Test your knowledge on 70s & 80s movies

Ready to rewind the clock? Quiz master Steven Woolston has whipped up a nostalgia-packed trivia challenge that dives deep into the best of 70s and 80s cinema. From disco-era blockbusters to VHS classics, it’s time to test your movie smarts and relive the magic!

The answers are below … no looking until your have finished.

Question 1: Which 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola is widely considered one of the greatest films in cinematic history and features the Corleone crime family?

Question 2: In what 1977 film did George Lucas introduce audiences to the galaxy far, far away?

Question 3: Which 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick is based on a Stephen King novel and features the line “Here’s Johnny!”?

Question 4: Who played Indiana Jones in the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Question 5: What 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg made people afraid to go in the water?

Question 6: Which 1985 sci-fi comedy features a DeLorean time machine and a character named Marty McFly?

Question 7: In the 1983 film Scarface, what is Tony Montana’s infamous line as he brandishes a gun?

Question 8: Which 1971 film features Malcolm McDowell as the leader of a gang of violent delinquents in a dystopian future?

Question 9: What 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott is set in a dystopian Los Angeles and explores themes of artificial intelligence and humanity?

Question 10: Which 1984 supernatural comedy features a team of eccentric scientists battling ghosts in New York City?

Question 11: Which 1976 film stars Robert De Niro as a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran working as a taxi driver in New York City?

Question 12: What 1980 musical drama features the lives of students at New York’s High School of Performing Arts?

Question 13: Which 1979 sci-fi horror film directed by Ridley Scott introduced the character Ellen Ripley and the tagline “In space no one can hear you scream”?
Question 14: What 1987 film directed by Rob Reiner is a comedic fantasy adventure featuring the line “As you wish”?

Question 15: Which 1978 musical stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as high school sweethearts?

Question 16: In what 1984 film does a young karate student learn discipline and self-defense from Mr. Miyagi?
Question 17: Which 1982 family sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg features a lovable alien stranded on Earth?

Question 18: What 1983 teen comedy features a young Matthew Broderick hacking into a military supercomputer?

Question 19: Which 1974 mystery thriller directed by Roman Polanski stars Jack Nicholson as a private investigator in Los Angeles?

Question 20: What 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson stars David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King?

Answers: 1. The Godfather. 2. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. 3. The Shining. 4. Harrison Ford. 5. Jaws. 6. Back to the Future. 7. Say hello to my little friend. 8. A Clockwork Orange. 9. Blade Runner. 10. Ghost Busters. 11. Taxi Driver. 12. Fame. 13. Alien. 14. The Princess Bride. 15. Grease. 16. The Karate Kid. 17. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. 18. WarGames. 19. Chinatown. 20. Labyrinth.