Films and Genres

Question 1

A Trip to The Moon

Answer 1

Origins of cinema

Director: Georges Méliès
Nationality: French
Genre/Movement: Early Cinema/ origins
Decade: 1900s

Question 2

As Seen Through a Telescope

Answer 2

The Pioneers

Director: Brighton School
Nationality: British
Genre/Movement: Early Cinema, Comedy
Decade: 1900s

Question 3

The Great Train Robbery

Answer 3

The Pioneers

Director: Edwin S. Porter
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Early Cin / Action
Decade: 1900s

Question 4

The Birth of a Nation

Answer 4

Director: D.W. Griffith
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Silent film / historical epic
Decade: 1910s

Question 5

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Answer 5

German Expressionism
Director: Wiene
Nationality: German
Genre/Movement: german expressionism / horror
Decade: 1920s

Question 6

Nosferatu

Answer 6

German Expressionism
Director: Murnau
Nationality: German
Genre/Movement:
Decade: 1920s

Question 7

The Battleship Potemkin

Answer 7

Soviet Montage
Director: Sergei Eisestein
Nationality: Soviet
Genre/Movement: soviet montage/ historical drama
Decade: 1920s

Question 8

Mother

Answer 8

Soviet Montage

Director: Pudovkin
Nationality: Soviet
Genre/Movement: soviet montage/ social drama
Decade: 1920s

Question 9

L’Atalante

Answer 9

French Poetic Realism

Director: Jean vigo
Nationality: French
Genre/Movement: Romance
Decade: 1930s

Question 10

The Rules of the Game

Answer 10

French Poetic Realism

Director: Jean Renoir
Nationality: French
Genre/Movement: Drama
Decade: 1930s

Question 11

Gone with the Wind

Answer 11

Golden Age of Hollywood - Drama

Director: Fleming
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: hist drama
Decade: 1930s

Question 12

Casablanca

Answer 12

Golden Age of Hollywood- Drama

Director: Michael Curtiz
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Romantic drama
Decade: 1940s

Question 13

Citizen Cane

Answer 13

Golden Age of Hollywood - Drama

Director: Orson Welles
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: drama/ mystery
Decade: 1940s

Question 14

Sherlock Jr

Answer 14

Golden Age of Hollywood - Comedy I

Director: Keaton
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Silent comedy
Decade: 1920s

Question 15

The Gold Rush

Answer 15

Golden Age of Hollywood - Comedy I

Director: Charlie Chaplin
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Silent Comedy
Decade: 1920s

Question 16

Bringing Up Baby

Answer 16

Golden Age of Hollywood - Comedy II

Director: Howard Hawks
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Screwball comedy
Decade: 1930s

Question 17

To Be or Not To Be

Answer 17

Golden Age of Hollywood - Comedy II

Director: Lubitsch
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Satirical comedy
Decade: 1940s

Question 18

Some Like it Hot

Answer 18

Golden Age of Hollywood - Comedy II

Director: Billy Wilder
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Rom com
Decade: 1950s

Question 19

The Maltese Falcon

Answer 19

Golden Age of Hollywood - Film Noir & Suspense

Director: Huston
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Film Noir
Decade: 1940s

Question 20

Scarlet Street

Answer 20

Golden Age of Hollywood - Film Noir & Suspense

Director: Lang
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Film Noir
Decade: 1940s

Question 21

North by Northwest

Answer 21

Golden Age of Hollywood - Film Noir & Suspense

Director: Hitchcock
Nationality: British-American
Genre/Movement: Suspense/ thriller
Decade: 1950s

Question 22

Frankenstein

Answer 22

Golden Age of Hollywood - Other genres

Director: James Whale
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: horror
Decade: 1930s

Question 23

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vance

Answer 23

Golden Age of Hollywood - Film Noir & Suspense

Director: John Ford
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Western
Decade: 1960s

Question 24

Singin’ in the Rain

Answer 24

Golden Age of Hollywood - other genres

Director: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Nationality: American
Genre/Movement: Musical
Decade: 1950s

Question 25

Rome, Open City

Answer 25

Italian Neorealism Director: Rossellini Nationality: Italian Genre/Movement: neorealism Decade: 1940s

Question 26

Bicycle Thieves

Answer 26

Italian Neorealism Director: Vittorio De Sica Nationality: Italian Genre/Movement: Decade: 1940s

Question 27

Rashomon

Answer 27

Discovery of Asian Cinema Director: Kurosawa Nationality: Japanese Genre/Movement: Drama, crime Decade: 1950s

Question 28

Pather Panchali

Answer 28

Discovery of Asian Cinema Director: Satyajit Ray Nationality: Indian Genre/Movement: neorealism Decade:1950s

Question 29

Breathless

Answer 29

French Nouvelle Vague Director: Godard Nationality: Genre/Movement: Decade: 1960s

Question 30

The 400 Blows

Answer 30

French Nouvelle Vague Director: Truffaut Nationality: Genre/Movement: Decade: 1950s

Question 31

Cleo from 5 to 7

Answer 31

French Nouvelle Vague Director: Agnes Varda Nationality: Genre/Movement: Decade: 1960s

Question 32

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Answer 32

New Wave Cinema Director: Richardson Nationality: British Genre/Movement: British new wave Decade: 1960s

Question 33

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Answer 33

New Wave Cinema Director: Werner Fassbinder Nationality: German Genre/Movement: New German cinema Decade: 1970s