Movie Trivia Night: 25 Film Facts to Impress Your Friends

Movie rounds are a quiz-night favourite because everyone has an opinion. Arm yourself with these facts and you will be the one calling out answers before the options finish loading.

Blockbusters & Records

• Toy Story (1995) was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation.
• Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Titanic have all taken turns as the highest-grossing film of all time.
• The Wizard of Oz famously switches from sepia to full colour when Dorothy steps into the land of Oz.
• Pixar has grown from that one Toy Story gamble into one of the most awarded animation studios in the world.

Oscar Oddities

• Anthony Hopkins won a Best Actor Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs despite being on screen for only around 16 minutes.
• The word “Rosebud” is one of the most famous lines in film history, from Citizen Kane.
• Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by a single person.

Characters & Franchises

• The Star Wars saga began in 1977 with the film later subtitled A New Hope.
• James Bond has been played by several actors across dozens of films since the 1960s.
• Marvel’s Avengers assemble heroes including Iron Man, Captain America and Thor into a single team.

Keep a few of these in your back pocket and any movie round becomes easy points. Fancy a challenge right now? Start a free World Movies quiz and put your film knowledge to work.