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1. Which epic 1960 Stanley Kubrick film, the highest-grossing (in the U.S.) movie of the year, starred Kirk Douglas in the title role?
2. "The Sound of Music" was both the top-grossing movie and the Best Picture Oscar winner in 1965. Our film from that year was not even nominated for Best Picture, but it was subsequently voted by the American Film Institute as one of the "10 Best Westerns of All Time". Nat King Cole played The Sunrise Kid in which film?
3. One of the ten highest-grossing films of 1970 and starring Martin Balsam with Jason Robards and James Whitmore also in the cast, which 1970 film told the story of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
4. "Jaws" was by far the highest-grossing movie of 1975, whilst that year's Oscars were dominated by the third-placed film on that list, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Which film starring a young Susan Sarandon as the heroine Janet Weiss split those two, grossing more than $110m in the U.S.?
5. Strangely, not one of the six highest-grossing films of 1980 was even nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. "The Empire Strikes Back" led that list, which includes our selection, a Goldie Hawn film that was later voted by the American Film Institute as one of the "100 Funniest Movies of All Time". Which film is this?
6. One of the first films directed by former child acting star Ron Howard, this 1985 movie was one of the top ten highest-grossing movies of the year. The cast of which fantasy-comedy film included Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton and Jessica Tandy?
7. 1990 was a great year for blockbuster movies, with four films grossing in excess of $400m in the U.S. Top of that list was a Jerry Zucker romantic fantasy starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Which film is this?
8. By contrast, 1995 was a fairly uninspiring year for movies, with sequels dominating the box-office list. Our selection from that year is based on a 1981 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, whose "The Polar Express" was also later adapted for the screen. Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt and Bebe Neuwirth all appear in which 1990 fantasy comedy?
9. The star of our 2000 selection, a multiple-Oscar winning actor, also co-produced. If there was an Oscar category for Best Inanimate Character, not only of the year but, perhaps, ever, then Wilson would surely have won. Which film is this?
10. 2005 was the year of the blockbuster, but our selection had star attraction in the form of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to carry it into the top ten list of the year's highest-grossing movies. Which film directed by Doug Liman, is this?
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