Movie Trivia Quiz questions (2024 update)
Below is a selection of movie trivia Quiz questions. Fun to test your own film knowledge with. Or to use for a quiz you are creating. Use them however you want ;).
This page was last updated on: January 3, 2024
Movie Questions
Below is a selection of movie questions. Click on the question to see the answer.
Question: Where is the Netherlands Film Festival held?
Answer: Utrecht
Question: What is the Indian Hindi film industry called?
Answer: Bollywood
Question: Who won a Golden Globe for best director in 2023?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Question: Who won the oscar for best actor in 2022?
Answer: Will Smith
Question: Which two actors play the lead roles in the movie Barbie (2023)?
Answer: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
Question: Which famous composer composed the music for the original "Star Wars" trilogy?
Answer: John Williams
Question: In 2024, the movie Dune: Part Two will be released. Which actress plays the role of Chani?
Answer: Zendaya
Question: In 1994 the movie Forrest Gump was released, who plays the lead role?
Answer: Tom Hanks
Question: From which 1986 movie is the quote "I feel the need-the need for speed!"
Answer: Top Gun
Question: Which brothers made the films Hail, Ceasar, The Big Lebowski and No Country for old men, among others?
Answer: The Coan Brothers
Question: In which country were the The Lord of the Rings films shot?
Answer: New Zealand
Question: Who plays the role of Miranda Priestly in the movie The Devil Wears Prada (2006)?
Answer: Meryl Streep
Question: In movies, what do you call a person who usually comes in the background and has no real acting role?
Answer: An extra
Question: In which 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro say "You talkin' to me?"
Answer: Taxi Driver
Question: Which 2023 film directed by Elizabeth Banks features a bear?
Answer: Cocaine Bear
Question: Which series won a Golden Globe for best drama series in 2023?
Answer: House of the Dragon
Question: Which French Canadian director directed Arrival, Dune and Sicario, among others?
Answer: Denis Villeneuve
Question: In what setting is the film Boiling Point (2021) set?
Answer: In a London bistro (restaurant)
Question: Who plays the lead role in the film Beau Is Afraid (2023)?
Answer: Joaquin Phoenix
Question: Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller is infamous for its shocking "shower scene"?
Answer: Psycho
Question: A new Deadpool movie is coming out in 2024. Which number of the Deadpool movies is it?
Answer: The third part
Question: From which classic movie is the quote "You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Answer: Jaws (1975)
Question: Who played Elvis in the 2022 film of the same name?
Answer: Austin Butler
Question: Which 1988 film contained the iconic phrase: "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way"?
Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Question: Which famous actor played The Penguin in The Batman (2021)?
Answer: Colin Farrell
Question: What acclaimed Richard Linklater drama was filmed and produced over a 12-year period?
Answer: Boyhood
Question: Which actress plays the lead role in Mother alongside Javier Bardem! (2017)
Answer: Jennifer Lawrence
Question: Which actor plays the role of Ryan in Saving Private Ryan?
Answer: Matt Damon
Question: In what year did the movie Shrek premiere?
Answer: 2001
Question: Which British actress won an Oscar in 2019 for her role in The Favourite?
Answer: Olivia Colman
Question: Which 2022 film by Damien Chazelle features Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie?
Answer: Babylon
Question: Who plays the lead role in the film Oppenheimer (2023)?
Answer: Cillian Murphy
Question: In which 2000 Oscar-winning epic did Joaquin Phoenix receive his first Oscar nomination for playing the Roman emperor Commodus?
Answer: Gladiator
Question: Which director made the film Oorlogswinter?
Answer: Martin Koolhoven
Question: What does CGI stand for in the film world?
Answer: Computer-generated imagery
Question: Which American director directed Tenet, Oppenheimer and Interstellar, among others?
Answer: Christopher Nolan
Question: In what year was the movie The Matrix released?
Answer: 1999
Question: Which classic comedy is about a high school student who fakes an illness to play hooky from school and spends the day with his girlfriend and best friend in Chicago?
Answer: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Question: Who plays the role of Red Miller in the 2018 horror/thriller Mandy
Answer: Nicholas Cage
Question: Which actor starred in the film The Whale (2022)?
Answer: Brendan Fraser
Question: Which part of the Back to The Future film series was largely set in the Wild West?
Answer: Part 3
Question: Which actress played the mother of the little boy Jojo in the movie Jojo Rabbit?
Answer: Scarlett Johansson
Question: Which city takes center stage in La La Land (2016)?
Answer: Los Angeles
Question: What is the name of Brad Pitt's film production company?
Answer: Plan B (Entertainment inc.)
Question: In 2024, Joker: Folie à Deux will be released. Who is the director?
Answer: Todd Phillips
Question: Who directed the movie Django Unchained?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino
Question: What is the full name of Star Wars: Episode IV?
Answer: Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
Question: Which political figure was at the center of the film The Iron Lady (2011)?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Question: Who plays the lead role in the John Wick films?
Answer: Keanu Reeves
Question: Which city is at the center of the film Roma (2018)?
Answer: Mexico City
Question: Who composed the music for the movie The Godfather?
Answer: Nino Rota
Question: In 1993, a Richard Linklater film starring Matthew McConaughey was released. What is the title of the film?
Answer: Dazed and Confused
Question: Who played the lead role in Kill Bill?
Answer: Uma Thurman
Question: Which Dutch photographer made the film The American with George Clooney?
Answer: Anton Corbijn
Question: Which American director made Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch, among others?
Answer: Wes Anderson
Question: Which 1989 film directed by Spike Lee and starring John Turturro and Danny Aiello, among others, is set in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year?
Answer: Do the Right Thing
Question: Who are the 2 protagonists in the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind?
Answer: Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey
Question: Who played the lead role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
Answer: Johnny Depp
Question: Which American actor starred alongside Scarlet Johansson in the film Lost in Translation?
Answer: Bill Murray
Question: Which American director directed Hereditary and Midsommar, among others?
Answer: Ari Aster
Question: Who played the role of Alan Parrish in the movie Jumanji (1995)?
Answer: Robin Williams
Question: Where was the movie Trainspotting set?
Answer: Edinburgh
Question: Which American actor played the role of Santa in the movie Bad Santa?
Answer: Billy Bob Thornton
Question: What country is the movie Parasite (2019) set in?
Answer: South Korea
Question: Who directed the films Borgman and Abel?
Answer: Alex van Warmerdam
Question: What is the name of the documentary festival that takes place annually in Amsterdam?
Answer: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Question: Which American former president once had a cameo in Home Alone 2?
Answer: Donald Trump
Question: What is the name of the film museum in Amsterdam?
Answer: Eye Film Museum
Question: Which 1950 film tells the story of a boxer named Stanley Kowalski?
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Question: Who played the role of Superman in the original 1978 film?
Answer: Christopher Reeve
Question: What movie is the quote "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning" from?
Answer: Apocalypse Now
Question: Which American director made The Irishman, Casino and Mean Streets, among others?
Answer: Martin Scorsese
Question: What country is the film Call Me By Your Name set in?
Answer: Italy
Question: Which actor plays the role of Ron Burgundy in Anchor Man?
Answer: Will Ferrell
Question: Which American director directed Nope, Us and Get Out, among others?
Answer: Jordan Peele
Question: Which actor portrayed the role of Joker in the movie of the same name?
Answer: Joaquin Phoenix
Question: From what movie starring Lady Gaga comes the song Shallow?
Answer: A Star is Born
Question: Which Chinese director made In the Mood for Love, Fallen Angels and Happy Together, among others?
Answer: Wong Kar-wei
Question: What is the full title of the Indiana Jones movie that came out in 2023?
Answer: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Question: Which French city has hosted a major film festival every year since 1946?
Answer: Cannes
Question: In what year was the movie The Titanic released?
Answer: 1997
Question: An animated movie of Lord of the Rings will be released in 2024. What is the title?
Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Question: Which actor played the role of Gandalf the Grey in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy?
Answer: Ian McKellen
Question: Which gangster movie revolves around the character Tony Montana?
Answer: Scarface
Question: What is the name of the actor who plays Harry Potter?
Answer: Daniel Radcliffe
Question: In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue or red pill?
Answer: The red pill
Question: From which movie do we know the quote "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
Answer: The Shining
Question: In which city is the film La Grande Bellezza set?
Answer: Rome
Question: Which actress starred in the 2001 film Minoes?
Answer: Carice Van Houten
Question: For which 2001 film about a French girl did Yann Tierssen make the soundtrack?
Answer: Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain)
Question: Which actor starred in both Birdman and The Founder?
Answer: Michael Keaton
Question: In which country is the film Druk/Another Round (2020) set?
Answer: Denmark
Question: In which movie did Leonardo DiCaprio play the role of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker on Wall Street?
Answer: The Wolf of Wall Street
Question: Which American director directed Fight Club, Seven and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, among others?
Answer: David Fincher
Question: What is the real name of Uma Thurman's "The Bride" character from Kill Bill?
Answer: Beatrix Kiddo
Question: Who starred in the movie American Psycho?
Answer: Christian Bale
Bonus movie questions
Question: Which Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland?
Answer: Bill Murray
Question: In which film did Charlie Chaplin parody Adolf Hitler?
Answer: The Great Dictator
Question: Who directed and starred in the film The Monuments Men?
Answer: George Clooney