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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

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 3

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 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

The Wachowskis directed this 1999 science fiction/action movie that starred Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Laurence Fishburne.

  • A
    Point Break
  • B
    John Wick
  • C
    The Matrix
  • D
    Man of Tai Chi

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

This 1987 cyberpunk film resulted in two animated series as well as numerous comic book adaptations.

  • A
    Dredd
  • B
    RoboCop
  • C
    Starship Troopers
  • D
    The Terminator

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

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 19

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

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

Question 20

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 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 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 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

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 25

One unlucky family's home is besieged by ghosts.

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

Question 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

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 30

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 31

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

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

Question 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

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 36

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 37

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 38

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 39

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 40

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 41

A thief infiltrates a man's dreams to convince him to dissolve his father's business in this 2010 film, directed by Christopher Nolan.

  • A
    Interstellar
  • B
    Dunkirk
  • C
    Shutter Island
  • D
    Inception

Question 42

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 43

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 44

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 45

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 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

This Oscar nominated film follows thirty years in the extraordinarily tough life of Celie, an African-American woman in the South.

  • A
    Tender Mercies
  • B
    Hope and Glory
  • C
    Mississippi Burning
  • D
    The Color Purple

Question 48

Tom Cruise stars as a spy who needs to clear his name of disloyalty without the assistance of his organization.

  • A
    Top Gun
  • B
    Risky Business
  • C
    Mission: Impossible
  • D
    Tropic Thunder

Question 49

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 50

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 51

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 52

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 53

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 54

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 55

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 56

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 57

This 2000 film is about a young warrior who steals a famed swordsman's weapon and goes into a romantic adventure.

  • A
    Enter the Dragon
  • B
    The Forbidden Kingdom
  • C
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • D
    Fearless

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 hilarious spoof of Star Trek sees a cast of has-been television actors suddenly transported into the very world they created on their science fiction show.

  • A
    Spaceballs
  • B
    Red Planet
  • C
    Fantastic Voyage
  • D
    Galaxy Quest

Question 60

An all-star cast shines in Tim Burton's campy take on the alien invasion movies of the 1950s.

  • A
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • B
    The Arrival
  • C
    War of the Worlds
  • D
    Mars Attacks!

Question 61

Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew travel back in time to rescue Earth from its own short-sightedness.

  • A
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • B
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • C
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • D
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Question 62

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

Question 63

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 64

This 2014 action film stars Keanu Reeves whom many characters refer to as "Baba Yaga" in the movie.

  • A
    John Wick
  • B
    Constantine
  • C
    The Matrix
  • D
    47 Ronin

Question 65

This film is a colorful look at one of the most legendary composers in the history of music.

  • A
    Dangerous Liaisons
  • B
    Amadeus
  • C
    The Killing Fields
  • D
    The Last Emperor

Question 66

This epic tale follows an intrepid archaeologist who tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic.

  • A
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • B
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • C
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • D
    National Treasure

Question 67

All Neal Page wants to do is get home for Thanksgiving with his family.

  • A
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • B
    The Great Outdoors
  • C
    Uncle Buck
  • D
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Question 68

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 69

A young soldier named Chris battles both the enemy and the disgruntled men of his own squad during the Vietnam War.

  • A
    Full Metal Jacket
  • B
    Platoon
  • C
    Casualties of War
  • D
    The Thin Red Line

Question 70

Samantha Baker's birthday is anything but sweet.

  • A
    Pretty in Pink
  • B
    Sixteen Candles
  • C
    The Breakfast Club
  • D
    Better Off Dead

Question 71

The Rebel alliance is down but not out in this blockbuster fantasy sequel.

  • A
    The Last Starfighter
  • B
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  • C
    Spaceballs
  • D
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Question 72

The day restarts every time Tom Cruise's character dies in this 2014 science fiction film.

  • A
    Edge of Tomorrow
  • B
    Oblivion
  • C
    Interstellar
  • D
    Ex Machina

Question 73

An archaeology professor races against the Nazis to secure a precious artifact.

  • A
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • B
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • C
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • D
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Question 74

A space crew evades an assassin sent to recapture a telepathic crew member.

  • A
    Serenity
  • B
    The Island
  • C
    War of the Worlds
  • D
    V for Vendetta

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