River Phoenix Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chris Chambers

This was the movie that gave River the teen idol image, and got him noticed by the public. The movie is about four boys that go on an adventure in search of a missing body. River's character, Chris, is a really caring boy, with mixed up emotions that he keeps bottled inside.

Answer: My Own Private Idaho

River kept falling asleep in this movie. He even passed out in the middle of the road! (But don't worry, he didn't get hit! =D)River plays a male street hustler alongside Keanu Reeves.

Answer: Wolfgang Muller

This was the first major movie River made, released in 1985. It's a sci-fi type movie, about young friends who make a spaceship and soon run into some aliens.

Answer: No

Nope, River had Joaquin both had different movie careers and never had the chance to work together, although, they did make a few TV movies together.

Answer: I Love You to Death

River plays a hippie that plans, along with actresses Tracey Ullman and Joan Plowright, to kill Tracey's husband, Kevin Kline. I'll just say River's character, Devo Nod, has some trouble with doing this. Devo is a real spiritual guy that doesn't think murder is the right way to solve Tracey's problems.

Answer: The Last Crusade

River was Young Indy, who opened the first fifteen minutes of the third part of this movie series with a "BANG!" Lots of stunts and running make up River's part.

Answer: "Little Nikita" and "Sneakers"

He played the teen Jeff Grant in "Little Nikita". River plays a teen that is caught in the middle of some FBI trouble. In Sneakers, River played Carl Arbegast, one of a group of guys that steals a box that can decode all existing encryption systems all over the world.

Answer: Dark Blood

River was to play a character named Boy. The directors of the movie decided not to recast River's character, and the movie remained unfinished for nineteen years. In 2012 director George Sluizer released the completed movie at the Netherlands Film Festival. He served as the narrator of the parts of the movie that had not been finished before River's death.

Answer: James Wright

Story: A girl named Miranda Presley (Samathan Mathis) comes to Nashville, like many others, hopeful that one day she will realese a hit country album. She runs into James Wright (River) and soon falls in love with him.

Answer: Jimmy Reardon

Yep, he played the title character. A recent high school graduate (River) is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides not to listen his father and go to Hawaii.

However, he has no money at all. River soon understands what his parents want, and eventually listens to them, but not without a fight!

Answer: Yes

Yes, he played Eddie Birdlace. In this movie, Eddie and his friends play a game. You have to pick out women, and whoever picks the ugliest, gets a prize.

Answer: No

Nope, River's brother Joaquin stared in Clay Pigeons. This movie is about how one mans life is terrorized by another guy who just wants to be "friends."

Answer: The Mosquito Coast

River was in an "Indiana Jones" movie with Harrison Ford, but he was never in a scene with him (since he played Harrison's character as a teen). But in "The Mosquito Coast", River was Harrison's son. This movie is about Allie (Harrison), who thinks the government in the USA is going down the drain, so he packs up his family and moves them to the Mosquito Coast to start a new life. And he literally means "start all over"!

Answer: My Own Private Idaho

River was confused about who he really loved in this movie. River plays a male street hustler with narcolepsy.

Answer: writer someday Gordie

River says this in 'Stand By Me' when Gordie is feeling upset with his father. His character, Chris, was very caring, just like the real-life personality of River Phoenix. People say this was the most brilliant work done by River Jude Phoenix.