Lights, Camera, Action! Can You Match These Famous Movies to Their Posters?

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From Back to the Future to The Mummy, movies have been keeping us entertained for years. But what gets you interested in the movie to begin with? The movie's poster! So, take this quiz and see if you can name all of these movies just by their posters; you might just be surprised!


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Movie Posters Super Quiz Questions

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Question 1

In which of the following movies does an alien stranded on Earth struggle to find a way home?

  • A
    E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
  • B
    The Goonies
  • C
    Flight of the Navigator
  • D
    Gremlins

Question 2

A New York police officer joins a clandestine organization charged with protecting Earth from the very worst characters the universe has to offer.

  • A
    The Arrival
  • B
    Men in Black
  • C
    Alien Nation
  • D
    Signs

Question 3

Marty McFly accidentally travels back in time to 1955.

  • A
    Teen Wolf
  • B
    Back to the Future
  • C
    The Frighteners
  • D
    Bright Lights, Big City

Question 4

Three New York City academics start new careers as ghost removal experts.

  • A
    My Stepmother is an Alien
  • B
    Trading Places
  • C
    Spies Like Us
  • D
    Ghostbusters

Question 5

An unrelenting cybernetic organism arrives from the future with one goal in mind: kill Sarah Connor. She manages to survive with the help of a soldier that followed the robot back in time.

  • A
    The Terminator
  • B
    Predator
  • C
    Mad Max
  • D
    V for Vendetta

Question 6

A genetic engineering company manages to recreate extinct life from 65 million years in the past.

  • A
    The Time Machine
  • B
    Godzilla
  • C
    Jurassic Park
  • D
    Land of the Lost

Question 7

A disabled marine takes the form of a member of the indigenous race on the planet Pandora. As he lives among them, he begins to sympathize with their way of life.

  • A
    Avatar
  • B
    Blade Runner
  • C
    Dances With Wolves
  • D
    Replicant

Question 8

A hotheaded fighter pilot strives to be the best in his class and also get the girl.

  • A
    Risky Business
  • B
    The Color of Money
  • C
    All the Right Moves
  • D
    Top Gun

Question 9

Russell Crowe stars as a Roman General who seeks revenge for his family's murder.

  • A
    L.A. Confidential
  • B
    Noah
  • C
    Gladiator
  • D
    Robin Hood

Question 10

An underground computer hacker finds out the life he and every other person is living an elaborate fantasy concocted by the machines that are enslaving the human race.

  • A
    Tron: Legacy
  • B
    Lawnmower Man
  • C
    Pi
  • D
    The Matrix

Question 11

In the failing city of Detroit, the police force gets the upper hand on drug lords by turning a fallen officer into cybernetic being.

  • A
    Memento
  • B
    Demolition Man
  • C
    Total Recall
  • D
    RoboCop

Question 12

Nicolas Cage and John Travolta star in this classic 1990s film where they trade faces.

  • A
    Con Air
  • B
    From Paris with Love
  • C
    Face/Off
  • D
    The Rock

Question 13

Star Michael Keaton ad-libbed many of his lines in this Tim Burton fantasy.

  • A
    First Blood
  • B
    The Lost Boys
  • C
    The Goonies
  • D
    Beetlejuice

Question 14

Buddy cop films don't get much better than this classic action flick directed by Richard Donner.

  • A
    The Last Boy Scout
  • B
    Last Action Hero
  • C
    Payback
  • D
    Lethal Weapon

Question 15

A group of unlikely heroes travel throughout the cosmos on a mission to stop a psychotic warlord from exterminating the entire population of a planet.

  • A
    Ice Pirates
  • B
    Space Cowboys
  • C
    Guardians of the Galaxy
  • D
    Thor

Question 16

A humble waste disposal droid sets out on an amazing journey that ends up having a major influence on the future of the human race.

  • A
    WALL-E
  • B
    Robots
  • C
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • D
    Idiocracy

Question 17

Two slackers travel through history in a magical phone booth.

  • A
    Big Trouble in Little China
  • B
    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • C
    Tango and Cash
  • D
    Over the Top

Question 18

A small band of fighters stand up to a technologically-superior alien race that's intent on exterminating the human race.

  • A
    Independence Day
  • B
    Stargate
  • C
    Predator
  • D
    Arrival

Question 19

This 1988 action film stars Bruce Willis as John McClane who finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot at Nakatomi Tower.

  • A
    Die Hard
  • B
    Looper
  • C
    Unbreakable
  • D
    The Fifth Element

Question 20

A stodgy Southern widow grudgingly befriends her African-American chauffeur.

  • A
    Fried Green Tomatoes
  • B
    On Golden Pond
  • C
    Lean on Me
  • D
    Driving Miss Daisy

Question 21

Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative who needs to save his daughter in this 2008 film.

  • A
    Taken
  • B
    The Grey
  • C
    The Commuter
  • D
    Non-Stop

Question 22

A member of the LAPD is sent to infiltrate a street racing crew, only for the officer to become enamored by the lifestyle in this 2001 racing flick.

  • A
    The Fast and the Furious
  • B
    Riddick
  • C
    XXX
  • D
    Need for Speed

Question 23

Ellen Ripley is back fighting extraterrestrial beings that have taken over a moon colony.

  • A
    Independence Day
  • B
    Aliens
  • C
    Predator
  • D
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Question 24

Charismatic police officer Axel Foley investigates his friend's murder while wading through the culture shock of southern California.

  • A
    Lethal Weapon
  • B
    Beverly Hills Cop
  • C
    48 Hrs.
  • D
    Harlem Nights

Question 25

Hijinks ensue at a "members-only" golf club.

  • A
    The Razor's Edge
  • B
    Revenge of the Nerds
  • C
    Overboard
  • D
    Caddyshack

Question 26

Future soldiers fight a bloody war against an insect-like race.

  • A
    Star Wars
  • B
    Catch-22
  • C
    Predator
  • D
    Starship Troopers

Question 27

Struggling actor Michael Dorsey poses as a woman to land a job on a soap opera.

  • A
    Rain Man
  • B
    Ishtar
  • C
    Family Business
  • D
    Tootsie

Question 28

One unlucky family's home is besieged by ghosts.

  • A
    Child's Play
  • B
    Creepshow
  • C
    The Shining
  • D
    Poltergeist

Question 29

A suburban Chicago high schooler takes the sick day to end all sick days.

  • A
    War Games
  • B
    Biloxi Blues
  • C
    The Freshman
  • D
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Question 30

Bruce Willis plays an ex-military taxi driver who's tasked with saving the world from a dark extraterrestrial threat.

  • A
    Spaceballs
  • B
    Taxi Driver
  • C
    Dr. Strangelove
  • D
    The Fifth Element

Question 31

In this 2002 Steven Spielberg thriller, Tom Cruise stars as a tech-savvy police detective who falls victim to his own crime fighting techniques.

  • A
    Total Recall
  • B
    The Matrix
  • C
    Minority Report
  • D
    I, Robot

Question 32

This 2003 martial arts film was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It serves as his homage to classic grindhouse cinema.

  • A
    Gattaca
  • B
    Paycheck
  • C
    Pulp Fiction
  • D
    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Question 33

This 2009 film paints a dystopian world where a race of extraterrestrials are forced to live in an impoverished area on Earth.

  • A
    District 9
  • B
    The Avengers
  • C
    Gattaca
  • D
    Avatar

Question 34

This 2015 action film takes places in a nuclear holocaust and introduced the world to Charlize Theron's Furiosa.

  • A
    Children of Men
  • B
    Mad Max: Fury Road
  • C
    Planet of the Apes
  • D
    Logan's Run

Question 35

New kid Ren shakes up the status quo when he moves to a small town where dancing and rock 'n' roll are forbidden.

  • A
    Footloose
  • B
    She's Having a Baby
  • C
    Flashdance
  • D
    Dirty Dancing

Question 36

When a robot seemingly defies its programming to murder a human being, police investigate and uncover a much darker reality.

  • A
    Bicentennial Man
  • B
    Demolition Man
  • C
    I, Robot
  • D
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Question 37

After an alien race broadcasts a signal back to Earth, Jodie Foster vies to be the human being chosen to represent the entire planet in the first meeting.

  • A
    Alien
  • B
    Starman
  • C
    Contact
  • D
    K-PAX

Question 38

A utility worker from the Midwest experiences a vision after having an experience with an extraterrestrial spacecraft.

  • A
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • B
    Independence Day
  • C
    Aliens
  • D
    Dune

Question 39

Matt Damon plays Mark Watney, an astronaut who is forced to survive after being stranded on an alien planet.

  • A
    2001: A Space Odyssey
  • B
    The Martian
  • C
    Interstellar
  • D
    Gravity

Question 40

A construction worker with a thirst for adventure gets his wish when he's suddenly the focus of an interplanetary conspiracy and manhunt.

  • A
    Total Recall
  • B
    Dark City
  • C
    The Bourne Identity
  • D
    Demolition Man

Question 41

This film is a look at the rise and fall of a self-sabotaging prizefighter.

  • A
    Midnight Run
  • B
    Raging Bull
  • C
    Once Upon a Time in America
  • D
    Angel Heart

Question 42

The serious students at a preppy boys boarding school in New England are shaken up by an inspiring English teacher.

  • A
    Dead Poets Society
  • B
    Good Morning Vietnam
  • C
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • D
    School Ties

Question 43

After unlocking an ancient portal, a group of scientists and military personnel travel to a planet that resembles ancient Egypt.

  • A
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • B
    The Mummy
  • C
    The Time Machine
  • D
    Stargate

Question 44

A computer hacker gets sucked into the digital world where he's forced to compete for his very survival.

  • A
    Max Headroom
  • B
    The Matrix
  • C
    Tron
  • D
    The Lawnmower Man

Question 45

A pair of cops have to go back to high school in this 2012 action/comedy.

  • A
    Magic Mike
  • B
    Superbad
  • C
    White House Down
  • D
    21 Jump Street

Question 46

Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece follows scientists on a mission to Jupiter as their spaceship's super-intelligent computer malfunctions and rebels against their control.

  • A
    Inception
  • B
    2001: A Space Odyssey
  • C
    Sphere
  • D
    Interstellar

Question 47

An army of Spartans march into battle against the army of the god-like king, Xerxes.

  • A
    Alexander
  • B
    Troy
  • C
    Watchmen
  • D
    300

Question 48

A thief is able to enter the dreams of his victims and steal valuable information. Things get dangerous when he's asked to plant an idea in someone's mind.

  • A
    Donnie Darko
  • B
    Phantasm
  • C
    Inception
  • D
    Doctor Strange

Question 49

After astronomers discover a comet on a collision course with Earth, humanity prepares itself for the disaster while a team of astronauts try to prevent it.

  • A
    Deep Impact
  • B
    The Day After Tomorrow
  • C
    2012
  • D
    Interstellar

Question 50

This baseball film put "If you build it, he will come" into the American lexicon.

  • A
    Major League
  • B
    The Natural
  • C
    Bull Durham
  • D
    Field of Dreams

Question 51

An ex-cop is tasked with hunting down a group of human clones called "replicants" in future Los Angeles.

  • A
    Witness
  • B
    Frantic
  • C
    Blade Runner
  • D
    Ladyhawke

Question 52

The Marvel Cinematic Universe got a little bigger with this 2018 film about T'Challa's rise to the throne.

  • A
    Black Panther
  • B
    Thor
  • C
    Blade
  • D
    Iron Man

Question 53

James Bond sets out on his first mission where he needs to defeat terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker.

  • A
    Casino Royale
  • B
    Goldfinger
  • C
    Skyfall
  • D
    Quantum of Solace

Question 54

In 2016, audiences flocked to theaters to see the story about how the Rebel Alliance secured the plans for the original Death Star.

  • A
    Attack of the Clones
  • B
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • C
    The Empire Strikes Back
  • D
    Return of the Jedi

Question 55

A talented police officer transfers to a small town hiding a dark secret in this 2007 action/comedy.

  • A
    Paul
  • B
    Baby Driver
  • C
    The World's End
  • D
    Hot Fuzz

Question 56

The film follows Eggsy, a brash low-life who is recruited by a secret society of secret agents.

  • A
    Kingsman: The Secret Service
  • B
    Kick-Ass
  • C
    Body of Lies
  • D
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Question 57

Trapped in the jungle, a team of commandos go up against an alien warrior in this 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • A
    Alien
  • B
    Commando
  • C
    Total Recall
  • D
    Predator

Question 58

Innocent victims are stalked by a disfigured serial killer who invades their dreams.

  • A
    Friday the 13th
  • B
    Hellraiser
  • C
    A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • D
    The Evil Dead

Question 59

This 1994 film is about a man who comes back to life to avenge the death of his fiancee.

  • A
    The Punisher
  • B
    The Crow
  • C
    Rapid Fire
  • D
    Dark City

Comments (114)

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I missed the dang last question I should have know 98%

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I accidentally hit the wrong answer bc the screen moved & I acted to soon to move on.

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I got 88% right I miss the ones I didn’t see. Not bad. Wish they say who we were in the list.

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Too many questions. They didn't tell you what character you were

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It's was cool just some of the movies I haven't seen

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I’m not a movie watcher at all just know what I hear people say or adds

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I never saw most of these movies.

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I like it, I found it a bit easy.

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Brought back memories

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It was very good!

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Liked this. Opens,ones your mind !!?

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I enjoyed doing it

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I think they are fun!

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Since l had only seen a vouple if these movies getting what l did was a bonus. It was fun.

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It was alright

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I like it

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@user2593050 BS

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I got them all wrong in 1 min & 9sec.

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59/59 in 5 minutes 35 seconds

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I got a b I thought I did pretty good.

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