Can You Guess These Iconic Movies From Just a Screenshot?

This ’90s teen movie quickly became a cult classic, partially due to its seriously enviable fashion. So, what exactly is this particular fashion tech that was so far ahead of its time?

Here’s a hint: the star of this movie had been in other films before, but this particular hit catapulted her to a whole new level of fame. Something tells us that if we show you the next outfit on this fashion machine, you’ll instantly recognize the movie…

This machine was a part of Cher’s closet in the movie Clueless. Yes, that bit of technology was way ahead of its time, but it’s now an actual app that anyone can use on their phone.

Clueless writer and director Amy Heckerling has joked about those apps saying, “They should all pay me some money, I want residuals on that.” Amy may have been saying that tongue-in-cheek, but we definitely think she has a point!

This scene was shot in the actual place it claims to be in the movie — Hermosa Beach Pier. While many movies are filmed somewhere other than the location the story takes place, this film was shot in over 60 locations, all of them being where they’re set in the story.

So, where did this romantic drama take place? And who are the couple dancing in the screenshot? Here’s a hint: both lead actors in this film were already hugely famous before this movie came out.

Given that La La Land is essentially a love story about the City of Angels, it makes perfect sense that the movie was actually shot in and around Los Angeles. We may have tricked you, though, when we asked who the dancing couple is.

The truth is that they just played a small part and aren’t the main characters of the movie. The actual main actors — Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone — were both nominated for Oscars for their roles, and Emma Stone won!

This horror movie takes place in either a hotel or a motel — it’s your job to figure out which one it is. Given the very dated wallpaper, you’ve probably already guessed that this is an older movie.

The other thing we can tell you is that not everyone had a very good time on set. There have been accusations that this film’s director mistreated some of the talent, to the point in which one could argue that a lot of the actors weren’t even acting anymore.

Shelley Duvall played Wendy in the 1980 horror film The Shining but probably regrets the experience. Apparently, film director Stanley Kubrick wanted Wendy’s anguish to be authentic, so he mistreated Shelley on set.

He’d yell at her, insult her, and make her re-shoot physically demanding scenes (literally) hundreds of times over. Furthermore, Stanley kept parts of the script a secret from Shelley (for example, the part when the door is broken down with an ax), causing her fear to be completely real.

This action-packed film has a theme of vehicles attached to it. Don’t let the school bus deceive you — this is not a children’s movie. Since we’re talking about mature topics, one of the stars of this movie tragically passed away.

Of course, their work on this film is still celebrated today. This particular movie is part of a series, though, so what do you think happened to the actor’s character after they passed away?

Heath Ledger iconically played the Joker in The Dark Knight. Tragically, he passed away shortly before the film’s release. Since then, his role has been recast, as has the role of Batman (this is typical in superhero franchises).

Ledger was posthumously given an Oscar for his role and is still widely regarded as the best Joker to date. It’s worth noting, though, that many people blame Ledger’s untimely passing on the toll that portraying the Joker took on his mental health.

This alien-filled movie is undeniably a classic. Interestingly, one of the actors in this film is never actually seen on-camera — we only hear their voice. That person’s voice was heard by the movie’s sound designer while in a camera store.

After hearing that individual, the sound designer knew that this person’s voice was perfect for the role! It’s also worth noting that the individual probably wasn’t born with these vocals, but they enjoy the usage of quite a few adult products, which has impacted their lungs.

Everyone’s favorite alien, E.T., was played by a Californian housewife named Pat Welsh. That’s how E.T. got his voice, but what about his looks? Apparently, he was inspired by Albert Einstein, a poet named Carl Sandburg, and a pug dog.

Roughly 10% of the movie’s $10.5 million (approximately $30 million today) budget went to designing E.T. We wonder how much Pat Welsh was paid, given that she wasn’t officially an actress and was uncredited for the film.

The leading actor in this movie was already famous before he began work on this film. However, this particular role is often regarded as one of his best works, and it even won him an Oscar!

In this particular scene, the main character’s microphone is cut off, and the people in the scene can’t hear him. Likewise, the audience doesn’t know what’s said while watching the movie. Of course, the internet now has all the answers…

There’s a popular fan theory online about what Forrest Gump said in this scene. Apparently, Tom Hanks himself has fed the flames of this theory, leading us to believe that this was in the actual script.

“Sometimes, when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes, they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.” That being said, some of the extras who were there claim that they don’t remember that monologue at all.

The two stars of this movie played characters who had a connection but, in real life, they didn’t get along at all. While it may not have been pleasant on set, the “friction” worked for their characters on screen as it translated into the energy needed for the story.

Luckily, the actors still maintained mutual respect for each other. One of them has even said, “One thing that worked beautifully was that it really was a teaching situation.”

Although Johnny and Baby fell in love, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey didn’t get along at all in real life. It was Patrick who called working with Jennifer a “teaching situation.” He also said she’s “one of the most gifted actresses around.”

Likewise, Jennifer has expressed that if Swayze were still with us today, she’d tell him, “I would say, ‘I’m so sorry that I couldn’t just appreciate and luxuriate in who you were, instead of me wishing you were more like what I wanted you to be.’”

This room has a strange way of looking like it’s simultaneously set in both the past and the future. One thing’s for certain, there’s quite a bit of money in this movie — we mean that both in the plot and in the funds put into making the film.

This production cost a whopping $10.5 million and took roughly four years. Clearly, it was worth it, as the final product earned a staggering $146 million and got rave reviews.

The reason this set looks like it’s both in the past and present is that… well, it is! 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, but the story takes place in, you guessed it, 2001.

This means the film design was according to what people in the past expected the future (which is now also the past) to look like. What adds to this futuristic feeling is the fact that the special effects used for this movie were revolutionary for their time.

Clearly, this movie stars a young Leonardo DiCaprio. Given that we can all recognize the Oscar-winning actor, we can also figure out that this film is from the ‘90s.

This would make Leonardo DiCaprio in his early 20s here (so about the same age as the women the now-48-year-old dates). This was by no means DiCaprio’s first movie, but it was one of his more swoon-worthy roles. Sorry, we know that doesn’t exactly narrow it down.

This often-forgotten scene features Jack and Fabrizio running in their attempt to make it onto the Titanic. The scene that came shortly after that, though, is far more remembered as that’s when Jack says his iconic line, “I’m the king of the world!”

Apparently, that line wasn’t in the original script, but director James Cameron threw it out there as a last attempt to get the scene right. This just goes to show that some of cinema’s best moments are truly spontaneous.

This comedy/drama is about a dysfunctional family. The question is, which family? We’ll give you a hint, this person’s finger was injured unintentionally. There’s a lot of symbolism to it, too, as there is throughout the whole movie.

One last thing to help you decide which movie this screenshot is from is the answer to the question: would you want to be a part of this family? For us, it’s a no, but maybe you’ll feel differently.

In The Royal Tenenbaums, Margot’s biological father accidentally cut her ring finger off while she was attempting to bond with him. The wooden finger symbolizes Margot’s unfortunate inability to fit in with neither her biological nor adopted families.

Just as she looks different, she feels different, and a bit out of place. As is typical with Wes Anderson films, The Royal Tenenbaums is full of symbolic imagery and family woes.

This Pixar film is one of the company’s most popular works to date. On the surface, this story is a typical and sweet animated film for children and adults alike. However, there’s a widely supported fan theory that sees a completely different plot in this movie.

Many argue that the fan theory plot is extremely depressing. However, some see it as even more beautiful and heartwarming than the obvious storyline. So, which movie is this and do you think there was a hidden plot in the script?

The fan theory believes that Carl passed away at the beginning of the film Up, and his journey to Paradise Falls is quite literally a journey to paradise/heaven. This would mean that Russell is an angel who’s trying to help Carl move into the afterlife.

If he succeeds, Russell will earn his wings — a.k.a. Wilderness Explorer Badge. Similarly, this would make Charles Muntz a fallen angel who’s attempting to drag Carl to the underworld. Good luck ever seeing Up the same way again!

This movie is undoubtedly a fantasy film but it’s one of those movies that’s set in the real world and has fantasy elements — rather than being set in an imagined world. One of the main actors in this film said that this was their favorite personal performance.

This actor has said that their character was “very, very vulnerable, I think, underneath all of that stuff. I just had to work very, very hard.” Clearly, all that hard work paid off, as they were nominated for an Oscar.

Kate Winslet found it extremely challenging to play Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but she believes it was some of her best work. She said that she’d tell the director, “Let me know if I’m going too far.”

To which he’d respond, “Yeah, it doesn’t matter. Just do it, just try it.” Kate has said, “That was fantastically liberating. When you do classical period films, you don’t get the opportunity to do that. It’s a more subtle approach.”

This thriller/horror movie is about a serial killer who’s obsessed with the human body. While the story itself isn’t based on reality, it’s based on a book by the same name. The book is inspired by several true crime stories that have taken place throughout history.

The villain was based on several serial killers. One of them was a real-life doctor named Alfredo Ballí Treviño, who spent his life trying to rectify his dark past by helping the ill and the poor.

Other inspirations for The Silence of the Lambs’ horrific characters were Ted Bundy and Gary Heidnik. Many people cite the movie’s basis on reality as being the reason why the film was so successful — and so terrifying.

To this day, The Silence of the Lambs is the only horror movie to ever win an Oscar for Best Picture. Not only that, but it got all the “Big Five” Oscar awards — Best Picture, Director, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, and Screenplay.

This kid-friendly movie offers a bit of nostalgia and a look at things from a different perspective. This film is all about being small, and viewers get to enjoy seeing normal everyday things portrayed as gigantic.

In order to achieve this effect, oversized sets were created, and visual effects were used. Interestingly, an unrelated movie contributed to the success of this film. That movie is Batman, which was expected to overshadow this film — not further its success.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was a shocking success at the box office! It earned a whopping $14 million on its opening weekend which, at the time, was groundbreaking for Disney.

While the family film is a masterpiece in its own right, the fact that it was released the same day as Batman contributed to ticket sales. People lined up outside theatres to see Batman but it sold out quickly, so they’d go to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids instead.

This particular movie had to compete with another film that came out at the same time and was almost the exact same movie. Released by a different company, the competing movie featured similar characters, and a nearly identical plot.

It also came out within six weeks of the film in this screenshot. The two companies were in competition with each other, and the movie shown here is the one that won the war, making twice as much as its rival.

Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures’ A Bug’s Life was far more successful than DreamWorks Animation’s Antz, although most fans will gladly debate which movie was actually better.

The movies’ similarities were no coincidence, as Antz was pitched by a former Disney employee who admittedly wanted to “battle” the company, as he left on poor terms. Antz was a shameless rip-off of A Bug’s Life, which was already in production. Admittedly, rip-off or not, Antz is a fantastic movie!

Clearly, this movie takes place in outer space, but that’s really the only thing you can discern from this screenshot. One of the main actors in the film said that filming “wasn’t fun” as they had to spend four weeks wearing a 40-pound spacesuit in which oxygen supply was unreliable.

The actor explained, “We were mic’d. So you’d say, ‘Yeah, my air cut off. Roll really quickly.’” It’s possible that this costume issue was an intentional choice by the director to make things more realistic.

Matt Damon’s hard work paid off, as he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his work in The Martian. It was certainly hard work, though! Not only did Damon have to contend with his uncomfortable costume, but he spent seven out of eight weeks of filming by himself.

The actor explained that he wanted the challenge of acting alone, as “so much of your performance comes from the other person. But, that was one of the reasons I wanted to do it.”

Okay, we know this is a superperson but is it a hero or villain? They fight within several superteams, but it’s up to you to decide if this particular group is made up of good guys or bad guys. For those who really want to know, we’ll tell you this woman’s name… Katana.

Katana is played by Karen Fukuhara, who’s largely known as Kimiko from The Boys. It seems that Fukuhara has a thing for playing characters with deadly superpowers who have questionable friends…

Katana is a member of the Justice League, the Outsiders, and the Suicide Squad. She was featured in Suicide Squad but, like many of the cast, didn’t return for The Suicide Squad.

She’s also in the Birds of Prey comics but didn’t feature in the movie. That being said, there are rumors that Karen Fukuhara will join the cast for the Birds of Prey sequel, although that’s yet to be confirmed.

We know this is Emma Stone, but which Emma Stone is it? Is this comedy Emma? Superhero movie Emma? Or drama Emma? The hair color is a pretty big clue, so we suggest you pay attention to that.

Here’s another hint: this movie’s script proved to be a challenge for Stone, and her colleagues often say that she’s the one who messed up her lines the most. Does that narrow it down at all?

The script for Birdman was written more like a play than a movie. This meant that shots were extremely long, like a play, rather than quick cuts as movies do. Therefore, the cast had to memorize extremely long bits of the script, as they would if they were performing in a theater.

Stone admits that “it was hard. It was definitely hard. And I screwed it up, quite a few times.” Well, at least she’s now prepped for a career in theater, if she so chooses!

This horror film was clearly made for Gen Z, as it’s tech-oriented and features relatively young characters. The film had a low budget of just a million bucks and didn’t acquire any A-list actors.

That being said, it did very well at the box office, bringing in $64 million, despite its mixed reviews. The movie’s success has opened the door for the horror genre as the film is, arguably, the first-ever horror about social media.

The story of Unfriended takes place online, so it makes sense that the movie didn’t have a typical production set. Instead, the director rented out a house and put each of the actors in a separate room.

The cast would then act out the movie like a play, meaning they’d film the entire thing in one go. Each take was 85 minutes long, and the cast would do several takes a day. And that’s how you turn out a serious profit from a low-budget film.

This romantic comedy is undoubtedly a classic, and it stars an actress who was the queen of this genre at the time — Meg Ryan. In a move that’s rare for such a lighthearted film, this movie had quite an impact on society.

It made a certain topic a bit less taboo, drawing attention to the fact that the experience portrayed in a certain scene isn’t an uncommon one. So, which of these movies managed to change the conversation?

That famous “I’ll have what she’s having” scene in When Harry Met Sally made people feel comfortable about being honest in regard to intimacy, and brought certain realizations to light.

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen aptly wrote, “When the scene was shown to a Las Vegas convention of movie distributors, the men in the room did not react at all. They didn’t get it. The women, however, did. They laughed, and their laughter became infectious until, one by one, the men joined in.”

We’re not going to tell you what food this is but if you recognize it, you may just lose your appetite. This romantic comedy came out in 1999 and was quite groundbreaking for its time. The movie is largely credited for inventing a certain term that’s still used today.

However, credit isn’t exactly put where it’s due, as the movie screenshotted here didn’t actually make it up. The term became well-known a full four years before this film was released, but the movie did make the term popular.

The food photographed is an apple pie, and if you’ve seen the movie American Pie, then that dessert has likely been ruined for you forever. As for the term this movie popularized, it’s the acronym MILF — which stands for “Mother I’d Like to…”

We’ll just let you guess the last word. The term was used to describe Stifler’s Mom, played by Jennifer Coolidge. Coolidge claims that being labeled as the original MILF has allowed her to enjoy the company of men who wouldn’t have been interested in her otherwise.

We know, we know — pretty much every teen movie ever has a scene with a boy holding flowers. We’ll help you narrow it down, though. That actor is Ansel Elgort, and although he plays a 16-year-old in this movie, he was actually 20 years old when filming.

This wasn’t Elgort’s first movie, but it was his first time working in this genre. Furthermore, this film is the one that catapulted him into stardom. Is it obvious yet which movie we’re referring to?

The Fault in Our Stars is a serious tearjerker, posing a challenge for Elgort, who hadn’t done a drama before. The actor explained, “We would cry all the time. It felt good. I let it out.”

“It’s good therapy and releases tension […] I put myself in the moment during the tough scenes. Like when Gus is at the hospital and trying to visit Hazel and has been there all night, I’m tired and a wreck — I was emotionally there.”

With the notable exception of Les Misérables, Anne Hathaway is usually glammed-up in her movies. The actress often plays characters who are well-off and attend fancy dinners like the one in this screenshot.

So, which movie is the Anne Hathaway film shown here? Here’s a hint: this is a female-centric film with an impressive cast of mostly women. We know we’ve just described half of Hathaway’s movies — but that’s the challenge!

Ocean’s 8 was Anne Hathaway’s first movie since giving birth, and sadly, she was somewhat insecure about her changed body. Luckily, the set was filled with supportive women — some of whom are also mothers.

Hathaway gushed that she walked onto the set with her few extra pounds, and… “Sandy Bullock just looks up and goes, ‘Lookin’ good, mama.’ That made me feel amazing. Then Cate Blanchett’s like, ‘Nice jeans, Hathaway.’ Rihanna looks up and goes, “Damn girl, you got an […] like me.’” Now, that’s a compliment!

This movie takes place in two worlds, one which is the real world and one which is a fantasy. Aside from the obvious protagonists, this film has an unlikely extra character.

Admittedly, the thing we’re alluding to isn’t officially a character, and there’s no actor that plays the part. But, the cast felt this thing’s presence and believe it added a lot to the final film. In fact, one specific actor credits this object for some of the better aspects of their performance.

Kevin Hart credits the backpack he wore in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle for a lot, even going as far as to say that he considers it to be a main character! “It just became the unsung hero, because everything is always directed to my backpack. That was my go-to for any improv, any comedy.”

Any fan of Jumanji can see that Hart’s comedic abilities really shone in this project. If co-starring with a backpack helped him out, who are we to judge?

This movie was directed by someone who’s really better known for their comedic acting rather than their work behind the camera. This individual stepped outside their comfort zone and created something that’s quite different than their previous work.

So, who is this mysterious director? And which of their movies is this teacup from? We’ll give one more hint, for those who are truly stumped: this particular movie was the director’s debut behind the camera, and they got rave reviews for it!

Get Out was Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, and it completely changed the way the world saw him. This teacup, in particular, was a major plot point. Spoiler alert! The stirring of the spoon in the teacup created a portal to the Sunken Place.

Peele has explained the symbolism behind this imagery by saying, “The teacup is symbolic in that slave masters used to summon house slaves using teacups.” It’s also worth noting that the spoon is silver, as silver spoons are often seen as a symbol of privilege.