Let's Get Down With One Word Movie Titles! Quiz

Answer: Rocky

This 1976 sports drama catapulted Sylvester Stallone to stardom. "Rocky" is the story of an unknown boxer who manages to get a rare chance to challenge the reigning heavyweight champion and almost beats him. It is the classic story of the underdog coming out on top. It won three Academy Awards including Best Picture and was the highest grossing film of 1976. Five sequels were to follow.

Answer: Ray

"Ray" was a 2004 biographical movie on the life of R&B singer Ray Charles. The singer died a few months before the movie was released, but had read the original script in Braille. He acknowledged that the movie realistically portrayed his life as the son of a poor Georgia handyman who became a superstar.

The movie explored, in depth, the monsters of drug addiction and failed loves that plagued the singers life.

Answer: Giant

"Giant" was the last of James Dean's three movies. It told the story of a Texas rancher and his family through two generations. It explored racism, morality, sexism, and the power of money in 1920's Texas. It had a cast of major stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Dennis Hopper, Earl Holliman, and Sal Mineo. Dean was killed in a car accident before the film was released and earned him a posthumous Academy Award nomination.

Answer: Jaws

Peter Benchley's novel "Jaws" was made into a movie by Steven Spielberg in 1975. The movie tells the terrifying story of a rogue shark who is attacking swimmers on the beaches of Amity Island. The city does not want to close the beach because of the money that it brings to the small island.

The local sheriff and a local fisherman team up to track down this monster. It is considered by many to be one of the greatest movies of all times and became the highest-grossing movies in history when it was released.

The Academy Award winning music score remained embedded in the minds over movie goers for months after they saw the movie.

Answer: Fargo

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen wrote, produced, and directed this popular crime drama in 1996. It is the classic story of an inept criminal and the officers who are trying to catch him. It involves a criminal kidnapping his own wife and attempting to get ransom money from his father-in-law. Everything goes wrong and three murders ensue.

This murder mystery was nominated for seven Academy Awards of which it won two. Although the beginning of the movie tells the movie goer that the movie is based on a true story, at the end of the movie they are told that the movie is fictitious.

The movie starred Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi.

Answer: Seven

Starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, the movie "Seven" or "Se7en" was one of the most popular films in 1995. This terrifying thriller focused on two cops attempting to catch a serial killer who is obsessed with the seven deadly sins. It explores the relationship of a rookie cop (Pitt) and an aging veteran (Freeman) who have been assigned the case and their attempts to work together to bring the killer to justice.

The movie was very popular and contained an excellent story line with some of the best actors available.

Answer: Grease

"Grease" was a very popular musical about high school love. Starring John Travolta, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing and Olivia Newton-John, the movie featured a soundtrack that was the second-best selling album of 1978. Set in the 1950s, this movie was popular with many generations of viewers.

It focused on the soon-to-graduate senior class at the fictional Rydell High School. It explored the stigma of teenage pregnancy, cliques, and the big step into adulthood that is about to start. It is the love story between the good girl persona and the bad boy.

Answer: Milk

"Milk" was the Academy Award winning movie based on the adult life of Harvey Milk who was the first openly gay person to be elected into a public office in the state of California. It explores his assassination by a city supervisor named Dan White. Although the movie was critically acclaimed it did not fare as well with the general population.

Answer: Hook

This 1991 fantasy adventure featured Robin Williams as Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook and Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell. It is a sequel based on J.M. Barrie's novel "Peter and Wendy" which was written in 1911. It tells how Peter Pan has grown up, become a lawyer and married Wendy's granddaughter. Hook kidnaps his children and Peter Pan must return to Neverland to save them.

This movie was not popular with the critics but popular with audiences and garnered five Academy Award nominations.

Answer: Scream

Starring Neve Campbell and David Arquette this slasher-type film was released in 1996 to mixed reviews. It focused on a killer known as Ghostface who is killing off teenagers and the group of adolescents who are trying to stop him. The movie mixed horror and comedy together and was a success with the general public.

It featured many grisly scenes and featured ground breaking special effects designed to scare and shock the viewers. Two sequels were to follow.