💡 Sample questions
1. Which film made famous the line about an offer one can’t refuse?
2. Who directed Inception?
3. Which film is the highest grossing of all time?
From Hollywood blockbusters to Asian cinema and European arthouse, our Movies quiz turns the canon of film into short, sharp trivia rounds and questions.
Why this category is worth playing
Tell directors and their signature styles apart
Place films into movements and decades
Match actors to their breakout roles
Recognise iconic scenes and quotes
Find new films to add to the watchlist
What to expect in Erudite
Coverage from silent era to streaming
Hollywood, world cinema and indie
Quotes, posters and stills alongside text
Short rounds ideal for movie nights
Regular updates around new releases
A hundred and thirty years of light and shadow
Cinema is young enough that its entire history fits inside living memory's reach, and rich enough to fill a lifetime of questions. The Lumière brothers held their first public screening in Paris in 1895; The Jazz Singer brought synchronised sound in 1927; and in 2020, Parasite became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. A movies quiz lets you wander this whole timeline — silent comedians, studio-era musicals, the New Hollywood of the 1970s, modern franchise behemoths and the festival circuit that quietly feeds them all.
Film trivia also has a uniquely visual memory advantage: you don't just know the answer, you can usually see the shot. That's why a single line of dialogue or a poster silhouette can unlock a title you haven't thought about in years.
Beyond the obvious blockbusters
Strong movie trivia questions mix the canon with the curveballs. Yes, you'll be asked who directed Inception — but also which film Hitchcock never won a competitive directing Oscar for (trick question: he never won one at all), how many films Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune made together, and which low-budget indie out-grossed its budget a thousandfold. Trivia about movies rewards the watchlist completionist and the casual streamer alike, and every round tends to end the same way: with something new you suddenly need to watch.
It's the ideal warm-up or wind-down for a movie night, too — a few rounds before the opening credits to set the mood, or after the film to argue about where it ranks. Cinema was always meant to be discussed; the quiz just gives the discussion a scoreboard.
What does the Movies quiz in Erudite cover?
The Movies quiz in Erudite features 800+ questions about directors, scripts and films that became the language of cinema. Questions span several difficulty levels, and the category is free to play in the Erudite app for iOS and Android — 50K+ players have already picked it.
