Movie Trivia

15 movie trivia questions to test how well you actually know film.

Free movie trivia covering classic and modern films, directors, actors, and franchises. Tap any question to reveal the answer — good for movie night or settling a debate about who's the bigger film buff.

1.Who directed the movie "Jaws"?Tap to reveal
Steven Spielberg.
2.Which 1994 film features Tom Hanks running across America?Tap to reveal
Forrest Gump.
3.What is the name of the ship that sinks in "Titanic"?Tap to reveal
The RMS Titanic.
4.Which actor played the Joker in "The Dark Knight" (2008)?Tap to reveal
Heath Ledger.
5.What was the first full-length animated feature film released by Disney?Tap to reveal
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
6.Which 2019 film became the first non-English-language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?Tap to reveal
Parasite.
7.In "The Wizard of Oz," what color are Dorothy's slippers?Tap to reveal
Ruby red.
8.Which actor plays Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Tap to reveal
Robert Downey Jr.
9.Which animated film was the first entirely computer-animated feature ever released?Tap to reveal
Toy Story.
10.Which studio produced "Toy Story"?Tap to reveal
Pixar.
11.Which 1975 film is often credited as the first true summer blockbuster?Tap to reveal
Jaws.
12.In the "Star Wars" saga, who is Luke Skywalker's father?Tap to reveal
Darth Vader — also known as Anakin Skywalker.
13.Which actress played Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" series?Tap to reveal
Jennifer Lawrence.
14.What is the name of the fictional African nation in Marvel's "Black Panther"?Tap to reveal
Wakanda.
15.Which 2009 film held the record for highest-grossing movie of all time for over a decade?Tap to reveal
Avatar.

What separates a movie buff from a casual fan

Most people can name the big blockbusters, but movie trivia tends to reward a different kind of knowledge — who directed something, which studio made it, what record it broke. Those details rarely come up in casual conversation about a film, which is exactly why they make good trivia questions.

A useful habit if you want to genuinely improve: after watching any movie, spend ten seconds looking up who directed it and when it came out. Directors in particular tend to have a handful of trivia-relevant films, so recognizing a name becomes a shortcut to guessing correctly even on a question about a movie you've never seen.

This set leans toward movies with real cultural staying power — the ones people are actually likely to bring up at trivia night — rather than obscure arthouse trivia that only specialists would know.

Common questions

What kind of movies does this cover?

A mix of classic and modern films — directors, actors, franchises, and box-office facts, not just one genre or era.

Is this trivia easy or hard?

It's aimed at general movie fans rather than film critics, with a few genuinely tricky ones mixed in.

Do I need to have seen the movies to answer these?

Not necessarily — some questions are answerable from general pop-culture awareness, but knowing the film helps.

Will this repeat questions from the general Trivia page?

No — this is a separate, dedicated set of movie-specific questions, not a filtered view of the mixed trivia page.

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