80 Epic Films Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Epic films trivia covers large-scale stories shaped by war, history, crime, religion, empire, and national struggle. This set of 80 questions reaches from Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone in The Godfather to Daniel Day-Lewis’s Abraham Lincoln, while also covering silent cinema, biblical spectacle, Japanese action, and modern battlefield realism.
Several questions focus on landmark filmmaking: a 1927 silent film that won the first Best Picture Oscar, Sam Mendes’s 2019 World War I film presented as one continuous take, and Gillo Pontecorvo’s depiction of Algeria’s independence struggle. The hub suits film-studies classrooms, serious cinema fans, pub-quiz teams, and game nights built around directors, performances, awards, and iconic historical productions.
Which 1956 epic biblical film directed by Cecil B. DeMille features the parting of the Red Sea?
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The Ten Commandments
Which 1966 epic war film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo depicts the Algerian struggle for independence?
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The Battle of Algiers
Which 1990 epic historical drama directed by Kevin Costner stars himself as a Civil War lieutenant?
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Dances with Wolves
Which 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson is the second installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Which 2005 epic fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson is the first of The Chronicles of Narnia series?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Which 1965 epic biblical film directed by George Stevens stars Max von Sydow as Jesus Christ?
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Which 2003 epic historical war film directed by Edward Zwick stars Tom Cruise as a samurai?
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The Last Samurai
Which 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean tells the story of British POWs building a railway bridge in Burma?
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Which 1962 epic biographical war film directed by David Lean stars Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence?
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Lawrence of Arabia
Which 2001 epic war film depicts the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia?
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Black Hawk Down
Which 1966 epic spaghetti Western stars Clint Eastwood as Blondie?
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Which director made the 1980 epic Western film Heaven's Gate?
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Michael Cimino
Which Joseph Conrad novella inspired the epic war film Apocalypse Now?
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Heart of Darkness
Who directed the 1984 epic crime film Once Upon a Time in America?
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Sergio Leone
Who directed the 2021 epic science fiction film Dune?
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Denis Villeneuve
Which 1992 epic historical drama directed by Michael Mann is set during the French and Indian War and stars Daniel Day-Lewis?
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The Last of the Mohicans
Which 2012 epic fantasy film is the first in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy?
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Epic Films trivia — quick answers
What are good epic films trivia questions?
Good questions identify major epics by director, year, stars, historical subject, visual technique, or award history. The strongest clues connect a film’s scale with a memorable character, battle, culture, or filmmaking achievement.
How hard is epic films trivia?
Epic films trivia is generally medium to difficult. Familiar titles such as The Godfather and Lincoln provide accessible entry points, while silent cinema, international films, directors, and award history make later questions more demanding.
What qualifies a movie as an epic film?
An epic film typically presents a large-scale story involving major historical events, wars, societies, dynasties, or moral conflicts. Long running times, broad settings, large casts, and ambitious production design are common, though the label can also describe scope and subject.
Which film stars Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone?
The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 crime film, stars Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone. The film follows the Corleone family and is widely regarded as a landmark of American cinema.
Which epic film follows two British soldiers in one continuous take?
1917, directed by Sam Mendes and released in 2019, follows two British soldiers during World War I. Its presentation is designed to appear as one continuous take, making technique a central part of its identity and trivia.
Which Kurosawa film features seven samurai defending a village?
Seven Samurai is Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese epic. It follows seven ronin who agree to defend a farming village from bandits, combining action, character drama, social observation, and influential ensemble filmmaking.