Movies from 1983 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: Flashdance

"Flashdance" is a romantic drama about a female welder and part time exotic dancer who dreams of being accepted into a prestigious ballet company. The boss at the steel mill she works at falls in love with her and manages to get her an audition for the ballet company.

Answer: Trading Places

"Trading Places" is a comedy about a well-to-do commodities broker whose life gets turned upside down when his bosses put him through a little experiment. On a one dollar bet, the owners of the brokerage firm manage to ruin Winthorpe's (Dan Aykroyd) life and get him fired, while at the same time giving street bum Billy Valentine (Eddie Murphy) Winthorpe's job and possessions just to see if they are able to adapt to each other's lifestyles.

Answer: Risky Business

"Risky Business" is a romantic comedy drama about a young man about to graduate from high school who, in order to fix his father's car that he damaged while joy riding, turns his house into a brothel for one night to earn quick money. Most of the clientele are neighborhood nerds that have money but aren't popular with girls.

Answer: Staying Alive

"Staying Alive" is a dance film and sequel to the movie "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta as Tony Manero. After months of failed tries, Tony is able to get into a Broadway dance show as a dance extra. Unsatisfied with the dancing of the male lead dancer, the director gives Tony a chance to be a star.

Answer: All the Right Moves

"All the Right Moves" is a sports drama about high school senior and football player Stefen Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) who is trying to get a college scholarship but is being blackballed by his high school coach. After losing an important game, some alumni blame the coach and decide to trash the coach's house. On the way to the coach's house, the alums pick up Stefen and he tosses some garbage on the coach's lawn.

The coach sees Stefen running out of his yard and decides to try and keep him from getting into college on a football scholarship.

Answer: Bad Boys

"Bad Boys" is a prison drama about a high school teen from the wrong side of town. Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) and his friend decide to steal drug money from a local gang and during the heist, the little brother of the gang leader gets accidentally killed. Mick is sent to a boys' correctional facility where he becomes top dog. Soon after, the gang leader whose brother was killed is sent to the same facility and he seeks revenge for his brother's death.

Answer: The Man With Two Brains

"The Man With Two Brains" is a comedy about a brain surgeon named Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) who marries a gold-digger and realizes that he has made a mistake. He falls in love with a talking disembodied brain that he discovers in a lab and decides that he wants to transplant the brain into another body so that they can be together.

Answer: Strange Brew

"Strange Brew" is a comedy film based on a skit called "The Great White North" from the TV comedy program "SCTV" ("Second City TV"). The movie is about two dimwitted Canadians who get jobs at a brewery. Unknown to them, the owner of the brewery is creating a beer that gives him mental control of any person who drinks it and his plan is to distribute the beer to the whole world.

Answer: War Games

"War Games" is a science-fiction film starring Matthew Broderick as a high school teen who, while looking for games to play on his computer, inadvertently hacks into the newly developed computerized U.S. defense system called W.O.P.P.E.R. The hack triggers the defense system into thinking that the U.S. is being attacked by the Russians.

Answer: The Dead Zone

"The Dead Zone" is a science-fiction thriller about a man who wakes up from a long coma and discovers that he has the ability to see into a person's past or future simply by touching them. In the latter half of the movie, Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) touches the hand of a politician and sees that he becomes President in the future and starts World War Three.