Can You Guess The Name Of This Movie From One Picture?

Since the first movie was shown, many films have stood the test of time for a variety of reasons. Some are praised by critics, while others are remembered for their popularity and impact on our culture as a whole. And let’s not forget those nostalgic films we saw as kids that are still remembered fondly to this day. But nowadays, it seems like movies with even a hint of originality are rare as Hollywood continues to churn out the same stuff over and over again.

These usually include sequels and/or remakes of popular films from the past, as well as adaptations of nostalgic cartoons or books. Once in a while, though, we get a film that leaves a lingering impact on people which in turn inspires similar films or a shift in how the film industry operates.

Such was the case for Steven Spielberg’s Jaws and George Lucas’ Star Wars, giving birth to the modern ‘Blockbuster’ film which are still being made today despite their overall mixed success. Then there are the films that weren’t initially praised at the time of their release which gained attention overtime and became cult-hits. So come and test your knowledge of movies and see if you can name the movie just by looking at these pictures!

Question 1

Which movie made the Wilhelm Scream famous?

The Wilhelm Scream, for the uneducated, is a famous stock movie sound that has been used in dozens of movies and cartoons. It’s named after Private Wilhelm, a character from the 1950s Western film The Charge at Feather River who gets shot by an arrow. But the first time it was used was in an earlier Western film called Distant Drums starring Gary Cooper (who played the main character in High Noon). This scream then gained popularity after appearing in films made by Spielberg and another director named George Lucas.

Question 2

Which movie had a horse turn up dead?

Before Street Gangs and Drug Cartels caught the public’s attention, there was the Mafia. Organized criminal families from Italy, they gave Italians a bad name due to their violent turf wars and influence over authority figures. But there was a point in time where they were seen as cool due to their snazzy suits and creative means of threatening and/or killing people who crossed them. One example of this was in a film made by Francis Ford Coppola where a Mafia family kill a guy’s horse to make him give in to their demands.

Question 3

Which movie made people afraid to go into the water?

Fear is a natural emotion that comes to all of us. It usually occurs when we experience something that rattles us to the point of feeling uncomfortable, and if it’s strong enough it’ll linger. Being aware of this, horror and thriller films will tap into some kind of fear and exploit it for the sake of not just entertainment but also to stay with the audience afterward. Such was the case with Psycho which made showers scary due to a woman getting murdered in one, and another movie made by Steven Spielberg that made people afraid of the water.

Question 4

Which movie trilogy renewed interest in Fantasy movies?

Despite their significance, Fantasy films have had a mixed reception in Hollywood. Due to the technical limitations that were present in the early days of cinema, there was only so much a Fantasy film could do to suspend your disbelief and the acting was typically not very good. With some exceptions like The NeverEnding Story and The Princess Bride, there weren’t a lot of Fantasy films that received high praise. But that all changed at the turn of the century when one ambitious director decided to adapt a whole trilogy of films based on a series of High-Fantasy novels.

Question 5

Which movie involved a wormhole?

The ongoing issue with science-fiction films is how accurate they are scientifically. Back in the old days, this wasn’t a major issue and some movies do lend themselves to a suspension of disbelief that’s comfortable enough for the scientific-minded to get behind. Such was the case for Contact, based on a novel written by astronomer Carl Sagan, which showed what would realistically happen if we received communications from an extraterrestrial source. This can also be said of another film that came out a few years ago about a wormhole that leads astronauts to another section of the galaxy.

Question 6

Which horror movie addressed hidden racism in America?

Though horror films are typically made to scare audiences for the sake of entertainment, there are a few that have a deeper message. For instance, Night of the Living Dead has hidden political commentary in its use of television footage showing the country’s reaction to the zombie epidemic and the fact that the main protagonist is black could also be considered a statement (even unintentionally so). Similarly, another horror film came out which doesn’t have to do with zombies but addresses the racism that still plagues America today.

Question 7

Which movie popularized the Dystopian narrative?

Unlike Utopian stories which tend to illustrate a more positive future, Dystopian ones don’t. Instead, they paint a dark and dreary world that’s either been affected by a major disaster with the survivors picking up the pieces or a dictatorial government has taken over forcing people to do unspeakable things to maintain order. Though Dystopian narratives weren’t particularly popular in early cinema with The Last Man on Earth from 1964 being an exception (which got remade as I Am Legend), they’ve become extremely popular lately thanks to The Walking Dead series and a Young Adult film involving a deadly tournament.

Question 8

Which movie had the phrase "Life is like a box of chocolates" in it?

While history itself can never change (since time-travel hasn’t been invented yet), how we view it now can. Events or ways of thinking that may have been considered okay back then may not be accepted nowadays depending on the historical event-in-question. And sometimes, we like to imagine what could’ve happened which creates historical fiction narratives which occasionally blur the line between what’s real and not. A famous example was a dramatic film that showed key historical moments with a fictional character inserted into them that says, “Life is like a box of chocolates”.

Question 9

Which movie did Leonardo DiCaprio earn Best Actor for?

It’s been a running joke both within Hollywood and outside that Leonard DiCaprio doesn’t usually win anything at the Oscars or the Golden Globes for that matter. Despite starting as a “Pretty Boy” actor due to his roles in movies like Titanic and Romeo+Juliet, he’s proven over the years how talented he can be given the right role and director. Yet time after time, the award ceremonies that are pretty much obligatory at this point didn’t reward DiCaprio’s talent until recently where he won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actor.

Question 10

Which movie had a time-traveling car?

Since H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine novel, the idea of time-travel has been a common motif in science-fiction for many decades. It has even appeared in popular television series like Star Trek and Doctor Who as well as movies. Though the science is faulty and the means of travel vary, each story comes with a set of basic but overlapping principals such as changing the past to change the future. Nowhere is this principal more clear than the 1985 sci-fi hit involving a time-traveling car.

Question 11

Which 80s movie made Martial Arts popular in the United States?

Being Americans, we like exotic things and Asia is no exception. Consisting of a plethora of cultures with elements that are distinctly different from the Western world, that makes Asia as a whole more appealing because of how unfamiliar it is. This even extends to things like Martial Arts, which includes a variety of techniques and styles of fighting that seem way more complex and mystical than traditional boxing or wrestling. Beginning with Bruce Lee films in the 70s, Martial Arts movies picked up traction in the 80s with a coming-of-age film made by the director of Rocky.

Question 12

Which movie invented a suffix to indicate a multi-layered object?

Because language is always changing, new words or interpretations of words are being formed. While some words fade, others stay with us for many years and become a part of our common speech patterns. The most famous example is A Christmas Carol which invented the noun “Scrooge” to mean someone who’s generally grumpy, especially during the Christmas holiday. There’s also been a few similar instances in films, but in recent history there was one which invented a new suffix that when combined with a noun indicates the multiple layers of an object whether it be a person place or thing.

Question 13

Which movie became the highest-grossing film of all time?

James Cameron is an unusual director. While he is certainly talented, he’s one of the few directors in Hollywood who makes movies at his own pace. This is clearly shown in the small number of films he’s made with significant gaps of time between them. Yet all of the films have been good, including the 1997 disaster flick Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. But after that, he had a long hiatus working on his next project which took 10 years to make that went on to surpass Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time.

Question 14

Which movie made Superhero films more mainstream?

Though Superhero films are quite common these days, this wasn’t always the case. Back in the early 30s when comic-books got started, they were seen as light-hearted entertainment and nothing else. Such was the attitude taken towards the serials (short films that played before movies) and television shows that followed including the Adam West Batman series. But then in 1978, an ambitious director put together a high-budget Superhero movie with an all-star cast called Superman which did well but was overshadowed by another that came out in 1989 featuring another popular DC Comics character.

Question 15

Which monster movie had stop-motion animation?

Involving the painstaking process of moving small figures made of clay or metal frame-by-frame, stop-motion animation is an admirable art that sadly died with the introduction of CGI and the digital age in general. For many years, it was used to make large-scale monsters come to life or anything that wasn’t particularly human. Though the most accredited stop-motion animator was Ray Harryhausen with films like the original Clash of the Titans featuring his work, one of the earliest examples of stop-motion animation was a 1930s monster film.

Question 16

Which movie had an infamous shower scene?

Since Jack the Ripper, serial killers have been both fascinating and terrifying individuals. Their motivations for killing aren’t always clear, and even the patterns of their killings is speculative at best as was the case with the Zodiac Killer. But the most disturbing thing of all is often the lack of an identity with the killer-in-question, meaning they could be anywhere and anyone. It is this fear and fascination which makes real cases more intriguing, one of which became a famous book that director Alfred Hitchcock adapted into a movie containing an intense shower scene.

Question 17

Which movie changed the concept of a holiday?

Films revolving around holidays are nothing new, particularly when it comes to the popular ones like Christmas and Halloween. But very rarely do we get a story or film that completely changes the way we think about that holiday. An early example of this was Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol novel which introduced ghosts in a holiday that didn’t have anything to do with them before. Another example was an early 90s comedy about a guy who relives the same day over and over again on a particular holiday where no such thing is believed to happen.

Question 18

Which movie was a Jukebox Musical set in Paris?

Unlike most musicals which typically have a score of original songs, a Jukebox Musical relies on songs that are popular at the time of the film’s release. A classic example is Singin’ in the Rain, which despite paying homage to the 1930s era of Hollywood when films were starting to transition from the Silent to the early Sound period used 50s hits for the soundtrack. But one of the more recent examples comes from the early 2000s which takes place in Paris during the early 1900s and uses a variety of pop songs from later eras.

Question 19

Which movie was an early musical that used Technicolor?

Back in the 1930s, the Depression was in full swing. Thousands of people were unemployed, and inflammation was ridiculously high on food and supplies. Plus, many farmers out in the Midwest were suffering from the effects of the Dust Bowl forcing them to migrate elsewhere. It was difficult time in America, and yet this was the era when cinema became incredibly popular. This was in large part due to the new techniques that were being utilized including Technicolor, which was notably used in a musical about a young girl's journey to a strange new world.

Question 20

Which movie influenced Star Trek?

In the early days of cinema, a man named Georges Méliès created a variety of films that were visually creative and told actual stories. His most famous one was A Trip to the Moon where a group of alchemists land on the lunar surface and encounter aliens, creating the first science-fiction film. Since then, science-fiction films were scarce but starting in the 50s and 60s there were more of them including one that influenced Gene Roddenberry who created the popular TV show Star Trek.

Question 21

Which movie originated the phrase "Here's Johnny"?

Movies about haunted houses and ghosts in general are nothing new to the film genre as a whole, but very few have deliberately questioned the sanity of the protagonists. Take House on Haunted Hill, for example, where a charismatic man played by Vincent Price invites a bunch of people to sleep in a house that’s supposedly haunted. For most of the movie, you’re constantly wondering if the ghosts the main heroine sees are real or not. Such is even more of the case for Kubrick’s famous horror film which made the phrase “Here’s Johnny” popular.

Question 22

Which movie made the Found Footage genre popular?

When someone utters “Found footage film,” a horror fan or critic will groan in response. Though the concept itself is intriguing (usually involving an entire movie being told in first-person perspective through a camera or similar devices) and offers a lot of narrative possibilities, most Found Footage films tend to break the limits of their own narratives and be pretty much traditional horror movies with the camera element being treated like a gimmick. But there are a few exceptional films in this genre that are still highly praised, including the one which made them popular.

Question 23

Which movie influenced the Cyberpunk genre?

For those unfamiliar with the term, Cyberpunk refers to a sub-genre of science-fiction that involves a high-tech future where technology is rampant controlling every aspect of a person’s life presenting several moral ambiguities about what it means to be human in regard to sentient AI or cyborgs. Though it had its roots in the 1960s and 70s, the term wasn’t coined until 1980. Since then, it's become an umbrella term for stories with futuristic and retro elements. One of the earliest influences in this genre was a Neo-Noir film directed by Ridley Scott that recently got a sequel.

Question 24

Which movie was The Magnificent Seven a remake of?

In the aftermath of World War II, one of the most affected countries was Japan due to the atomic bombs that were dropped on it by the Americans. Then if that wasn’t enough, America took away Japan’s right to have a military of its own and set up bases there. As a result, the once isolated country was exposed to Western culture more strongly than ever before. But in turn, Japanese films and other forms of media began receiving international attention particularly a samurai film that led to an American remake titled The Magnificent Seven.

Question 25

Which movie involved a chariot race?

Historical films about the Roman Empire have been around since the early days of cinema, particularly the Silent era when movies didn’t have sound. What they tended to emphasize, though, was the spectacle of it rather than historical accuracy. Of course, this wasn’t a problem back in the old days when representation of a culture (even a long-dead one) mattered little so long as it looked good. The most notable of these was an epic tale about a slave who participates in a chariot race which was remade recently and it didn’t do too well.

Question 26

Which movie ended in a Mexican Standoff?

While most people typically remember the Westerns made in North America, there were also the Spaghetti Westerns. Shot in Italy and/or made by Italian directors, these movies were a lot grittier and more intense than their American counterparts. For this reason, they’re still appealing today particularly one made in the mid-60s by Sergio Leone which is part of a trilogy of films about an unnamed protagonist played by Clint Eastwood who gets into a Mexican Standoff (where two or three people point guns at each other) at the end of the film.

Question 27

Which Epic movie was set in the desert?

When you think of an ‘Epic film,’ what generally comes to mind are long movies with grand landscapes large themes and an intermission. The director who started this trend was D. W. Griffith with films like Intolerance, which told various stories across history that involved prejudice. But nowadays, these movies are rare due to the sheer budget that’s typically required to make them. Among the various Epics that have come out, one still stands the test of time based on the real-life story of a man who went to the desert of a foreign country and conquered it.

Question 28

Which movie had a monolith in it?

When thinking about the future, we typically like to imagine one that’s better than the present. This kind of thinking in turn fueled the imagination of science-fiction writers and films which depict futures with advanced technology and worldwide unity. Though the 1936 black-and-white film Things to Come was arguably the first ‘optimistic future’ movie, there was another that came in the 1960s which had a far greater influence in terms of shaping the imaginary future before us directed by Stanley Kubrick which revolved around an unusual monolith.

Question 29

Which movie earned John Wayne an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Though they may be rare nowadays, Western films were a significant part of cinema history particularly in North America. Starting with The Great Train Robbery, many Westerns were churned out that usually ended up being mediocre. But there were a few good ones that came out, most of which starred John Wayne. Then towards the end of his life, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a film shot around Ridgeway, Colorado which got a decent remake a few years ago starring Jeff Bridges.

Question 30

Which movie personified Death?

Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a “Golden Age” with an increase in industry and prosperity. This was also the time when family values were emphasized and unity was praised above individuality. As a result, American cinema wasn’t as good creatively. Elsewhere, though, more innovative movies were coming out in Europe and Asia. Unlike their American counterparts, these movies were a lot darker and grittier than even the best Noir films. Among these came a Swedish movie set in the Middle Ages where Death is personified.

Question 31

Which movie popularized the Slasher Film genre?

Slasher Films as we know them started because of the influence of two films. The first was Hitchcock’s Psycho because of its suspense and the other was The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a 70s exploitation film with a lot of gore. Despite their differences in style, they both featured killers who were more intriguing than the bland protagonists. But the film that made the Slasher Film genre popular was a low-budget horror flick directed by John Carpenter featuring a masked killer.

Question 32

Which movie featured the character Sam Spade?

Though it had its roots in 1930s German Expressionist movies, the Noir film movement truly began in the early to mid-40s. Known for their gritty realism and heavy use of shadows, this movement not only described a certain style of filmmaking but also a certain type of movie. What most people tend to associate Noir with, though, are the detective movies. But one of the best examples of this type of Noir film involves a private investigator named Sam Spade who gets caught up in a search for a stolen object.

Question 33

Which movie took place at a cafe most of the time?

While the Depression is mostly associated with America, the rest of the world was suffering from it too. This included Germany, which had lost during World War I and its Imperialist government proved ineffective at dealing with the Depression leading to the Nazi nationalist party rising to power. Though they appeared to have good intentions, their leader took drastic measures by invading the neighboring country of Poland thus starting World War II. It was around this time that war-based films became huge, including a noteworthy film that takes place in a cafe run by an American exile living in Morocco.

Question 34

Which movie gave birth to the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto"?

Superstition isn’t a new concept. It’s generally fear of the unknown, but can manifest in specific things that people become fascinated by and believe are real despite the lack of scientific evidence. The classic example is the Cottingley Fairies where two girls took pictures of the little creatures, lending credibility to their existence, though it was later proven to be false. Then in the late 40s a mysterious disk crashed near Roswell, New Mexico lending to the belief that aliens exist which became exploited in science-fiction movies including a famous one with a robot named Klaatu.

Question 35

Which movie had the phrase "Fiddle Dee Dee"?

The Civil War was an important event that irreversibly shaped America’s politics. What began as a moral debate about the ethics of slavery quickly turned into a bloody battle that tore America apart, until the Emancipation Proclamation forced Southerners to let their slaves go. But even after this, African-Americans were still not treated as equals. There were even films that glorified the Old South, with Birth of a Nation being the most notorious and another that came out during the 30s revolving around the daughter of a plantation owner whose catchphrase was "Fiddle Dee Dee!".

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