The ‘80s silver screen was filled with unforgettable movies. Movies you watched with your friends while wearing neon jumpers and sporting big hair. Now it’s time to sit back, relax and take this quiz that will send you blasting into the past!
In this action packed sci-fi movie, time travelers Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown travel to the future to save Marty’s son from disaster.
2: This film will give you chills. Sit tight and hold onto your chair. Can you guess its title?
Warner Bros., Hawk Films, Peregrine
The Shining was released 1980. This horror movie is based on the novel written by Stephen King. It stars legend Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd.
3: If you are into adventure films this question will be easy to answer. Which movie is in this image?
Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm
Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action packed adventure film released 1981. Harrison Ford, stars as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist who fights off a group of Nazis on their way to find Arc of the Covenant.
The Breakfast Club is iconic for bringing together teens from different clicks to detention and forcing them to speak to one another when they would never be seen together in the halls.
5: What fairy tale film is shown in this image?
Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd.
The Princess Bride, was released 1987. The movie is about a beautiful princess Buttercup who found true love in a humble farm boy named Westley. The story continues about Westley’s adventures trying to find fortune to be able to marry his one and only beautiful princess.
6: Can you name the science fiction film from this image?
Cinema '84, Euro Film Funding, Hemdale
The Terminator is the first film in a series of 6 with a release date of 1984. The Terminator's only task was to find Sarah Connor and kill her. Kyle tries to save Sarah throughout the movie from Skynet and its army of machines.
7: Can you name this crime film?
Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd.
The Untouchables is a 1986 film produced by Art Linson. This crime packed drama set in the Prohibition era during Al Capone’s kingpin reign. He was best known for illegally supplying liquor to Chicago during this time.
8: Let’s try a horror comedy movie!
The Geffen Company
Beetlejuice is a horror comedy film released 1988. The movie begins with Adam and Barbara being killed in a car crash. They only realized they were dead when they couldn’t see their own reflection in a mirror.
9: What is the name of this cartoon?
Walt Disney Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a huge success of the 80’s silver screen. The movie mixed animation with live action which was a unique film production feature at that time.
10: This film got 7 Academy Awards in 1986. Do you know the name of this movie?
Mirage Enterprises, Universal Pictures
Out of Africa is the epic drama film released 1985. Robert Redford as Denys Finch Hatton and Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen met in 1913, Africa. Their romantic relationship develops as Karen divorces Bror.
11: Can you guess the name of this film that will give you thrills and chills from the start to the end?
20th Century Fox
Aliens, is the second movie from a series of six films. Ellen Ripley, who was still traumatized from her close encounter with the aliens featured in the first film, agreed to go back to LV-426 to investigate what happened to the colony after they lost contact.
12: This sports comedy was an ‘80s sensation. What is its title?
Orion Pictures
Caddyshack was released 1980. Carl Spackler is hired as a gopher exterminator. During the film he gets creative and uses some unusual extermination methods such as a high pressure hose and even a rifle.
13: Eddie Murphy stars in this action comedy film. What is its title?
Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Eddie Murphy Productions
Beverly Hills Cop was released 1984. This film made Eddie Murphy an international star almost overnight.
14: Can you guess the title of this supernatural horror film?
Renaissance Pictures
The Evil Dead was released 1981. It became one the most watched horror films of its time. The movie begins with five University students who decide to go on vacation to an isolated cabin. While approaching the cabin, the spookiness begins with the swing in the front moving on its own.
15: Do you know the title of this science fiction film starring Harrison Ford?
The Ladd Company, Shaw Brothers, Warner Bros.
Blade Runner was released 1982. Rick Deckard, a police officer, takes on a case to track down bioengineered humanoids who are on Earth illegally.
