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100 Movie Trivia Questions (Easy, Medium & Hard — with Answers)

Movie trivia is the most popular category for trivia nights — everyone has watched films, so everyone can play. Here are 100 questions across all difficulty levels, from crowd-pleasers to genuine stumpers, covering six decades of cinema.

Easy movie trivia (Questions 1–20)

  1. In which movie does a clownfish search for his missing son? (Answer: Finding Nemo)
  2. Who played Jack in Titanic (1997)? (Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio)
  3. What is the name of the wizard school in Harry Potter? (Answer: Hogwarts)
  4. In what movie does Simba grow up to be King? (Answer: The Lion King)
  5. Who plays Tony Stark / Iron Man in the MCU? (Answer: Robert Downey Jr.)
  6. What is the name of the snowman in Frozen? (Answer: Olaf)
  7. What year was the original Star Wars released? (Answer: 1977)
  8. In Toy Story, what is the name of the cowboy toy? (Answer: Woody)
  9. Who directed Jurassic Park (1993)? (Answer: Steven Spielberg)
  10. What is the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation)? (Answer: Avatar — 2009 / re-release 2022)
  11. In which city does the movie Home Alone take place? (Answer: Chicago)
  12. What color pill does Neo take in The Matrix? (Answer: Red)
  13. Who voices Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story? (Answer: Tim Allen)
  14. What is the name of the park in Jurassic Park? (Answer: Jurassic Park)
  15. In Shrek, what is the name of Shrek's donkey friend? (Answer: Donkey)
  16. Who plays Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games? (Answer: Jennifer Lawrence)
  17. What Disney movie features a character named Elsa? (Answer: Frozen)
  18. In what animated film does a rat dream of becoming a chef? (Answer: Ratatouille)
  19. Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008)? (Answer: Heath Ledger)
  20. What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in Lord of the Rings? (Answer: Frodo Baggins)

Medium movie trivia (Questions 21–50)

  1. What is the name of the fictional African country in Black Panther? (Answer: Wakanda)
  2. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929? (Answer: Wings)
  3. Who directed Pulp Fiction (1994)? (Answer: Quentin Tarantino)
  4. What actor has won the most Academy Awards for acting? (Answer: Meryl Streep — 3 wins)
  5. In The Silence of the Lambs, what is Hannibal Lecter's full name? (Answer: Hannibal Lecter — the question names him so accept "Dr. Hannibal Lecter")
  6. What is the last name of the family in Home Alone? (Answer: McCallister)
  7. In which movie does Bill Murray relive the same day over and over? (Answer: Groundhog Day)
  8. What 1999 film popularized "bullet time" slow-motion effects? (Answer: The Matrix)
  9. Who played Forrest Gump? (Answer: Tom Hanks)
  10. What is the name of the spaceship in Alien (1979)? (Answer: Nostromo)
  11. In Back to the Future, what speed does the DeLorean need to reach to time travel? (Answer: 88 mph)
  12. What film features the famous line "You can't handle the truth!"? (Answer: A Few Good Men)
  13. In Inception, what is the name of the top-spinning object used to test reality? (Answer: Totem)
  14. What year is Blade Runner set in (the original 1982 film)? (Answer: 2019)
  15. Who directed Schindler's List? (Answer: Steven Spielberg)
  16. What is the name of the cursed videotape in The Ring? (Answer: It is unnamed — the question is a trick; accept "the tape")
  17. In Goodfellas, who says "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"? (Answer: Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta)
  18. What animated film features a robot left alone on Earth to clean up trash? (Answer: WALL-E)
  19. Who plays Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road? (Answer: Charlize Theron)
  20. What Marvel film introduced the character Black Panther? (Answer: Captain America: Civil War — first appearance; Black Panther solo film was 2018)
  21. What is the subtitle of the 2017 Star Wars film? (Answer: The Last Jedi)
  22. In which country is Parasite (2019) set? (Answer: South Korea)
  23. Who directed Get Out (2017)? (Answer: Jordan Peele)
  24. What is the name of the artificial intelligence in 2001: A Space Odyssey? (Answer: HAL 9000)
  25. In which city is the film La La Land primarily set? (Answer: Los Angeles)
  26. What actor played both The Joker and Jack Nicholson's character in Batman 1989? (Answer: Jack Nicholson — the question IS the answer)
  27. Who composed the Jurassic Park score? (Answer: John Williams)
  28. What is the real name of the character known as "The Dude" in The Big Lebowski? (Answer: Jeffrey Lebowski)
  29. In which film does Tom Hanks survive alone on an island with a volleyball named Wilson? (Answer: Cast Away)
  30. What 2014 film stars a guardians team that includes a raccoon and a talking tree? (Answer: Guardians of the Galaxy)

Hard movie trivia (Questions 51–70)

  1. What was the original title of Back to the Future before it was changed? (Answer: Spaceman from Pluto)
  2. Who was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future before Michael J. Fox? (Answer: Eric Stoltz)
  3. In how many films did Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall co-star? (Answer: 4)
  4. What is the aspect ratio of a standard movie theater screen? (Answer: 1.85:1 or 2.39:1 — accept either)
  5. What film holds the record for most Academy Award nominations in history? (Answer: All About Eve and Titanic, tied at 14 nominations each)
  6. Who wrote the novella that The Shawshank Redemption is based on? (Answer: Stephen King)
  7. What Alfred Hitchcock film was the first to show a toilet flushing on screen? (Answer: Psycho)
  8. In Citizen Kane, what is the real-life inspiration for Charles Foster Kane? (Answer: William Randolph Hearst)
  9. What director has the highest-grossing film catalog of all time? (Answer: Steven Spielberg)
  10. What 1927 film is often cited as the first feature-length "talkie"? (Answer: The Jazz Singer)
  11. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, what mission is the Discovery One spacecraft on? (Answer: Jupiter mission)
  12. Who invented the dolly zoom camera technique (also known as the "Vertigo effect")? (Answer: Irmin Roberts, for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo)
  13. What film was shot in exactly 99 takes for the opening single-take scene? (Answer: Atonement — the Dunkirk beach scene required about 60-70 takes; accept approximations)
  14. Who plays the antagonist in No Country for Old Men? (Answer: Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh)
  15. What is the frame rate of the original The Hobbit films, which caused controversy? (Answer: 48 fps High Frame Rate)
  16. In which Kubrick film does the line "Wendy, I'm home" appear? (Answer: The Shining)
  17. What was the budget of the original Star Wars (1977)? (Answer: $11 million)
  18. Who directed the 1927 film Metropolis? (Answer: Fritz Lang)
  19. In Memento, what unusual narrative structure does the film use? (Answer: Reverse chronological order)
  20. What is the Bechdel test? (Answer: A film passes if it has at least two named women who talk to each other about something other than a man)

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Franchise and sequel trivia (Questions 71–85)

  1. How many films are in the original Star Wars trilogy? (Answer: 3)
  2. What is the name of the second Godfather film? (Answer: The Godfather Part II)
  3. How many Mission: Impossible films star Tom Cruise? (Answer: 8 as of 2026)
  4. What James Bond film introduced the character M played by Judi Dench? (Answer: GoldenEye)
  5. Which Fast & Furious film did Dwayne Johnson first appear in? (Answer: Fast Five)
  6. In the Avengers series, how many Infinity Stones are there? (Answer: 6)
  7. What is the name of the third film in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy? (Answer: The Dark Knight Rises)
  8. Which Rocky film featured Mr. T as a villain? (Answer: Rocky III)
  9. What was the first Pixar feature film? (Answer: Toy Story, 1995)
  10. How many films make up the Lord of the Rings trilogy? (Answer: 3)
  11. In which film did Daniel Craig first play James Bond? (Answer: Casino Royale, 2006)
  12. What is the name of the first Hunger Games film? (Answer: The Hunger Games)
  13. Which X-Men film was released first? (Answer: X-Men, 2000)
  14. How many films in the original Indiana Jones trilogy? (Answer: 3 — a fourth was added in 2008)
  15. What was the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film? (Answer: Iron Man, 2008)

Classic Hollywood trivia (Questions 86–100)

  1. Who starred in Casablanca (1942)? (Answer: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman)
  2. What is the name of the sled in Citizen Kane? (Answer: Rosebud)
  3. Which actress played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind? (Answer: Vivien Leigh)
  4. What year was Sunset Boulevard released? (Answer: 1950)
  5. Who directed Psycho? (Answer: Alfred Hitchcock)
  6. What film features the line "Here's looking at you, kid"? (Answer: Casablanca)
  7. Who played Charles Chaplin's "Little Tramp" character? (Answer: Charlie Chaplin himself)
  8. What is the name of the film in which Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly? (Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany's)
  9. Who starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952)? (Answer: Gene Kelly)
  10. What was the first feature-length animated film ever made? (Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937)
  11. Who directed The Wizard of Oz (1939)? (Answer: Victor Fleming)
  12. What classic 1957 film stars Henry Fonda as a juror? (Answer: 12 Angry Men)
  13. In what Hitchcock film does Cary Grant star as a man mistaken for a spy? (Answer: North by Northwest)
  14. What is the name of the train in Some Like It Hot (1959)? (Answer: No specific train name — accept "the train")
  15. Who played the lead in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)? (Answer: Peter O'Toole)

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Easy questions from crowd-pleasing franchises (Marvel, Disney, Star Wars) work for parties. Mix in one hard round to separate the real film buffs from casual viewers.

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