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Random One-Word Film Titles

Read the hints and type the one-word title of the film they describe. You will see a different set of 15 films every time you take the quiz. (There are 100 in all.)

The hints for each film consist of the following: the year the film was commercially released; the name(s) of the film’s director(s); an abridged list of the film’s cast; the IMDb summary of the film’s plot (some of which have been edited by the quiz author).

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The list of films includes both musicals and animated films.
Some of the film titles are proper nouns.
Excluded: Titles that are acronyms or initialisms (e.g., M*A*S*H, C.H.U.D.) and other titles with non-alphabetic characters (e.g., Se7en, 300) other than final punctuation.
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Last updated: December 23, 2025
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Year
Director(s)
Cast
Plot Summary
Answer
2024
Luca Guadagnino
Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist
Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, transformed her husband into a champion. But to overcome a recent losing streak and redeem himself, he'll need to face off against his former best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.
Challengers
1988
Richard Donner
Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Scrooged
2002
Christopher Nolan
Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank
A Los Angeles detective chases a murder suspect in a remote Alaskan town.
Insomnia
1991
Ron Howard
Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
Backdraft
1984
Herbert Ross
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest
A big city teenager moves to a small town where Rock and Roll music and dancing have been banned by backward local parents and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Footloose
1974
Mark Robson
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Earthquake
2022
Baz Luhrmann
Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Elvis
1980
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges
After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Airplane!
2006
Bill Condon
Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson
A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Dreamgirls
1990
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Goodfellas
2016
Morten Tyldum
Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen
A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.
Passengers
2000
John Singleton
Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright
A New York City police detective goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
Shaft
2017
Kathryn Bigelow
John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
Detroit
1994
Jan de Bont
Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
An extortionist bomber rigs a Los Angeles city bus to explode if its speed drops below 50 mph, forcing a young cop and a female passenger to keep it moving and save everyone on board.
Speed
1994
Mike Nichols
Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Publisher Will Randall becomes a demon wolf and has to fight to keep his job.
Wolf
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