thriller
Thrillers often involve danger, pursuit, or uncertainty. This topic is part of Film Genres within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 28 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
thriller trivia questions
A thriller is designed mainly to create what?
Answer: Suspense and tension
Bonus fact: Thrillers often involve danger, pursuit, or uncertainty.
Which director became known as the Master of Suspense?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Bonus fact: Hitchcock directed thrillers including Vertigo and North by Northwest.
How does suspense differ from surprise in Hitchcock's famous explanation?
Answer: Suspense lets the audience know danger is coming
Bonus fact: Knowing about a hidden threat can create prolonged tension.
Argento is strongly associated with which Italian thriller-horror genre?
Answer: Giallo
Bonus fact: Giallo films often combine mystery, violence, and stylized imagery.
Which Dustin Hoffman thriller did Schlesinger direct?
Answer: Marathon Man
Bonus fact: Marathon Man features the famous dentistry interrogation.
Which stylish thriller-romance did Donen direct with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn?
Answer: Charade
Bonus fact: Charade blends comedy, romance, and mystery.
Jonathan Demme directed which thriller featuring Hannibal Lecter?
Answer: The Silence of the Lambs
Bonus fact: The film swept the five major Academy Awards.
Which 1975 thriller helped establish the template for modern summer blockbusters?
Answer: Jaws
Bonus fact: Jaws follows three men who set out by boat to capture a great white shark terrorizing swimmers.
Who recorded the album Thriller?
Answer: Michael Jackson
Bonus fact: Thriller was released in 1982 and includes the singles Beat It and Billie Jean.
Who directed the 1994 action thriller Speed?
Answer: Jan de Bont
Bonus fact: BFI lists Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock among the featured cast.
Who directed the South Korean zombie thriller Train to Busan?
Answer: Yeon Sang-ho
Bonus fact: BFI lists Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi and Ma Dong-seok among the featured cast.
Who directed the 1964 thriller "Fail Safe"?
Answer: Sidney Lumet
Bonus fact: Lumet released the tense nuclear drama the same year as "Dr. Strangelove."