Can You Score 20/20? Expert Movie Endings Identification Quiz

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Challenge your inner film buff with this expert-level quiz on unforgettable movie endings. From shocking twists to haunting final scenes, these 20 questions span horror, thrillers, and sci-fi masterpieces. Questions escalate from tough to true cinephile territory – dare to ace it?

20 Trivia Questions on Iconic Movie Endings

Question 1: In which film does the astronaut protagonist uncover a half-buried Statue of Liberty on the beach, realising the planet he crash-landed on is a future Earth?

A. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
B. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
C. Planet of the Apes
D. Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Question 2: In which movie does Norman Bates stare blankly ahead in custody as his victim’s mother’s face supernaturally superimposes over his own?

A. Peeping Tom
B. Psycho
C. Dressed to Kill
D. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Question 3: In which film does a hand erupt from the protagonist’s grave in a nightmare sequence, grabbing the girl placing flowers on it?

A. Pet Sematary
B. The Rage: Carrie 2
C. Carrie
D. Christine

Question 4: In which movie does the psychologist realise he has been dead the entire time when his wife’s wedding ring falls through his outstretched hand?

A. The Sixth Sense
B. Stir of Echoes
C. The Others
D. Ghost

Question 5: In which film does one killer seemingly die but rise for a final attack, only to be shot in the head by Sidney Prescott after she quips, “Not in my movie”?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer
B. Urban Legend
C. Scream 2
D. Scream

Question 6: In which movie does the seemingly feeble storyteller shed his limp and walk confidently away as police realise he fabricated his entire confession as Keyser Söze?

A. The Usual Suspects
B. L.A. Confidential
C. Se7en
D. Primal Fear

Question 7: In which film does the narrator shoot himself in the mouth to kill his hallucinatory alter ego, then watch skyscrapers explode with his lover as “Where Is My Mind?” plays?

A. Donnie Brasco
B. American Psycho
C. Fight Club
D. Requiem for a Dream

Question 8: In which movie is the detective’s wife’s head delivered in a box marked “What’s in the box?”, fulfilling the killer’s “deadly sins” plan?

A. Copycat
B. The Bone Collector
C. Se7en
D. Kiss the Girls

Question 9: In which film do the inhabitants realise they are the ghosts when the “living” intruders open the door, causing daylight to reveal their true nature?

A. The Devil’s Backbone
B. The Orphanage
C. The Others
D. What Lies Beneath

Question 10: In which movie does the corpse on the floor suddenly rise and reveal itself as the mastermind Jigsaw, addressing the survivor with “Game over”?

A. Hostel
B. Saw II
C. Wrong Turn
D. Saw

Question 11: In which film does the protagonist with anterograde amnesia shoot “Teddy” after discovering notes revealing him as an accomplice in his wife’s murder?

A. 50 First Dates
B. Shutter Island
C. Memento
D. Before I Go to Sleep

Question 12: In which movie does the U.S. Marshal “Teddy Daniels” choose to re-enter his delusion as Andrew Laeddis rather than face reality, smiling as orderlies approach?

A. Gone Girl
B. Shutter Island
C. The Machinist
D. Identity

Question 13: In which film does the altar boy reveal his multiple personality disorder was a ruse, grinning maniacally as he confesses to the murders?

A. The Exorcist
B. Primal Fear
C. Stigmata
D. Angel Heart

Question 14: In which movie does the widowed professor realise too late that his new neighbours are domestic terrorists who blow up his house with him inside?

A. The Siege
B. Arlington Road
C. Domestic Disturbance
D. The Forgotten

Question 15: In which film does the vengeful protagonist discover his captive daughter is actually his own incestuous child, leading to a suicide attempt?

A. Hard Candy
B. Oldboy
C. Lady Vengeance
D. I Saw the Devil

Question 16: In which movie does the blind girl venture beyond the woods, discovering a modern cemetery with car keys and realising the village’s isolation is a lie?

A. The Village
B. A Quiet Place
C. The Book of Eli
D. Bird Box

Question 17: In which film does the former priest use water from a glass to dissolve the invading alien’s face in his home?

A. War of the Worlds
B. Independence Day
C. Signs
D. Arrival

Question 18: In which movie does the young boy Timmy, revealed as the dominant personality among motel guests who are split personalities, kill everyone in the final integration?

A. Sybil
B. Hide and Seek
C. Identity
D. Fracture

Question 19: In which film does the accused writer murder his ex-wife and her lover, then walk away whistling into the sunset after confessing to his catatonic editor?

A. In the Mouth of Madness
B. Secret Window
C. Misery
D. The Dark Half

Question 20: In which movie does the survivor girl reveal herself as the killer through visions, having murdered the truck driver whose body is found decapitated?

A. High Tension
B. Inside
C. Martyrs
D. Frontier(s)

Answers

  1. C. Planet of the Apes (1968) – Astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) smashes his mask and finds the Statue of Liberty buried, confirming Earth after nuclear apocalypse. Other Ape films end with different resolutions like mutant bombs or ape uprisings.
  2. B. Psycho (1960) – Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) envisions himself as his mother in the eerie final stare-down. Distractors have serial killers but no exact skull superimposition.
  3. C. Carrie (1976) – Sue Snell’s nightmare ends with Carrie’s hand grabbing her at the grave. Pet Sematary has resurrections, but not this precise prom queen revenge coda.
  4. A. The Sixth Sense (1999) – Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) sees his wound and the ring drop, confirming his death. The Others reverses ghost roles differently.
  5. D. Scream (1996) – Billy Loomis fakes death for the final scare, killed by Sidney’s bullet. Sequels and slashers have resurrections but not this exact quip.
  6. A. The Usual Suspects (1995) – Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) transforms into Söze, fooling Kujan. Primal Fear has a similar ruse but courtroom reveal.
  7. C. Fight Club (1999) – The Narrator erases Tyler (Brad Pitt) via self-shot, explosions symbolise anarchy. American Psycho ends in ambiguity.
  8. C. Se7en (1995) – John Doe (Kevin Spacey) completes envy sin with Mills’ wife’s head. No other has the box delivery.
  9. C. The Others (2001) – Grace (Nicole Kidman) and children fade as ghosts. Orphanage has child ghosts but different reveal.
  10. D. Saw (2004) – Adam’s “corpse” is Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), rising to speak. Sequels repeat but this is original.
  11. C. Memento (2000) – Leonard (Guy Pearce) executes Teddy per his notes. Shutter Island has delusion but no amnesia killing.
  12. B. Shutter Island (2010) – Teddy (Leonardo DiCaprio) prefers fantasy, lobotomised. Identity merges personalities differently.
  13. B. Primal Fear (1996) – Aaron (Edward Norton) drops Roy act triumphantly. Exorcist is possession, not ruse.
  14. B. Arlington Road (1999) – Michael (Jeff Bridges) dies in the terrorists’ car bomb. Others lack neighbour terrorist twist.
  15. B. Oldboy (2003) – Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) learns of incest, hypnotised to forget. Korean revenge films but unique shock.
  16. A. The Village (2004) – Ivy (Bryce Dallas Howard) finds 2004 items. Others have post-apoc but not fabricated village.
  17. C. Signs (2002) – Graham (Mel Gibson) drowns alien with water weakness. War of the Worlds has microbes, not glasses.
  18. C. Identity (2003) – Timmy (Bret Lochwood) slays alters in rainy finale. Hide and Seek has child split but doll-focused.
  19. B. Secret Window (2004) – Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) admits murders, enters burning cabin. Misery has escape, not confession.
  20. A. High Tension (2003) – Marie’s visions show her as killer, driver’s head in truck. French extremity but unique POV twist.

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