Movies In Other Words: Antonyms Quiz

Answer: Armageddon

A great movie from 1998 about how the end of the world doesn't happen because of a bunch of rugged oil drillers. Stars Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler.

Answer: Behind Enemy Lines

From 2001, this movie shows an admiral's struggle against politics to retrieve an aviator downed behind enemy lines and the aviator's struggle to stay alive long enough for help to get to him.

Answer: Daredevil

Yet another comic-book hero came to life in this movie from 2003. By day Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is a blind lawyer, fighting for the innocent poor people and adamantly refusing to defend the guilty rich. By night Matt becomes the Daredevil, killing the criminals who managed to cheat justice in the court of law. Elektra (Jennifer Garner) is his girlfriend and Bullseye (Colin Farrell) the man who kills her father.

Answer: Deep Impact

A movie from 1998 starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni and Elijah Wood. As in "Armageddon" the Earth is about to collide with an asteroid, but here a select few may survive in deep shelters, only how should they be picked? And what do you do if you're not on the list? Fortunately a few brave astronauts risk their lives to destroy the asteroid.

Answer: Independence Day

A great movie with Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman. Earth is attacked by aliens with technological skills far superior to ours. So, how to fight them? A fighter pilot and a nerd give their best shot.

Answer: The Longest Day

A movie about D-Day, the day the Allied Forces invaded Normandy in World War II. We follow the allied paratroopers, pilots, glider troops and the troops who landed on Omaha Beach. We also meet the German soldiers at the front, the pilots in the air and the Generals trying to figure out the strategy behind the attack.

This 1962 movie had an all-star cast, which included Richard Burton, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Sean Connery, Curt Jürgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Richard Todd, John Wayne and many others.

Answer: Men in Black

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in a 1997 movie about the very secret agency that protects us from various disasters involving aliens.

Answer: The Saint

Val Kilmer is the man with a thousand faces, who is recognized and found by a professor (Elisabeth Shue) he had tricked. Now he must perform three miracles to really become a saint, oh, and save their lives.

Answer: End of Days

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gabriel Byrne in a battle between good and evil - literally. Byrne plays Satan visiting New York to find his bride. Schwarzenegger is the atheist ex-cop who tries to stop him.

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

A Shakespeare tale turned into a movie by Kenneth Branagh. Hero (Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard) will soon be married and decide to spend the time until then making Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson) fall in love.

The only thing Benedick and Beatrice enjoy about each other is their discussions. But that's not all. Don John (Keanu Reeves) is trying to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. The movie from 1993 also stars Michael Keaton.

Answer: Always

Directed by Steven Spielberg, this 1989 movie is about Pete, a flying firefighter who's in love with Dorinda, but cannot stop fighting fires and finally dies in one. In the afterlife he is told that he must help a young pilot just like someone once helped him to become a great pilot.

There is a problem though: the young pilot is Dorinda's new love interest and Pete has trouble letting go of her. The movie stars Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter and Audrey Hepburn.

Answer: Into the Sun

In this movie from 1992, a pilot (played by Michael Paré) is ordered to lead the actor Tom Slade (Anthony Michael Hall) around on the base and explain everything: the popular star wants to get "the feeling" for his next movie.

Answer: Hard Rain

Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater star in this action movie from 1998. A small town is flooded by a dam operator during a major rainfall. An armored truck gets robbed, but one of the guards escapes with the money. In this situation the young guard can't even trust the local Sheriff who wants the money for himself.

Answer: Pretty Woman

A Cinderella tale from 1990 starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. A ruthless businessman decides to hire a prostitute to keep him company while he's in Los Angeles "to avoid emotional entanglements". They do however get emotional, and when the week is over and they part they both feel like they're missing something - or someone.

Answer: High Noon

Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in, as the tagline says, "The story of a man who was too proud to run". A sheriff is about to retire from the job and become a family man. He receives a message that a man he sent to jail years ago will arrive on the Noon Train.

There can only be one reason why he is coming: to kill the sheriff. Nobody dares to help the sheriff, so he must run or face his enemy all alone.