Questions tagged [movies]
A puzzle that makes use of cinematic knowledge, such as movie titles, actors, directors, and film awards.
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A Trivial Pursuit #08 (Entertainment 2/4): Names
This is part 8 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Solve the fourteen rebuses below to find some names, ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #02 (Entertainment 1/4): Wrong Superhero
This is part 2 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Minecraft character who receives enhanced abilities ...
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At the theatre through the doors
Inspired by Closed Captioning Available
What movie will I see in the not-too-distant future? I've listed a few of my recent favorites below, but entry blank. It's for my number-one movie, which I ...
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Identify the Christmas movies
I've curated a nice selection of Christmas movies on tape and DVD. Unfortunately, what I wrote on each one was not the film's title but a subtitle that I had made up for it.* Oh, and the year of ...
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Three movie adaptations
The following table is about three different movies which were adapted from three novels.
Clues:
X and Y are siblings.
All three movie titles have a particular word in common.
Identify the authors ...
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Capital city with two clues
Bamako
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore.
La Paz and Sucre
Academy Award recipient for 'To Each His Own'.
Academy Award recipient for 'The Favourite'.
Athens
A football player ...
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Changing either an actor or an actress
About
After the completion of this table, each row will have an actor and an actress who acted together in a movie directed by the director in that row.
Rule
While moving from the first row to the ...
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National Flags and their Movies
This puzzle is divided into four parts. In each part, certain national flags are linked to certain movies.
Which national flag replaces the question mark in part 2?
Which movie replaces the question ...
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Find the marvelous layout
Which film series is encrypted in the message below?
4 letters:
rdxedc - cftgyhn uytfcvbfgh cftgbhu
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Identify the movies through equations
Each letter in these equations stands for a movie.
a = b + c
d = e - c
e = f × b
Identify the movies 'a' to 'f' using these directors.
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Directors directing compatible movies
Each director in the image directed a movie which is compatible with an association, a gemstone, an organ and a tool.
All those movies complete something.
WHICH ARE THOSE MOVIES AND WHAT DO THEY ...
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A version of Wordle that accepts Hollywood movies
I was playing a version of Wordle that accepts only 5 letter Hollywood movie titles.
This is how I fared.
Which WB movie did I enter at last?
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Directors and the movies that they DID NOT direct
This is a list of directors and the movies that they DID NOT direct.
Which two movies will replace the question marks?
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Is the riddle solvable, or solvable is the riddle?
If Although equals 5,
and The equals 3.
What does It equal
Hint
Please put in your answer if you used the hint
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How do I win a strange game?
There's a phrase I need to remember, in order to be successful here.
In 1983, an important date, the SG-1000 was released by a company. If you can name that company, you're getting warm.
In fact, the ...
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A Motley Crew of Carolers
A motley crew of carolers has come to sing some songs. Who are they and what is their underlying message?
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 16): Poké(snow)ball battle!
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
Reports are ...
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Can you help James Bond find the next letter?
James Bond needs to hack into Le Chiffre's computer to prevent him from fulfilling his evil plan.
All he needs to do is find the next letter in this sequence:
H O T T S F F F S
Question: Can you ...
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Some of All Parts
The 16 movie and TV roles below can be grouped into 4 groups of 4, with each group related by a common theme. In addition, the 4 themes are themselves related to each other by a common theme: one ...
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The Facebook (a double connect wall)
This is a double connect wall puzzle. The objective is to rearrange the sixteen people below in the 4x4 grid such that each row of 4 will be related by a common theme and each column of 4 will also ...
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The times they are a-changin'
Nude, tall and blue,
Yellow's new love,
Owl too, though late,
Under the hood,
Symmetry in motion, outlawed, good.
This is my first yadu, enjoy!
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Twenty Questions - a visual puzzle
"Okay, are you male?"
"Yes. 19 left."
"Are you alive?"
"Well, that's... complicated..."
"Okay, are you real?"
"No – 17."
"17? You're ...
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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)
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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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