80 1980s Movies Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who directed the 1987 science-fiction action film RoboCop?
Answer
Paul Verhoeven
Which song from Top Gun won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Answer
Take My Breath Away
In Brazil, who directed the 1985 dystopian film about low-level clerk Sam Lowry?
Answer
Terry Gilliam
Who directed the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Answer
Robert Zemeckis
In Big, what does Josh Baskin use at the fair to wish that he were an adult?
Answer
Zoltar machine
In Amadeus, which actor won the Academy Award for playing Antonio Salieri?
Answer
F. Murray Abraham
In Aliens, what is the name of the colony on LV-426?
Answer
Hadley’s Hope
Which actor plays Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining?
Answer
Jack Nicholson
In Return of the Jedi, what is the name of the moon where the Ewok village is located?
Answer
Forest Moon of Endor
In Raging Bull, which actor portrays boxer Jake LaMotta?
Answer
Robert De Niro
Who played Hans Gruber in the 1988 action film Die Hard?
Answer
Alan Rickman
In Rocky IV, which actor plays the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago?
Answer
Dolph Lundgren
Who directed the 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner?
Answer
Ridley Scott
In Back to the Future Part II, what date does Marty McFly travel to in the future?
Answer
October 21, 2015
In The Right Stuff, which NASA astronaut does Ed Harris portray?
Answer
John Glenn
In The Untouchables, which actor won an Oscar for playing Jim Malone?
Answer
Sean Connery
In Rain Man, what condition does Raymond Babbitt have?
Answer
Autism
In Platoon, which actor plays the young soldier Chris Taylor?
Answer
Charlie Sheen
In the 1989 Batman film, which actor played the Joker?
Answer
Jack Nicholson
Who composed the Academy Award-nominated score for the 1986 film The Mission?
Answer
Ennio Morricone
In A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the dream-stalking killer?
Answer
Freddy Krueger
In The Blues Brothers, which soul singer plays Mrs. Murphy, the owner of the orphanage?
Answer
Aretha Franklin
In Beetlejuice, what is the name of the afterlife handbook found by Adam and Barbara Maitland?
Answer
Handbook for the Recently Deceased