Questions tagged [movies]
A puzzle that makes use of cinematic knowledge, such as movie titles, actors, directors, and film awards.
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Originally not a movie
Can you tell what movie these images together represents? (the answer is a 5-letter noun)
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A fun lateral-thinking Chess puzzle [closed]
Which famous movie is suggested by the following chess position (by Trevor Tao)?
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Chain Puzzle: Tabletop Games #09 - “The” Cryptic Movies
This is the ninth Chain Puzzle in the Tabletop Games series, in which all puzzles are themed around board games, card games, tile games, and the like. The answer to this puzzle is a thematic word or ...
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Guess these Anime Movies
Are you fan of anime? If yes this puzzle is for you. Let's see how much you know about anime movies. The below image has five pictures. Each picture represents an anime movie. Look at of the pictures' ...
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Zoom in zoom out
A wall in a gallery hangs some paintings that look like a portion of the film's poster. And looking closer at the paintings some figures of characters are visible but blurred. Can you guess the titles ...
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Film connections
The set of sixteen films below can be partitioned. Each partition is of four films that have something in common. I invite you to figure out the partitions and commonalities. You'll find that the four ...
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my prefix can turn to sand, my suffix is at hand
my prefix can turn to sand
my suffix is at hand
my infix is a French end
the whole is a famous movie
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Scientifically Themed Rebus/Dingbats - Part 3
The same idea as before: the "scientific" expressions represent some form of popular media. Enjoy. Part 1 Part 2
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What is a Scooby Word?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.Template taken from Rubio.
If a word conforms to a specific pattern, I call it a ...
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Mangled Movie Titles
I've taken a bunch of movies and done...something to each of their titles. In some instances, I've changed a single letter in one of the words. In others, I've added a letter to make one of the ...
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Grandpa avoids cutting the grass
Walking past Grandpa, who seemed to be snoozing, I saw a note in his left hand, with the name of a film I recognized on it. As I sat down opposite him, he opened his eyes.
Me: "What's on your mind ...
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I found myself to be the fifth and a bridge
I found myself to be the fifth, although I was more part of one
It was the result of to finish a quest my ancestors had begun
It all started with a break of peace and a Greek gift
Tis’ started a ...
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The A-List of Foreign Actors
To commemorate the 77th Golden Globe awards, held today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, here is a little puzzle involving foreign actors.
What do the following foreign actors have in ...
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An impressive body of work
To commemorate the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards being held today, here is a short and simple puzzle involving TV roles:
Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones
Alexander Grayson, Dracula (2013)
Bob Lee ...
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A family of movie lovers
In this family, each member has their favorite movies:
Daniel: Interstellar, Top Gun, True Grit
Deanna: The Fast and the Furious, Life of Pi, The Wizard of Oz
Louise: Babe, Excalibur, Legion
Michelle:...
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Legend has it… (a connect wall)
Legend has it...
This is a two part connect wall puzzle. The sixteen movie and TV titles below can be arranged into groups of four that are related by a common theme. The four themes themselves have ...
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I'm back! With a film recommendation
Wow, it's been a long time since I posted a puzzle here... Sorry about that!
I asked a friend the other day what was his favourite film, but he'd reply only in riddles. I don't remember how he ...
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What's that movie? (Geriatric Edition)
True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? ...
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Ideological rebus
The answers form one word.
#1
#2
#3
#4
Hint for #3:
Image credits:
clue 1 #1: dtstuff9, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue 1 #2: See Li, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue 1 #3: Mingle Media TV, CC-BY-SA 2.0
clue ...
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I send you all to the Connect-Wall
Here's a random code-wall for you though; I think of it as unfair to the point of impossible, but some people of this site never cease to surprise me. You need to split the 16 words into 4 groups, ...
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A rebus I've just watched
These two rebuses will give you a clue to what movie I've just watched. Can you guess it?
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Which movie will we watch?
A friend invited me to a movie night. But instead of telling me which movie we are going to watch, she just gave me a bunch of movie tickets:
Can you tell me which movie we will watch?
Hint 1:
Hint ...
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I have a King of Enchancia, but not 2
1- Created by a man born in a Dutch Broken Land
2- Eosinophil Granule Ontogeny Transcript
3- Tittle
4- Golden flecks powered by bacteria
5 Kentucky Fried Chicken
What movie am I?...
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I shouldn't have asked him.. again
My roommate (rm) always looks busy in front of his laptop, so I try to start talking to him
Me: Hi, the last time we talked you told me your favorite book, and I like your taste! it's a very good ...
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What am I wearing today?
Captain of serenity.
Lover of Polish beast slayer.
Sister of double victor.
Foul-mouthed one-eyed soldier.
Murgo-hating emperor.
Owner of runaway bum.
Fateful answerer of "What do you want?"
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The Starting Point
This is just the start of the program. What we start never goes unfinished.
The signal went dead.
Our assets have been located successfully, there was one step ...
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Terribly Translated Theatre
We've got some real short movie descriptions for sale! Solve them now and win imaginary points! Come one, come all! We'll even let you take home the posters!
A gang of all shapes and sizes decide ...
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Name a famous actor
In my name you can find a time of light,
and I almost share it with a certain Christmas song.
In my famous work, I am a mad man
accompanied by D major and a vintage accent.
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At my Wits' End
Some years back, toward the beginning of the school year, I got a call from my kid about a leadership opportunity that he wanted to pursue after normal school hours. I was pleasantly surprised, so of ...
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Code Movie Wall
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36: Twisted Classics 1
I'm thinking of a movie. The Connecting Wall below (click it for a bigger version) should have made guessing the movie really simple, ...
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Do you know me?
This is a character from a movie. If you want to know who I am
look at the picture down and try to find a solution for this puzzle:
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Word Ladders go to the movies
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36: Twisted Classics 1
You love movies. You had several (9) VHS tapes, neatly organized in their sleeves, up on a shelf. However, due to a certain incident, ...
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Password Strength
An entry to Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1 - based on this xkcd.
I am the password manager, helping others remember passwords.
I am the password manager, receiving many calls ...
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Film plots explained badly
Everybody slept for most of the movie.
An Apple computer discovered some plant and eventually make everyone do exercise.
It’s a Shakespeare adaptation but with cats and monkeys.
90+ year old ...
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Another Sensational Crime Fiction?
William Herschel III, heir to the Herschel Paper Company, is dead. His body was found in fishing gear, discovered near the family estate's lake by his Labrador. Police immediately suspected foul play. ...
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The gang's all here
Of us there are three
one of which is part tree;
The other one you should not fear,
but it will make you burst in tears;
As for the last one, and there is no bluffing,
that's the one you'll ...
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A Fountain of Colors
A Fountain of Colors
A rock overlooks as my garden unfurls.
His pebble admires as the nice sky, it swirls.
The odd-looking pink one is chipper today.
The lily exposes when Chopin I play.
There's ...
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Misspelled Movies
Continuing in the Twisted TV Titles and TV Title Mondegreens vein, here are some Misspelled Movies.
Each title is a homophone of (i.e. sounds the same as1) a real movie title, but is spelled and/or ...
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Pictured Depictions of Movie Quotes Misquoted
Self-explanatory, right? I'm looking for
The incorrect quotation, as depicted by the pictures below.
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Hint for #2:
Hint for #5:
****SPOILERS**** The intended ...
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The one with that guy who does stuff in those places
you!
You, with the face!
You're a right smart lookin' cookie, aren't you!
Maybe you can help me.
You see, there is this movie I've been trying to think of; it's right on the tip of my tongue (...
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Find an iconic movie title with these 8 numbers…!
Here is a code with symbols as hints (Note: The footnote on the second page has nothing to do with the puzzle, it's just there for copyright purposes):
I am psyched to find out if or how somebody ...
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Another attempt at movie rebus puzzle
After I received a good response to my last movie rebus puzzle, and in the light of Fortnightly Topic Challenge #26: Rebus, here is another set of movie rebuses.
Have fun solving. And all suggestions ...
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I'm the other form
The other form, they call me
Horror is all they can see
I am not a killer bee
Yet a queen I serve fiercely
Dark in color, light in steps
Silently we close our gaps
Next, a thing - your ...
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The Revenge of the Post-Christmas - Christmas Movie Rebuses
Rather enjoyed my first outing as a poser in Post-Christmas - Christmas Movie Rebuses so I have made some more. Hopefully these should be a little trickier!
Deduce the three movies from the images.
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Post-Christmas - Christmas Movie Rebuses
You wait all holidays for a Christmas movie rebus and three come along at once!
Can you deduce the films from the images?
If you enjoyed these, there are some trickier ones here:
The Revenge of ...
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A Heroic Narrative of two
We two were the ones
destined to do great things
We started as did Jon
aware of Nothing
A world we didn't know
turned out to be our home
Waited where we were
with glorious foretellings
While ...
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Minimalist posters 2 - Can you find the movie?
My friend wants to watch a movie, but it's never easy with her, so instead of telling me the title she gave me this :
What is the movie ?
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What was I supposed to get again?
My friend was in quite the predicament and he needed me to grab him something. Knowing secrecy was of the utmost importance, I never wrote down the item, but encrypted the situation. Seemed like a ...
