thumbnail

Movies covered on This Had Oscar Buzz #2

Name the movies covered on the podcast This Had Oscar Buzz. List includes movies covered after the 100th episode.
Quiz by
ESparkle
Rate:
Last updated: April 19, 2025
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedFebruary 11, 2025
Times taken16
Average score36.0%
Report this quizReport
25:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 75 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Hint
Answer
Ari Aster horror film about a woman who discovers her bloodline is cursed
Hereditary
An Eastern European traveler makes his home in an airport when he is unable to return to his native country
The Terminal
Controversial film by Oliver Stone starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis
Natural Born Killers
Adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel starring Gillian Anderson and Eric Stoltz
The House of Mirth
Black comedy about a fame-obsessed woman (Nicole Kidman) who recruits three teenagers to murder her husband
To Die For
Will Smith seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time, and Death
Collateral Beauty
Offbeat Martin Scorsese film about one man’s crazy night in NYC
After Hours
A wife and mother (Diane Lane) arrives at a crossroads in her life against the backdrop of Woodstock 1969
A Walk on the Moon
Black comedy where Charlize Theron plays a writer of ______ _______ fiction who returns to her hometown to break up an old flame’s marriage
Young Adult
Shakespeare adaptation with a stacked cast including Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Michael Keaton, Denzel Washington, and Keanu Reeves
Much Ado About Nothing
An adaptation of a bestselling 2003 thriller mystery novel involving the Mona Lisa
The Da Vinci Code
Rom com where Julia Roberts plays a movie star who falls for Hugh Grant’s bookshop keeper
Notting Hill
Lucas Hedges plays a young closeted gay man who is forced to take part in a conversion therapy program
Boy Erased
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels comes to investigate a psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing
Shutter Island
Jim Carrey is Andy Kaufman
Man on the Moon
Buddy film where Philip Seymour Hoffman is a drag queen and Robert De Niro is a bigoted police officer
Flawless
Based on a Stephen King novel about a woman who is accused for the murder of the elderly woman she was a longtime caretaker for
Dolores Claiborne
An epic Western where Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are Irish immigrants taking part in the Land Run of 1893
Far and Away
A group of estranged siblings must come together in New York when their artist father’s health takes a turn for the worse
The Meyerowitz Stories
Jack Black plays a Texas mortician who strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, only for their relationship to awry; inspired by real events
Bernie
A pathologist fights against the NFL’s attempts to suppress his research on the brain damage suffered by football players
Concussion
1970s film about a young man obsessed with death who befriends an elderly woman and learns how to live life to the fullest
Harold and Maude
Based on an Isabel Allende novel about three generations of a Chilean family
The House of the Spirits
Matthew McConaughey plays a man named ____, a fugitive hiding on a small island
Mud
Sean Baker film about a former porn star who goes back to his Texas hometown
Red Rocket
A drama film where a man (Edward Norton) has 24 hours of freedom left before he starts a 7-year prison term
25th Hour
Domhnall Gleeson can travel through time
About Time
Michael Mann film that reunited De Niro and Pacino in 1995
Heat
An introverted boy learns to come out of his shell when he gets a job at a water park
The Way, Way Back
Jennifer Lopez in a biopic about a famed Tejano singer
Selena
Home invasion film involving a specific secret room
Panic Room
Coen brothers comedy about a CIA agent’s memoirs that end up in the wrong hands
Burn After Reading
A terminally ill woman (Susan Sarandon) bonds with her ex-husband's fiancée (Julia Roberts)
Stepmom
Mary and Anne Boleyn vie for the heart of King Henry VIII
The Other Boleyn Girl
Released around the same time as Capote but is not Capote
Infamous
A Mexican woman immigrates to the U.S. and becomes a housekeeper for a wealthy family whose patriarch (Adam Sandler) is a chef
Spanglish
Ang Lee spy film that received an NC-17 rating
Lust/Caution
“You like Huey Lewis and the News?”
American Psycho
Strippers scam their wealthy Wall Street clients in the midst of the recession
Hustlers
Lars von Trier film starring Kirsten Dunst
Melancholia
A terminally ill man (Kevin Kline) tries to repair his relationship with his son while building his dream house
Life as a House
A Tim Burton film where Amy Adams is painter Margaret Keane
Big Eyes
A remake of a 1949 film and adaption of a Robert Penn Warren novel
All the King’s Men
Jordan Peele’s follow up to Get Out
Us
In a dystopian future, people live longer by receiving the organs of their clones (not The Island); based on Kazuo Ishiguro novel
Never Let Me Go
Four women unite to pay back a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities (one word)
Widows
Biopic about singer Brian Wilson starring John Cusack and Paul Dano
Love and Mercy
Meryl Streep is a whitewater rafter forced to take two criminals down a treacherous river
The River Wild
Cher is a mother to Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci (one word)
Mermaids
Cursed musical film based on a T.S. Eliot poem
Cats
Follows the downfall of disgraced journalist Stephen Glass
Shattered Glass
Jake Gyllenhaal lives in a mining town and aspires to work on rockets
October Sky
Two pairs of parents hold a meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, but their initial cordiality gives way to childish behavior (one word)
Carnage
90s hit comedy about a singer who must hide from the mob at an abbey
Sister Act
Movie about a notorious NYC nightclub (two numbers)
54
Matt Damon decides to take part in a program where he can shrink himself
Downsizing
A pilot must deal with his wife’s alcoholism struggles; title is also the name of a Percy Sledge song
When a Man Loves a Woman
Gregory Peck is Captain Ahab
Moby Dick
Kevin Costner plays a criminal on the run and Clint Eastwood is the Texas Ranger tasked to find him
A Perfect World
A Ryan Murphy film adapted from an Augusten Burroughs memoir
Running with Scissors
Spike Lee joint about a bank heist
Inside Man
A rom com following intersecting storylines in London during the lead up to Christmas
Love Actually
Maggie Gyllenhaal takes a job as a _________ for a man named Mr. Grey (James Spader)
Secretary
The film where Leonardo DiCaprio plays twins (one is good and one is evil) in 1660s France
The Man in the Iron Mask
In the 18th century, a painter falls into a romance with an aristocrat who is to be married off to a Milanese nobleman
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Robert Pattinson joins a traveling circus as an animal caretaker and falls for the ringmaster’s wife (Reese Witherspoon)
Water for Elephants
Steven Soderbergh film that takes place on a cruise ship
Let Them All Talk
Legal thriller starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts; based on a John Grisham novel
The Pelican Brief
Gwyneth Paltrow film; also a term for the concept of the different path one’s life could take depending on minor choices
Sliding Doors
Zach Braff-directed, New Jersey-set drama that has a popular indie soundtrack
Garden State
Two women, one from LA and the other from the UK, decide to swap houses
The Holiday
A Ridley Scott comedy drama where Russell Crowe inherits a vineyard
A Good Year
A divorcée goes on vacation to Italy and ends up buying a villa in Tuscany
Under the Tuscan Sun
Ralph Fiennes is a scheming chef who prepares meals for his wealthy guests
The Menu
2003 action film about a woman known as The Bride and her revenge on the assassins who tried to kill her; first film of two parts
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Save Your Stats
Your Next Quiz
How many countries do you know? In this quiz, you've got 15:00 to name as many as you can. Go!
Can you name the ten Asian countries with the largest GDPs?
How many of the top 500 artists on Spotify by listeners can you name?
Drag the flag onto the correct country. Careful, though! One wrong move and the game ends.
Comments
No comments yet