Have you seen classic movies to know them by their description of the plot alone? We're going to let you prove it in this Classic Movie Quiz! All you have to do is read the description and choose the right movie title.
1 of 15
This movie tells the story of a famous ship that drowned, and the story of two lovers on it at the time.
Captain Phillips
The Bounty
Poseidon
Titanic
2 of 15
This movie is about the prison term and prison break of a banker who was innocent of killing his wife, and how he successfully escaped prison after decades.
Escape From Alcatraz
Shawshank Redepmtion
The Great Escape
Stalag 17
3 of 15
This movie is about a family of Italian mobsters in America, lead by the father of the family who dies in the movie.
The Godfather
Scarface
Casino
Goodfellas
4 of 15
This movie is about a man who saved many Jews from the Nazis during WWII by giving them work in his factory.
War and Remembrance
Escape from Sobibor
Schindler's List
Hanna's War
5 of 15
This Western is about a bounty hunter who joins two men in an alliance against a third in a race to find buried gold.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
True Grit
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Unforgiven
6 of 15
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Shutter Island
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Ward
The Mailman Always Rings Twice
7 of 15
This movie is about a mysterious word a powerful tycoon says right before he dies, trying to find the meaning of it.
The word was "Rosebud" and it turned out to be... well, we don't want to ruin it for you!
Casablanca
Journey Into Fear
Citizen Kane
The Stranger
8 of 15
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Red Dragon
Silence of the Lambs
Seven
Psycho
9 of 15
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Singin' in the Rain
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
It's a Wonderful Life
Harvey
10 of 15
A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Bates Motel
Motel
Psycho
American Psycho
11 of 15
A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.
12 Angry Men
Casablanca
The Great Escape
Citizen Kane
12 of 15
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
13 of 15
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Psycho
Bates Motel
The Shining
Tommyknockers
14 of 15
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Bugsy
Once Upon a Time in America
15 of 15
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Mozart
Requiem For a Dream
Amadeus
Wolfgang
You Need to Watch More Classics!
What a shame, this quiz was too difficult for you, perhaps you haven't seen enough classic movies in your life. We... READ MOREWhat a shame, this quiz was too difficult for you, perhaps you haven't seen enough classic movies in your life. We strongly recommend you watch some of these movies, as there's a reason they're classics. And if you have, well, you have probably forgotten them, so time to watch them again!
You're not completely lacking any classic movie knowledge, but you didn't know most of these plots, which to us says... READ MOREYou're not completely lacking any classic movie knowledge, but you didn't know most of these plots, which to us says you have some catching up to do! These movies are classics for a reason, and they have provided the world with many hours of entertainment. Some have also affected the culture of many a generation. Have a look at the answers to see what you've missed and can still enjoy watching.
Great! You really do have a decent knowledge of classic movies. These are some terrific movies and you obviously have... READ MOREGreat! You really do have a decent knowledge of classic movies. These are some terrific movies and you obviously have the knowledge and the memory to identify them. That said, there may be a few that you missed, and you should look at the answers to see what those are, you may want to watch them...
Wow, your movie knowledge is really impressive. You ACED this quiz! You must be a regular movie buff, or just someone... READ MOREWow, your movie knowledge is really impressive. You ACED this quiz! You must be a regular movie buff, or just someone who knows the value of a great cinematic experience. These are classic movies and all worth a watch. Good job! If you've missed any, check out the answers to see which.
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