200+ Fun Movie Trivia Questions and Answers for Every Film Buff [2025 Edition]

Love movies? Our movie trivia questions and answers are perfect for testing your film knowledge across every genre and era. From general movie trivia to the golden days of Old Hollywood and black-and-white classics, this collection is packed with fun challenges for all film fans.

Dive into Oscar and awards trivia, or explore themed sections like Disney, Marvel, horror, romance, comedy, and action-packed adventures. Whether you’re planning a quiz night, a family gathering, or just want to test your own knowledge, these trivia questions bring both entertainment and learning together.

We’ve also included special categories for kids and families, along with decade-based trivia from the ’80s and ’90s, the 2000s and 2010s, and even the latest hits from the 2020s. With a mix of easy movie trivia questions for beginners and tough ones for experts, this is your ultimate guide to fun film facts.

General Movie Trivia Questions

1. What is the profession of the main character, Chuck Noland in Cast Away?  

Answer: FedEx systems analyst  

2. Who plays Kelly Frears, Chuck’s girlfriend, in the movie?  

Answer: Helen Hunt  

3. Which company’s plane crashes and strands Chuck on a deserted island?  

Answer: FedEx  

4. What is the name of Chuck’s volleyball companion?  

Answer: Wilson  

5. How many years does Chuck spend alone on the island?  

Answer: Four years  

6. What item does Chuck receive from Kelly before he leaves that has a photo inside?  

Answer: A pocket watch  

7. Which isolated place is Chuck stranded on after the plane crash?  

Answer: A deserted island in the South Pacific  

8. What action does Chuck take when he’s badly injured on the island?  

Answer: Performs his own tooth extraction using a rock and ice skate  

9. What fate befalls Wilson the volleyball?  

Answer: Wilson floats away from the raft during a storm  

10. Who directed Cast Away?  

Answer: Robert Zemeckis  

11. What is the movie’s running time?  

Answer: 144 minutes  

12. What was the budget for Cast Away, and how much did it gross worldwide?  

Answer: The Budget was $90 million; it grossed about $429.6 million worldwide

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Classic Movie Trivia Questions

Old Hollywood Trivia Questions

13. What candy does Elliott use to lure E.T.?  

Answer: Reese’s Pieces  

14. Who created the voice for E.T. using animal sounds and vocal mixing?  

Answer: Ben Burtt  

15. Which video game version of E.T. is often cited as one of the worst ever made?  

Answer: The Atari 2600 E.T. game  

16. In The Empire Strikes Back, on what ice planet does the Rebel base reside?  

Answer: Hoth  

17. Who directed The Empire Strikes Back?  

Answer: Irvin Kershner  

18. Which famous line, often misquoted, comes from The Empire Strikes Back?  

Answer: “No, I am your father.”  

19. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which artifact is Indy and his father seeking?  

Answer: The Holy Grail  

20. Who is Indiana Jones’s father in Last Crusade?  

Answer: Henry Jones, Sr.  

21. Which group protects the path to the Grail in Last Crusade?  

Answer: The Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword  

22. In Last Crusade, what critical tool does Henry Jones leave for Indy?  

Answer: His diary  

23. What happens when Elsa gives the wrong Grail to Donovan?  

Answer: Donovan dies after drinking from it  

24. In Last Crusade, how is Henry Jones healed during the film finale?  

Answer: He drinks from the correct Grail  

Black and White Movies Trivia

25. What year was The Battle of Algiers released?  

Answer: 1966  

26. Who directed The Battle of Algiers?  

Answer: Gillo Pontecorvo  

27. In The Battle of Algiers, what resistance group fights against French colonial rule?  

Answer: The National Liberation Front (FLN)  

28. How long is the movie Chelsea Girls, approximately?  

Answer: About 210 minutes  

29. Where was Chelsea Girls primarily filmed?  

Answer: Hotel Chelsea and other locations in New York City  

30. What was the approximate budget of Chelsea Girls?  

Answer: $3,000  

31. In Blood Bath (1966), which character is haunted by a vampire legend?  

Answer: Erno Sordi  

32. How is Blood Bath (1966) also known in terms of its production style?  

Answer: It’s a horror film mixed with surrealist and low budget elements  

33. Which major film festival prize did The Battle of Algiers win?  

Answer: Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival  

34. What is the runtime of The Battle of Algiers?  

Answer: 121 minutes  

35. Who composed the music for The Battle of Algiers?  

Answer: Ennio Morricone  

36. Blood Bath was released in which year?  

Answer: 1966  

Oscar & Awards Trivia Questions

37. What film won 11 Oscars out of 14 nominations in 1997?  

Answer: Titanic  

38. Which film won Best Picture and had 6 nominations in 2010?  

Answer: The King’s Speech  

39. Which film from 2006 had 5 competitive wins and 11 nominations?  

Answer: The Aviator  

40. Which 2008 film with 8 wins and 10 nominations won multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture?  

Answer: Slumdog Millionaire  

41. What 2014 film had 4 wins out of 9 nominations, including Best Picture?  

Answer: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)  

42. Which 1982 sci-fi/fantasy film with 4 wins and 9 nominations is listed among Academy Award–winning films?  

Answer: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial  

43. When and where were the 97th Academy Awards held?  

Answer: March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles  

44. Who hosted the 97th Academy Awards?  

Answer: Conan O’Brien  

45. Which film won Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards?  

Answer: Anora  

46. Which film received the most Oscars that night, and how many did it win?  

Answer: Anora, with 5 wins  

47. Which film led in nominations for the 97th Oscars, and how many nominations did it receive?  

Answer: Emilia Pérez, with 13 nominations  

48. For the first time in Oscar history, which two films were nominated simultaneously for Best Picture and Best International Feature in the 97th Awards?  

Answer: Emilia Pérez and I’m Still Here

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Disney & Animated Movie Trivia Questions

49. What is the runtime of Inside Out 2?  

Answer: 96 minutes  

50. Who composed the music for Inside Out 2?  

Answer: Andrea Datzman  

51. Inside Out 2 became the highest-grossing film by Pixar upon release. True or False?  

Answer: True  

52. Which composer from the first Inside Out was replaced for Inside Out 2?  

Answer: Michael Giacchino  

53. How many emotions are re-introduced in Inside Out 2 beyond the original five?  

Answer: New ones like Embarrassment, Envy, etc.  

54. When did Inside Out 2 release its soundtrack?  

Answer: June 14, 2024  

55. What is the reported budget for Inside Out 2?  

Answer: $200 million  

56. What record did the Moana 2 trailer break?  

Answer: Most-watched trailer of all time for a Disney animated film (178 million views in first 24 hours)  

57. Where did Moana 2 have its world premiere?  

Answer: Kapolei, Hawaii at the Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute  

58. On what date was Moana 2 released in U.S. theaters?  

Answer: November 27, 2024  

59. Moana 2 was released in both English and Māori simultaneously. True or False?  

Answer: True  

60. Who co-composed the new songs for Moana 2 besides Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foaʻi?  

Answer: Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear  

61. Moana 2 is how many years after the original Moana in timeline?  

Answer: Three years after the first film’s events  

62. What is special about the soundtrack album’s release for Inside Out 2?  

Answer: It was released the same day as the film’s theatrical release  

63. Which new method of debut did Moana 2 introduce in terms of dubbing?  

Answer: Dual language debut with Māori version released simultaneously with English  

Marvel & Superhero Movie Trivia Questions

64. What is Agent X’s real name (alias) used by Nijo Minamiyori?  

Answer: Alex Hayden  

65. In which Marvel comic issue did Agent X first appear as “Agent X”?  

Answer: Agent X #1  

66. What special power does Agent X have that lets him regenerate from almost any injury?  

Answer: Superhuman healing factor  

67. Who is the Hulk’s longtime enemy who transforms via gamma radiation?  

Answer: Abomination  

68. What country was Emil Blonsky (Abomination) originally born in?  

Answer: Zagreb, Yugoslavia  

69. Unlike the Hulk, what is one key difference in Abomination’s ability regarding transformation?  

Answer: He never reverts back to his human form naturally  

70. What is the alter ego of Hulkling?  

Answer: Theodore “Teddy” Altman  

71. Hulkling is a hybrid of which two alien races?  

Answer: Kree and Skrull  

72. On which team did Hulkling make his debut in comics?  

Answer: Young Avengers  

73. What title does Hulkling later assume that shows his leadership over cosmic powers?  

Answer: Emperor of the Kree/Skrull Alliance  

74. Which two creators are credited with creating Agent X?  

Answer: Gail Simone and Alvin Lee  

75. Abomination possesses superhuman strength. Approximately how much weight can he lift?  

Answer: Around 100 tons  

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Horror Movie Trivia Questions

76. What is the runtime of The Conjuring: Last Rites?  

Answer: 135 minutes  

77. Who directed The Conjuring: Last Rites?  

Answer: Michael Chaves  

78. Conjuring: Last Rites is which number installment in The Conjuring Universe?  

Answer: Ninth  

79. Which real-life case is The Conjuring: Last Rites based on?  

Answer: The Smurl haunting case  

80. Who are the two lead paranormal investigators in The Conjuring: Last Rites?  

Answer: Ed and Lorraine Warren  

81. What was the worldwide gross of The Conjuring: Last Rites?  

Answer: About $404.1 million  

82. Who directed It Chapter Two?  

Answer: Andy Muschietti  

83. How many years after the first It do the events in It Chapter Two take place?  

Answer: 27 years later  

84. What was the budget for It Chapter Two?  

Answer: $79 million  

85. How much did It Chapter Two gross worldwide?  

Answer: $473.1 million  

86. Who directed The Sixth Sense?  

Answer: M. Night Shyamalan  

87. What ability does the young boy Cole Sear claim to have in The Sixth Sense?  

Answer: He can see and talk to the dead  

88. What was the budget for The Sixth Sense?  

Answer: $40 million  

89. What was the worldwide box office gross for The Sixth Sense?  

Answer: $672.8 million  

90. How many Academy Award nominations did The Sixth Sense receive?  

Answer: Six  

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Romantic Movie Trivia Questions

91. What year was The Bridges of Madison County film released?  

Answer: 1995  

92. Who directed The Bridges of Madison County?  

Answer: Clint Eastwood  

93. Which actress plays Francesca Johnson in the film?  

Answer: Meryl Streep  

94. What is the main profession of Robert Kincaid in the story?  

Answer: He is a National Geographic photojournalist  

95. How many days does Francesca and Robert’s affair last?  

Answer: Four days  

96. In what year is the story of romance between Francesca and Robert set?  

Answer: 1965  

97. What State Fair does Francesca’s husband and children attend while Robert visits?  

Answer: Illinois State Fair  

98. What does Francesca request in her will regarding her ashes?  

Answer: To have them scattered from the Roseman Covered Bridge  

99. What is the name of the book on which the film is based?  

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller  

100. What was the budget of the film?  

Answer: $22 million  

101. Approximately how much did The Bridges of Madison County gross worldwide?  

Answer: $182 million  

102. At which Academy Awards was Meryl Streep nominated for Best Actress for this film?  

Answer: The 68th Academy Awards  

Comedy Movie Trivia Questions

103. Who directed Deadpool & Wolverine?  

Answer: Shawn Levy  

104. What is the combined role of Ryan Reynolds in the film?  

Answer: He co-wrote the screenplay and stars as Deadpool  

105. Who reprises his role as Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine?  

Answer: Hugh Jackman  

106. What rating is Deadpool & Wolverine in the MCU?  

Answer: R-rated  

107. What organization do Deadpool and Wolverine try to stop in the movie?  

Answer: The Time Variance Authority (TVA)  

108. Where did filming take place (at least one studio location)?  

Answer: Pinewood Studios in the UK  

109. What is one major plot device used by Deadpool & Wolverine to travel between universes or timelines?  

Answer: Multiverse variant travel  

110. Which character returns as a variant called “Nicepool”?  

Answer: Deadpool  

111. What record did Deadpool & Wolverine achieve in terms of box office for 2024?  

Answer: It became the highest-grossing R-rated film of 2024  

112. Who composed the music for Deadpool & Wolverine?  

Answer: Rob Simonsen  

113. What is the running time of Deadpool & Wolverine?  

Answer: 128 minutes  

114. Which studio distributed Deadpool & Wolverine?  

Answer: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures  

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Action & Adventure Movie Trivia Questions

115. What is the runtime of Furious 7?  

Answer: 137 minutes  

116. Who directed Furious 7?  

Answer: James Wan  

117. Which actor appears in Furious 7 in his final film role?  

Answer: Paul Walker  

118. How much did Furious 7 gross worldwide approx.?  

Answer: $1.515 billion  

119. What was the estimated production budget for Furious 7?  

Answer: Between $190 million and $250 million  

120. On which date was Furious 7 released in the U.S.?  

Answer: April 3, 2015  

121. Who directed Top Gun: Maverick?  

Answer: Joseph Kosinski  

122. What is the runtime of Top Gun: Maverick?  

Answer: 130 minutes  

123. Which famous actor reprises his role from the original Top Gun in Maverick?  

Answer: Tom Cruise  

124. Approximately how much did Top Gun: Maverick gross worldwide?  

Answer: $1.496 billion  

125. How many Academy Award nominations did Top Gun: Maverick receive, and which one did it win?  

Answer: It got six nominations and won Best Sound  

126. Which two countries were involved in producing Furious 7?  

Answer: United States and China  

Family & Kids Movie Trivia Questions

127. What is the running time of Ne Zha 2?  

Answer: 144 minutes  

128. Who directed Ne Zha 2?  

Answer: Jiaozi  

129. What was the production budget for Ne Zha 2 in US dollars?  

Answer: $80 million  

130. How much did Ne Zha 2 gross worldwide?  

Answer: Over $2.3 billion  

131. Ne Zha 2 is a sequel to which film?  

Answer: Ne Zha (2019)  

132. What mythological novel is Ne Zha 2 based on?  

Answer: Investiture of the Gods  

133. Which two characters share one body in Ne Zha 2 for part of the story?  

Answer: Ne Zha and Ao Bing  

134. What is unique about Ne Zha 2 in terms of box office non-English films?  

Answer: First non-English/animated film to cross $2 billion  

135. Which holiday release date did Ne Zha 2 coincide with in China?  

Answer: Chinese New Year  

136. Name one of the composer(s) of the Ne Zha 2 music score.  

Answer: Roc Chen  

137. Which character is the Dragon King of the East Sea in Ne Zha 2?  

Answer: Ao Guang  

138. Which mythological sect sets trials for Ne Zha and Ao Bing to become immortal?  

Answer: The Chan sect led by Wuliang  

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’80s and ’90s Movie Trivia Questions

139. What year was Back to the Future released?  

Answer: 1985  

140. Who directed Back to the Future?  

Answer: Robert Zemeckis  

141. What vehicle is used as a time machine in Back to the Future?  

Answer: A DeLorean car  

142. In Back to the Future, how fast must the DeLorean go to travel through time?  

Answer: 88 miles per hour  

143. Return of the Jedi is which episode in the Star Wars saga?  

Answer: Episode VI  

144. Who is the director of Return of the Jedi?  

Answer: Richard Marquand  

145. What major battle takes place in Return of the Jedi on a forest moon?  

Answer: The battle on the forest moon of Endor  

146. Which rogue gangster appears early in Return of the Jedi in a palace scene?  

Answer: Jabba the Hutt  

147. Top Gun is set in what branch of the military?  

Answer: United States Navy  

148. Who directed the original Top Gun film?  

Answer: Tony Scott  

149. Which character in Top Gun is Maverick’s main rival pilot?  

Answer: Iceman  

150. What is the name of Maverick’s radar intercept officer in Top Gun?  

Answer: Goose  

151. Who directed Titanic (1997)?  

Answer: James Cameron  

152. Which two lead actors portray Jack and Rose in the film?  

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet  

153. How many Academy Awards did Titanic win, and how many nominations did it receive?  

Answer: Won 11 Oscars, nominated for 14  

154. What was the approximate budget to make Titanic?  

Answer: $200 million  

155. What significant box office milestone did Titanic achieve worldwide?  

Answer: It was the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide  

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2000s and 2010s Movie Trivia Questions

156. What was the worldwide box office gross for Avengers: Endgame?  

Answer: Approximately $2.798 billion  

157. What is the approximate budget range reported for Avengers: Endgame?  

Answer: $356–400 million  

158. How long is Avengers: Endgame (its runtime)?  

Answer: 3 hours and 1 minute  

159. Which James Cameron film did Avengers: Endgame surpass to become the highest grossing movie (nominal) at its peak?  

Answer: Avatar (2009)  

160. Avatar (2009) was written, directed, and co-produced by whom?  

Answer: James Cameron  

161. Which science fiction film features the alien world “Pandora” inhabited by the Na’vi?  

Answer: Avatar (2009)  

162. Star Wars: The Force Awakens begins on which desert planet?  

Answer: Jakku  

163. In The Force Awakens, which iconic ship returns for the first time?  

Answer: The Millennium Falcon  

164. The Return of the King is which installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?  

Answer: The third/final installment  

165. Who directed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?  

Answer: Peter Jackson  

166. Which award did The Return of the King famously win at the Oscars?  

Answer: Best Picture  

167. What record did The Return of the King achieve in terms of Oscar wins relative to nominations?  

Answer: It won all 11 awards it was nominated for  

168. In The Force Awakens, who is the first character seen flying a TIE fighter?  

Answer: Kylo Ren  

169. Who stars as the lead male avatar-human hybrid in Avatar (2009)?  

Answer: Sam Worthington  

170. The Return of the King features the final battle at which location?  

Answer: The fields of Pelennor  

2020s Movie Trivia Questions

171. What year was Avatar: The Way of Water released?  

Answer: 2022  

172. Who directed Avatar: The Way of Water?  

Answer: James Cameron  

173. Avatar: The Way of Water takes place how many years after the first Avatar?  

Answer: 15 years  

174. What is the title of the clan Jake Sully’s family seeks refuge with in the oceans?  

Answer: The Metkayina clan  

175. Which new aquatic character befriends Lo′ak in Avatar: The Way of Water?  

Answer: Payakan  

176. How much did Avatar: The Way of Water gross worldwide?  

Answer: Approximately $2.320 billion  

177. Spider-Man: No Way Home was released in which year?  

Answer: 2021  

178. Who directed Spider-Man: No Way Home?  

Answer: Jon Watts  

179. What is the runtime of Spider-Man: No Way Home?  

Answer: 148 minutes  

180. How much did Spider-Man: No Way Home gross worldwide?  

Answer: Around $1.921 billion  

181. Which previous Spider-Man actors returned in No Way Home?  

Answer: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield  

182. Which villain from past Spider-Man films makes a return in No Way Home?  

Answer: Doctor Octopus (among others)  

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Hard Movie Trivia Questions for Experts

183. What is the runtime of Jurassic World Dominion?  

Answer: 147 minutes  

184. Who directed Jurassic World Dominion?  

Answer: Colin Trevorrow  

185. Jurassic World Dominion is the conclusion of which trilogy in the Jurassic Park universe?  

Answer: The Jurassic World trilogy  

186. Which original Jurassic Park actors returned in Jurassic World Dominion alongside the newer cast?  

Answer: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum  

187. What is the reported budget range for Jurassic World Dominion?  

Answer: Between $185 million and $465 million  

188. What is the gross box office of Jurassic World Dominion worldwide?  

Answer: About $1.004 billion  

189. In Despicable Me 4, who directed the film?  

Answer: Chris Renaud  

190. What is the runtime of Despicable Me 4?  

Answer: 94 minutes  

191. Who are the writers of Despicable Me 4?  

Answer: Mike White and Ken Daurio  

192. Approximately what was the production budget of Despicable Me 4?  

Answer: $100 million  

193. What was the global box office gross of Despicable Me 4?  

Answer: Around $972 million  

194. What new threat does Gru face in Despicable Me 4?  

Answer: His old rival Maxime Le Mal seeks revenge and uses a device to transform people into cockroach hybrids  

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Easy Movie Trivia Questions for Beginners

195. Who directed No Time to Die?  

Answer: Cary Joji Fukunaga  

196. What is the runtime of No Time to Die?  

Answer: 163 minutes  

197. No Time to Die is which number film in the James Bond series to star Daniel Craig?  

Answer: The fifth and final  

198. Who performs the theme song for No Time to Die?  

Answer: Billie Eilish  

199. What is the global box office gross of No Time to Die?  

Answer: About $774.2 million  

200. Who is the villain in No Time to Die?  

Answer: Lyutsifer Safin  

201. Who directed Thor: Love and Thunder?  

Answer: Taika Waititi  

202. What is the runtime of Thor: Love and Thunder?  

Answer: 119 minutes  

203. Who returns as the character Jane Foster in Thor: Love and Thunder?  

Answer: Natalie Portman  

204. What is the worldwide gross of Thor: Love and Thunder?  

Answer: Around $760.9 million  

205. Which actor plays the villain known as Gorr the God Butcher?  

Answer: Christian Bale  

206. In Thor: Love and Thunder, which hammer-wielding role does Jane Foster take on?  

Answer: The Mighty Thor

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