters.
- Who starred in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?
Answer: Jim Carrey - What movie features the line, “Why is the rum always gone?”
Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean - What is the name of the fictional band in This Is Spinal Tap?
Answer: Spinal Tap - Who starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?
Answer: Robin Williams - What is the subtitle of Austin Powers 2?
Answer: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Which actress starred in Legally Blonde?
Answer: Reese Witherspoon - What movie features a time-traveling DeLorean?
Answer: Back to the Future - Who directed The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Answer: Wes Anderson - What is the name of the bear in Ted?
Answer: Ted - Who plays the titular character in Deadpool?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds - Which comedy duo starred in Step Brothers?
Answer: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly - What is the name of the baby in The Hangover?
Answer: Carlos - What is the name of the character played by Ben Stiller in Zoolander?
Answer: Derek Zoolander - Who starred as Napoleon Dynamite?
Answer: Jon Heder - What is the name of the fictional university in Monsters University?
Answer: Monsters University - Who plays the titular character in Borat?
Answer: Sacha Baron Cohen - What is the name of the high school in Mean Girls?
Answer: North Shore High - Who directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy?
Answer: Adam McKay - What movie features the line, “You can’t handle the truth!”?
Answer: A Few Good Men - Which actor played Ferris Bueller?
Answer: Matthew Broderick - What is the name of the hotel in The Grand Budapest Hotel?
Answer: The Grand Budapest - What city is Home Alone 2 set in?
Answer: New York City - Who starred in Dumb and Dumber as Harry Dunne?
Answer: Jeff Daniels - What is the nickname of the villain in Despicable Me?
Answer: Gru - What movie features the quote, “I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight”?
Answer: The Devil Wears Prada - Who directed The Royal Tenenbaums?
Answer: Wes Anderson - What is the name of the town in Hot Fuzz?
Answer: Sandford - Who played the titular character in Happy Gilmore?
Answer: Adam Sandler - What was the profession of the main characters in Ghostbusters?
Answer: Paranormal investigators - What is the name of the panda in Kung Fu Panda?
Answer: Po - Who played Forrest Gump?
Answer: Tom Hanks - What is the name of the talking dog in Up?
Answer: Dug - What is the full title of the second Shrek movie?
Answer: Shrek 2 - What movie features a character named Brick Tamland?
Answer: Anchorman - Who played Alan in The Hangover?
Answer: Zach Galifianakis - What movie features the line, “As if!”?
Answer: Clueless - What is the name of the dance competition in Dirty Dancing?
Answer: The Sheldrake Dance Competition
Action Movie Trivia Questions
Expect spies, assassins, car chases, superheroes, impossible missions, and a lot of things exploding.
Push your knowledge of adrenaline-pumping films to the limit with these action-packed trivia questions.
- Who starred as John McClane in Die Hard?
Answer: Bruce Willis - What is the subtitle of Mission: Impossible 5?
Answer: Rogue Nation - Who directed Mad Max: Fury Road?
Answer: George Miller - Which action movie franchise is known for the character Ethan Hunt?
Answer: Mission: Impossible - What is the name of the hitman played by Keanu Reeves?
Answer: John Wick - Which action film features the line, “Hasta la vista, baby”?
Answer: Terminator 2: Judgment Day - What is the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?
Answer: Nakatomi Plaza - Who starred opposite Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon?
Answer: Danny Glover - What is the name of the assassin played by Matt Damon?
Answer: Jason Bourne - What year was The Matrix released?
Answer: 1999 - Who directed Kill Bill: Vol. 1?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino - What is the name of the group in The Expendables?
Answer: The Expendables - Who plays the villain in Speed?
Answer: Dennis Hopper - What is the name of the lead character in Taken?
Answer: Bryan Mills - Which movie features a car chase with a Mini Cooper?
Answer: The Italian Job - What is the name of Bruce Wayne's company in The Dark Knight trilogy?
Answer: Wayne Enterprises - Who directed The Bourne Identity?
Answer: Doug Liman - Which movie features a bus that cannot go below 50 mph?
Answer: Speed - What is the name of the prison in The Rock?
Answer: Alcatraz - Who plays Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Answer: Tom Hardy - What is the name of James Bond’s gadget inventor?
Answer: Q - Who starred as Lara Croft in the 2001 Tomb Raider movie?
Answer: Angelina Jolie - What is the name of the dinosaur theme park in Jurassic Park?
Answer: Jurassic Park - What city does John Wick take place in?
Answer: New York City - Who directed The Dark Knight Rises?
Answer: Christopher Nolan - What is the name of the villain in Die Hard with a Vengeance?
Answer: Simon Gruber - Which action movie features a stolen Declaration of Independence?
Answer: National Treasure - What year was the first Fast & Furious movie released?
Answer: 2001 - Who starred as James Bond in Skyfall?
Answer: Daniel Craig - What is the title of the fourth Indiana Jones movie?
Answer: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Who played Maximus in Gladiator?
Answer: Russell Crowe - What is the name of the artificial intelligence in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
Answer: Ultron - What is the name of the lead character in The Transporter?
Answer: Frank Martin - Who directed The Equalizer?
Answer: Antoine Fuqua - Which action movie features the line, “Welcome to the party, pal”?
Answer: Die Hard - What is the name of the superhero in Deadpool?
Answer: Wade Wilson - Who plays the lead in Edge of Tomorrow?
Answer: Tom Cruise - In what city is Blade Runner set?
Answer: Los Angeles - What is the title of the first Rambo movie?
Answer: First Blood - Who directed Heat?
Answer: Michael Mann
Romance Movie Trivia Questions
Finish with romantic dramas and comedies, famous couples, settings, songs, and the scenes people remember long after the credits.
Indulge in some heartwarming and tear-jerking trivia about romance films.
- What is the name of the ship in Titanic?
Answer: RMS Titanic - Who plays Noah in The Notebook?
Answer: Ryan Gosling - What is the name of the bookshop owner in Notting Hill?
Answer: William Thacker - Which romantic comedy features the line, “You complete me”?
Answer: Jerry Maguire - Who starred opposite Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman?
Answer: Richard Gere - Who directed La La Land?
Answer: Damien Chazelle - What city is Sleepless in Seattle set in?
Answer: Seattle - Who starred as Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’s Diary?
Answer: Renée Zellweger - What movie features the quote, “Here’s looking at you, kid”?
Answer: Casablanca - Who starred in Titanic as Rose?
Answer: Kate Winslet - What enchanted object does Belle’s father Maurice touch before the Beast imprisons him?
Answer: A rose - Who played the lead in Silver Linings Playbook?
Answer: Bradley Cooper - What is the name of the lead female character in Pride & Prejudice?
Answer: Elizabeth Bennet - Who starred opposite Patrick Swayze in Ghost?
Answer: Demi Moore - What movie features the song “I Will Always Love You”?
Answer: The Bodyguard - What year was Romeo + Juliet (starring Leonardo DiCaprio) released?
Answer: 1996 - Who starred in 10 Things I Hate About You?
Answer: Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles - What is the name of the Catskills resort where Dirty Dancing takes place?
Answer: Kellerman’s - What city is The Fault in Our Stars set in?
Answer: Indianapolis - Who plays the lead in Crazy Rich Asians?
Answer: Constance Wu - What is the name of the couple in Love Actually who cannot speak the same language?
Answer: Jamie and Aurélia - Who directed Call Me by Your Name?
Answer: Luca Guadagnino - Who plays Viola in Shakespeare in Love?
Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow - What is the name of the lead character in Sweet Home Alabama?
Answer: Melanie Smooter - Who starred in 27 Dresses?
Answer: Katherine Heigl - What movie features the line, “To me, you are perfect”?
Answer: Love Actually - Who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in The Proposal?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds - Who directed The Holiday?
Answer: Nancy Meyers - Which Troye Sivan song appears on the Love, Simon soundtrack?
Answer: “Strawberries & Cigarettes” - Who starred in The Vow?
Answer: Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum - What is the name of the boy in The Fault in Our Stars?
Answer: Augustus Waters - Who played the lead in P.S. I Love You?
Answer: Hilary Swank - What movie features the line, “As you wish”?
Answer: The Princess Bride - Who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
Answer: Michel Gondry - Who starred in The Wedding Planner?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey - Who plays the lead in Mamma Mia!?
Answer: Amanda Seyfried - What is the name of the café in Amélie?
Answer: Café des 2 Moulins
How I Checked the Movie Trivia
Movie-history “firsts” are easy to oversimplify. The Academy confirms Wings as the first Best Picture winner and the first ceremony as May 16, 1929. The Library of Congress describes The Jazz Singer as the first feature-length film with synchronized dialogue sequences, which is much more precise than calling it the first movie with sound.
I also narrowed the old animation claim: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney’s first feature-length animated film, not literally the first animated feature ever made. For the changing box-office question, Box Office Mojo still lists Avatar as the worldwide lifetime leader as of this September 2026 review.
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