60 Fun Facts About 2019 Movies

Which film was the highest-grossing of 2019 and briefly the highest-grossing of all time?

It held the all-time record from July 2019 until Avatar reclaimed it with a 2021 re-release.

Which 2019 release became the first R-rated film to gross over $1 billion?

It kept the R-rated record until Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024.

Joker won the Golden Lion at which film festival?

It premiered there on August 31, 2019, before a wide release in October.

Who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Arthur Fleck in Joker?

The film took two Oscars from eleven nominations, the other for Hildur Guðnadóttir's score.

Who directed Joker?

Phillips, best known for The Hangover, co-wrote the script with Scott Silver.

Joker drew on two Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver and which other?

Scorsese himself was initially attached to the project as a producer.

Which film became the first non-English-language winner of the Best Picture Oscar?

Bong Joon-ho's thriller also won Best Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature.

Who directed the 2019 Best Picture winner about the Kim and Park families?

It was the first South Korean film ever to receive any Academy Award recognition.

The 2019 Palme d'Or winner was the first film from which country to take the prize?

It went on to become one of only four films to win both the Palme d'Or and Best Picture.

How many Oscars did the 2019 Best Picture winner take home in total?

Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature Film.

In the 2019 Best Picture winner, the Kim family lives in what kind of Seoul home?

The banjiha flat floods in the film's storm sequence, a key image of the class divide.

Brad Pitt won his first acting Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood playing whom?

His stunt-double character lives in a trailer with a pit bull named Brandy.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is set in Los Angeles during which year?

The story builds toward the night of August 8, 1969, and the Manson family's visit to Cielo Drive.

Margot Robbie played which real-life actress in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

Tate and her husband Roman Polanski live next door to DiCaprio's fading TV star.

Brad Pitt's stunt-double character struggles to find work partly after a fight with whom?

The fight scene with Lee drew criticism from the martial artist's family.

Who directed the World War I film 1917?

It was partly inspired by stories his grandfather Alfred told him about serving in the war.

1917 was edited to appear as how many continuous shots?

Roger Deakins won the cinematography Oscar for the long-take approach.

Which cinematographer won an Oscar for 1917?

The film also won Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects.

In 1917, the two lance corporals carry a message to call off an attack by which regiment?

Blake's brother serves in the 2nd Battalion, giving the mission a personal stake.

In Frozen 2, Elsa and Anna travel to what place to learn the origin of Elsa's powers?

The sequel grossed $1.45 billion, the third-highest total of 2019.

In Toy Story 4, Bonnie creates which new toy from a spork?

Voiced by Tony Hale, he spends much of the film convinced he is trash, not a toy.

Who directed Toy Story 4, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature?

It narrowly out-grossed Toy Story 3 to become the franchise's biggest film.

Who directed the photorealistic 2019 remake of The Lion King?

He reused and expanded the virtual-reality filming tools from his Jungle Book remake.

Beyoncé wrote and performed which new song for the 2019 Lion King?

She also helped Elton John rework the original soundtrack.

Which actor reprised his voice role from the 1994 Lion King in the 2019 remake?

He was the only returning voice, again playing Mufasa.

Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios' first female-led film, is set in which year?

Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg were digitally de-aged to match the 1990s setting.

In Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers is captured by Talos, commander of which shape-shifting aliens?

The plot borrowed from the 1971 "Kree–Skrull War" comic storyline.

Who played Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home?

His "Elementals" turn out to be illusions made with stolen Stark technology.

In Far From Home, the Water Elemental attacks Peter's class in which city?

The film was the first Spider-Man movie to pass $1 billion worldwide.

In The Rise of Skywalker, the resurrected Emperor Palpatine hides on which planet?

He is revealed to be both the power behind Snoke and Rey's grandfather.

Daniel Craig played which detective in Knives Out?

He returned for Glass Onion in 2022 and Wake Up Dead Man in 2025.

In Knives Out, what happens to nurse Marta whenever she tells a lie?

So she answers police questions accurately but incompletely.

In Jordan Peele's Us, what are the murderous doppelgängers called?

Only Red, Adelaide's double, can speak, in a rasping voice.

In Us, young Adelaide first meets her double at a boardwalk funhouse in which California town?

Filming took place in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Cruz in 2018.

Declared "excommunicado", John Wick flees New York for which city in Chapter 3?

There he calls in a marker with Sofia, played by Halle Berry, and her two dogs.

Who directed the 2019 live-action Aladdin starring Will Smith as the Genie?

Smith was the first cast member signed, in July 2017.

In Jojo Rabbit, director Taika Waititi plays which imaginary friend?

The film won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, from Christine Leunens' novel Caging Skies.

Jojo Rabbit won the People's Choice Award at which film festival?

TIFF's audience prize has become a reliable predictor of Best Picture nominations.

Who wrote and directed the 2019 adaptation of Little Women?

The film won the Oscar for Best Costume Design from six nominations.

Who won Best Supporting Actress for playing a divorce lawyer in Marriage Story?

She swept the Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice awards.

Who played Jimmy Hoffa in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman?

It was Pacino's first film with Scorsese, and at 209 minutes the director's longest.

The Irishman was based on a 2004 book by Charles Brandt with what title?

"Painting houses" is mob slang for carrying out a hit.

Ford v Ferrari was released in some European countries under what title?

Christian Bale played driver Ken Miles and Matt Damon played Carroll Shelby.

Which song from Rocketman won the Oscar for Best Original Song?

Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote it; Taron Egerton sang John's songs himself in the film.

In Ari Aster's Midsommar, the Hårga festival takes place how often?

Though set in Sweden, the film was mostly shot around Budapest, Hungary.

Booksmart marked the feature directing debut of which actress?

Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever star as overachievers chasing one wild night before graduation.

In Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler's jeweler stakes everything on a rare black opal from which country?

Basketball star Kevin Garnett, playing himself, borrows the stone for luck.

In Shazam!, teenager Billy Batson becomes a superhero played by which actor?

Mark Strong played the villain Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.

Who voiced the title character in Pokémon Detective Pikachu?

It was the first live-action film based on the Pokémon franchise.

Renée Zellweger won the 2020 Best Actress Oscar for playing which entertainer?

The film follows Garland's 1968 run of concerts at London's Talk of the Town.

Taylor Swift co-wrote which new song with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the 2019 film Cats?

The Tom Hooper film lost an estimated $71 million and was widely seen as a flop.

Klaus, a Santa Claus origin story, was the first animated Oscar nominee from which company?

Sergio Pablos' hand-drawn film also won the BAFTA for Best Animated Film.

Hustlers, starring Jennifer Lopez, was based on a 2015 article in which magazine?

Lizzo and Cardi B made their film debuts in the story of strippers fleecing Wall Street clients.

In Yesterday, Himesh Patel plays a musician who is the only person who remembers which band?

The filmmakers paid $10 million for the rights to the songs; Ed Sheeran plays himself.

Charlize Theron played which Fox News anchor in Bombshell?

The film won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for its transformations.

2019 was the first year in which how many animated films each passed $1 billion?

Toy Story 4, The Lion King and Frozen 2 all crossed the mark.

Which studio became the first ever to pass $10 billion at the worldwide box office in a single year?

Disney owned seven of the year's billion-dollar films, counting Marvel and Pixar.

In the Avengers finale, Scott Lang escapes from where five years after Thanos's snap?

His return sparks the idea of a "time heist" to steal the Infinity Stones from the past.

In the Avengers finale, Tony Stark unexpectedly meets whom at Camp Lehigh in 1970?

Steve Rogers, in the same trip, glimpses his lost love Peggy Carter.

Captain Marvel borrowed elements from which 1971 Roy Thomas comic storyline?

Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve were hired in 2015 after pitching separate takes on the character.