Can You Match These Movies To Their Posters!?
Watching movies is one of the greatest pastimes. Our imaginations come to life in fictional (or nonfiction) films where we experience things that would otherwise be foreign to us. There are movies where aliens come to earth, mummies come to life, or a kid who never wants to grow up can also fly. What every movie has in common is that before it came out in theaters, it was promoted through a poster that made it iconic. Now, do you think you can match the movie poster to the movie? Are you that in touch with that pop culture side of yourself? There are a few that may be so legendary that you are sure to know then, but there are others that are not as easy and that you probably did not know were a part of a certain film.
Times are changing in the way films are advertised, but posters are always going to be a thing and there is not a chance that that will change. Posters are collectible items these days too, so it may be smart to start collecting ones so one day they will be worth a whole lot of something. In the mean time, see if you can answer these, most people had a hard time!
An alien left alone on Earth finds it hard to find his way home.
{"answers":[{"answer":"E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial","correct":true},{"answer":"The Goonies
","correct":false},{"answer":"Fight Of The Navigator
","correct":false},{"answer":"Gremlins","correct":false}],"answerText":" The way E.T. looked was inspired by Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein, and Ernest Hemingway. He was a sweet and kind alien, as prior to this film the other aliens shown were closet to the ‘Alien’ kind where they were slobbering and evil. ","answerImage":""}
A cop from New York City joins a covert organization that is there to protect the Earth and its people from Aliens
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Arrival
","correct":true},{"answer":"Men In Black
","correct":false},{"answer":"Alien Nation
","correct":false},{"answer":"Signs","correct":false}],"answerText":" Men in Black saw Will Smith sent into his own stratosphere as it helped his career take off after his life on television. The sunglasses worn by the guys were designed by Ray Ban. The company saw a 300% increase in their sales after the movie came out. ","answerImage":""}
Marty McFly travels back to 1955 by accident.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Teen Wolf
","correct":false},{"answer":"Back To The Future
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Firefighters
","correct":false},{"answer":"Bright Lights, Big City
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Back to the Future is about a high school kid who travels back from 1985 to 1955 in his DeLorean. The script was originally rejected four times before Universal Pictures decided to give it a chance. ","answerImage":""}
Three academics living in New York City launch a career in ghost removal.
{"answers":[{"answer":"My Stepmother Alien
","correct":false},{"answer":"Trading Places
","correct":false},{"answer":"Spies Like Us
","correct":false},{"answer":"Ghostbusters","correct":true}],"answerText":" Ghostbusters features Ernie Hudson, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd as the men who decide to make it their career to hunt down ghosts. The film became a cult classic and earned another version of it with women starring this time ","answerImage":""}
A cybernetic organism comes from the future to kill Sarah Connor. Sarah only survives with the help of a soldier who followed the organism back in time.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Terminator
","correct":true},{"answer":"Predator","correct":false},{"answer":"Mad Max
","correct":false},{"answer":"V For Vandetta
","correct":false}],"answerText":" The Terminator nearly saw O.J. Simpson cast as the organism, but producers decided that they cannot see him as a killer. The future would later laugh at this one. ","answerImage":""}
A company manages to recreate life that was extinct for 65 million years.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Time Machine
","correct":false},{"answer":"Godzilla","correct":false},{"answer":"Jurassic Park
","correct":true},{"answer":"Land Of The Lost
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Jurassic Park was one of the most successful film franchises of the 90s. It is proving to do the same again with the 2018, 2019, and soon 2021 films. ","answerImage":""}
A man who was disabled as a result of a military operation, finds himself among the indigenous community on the plant Pandora. He lives with them and learns their way.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Avatar","correct":true},{"answer":"Blade Runner
","correct":false},{"answer":"Dances With Wolves
","correct":false},{"answer":"Replicant","correct":false}],"answerText":" James Cameron was behind Avatar. He wanted to make this film since the 90s but was unable to have the effects needed until now. ","answerImage":""}
A fighter pilot with a temper wants to be the very best in his class, as well as get the girl of his dreams.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Risky Business
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Color Of The Money
","correct":false},{"answer":"All The Right Moves
","correct":false},{"answer":"Top Gun
","correct":true}],"answerText":" Top Gun grossed $356 million worldwide when it came out in 1986, making it the highest grossing movie of that year. ","answerImage":""}
Russell Crowe plays the role of a Roman General who looks to right the wrong of his family’s murder.
{"answers":[{"answer":"L.A. Confidential
","correct":false},{"answer":"Noah","correct":false},{"answer":"Gladiator","correct":true},{"answer":"Robin Hood
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Gladiator earned the coveted Academy Award for Best Picture at the 73rd Oscars. ","answerImage":""}
A computer hacker who has gone underground finds out that machines are enslaving humans by controlling their minds and having them living in a fantasy that they have created.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Tron: Legacy
","correct":false},{"answer":"Lawnmower Man
","correct":false},{"answer":"Pi","correct":false},{"answer":"The Matrix
","correct":true}],"answerText":" The Matrix is a mind game for the viewer. The green overtones are used on purpose to create the illusion that you are seeing the movie through a computer monitor from the 90s. ","answerImage":""}
Located in a desolate Detroit, the local authorities are finally getting the upper hand over drug lords as they turned a fallen officer into a robot
{"answers":[{"answer":"Momento","correct":false},{"answer":"Demolition Man
","correct":false},{"answer":"Total Recall
","correct":false},{"answer":"RoboCop
","correct":true}],"answerText":" The RoboCop suit was hard on Peter Weller. It was so heavy that the actor would lose up to 3 pounds of water weight a day. ","answerImage":""}
John Travolta and Nicolas Cage costar in a 1990s movie where they switch faces.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Con Air
","correct":false},{"answer":"From Paris With Love
","correct":false},{"answer":"Face/Off","correct":true},{"answer":"The Rock
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Face/Off is a cult movie at this point. The movie from 1997 was directed by John Woo. ","answerImage":""}
Michael Keaton went off the cuff for many of his famous lines in this fantasy film by Tim Burton.
{"answers":[{"answer":"First Blood
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Lost Boys
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Goonies
","correct":false},{"answer":"Beetlejuice","correct":true}],"answerText":" Beetlejuice was originally a horror movie. Beetlejuice was originally written as a demon who would shape shift into a man in order to terrorize the couple living in the home. ","answerImage":""}
Cop movies do not get better than this action packed one by Richard Donner.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Leathal Weapon
","correct":true},{"answer":"Payback","correct":false},{"answer":"Last Action Hero
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Last Boy Scout
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Danny Glover and Mel Gibson make this 1980s action movie a classic. They work together to clean up Los Angeles. ","answerImage":""}
A group of unlikely men, women, creatures, and the like come together to stop a warlord from ending life on a planet populated with lives.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Ice Pirates
","correct":true},{"answer":"Space Cowboys
","correct":false},{"answer":"Thor
","correct":false},{"answer":"Guardians Of The Galaxy
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Guardians of the Galaxy was loved by fans, but the movie’s soundtrack was the one to truly garner praise. ","answerImage":""}
A little droid that’s in charge of waste disposal goes on an adventure that ends up influencing the future of mankind.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Wall-E","correct":true},{"answer":"Robots","correct":false},{"answer":"A.I Artificial Intelligence
","correct":false},{"answer":"Idiocracy","correct":false}],"answerText":" WALL-E is set in the far future, but there is inspiration from the past that made this movie. The director looked to silent films to help him make this one as there is so little talking. ","answerImage":""}
Two guys travel through history through a magical telephone booth.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Big Trouble In Little China
","correct":false},{"answer":"Back To The Future
","correct":false},{"answer":"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
","correct":true},{"answer":"Tango And Cash
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure turned out different than the original plan. The original ending had the duo sent to hell at the end! ","answerImage":""}
A group of fighters work together to fight an alien race that wants to destroy humanity.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Stargate","correct":false},{"answer":"Independence Day
","correct":true},{"answer":"Predator","correct":false},{"answer":"Arrival","correct":false}],"answerText":" The speech given by the president in Independence Day was not in the original version of the film. It was added for dramatic purposes and did the job quite well. ","answerImage":""}
The speech given by the president in Independence Day was not in the original version of the film. It was added for dramatic purposes and did the job quite well.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Looper","correct":false},{"answer":"Die Hard
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Fifth Element
","correct":false},{"answer":"Unbreakable","correct":false}],"answerText":" Bruce Willis makes Die Hard the legendary movie that it ended up being. He plays a cop that needs to save his wife from a group of terrorists who took over her building. ","answerImage":""}
A Southern widow befriends her African-American chauffeur in this classic.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Fried Green Tomatoes
","correct":false},{"answer":"On Golden Pond
","correct":false},{"answer":"Lean On me
","correct":false},{"answer":"Driving Miss Daisy
","correct":true}],"answerText":" Jessica Tandy won the Academy Award for her role in Driving Miss Daisy. The movie also went on to win the Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay. ","answerImage":""}
Liam Neeson brilliantly plays the role of a former CIA operative who goes to any length to save his daughter in this film from 2008.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Taken
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Grey
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Commuter
","correct":false},{"answer":"Non-Stop","correct":false}],"answerText":" ‘Taken’ made Liam Neeson relevant again. He coined the line “I will find you, and I will kill you” and made it relevant enough to have two more sequels after. ","answerImage":""}
An LAPD cop is sent to infiltrate a local car racing group but the cop ends up loving the lifestyle in this 2001 movie.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Riddick","correct":false},{"answer":"Gone In 60 Seconds
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Fast And The Furious
","correct":true},{"answer":"Need For Speed
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker make The Fast and the Furious the hit that it is. The sequels to the movie franchise are continuing to come out. ","answerImage":""}
Ellen Ripley fights aliens who have come to take over the moon colony she is on.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Predator","correct":false},{"answer":"Aliens
","correct":true},{"answer":"Independence Day
","correct":false},{"answer":"E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Sigourney Weaver played the role of Ellen Ripley in Alien and did so in such a great way that she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. This was the first time a nomination was in this category for an action film. ","answerImage":""}
Axel Foley is a charismatic cop who investigates his friend’s murder while weaving through Southern California’s cultural differences.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Lethal Weapon
","correct":false},{"answer":"48 Hours
","correct":false},{"answer":"Harlem Nights
","correct":false},{"answer":"Beverly Hills Cop
","correct":true}],"answerText":" Eddie Murphy almost did not play the role of Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop as producers were not banking on him at first. Initially, they wanted Mickey Rourke who did not want to do it, followed by Sylvester Stallone who also changed it up to a point where it was not the same film, so Eddie it was! ","answerImage":""}
Funny debauchery takes place at this members-only golf club.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Overboard","correct":false},{"answer":"Revenge Of The Nerds
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Razor's Edge
","correct":false},{"answer":"Caddyshack","correct":true}],"answerText":" Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray make this movie the hit that it is. The stars and the director actually worked at the same golf clubs as teenagers and gave inspiration for the film. ","answerImage":""}
In the future, soldiers fight a violent war against a race of insects.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Predator","correct":false},{"answer":"Star Wars
","correct":false},{"answer":"Catch 22
","correct":false},{"answer":"Starship Troopers
","correct":true}],"answerText":" Starship Troopers was originally a book by Robert Heinlein. There are many parallels to World War II. ","answerImage":""}
An actor by the name of Michael Dorsey poses as a woman in order to get a job on a soap opera.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Ishtar","correct":false},{"answer":"Rain Man
","correct":false},{"answer":"Mrs. Doubtfire
","correct":false},{"answer":"Tootsie","correct":true}],"answerText":" Dustin Hoffman plays the role of Michael and Tootsie to perfection. The film garnered much praise, including a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Jessica Lang. ","answerImage":""}
A family’s home is under attack by ghosts.
A family’s home is under attack by ghosts.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Shinning
","correct":false},{"answer":"Poltergeist","correct":true},{"answer":"The Ring
","correct":false},{"answer":"Creepshow","correct":false}],"answerText":" In a surprising and strange turn of events, some of the stars of the film ended up passing away from unusual causes, making Poltergeist perhaps actually haunted. ","answerImage":""}
A Chicago teen takes the greatest sick day of his life.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Freshman
","correct":false},{"answer":"Ferris Bueller's Day Off
","correct":true},{"answer":"War Games
","correct":false},{"answer":"High School Musical
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Matthew Broderick who played Ferris, and Jennifer Grey who played Jeanie, got romantic off the set of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and were actually engaged. ","answerImage":""}
Bruce Willis saves the world as taxi driver who has a strange alien fall into his taxi.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Taxi Driver
","correct":false},{"answer":"Spaceballs","correct":false},{"answer":"The Fifth Element
","correct":true},{"answer":"RoboCop
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Luc Besson, the director of The Fifth Element, actually wrote the script back when he was in high school. He was 38 years old when the film opened to the public. ","answerImage":""}
Steven Spielberg directed this 2002 thriller with Tom Cruise as his star. Cruise plays a tech savvy cop who becomes a victim of his own crime fighting ways.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Total Recall
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Matrix
","correct":false},{"answer":"Minority Report
","correct":true},{"answer":"I, Robot
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Steven Spielberg went as far as putting together a team of futurists to put together a realistic future in Minority Report; the year was meant to be 2054. ","answerImage":""}
Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 martial arts film served as an honor to the classic grindhouse cinema.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Pulp Fiction
","correct":false},{"answer":"Kill Bill: Vol. 1
","correct":true},{"answer":"Gattaca","correct":false},{"answer":"The Shinning
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Uma Thurman knocked it out of the park as the star of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. ","answerImage":""}
This film from 2009 follows aliens who are forced to live on Earth in this dystopian movie.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Avengers
","correct":false},{"answer":"Gattaca","correct":false},{"answer":"District 9
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Hunger Games
","correct":false}],"answerText":" District 9 was inspired by the events that took place during apartheid in parts of Johannesburg, South Africa. ","answerImage":""}
Charlize Theron plays the role of Furiosa in this 2015 apocalyptic movie.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Children Of Men
","correct":false},{"answer":"Logan's Run
","correct":false},{"answer":"Mad Max: Fury Road
","correct":true},{"answer":"Planet Of The Apes
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Mad Max: Fury Road was the second film in a franchise that waited 30 years for the second film. ","answerImage":""}
A new kid comes to town and shakes everything up with his forbidden dance moves.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Flashdance","correct":false},{"answer":"Dirty Dancing
","correct":false},{"answer":"She's Having A Baby
","correct":false},{"answer":"Footloose","correct":true}],"answerText":" Kevin Bacon plays the role of Ren in Footloose. The movie is loosely based on the town of Elmore City, Oklahoma, where dancing was not allowed for nearly 90 years! ","answerImage":""}
A robot goes against its programming in this futuristic action film. A cop is sent to investigate and finds a lot more troubling a situation.
{"answers":[{"answer":"I, Robot
","correct":true},{"answer":"Demolition Man
","correct":false},{"answer":"A.I Artificial Intelligence
","correct":false},{"answer":"Bicentennial Man
","correct":false}],"answerText":" I, Robot was made with Isaac Asimov’s science fiction book in mind. The “three laws of robotics” were heavily involved in the creation of the script. These laws are put into place so a robot may never harm a human. ","answerImage":""}
Jodie Foster hears an alien broadcast as it signals back through her devices. She is sent to see where it came from.
{"answers":[{"answer":"K-PAX","correct":false},{"answer":"Starman","correct":false},{"answer":"Alien","correct":false},{"answer":"Contact","correct":true}],"answerText":" Contact was the movie version of the book that was written by Carl Sagan, an astronomer. He also helped produce the film to make sure it was as accurate. ","answerImage":""}
A midwestern utility worker sees visions after being in an alien spacecraft.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
","correct":true},{"answer":"Independence Day
","correct":false},{"answer":"Dune","correct":false},{"answer":"Aliens","correct":false}],"answerText":" Close Encounters of the Third Kind is still shown every night at the KOA campground at Devil’s Tower. ","answerImage":""}
Matt Damon plays the role of Mark Watney, an astronaut stuck on Mars.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Interstellar","correct":false},{"answer":"Gravity","correct":false},{"answer":"The Martian
","correct":true},{"answer":"2001: A Space Odyssey
","correct":false}],"answerText":" While The Martian is fictional, the production consulted with NASA intensely to make sure they got the futuristic mission to mars right. ","answerImage":""}
An adventurous construction worker gets what he is after when he is the one being hunted in a conspiracy that crosses plants.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Total Recall
","correct":true},{"answer":"Dark City
","correct":false},{"answer":"The Bourne Identity
","correct":false},{"answer":"Demolition Man
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Total Recall is based on the short story “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale” written by Philip K. Dick. ","answerImage":""}
This movie showcases the rise and fall of a famous fighter.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Fighter
","correct":false},{"answer":"Raging Bull
","correct":true},{"answer":"Midnight Run
","correct":false},{"answer":"Angel Heart
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Robert De Niro earned an Oscar for his role as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull. He beat out names like Robert Duvall and Peter O’Toole for the honor. ","answerImage":""}
An English teacher at a preppy boarding school for boys shakes things up for his students.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Dead Poets Society
","correct":true},{"answer":"Fast Times At Ridgemont High
","correct":false},{"answer":"School Ties
","correct":false},{"answer":"Good Morning Vietnam
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Robin Williams ended up getting the role of John Keating after both Liam Neeson and Dustin Hoffman were considered for the role in Dead Poets Society. ","answerImage":""}
A team of scientists and military personnel unlock an ancient portal that takes them to a planet that looks like ancient Egypt.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Mummy
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Time Machine
","correct":false},{"answer":"Stargate
","correct":false},{"answer":"Raiders Of The Lost Ark
","correct":false}],"answerText":" The 1994 hit Stargate almost did not happen as test screenings did not go as planned at first. But producers made some changes and it was all well worth the time ","answerImage":""}
A computer game sucks a hacker into its world where he must fight for survival.
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Matrix
","correct":false},{"answer":"Tron","correct":true},{"answer":"The Lawnmower Man
","correct":false},{"answer":"Max Headroom
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Tron had Oscar buzz around it but ended up not being qualified as the academy said that the amount of effects in the film made it unfair. ","answerImage":""}
Two cops pretend they are high schoolers in this 2012 comedy.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Magic Mike
","correct":false},{"answer":"21 Jump Street
","correct":true},{"answer":"Superbad","correct":false},{"answer":"House Bunny
","correct":false}],"answerText":" The same director who did The Lego Movie also directed 21 Jump Street. ","answerImage":""}
This 1968 film by Stanley Kubrick follows scientists who were sent to Jupiter on a mission only to have the ship’s computer rebel against them.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Inception","correct":false},{"answer":"Gravity","correct":false},{"answer":"Sphere","correct":false},{"answer":"2001: A Space Odyssey
","correct":true}],"answerText":" Critics did not like 2001: A Space Odyssey at first. There were many years that needed to pass for this film to be considered a cult classic. ","answerImage":""}
Spartans walk into war against the army of Xerxes, a king with god-like status.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Troy","correct":false},{"answer":"Alexander","correct":false},{"answer":"300","correct":true},{"answer":"Watchmen","correct":false}],"answerText":" 300 is considered one of the most epic war movies in sheer scope. It is about 300 Spartans fighting against 300,000 soldiers. ","answerImage":""}
A thief goes into the minds of those he wants to steal from to gain important information. Everything goes wrong when he is asked to plant an idea into someone’s head.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Phantasm","correct":false},{"answer":"Inception","correct":true},{"answer":"Doctor Strange
","correct":false},{"answer":"Donnie Darko
","correct":false}],"answerText":" Leonardo DiCaprio portrays the main character in Inception. The film is visually amazing and took every bit of director Christopher Nolan’s imagination. ","answerImage":""}
Astronomers find out that a comet is on its way to Earth and will surely end if they do not build a team to help prevent the disaster.
{"answers":[{"answer":"Deep Impact
","correct":true},{"answer":"The Day After Tomorrow
","correct":false},{"answer":"2012","correct":false},{"answer":"Interstellar","correct":false}],"answerText":" Deep Impact shared a lot of its elements and release date with another similar film, Armageddon, the producers therefore had to edit the script to make sure no sign of the biblical end of days was mentioned. ","answerImage":""}
The baseball movie that introduced us to the saying “If you build it, he will come.”
{"answers":[{"answer":"The Natural
","correct":false},{"answer":"Major League
","correct":false},{"answer":"Field Of Dreams
","correct":true},{"answer":"Bull Durham
","correct":false}],"answerText":" The original title for Field of Dreams was going to be Shoeless Joe, but no one liked the title. ","answerImage":""}