Movies provide endless fodder for riddles and puzzles. From classic films to recent blockbusters, there are so many details to play with in creating fun and challenging riddles. Below are 73 movie riddles of varying difficulty. Give your movie knowledge a workout by trying to solve them all!
Easy Movie Riddles
These first riddles are designed to be easy and accessible for even casual movie fans. The answers should come quickly.
Q: What Disney movie features the song “A Whole New World”?
A: Aladdin
Q: Which movie star is known for doing his own stunts and loves helicopters?
A: Tom Cruise
Q: What movie features the line “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”?
A: Gone with the Wind
Q: Which movie has the quote “I’ll have what she’s having”?
A: When Harry Met Sally
Q: In which movie franchise does a boy wizard has a scar on his forehead?
A: Harry Potter
Q: Which actress plays Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games movies?
A: Jennifer Lawrence
Q: Which singer starred alongside Jamie Foxx in Ray?
A: Regina King
Q: What Disney princess sings “Part of Your World” underwater?
A: Ariel
Q: Which movie has the line “There’s no crying in baseball!”?
A: A League of Their Own
Q: What is the name of the fictional town where Stranger Things is set?
A: Hawkins, Indiana
Q: What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1998?
A: Titanic
Q: What movie features the house elf Dobby?
A: Harry Potter
Q: In which 2006 movie does Will Smith talk to a mannequin?
A: The Pursuit of Happyness
Q: Which movie takes place mostly on a train called Snowpiercer?
A: Snowpiercer
Medium Movie Riddles
Let’s step up the difficulty a bit. These riddles about well-known movies have some more obscure details. They should challenge your memory and movie knowledge!
Q: What is the name of the skyscraper where most of Die Hard takes place?
A: Nakatomi Plaza
Q: Who directed landmark films Raging Bull and Taxi Driver?
A: Martin Scorsese
Q: What actor starred in the original Blade Runner and its sequel Blade Runner 2049?
A: Harrison Ford
Q: Which movie prop was accidentally left behind a rock in a desert scene?
A: R2-D2 in Star Wars
Q: What movie features a character who feeds his enemies to pigs?
A: Snatch
Q: Which film tells the story of a theme park with cloned dinosaurs?
A: Jurassic Park
Q: What was the first feature-length computer animated movie?
A: Toy Story
Q: Which composer created the iconic Jaws theme music?
A: John Williams
Q: What actor plays adult Pi in the movie Life of Pi?
A: Suraj Sharma
Q: What actress voices Mrs. Incredible in the animated film The Incredibles?
A: Holly Hunter
Q: What movie features a twist ending revealing Bruce Willis was dead all along?
A: The Sixth Sense
Q: Which movie depicts the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis?
A: 300
Q: In The Matrix, what pill does Neo take to wake up from the simulated reality?
A: The red pill
Q: What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in Lord of the Rings?
A: Frodo Baggins
Hard Movie Riddles
Think you know movies? These riddles will really test your expertise. Look for obscure details and pieces of trivia to solve these difficult cinematic brain teasers!
Q: In Back to the Future, how fast must the DeLorean drive to time travel?
A: 88 miles per hour
Q: What were the dying words spoken by Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
A: “Rosebud”
Q: What item does Andy use to escape after Shawshank Redemption?
A: A rock hammer
Q: In The Silence of the Lambs, what prisoner does FBI agent Clarice Starling interview?
A: Hannibal Lecter
Q: Who directed the films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill?
A: Quentin Tarantino
Q: What object does the character Molina pass between cells in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman?
A: Razor blades
Q: Who voices the giant auto mobile called Bumblebee in Transformers?
A: Mark Ryan
Q: What actress played Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy?
A: Carrie Fisher
Q: What was the first movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar?
A: Wings
Q: Who wrote the novels that Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are based on?
A: Philip K. Dick
Q: In The Princess Bride, what unusual talent does Inigo Montoya possess?
A: Sword fighting ambidextrously
Q: What future year is Marty McFly transported to in Back to the Future Part II?
A: 2015
Q: What object does Rose let go of at the end of Titanic?
A: The Heart of the Ocean necklace
Q: In The Wizard of Oz, what does the Scarecrow want from the wizard?
A: A brain
Really Hard Movie Riddles
Think you’re a movie expert? These ultra-difficult riddles will put your cinematic knowledge to the ultimate test. Put on your thinking cap for these next movie brain teasers!
Q: In The Departed, what is the name of the informant that both the police and mob discover simultaneously?
A: Colin Sullivan
Q: What is the license plate number on the DeLorean in Back to the Future?
A: OUTATIME
Q: What phrase is the activation code for the Winter Soldier in Captain America movies?
A: Longing, rusted, seventeen, daybreak, furnace, nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car.
Q: What item does Rick hide in Sam’s piano in Casablanca?
A: Letters of transit
Q: What code name does The Bride use when she wakes from her coma in Kill Bill?
A: Black Mamba
Q: In The Prestige, what bird does Robert Angier use in his transported man illusion?
A: A canary
Q: Who narrates The Princess Bride movie adaptation?
A: Peter Falk
Q: In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, what disease afflicts the characters at birth?
A: Progeria
Q: In Pan’s Labyrinth, what tasks does the faun give to prove the girl is the lost princess?
A: Three
Q: What line of dialogue does Chief Brody repeat in Jaws before shooting the scuba tank in the shark’s mouth?
A: “Smile, you son of a bitch!”
Q: In Alien vs Predator, what present day country do the characters travel to?
A: Antarctica
Q: What object does Rosemary consult her neighbors through in Rosemary’s Baby?
A: The wall/heating ducts
Extremely Hard Movie Riddles
Ready for nearly impossible riddles that only true cinema buffs have a chance of solving? Dig deep into your movie memories, because these final brain teasers are designed for only the most dedicated film fans!
Q: In The Usual Suspects, what is the name of Keyser Söze’s mythical home village?
A: Delleb
Q: In Moonrise Kingdom, what book does Suzy take from the library without checking it out?
A: The Franconia Stories
Q: What bill does Anton Chigurh pay the gas station proprietor in No Country for Old Men?
A: For the shirt
Q: What object in The Abyss contains the extraterrestrial message?
A: A keyboard button
Q: In Memento, what organization does Teddy claim to work for?
A: Insurance fraud
Q: What room number does Neo live in at the beginning of The Matrix?
A: 101
Q: In The Conversation, what does Harry Caul suspect the corporate spies’ password refers to?
A: A hotel room murder
Q: What item does Julian turn off at the end of Children of Men?
A: The news camera
Q: In Being John Malkovich, what is the 7 1/2 floor occupied by?
A: A portal into John Malkovich’s mind
Q: In The Prestige, how does Alfred Borden disguise his twin brother as his ingénieur?
A: By having him pretend to be disabled
Conclusion
How did you do with these movie riddles? From easy warm-ups to nearly unsolvable brainteasers, there are puzzles here designed to test every level of cinematic knowledge. Movies provide such a rich trove of details, situations, and characters to build riddles around. Let us know if we stumped you with any, or if you have additional challenging movie riddles to share! Testing your movie trivia skills with fun riddles like these is a great way for any cinema lover to enjoy their passion.
