Can You Score 20/20? Thriller Movie Trivia Quiz: Can You Solve the Mystery?

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Are you a master of suspense and twists? Test your knowledge of iconic thriller movies with these 20 questions, from easy warm-ups to mind-bending stumpers. Grab a pen, no Googling, and see if you can solve the mystery!

20 Trivia Questions on Thriller Movies

Question 1: Which director helmed the 1995 thriller Se7en?

A. Ridley Scott
B. David Fincher
C. Michael Mann
D. Tony Scott

Question 2: In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Clarice Starling is played by:

A. Jodie Foster
B. Julianne Moore
C. Michelle Pfeiffer
D. Nicole Kidman

Question 3: What is the name of the motel in Psycho (1960)?

A. Norman Inn
B. Bates Motel
C. Psycho Lodge
D. Shadow Rest

Question 4: Who directed Rear Window (1954)?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Billy Wilder
D. Fritz Lang

Question 5: In The Usual Suspects (1995), the legendary criminal is:

A. Dean Keaton
B. Keyser Söze
C. Verbal Kint
D. Hockney

Question 6: Which actor stars as Teddy Daniels in Shutter Island (2010)?

A. Matt Damon
B. Leonardo DiCaprio
C. Brad Pitt
D. Ryan Gosling

Question 7: Gone Girl (2014) was directed by:

A. Denis Villeneuve
B. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
C. David Fincher
D. Kathryn Bigelow

Question 8: The first rule of Fight Club (1999) is:

A. You do not talk about Fight Club
B. Hit below the belt
C. Only two guys to a fight
D. One hour maximum

Question 9: Who plays Aaron Stampler in Primal Fear (1996)?

A. Brad Pitt
B. Edward Norton
C. Joaquin Phoenix
D. Christian Slater

Question 10: Which Hitchcock thriller features a crop duster plane attack?

A. The Birds
B. North by Northwest
C. Saboteur
D. Torn Curtain

Question 11: In Vertigo (1958), the protagonist is obsessed with a woman who looks like:

A. Judy Barton
B. Madeleine Elster
C. Carlotta Valdes
D. Midge Wood

Question 12: The Shining (1980) was directed by:

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Roman Polanski
D. Brian De Palma

Question 13: In No Country for Old Men (2007), Anton Chigurh is played by:

A. Javier Bardem
B. Josh Brolin
C. Tommy Lee Jones
D. Woody Harrelson

Question 14: Prisoners (2013) stars Hugh Jackman as:

A. Keller Dover
B. Loki
C. Holly Jones
D. Franklin Birch

Question 15: Who directed Zodiac (2007)?

A. David Fincher
B. Clint Eastwood
C. Oliver Stone
D. Steven Soderbergh

Question 16: Who directed The Sixth Sense (1999)?

A. M. Night Shyamalan
B. Wes Craven
C. Sam Raimi
D. Guillermo del Toro

Question 17: The 1991 remake of Cape Fear was directed by:

A. Martin Scorsese
B. Alfred Hitchcock
C. Brian De Palma
D. William Friedkin

Question 18: In The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Jason Bourne is portrayed by:

A. Matt Damon
B. Jeremy Renner
C. Chris Hemsworth
D. Tom Cruise

Question 19: Misery (1990) is based on a novel by:

A. Stephen King
B. Dean Koontz
C. John Grisham
D. Thomas Harris

Question 20: In L.A. Confidential (1997), who plays Det. Ed Exley?

A. Russell Crowe
B. Kevin Spacey
C. Guy Pearce
D. James Cromwell

Answers

  1. B. David Fincher – Se7en (1995) was directed by David Fincher, known for its dark crime thriller style with stars Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. The others directed films like Gladiator (Scott), Heat (Mann), and True Romance (Scott).
  2. A. Jodie Foster – Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her role as FBI trainee Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. Moore played her in Hannibal, while the others starred in different thrillers.
  3. B. Bates Motel – The infamous motel in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is the Bates Motel, run by Norman Bates. The other names are fabricated distractors.
  4. B. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed the voyeuristic thriller Rear Window, starring James Stewart. Kubrick did The Shining, Wilder Sunset Boulevard, Lang M.
  5. B. Keyser Söze – Keyser Söze is the mythical crime boss in The Usual Suspects, with the famous twist reveal. The others are other characters in the film.
  6. B. Leonardo DiCaprio – DiCaprio stars as the troubled Marshal Teddy Daniels in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. The others led different thrillers like The Departed (DiCaprio elsewhere).
  7. C. David Fincher – Fincher adapted Gillian Flynn’s novel into the twisty Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. The others directed films like Arrival (Villeneuve) and The Hurt Locker (Bigelow).
  8. A. You do not talk about Fight Club – This is the iconic first rule from David Fincher’s Fight Club, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel. The other rules follow in the film.
  9. B. Edward Norton – Norton earned an Oscar nomination for his breakout role as the seemingly innocent Aaron in Primal Fear. The others starred in separate thrillers.
  10. B. North by Northwest – Hitchcock’s 1959 classic features Cary Grant evading a crop duster in a famous action sequence. The others are different Hitchcock suspense films.
  11. B. Madeleine Elster – In Vertigo, James Stewart’s character Scottie becomes fixated on the Madeleine lookalike. Carlotta is a ghostly figure in the plot, others are supporting characters.
  12. A. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick directed the psychological horror-thriller The Shining from Stephen King’s novel. The others helmed films like Chinatown (Polanski).
  13. A. Javier Bardem – Bardem won an Oscar for his chilling portrayal of hitman Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men. The others play different roles in the film.
  14. A. Keller Dover – Hugh Jackman plays the frantic father Keller Dover searching for his daughter in Prisoners. Jake Gyllenhaal is Det. Loki.
  15. A. David Fincher – Fincher’s Zodiac chronicles the real-life manhunt for the Zodiac Killer. Eastwood directed Mystic River, Stone JFK.
  16. A. M. Night Shyamalan – Shyamalan wrote and directed the twist-filled The Sixth Sense starring Bruce Willis. The others are horror directors.
  17. A. Martin Scorsese – Scorsese’s intense 1991 remake of Cape Fear stars Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte. Hitchcock directed the 1962 original.
  18. A. Matt Damon – Damon reprises his role as amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy, the second in the franchise. Renner joined later films.
  19. A. Stephen King – Stephen King’s novella Misery was adapted into the film starring Kathy Bates and James Caan. The others wrote different bestsellers.
  20. C. Guy Pearce – Pearce plays the ambitious Det. Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson’s Oscar-winning L.A. Confidential. Crowe is Bud White, Spacey Jack Vincennes.

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