90s Movies Quiz

1. Which 1994 Quentin Tarantino film features interconnected stories of crime, told out of chronological order?

1. Jackie Brown
2. Kill Bill
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Reservoir Dogs

2. Which 1997 film became the highest-grossing movie of all time at that point, earning over $1.8 billion?

1. Independence Day
2. Jurassic Park
3. The Lion King
4. Titanic

3. In The Matrix (1999), Neo is offered two pills. What do the red and blue pills represent?

1. Freedom and captivity
2. Life and death
3. Pain and pleasure
4. The truth about reality (red) or continuing to live in comfortable illusion (blue)

4. Who directed Schindler's List (1993), which won 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture?

1. Clint Eastwood
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Oliver Stone
4. Steven Spielberg

5. 'You can't handle the truth!' is a famous line from which 1992 film?

1. A Few Good Men
2. JFK
3. Philadelphia
4. The Firm

6. Which 1993 Steven Spielberg film brought dinosaurs back to life using CGI that set a new standard for visual effects?

1. Congo
2. Dragonheart
3. Jurassic Park
4. The Lost World

7. Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars in the 90s. Which two films were these for?

1. Cast Away and Forrest Gump
2. Philadelphia and Cast Away
3. Philadelphia and Forrest Gump
4. Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away

8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won all five major Oscars. Who played Dr. Hannibal Lecter?

1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Gary Oldman
3. Jeremy Irons
4. Robert De Niro

9. Which 1994 animated film became the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time?

1. Aladdin
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Pocahontas
4. The Lion King

10. Which Coen Brothers film (1996) became a cult classic and features a memorable wood chipper scene?

1. Barton Fink
2. Blood Simple
3. Fargo
4. Miller's Crossing

11. Which 1999 film famously ended with a black screen cut to silence, leading audiences to debate what happened?

1. Fight Club
2. Magnolia
3. The Sixth Sense
4. The Sopranos (TV) — not a film

12. Toy Story (1995) was groundbreaking for being the first what?

1. Animated film to gross over $100 million
2. Both 'feature film made entirely with CGI' and 'Pixar's first theatrical release'
3. Feature film made entirely with CGI animation
4. Pixar film released in theatres

13. In Forrest Gump (1994), what is the famous Forrest Gump quote about life?

1. 'Every day is a gift — that's why they call it the present'
2. 'Life is like a box of chocolates — you never know what you're gonna get'
3. 'Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans'
4. 'Stupid is as stupid does'

14. Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese, opens with which character breaking the fourth wall?

1. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)
2. Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro)
3. Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino)
4. Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci)

15. The Sixth Sense has one of cinema's most famous twists. Without spoiling it — what type of twist is it?

1. A key character has been dead the whole time
2. The entire film was a dream
3. The story was set in the future, not the past
4. The villain was actually the hero's father

16. Which 1998 Steven Spielberg film depicted the D-Day landings with brutal, visceral realism?

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The English Patient
4. The Thin Red Line

17. Fight Club (1999) was based on whose novel?

1. Bret Easton Ellis
2. Chuck Palahniuk
3. Dennis Lehane
4. Irvine Welsh

18. What is the 'impossible' thing about the running of the opening shot of Robert Altman's The Player that shows Altman's technical mastery?

1. Every actor appears briefly in the same shot
2. It is a continuous 8-minute single take with no cuts
3. It was filmed entirely underwater
4. It was filmed in complete darkness

19. Blair Witch Project (1999) is famous for what innovative marketing strategy?

1. It was marketed as genuine found footage — many viewers believed the events were real
2. It was released for free online before theatrical release
3. It was the first film marketed entirely on TV
4. The directors sued each other, generating tabloid publicity

20. American Beauty (1999) won Best Picture. Who directed it and what is its most iconic visual image?

1. David Fincher — a briefcase glowing with light
2. Paul Thomas Anderson — a frog falling from the sky
3. Sam Mendes — a red rose petal floating in the air / a plastic bag
4. Steven Soderbergh — a swimming pool at night