60 free 2019 Movies trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
2019 was the year Endgame became the biggest film ever, Joker cracked a billion dollars with an R rating, and Parasite became the first non-English Best Picture. These trivia questions about movies of 2019 cover the blockbusters, the Oscar winners, the Disney remakes, the horror hits and the streaming breakouts. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Which film was the highest-grossing of 2019 and briefly the highest-grossing of all time?
Avengers: Endgame
It held the all-time record from July 2019 until Avatar reclaimed it with a 2021 re-release.
Q 02Which 2019 release became the first R-rated film to gross over $1 billion?
Joker
It kept the R-rated record until Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024.
Q 03Joker won the Golden Lion at which film festival?
Venice
It premiered there on August 31, 2019, before a wide release in October.
Q 04Who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Arthur Fleck in Joker?
Joaquin Phoenix
The film took two Oscars from eleven nominations, the other for Hildur Guðnadóttir's score.
Q 05Who directed Joker?
Todd Phillips
Phillips, best known for The Hangover, co-wrote the script with Scott Silver.
Q 06Joker drew on two Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver and which other?
The King of Comedy
Scorsese himself was initially attached to the project as a producer.
Q 07Which film became the first non-English-language winner of the Best Picture Oscar?
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho's thriller also won Best Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature.
Q 08Who directed the 2019 Best Picture winner about the Kim and Park families?
Bong Joon-ho
It was the first South Korean film ever to receive any Academy Award recognition.
Q 09The 2019 Palme d'Or winner was the first film from which country to take the prize?
South Korea
It went on to become one of only four films to win both the Palme d'Or and Best Picture.
Q 10How many Oscars did the 2019 Best Picture winner take home in total?
Four
Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature Film.
Q 11In the 2019 Best Picture winner, the Kim family lives in what kind of Seoul home?
A semi-basement flat
The banjiha flat floods in the film's storm sequence, a key image of the class divide.
Q 12Brad Pitt won his first acting Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood playing whom?
Cliff Booth
His stunt-double character lives in a trailer with a pit bull named Brandy.
Q 13Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is set in Los Angeles during which year?
1969
The story builds toward the night of August 8, 1969, and the Manson family's visit to Cielo Drive.
Q 21In Toy Story 4, Bonnie creates which new toy from a spork?
Forky
Voiced by Tony Hale, he spends much of the film convinced he is trash, not a toy.
Q 22Who directed Toy Story 4, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
Josh Cooley
It narrowly out-grossed Toy Story 3 to become the franchise's biggest film.
Q 23Who directed the photorealistic 2019 remake of The Lion King?
Jon Favreau
He reused and expanded the virtual-reality filming tools from his Jungle Book remake.
Q 24Beyoncé wrote and performed which new song for the 2019 Lion King?
Q 14Margot Robbie played which real-life actress in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Sharon Tate
Tate and her husband Roman Polanski live next door to DiCaprio's fading TV star.
Q 15Brad Pitt's stunt-double character struggles to find work partly after a fight with whom?
Bruce Lee
The fight scene with Lee drew criticism from the martial artist's family.
Q 16Who directed the World War I film 1917?
Sam Mendes
It was partly inspired by stories his grandfather Alfred told him about serving in the war.
Q 171917 was edited to appear as how many continuous shots?
Two
Roger Deakins won the cinematography Oscar for the long-take approach.
Q 18Which cinematographer won an Oscar for 1917?
Roger Deakins
The film also won Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects.
Q 19In 1917, the two lance corporals carry a message to call off an attack by which regiment?
Devonshire
Blake's brother serves in the 2nd Battalion, giving the mission a personal stake.
Q 20In Frozen 2, Elsa and Anna travel to what place to learn the origin of Elsa's powers?
An enchanted forest
The sequel grossed $1.45 billion, the third-highest total of 2019.
Spirit
She also helped Elton John rework the original soundtrack.
Q 25Which actor reprised his voice role from the 1994 Lion King in the 2019 remake?
James Earl Jones
He was the only returning voice, again playing Mufasa.
Q 26Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios' first female-led film, is set in which year?
1995
Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg were digitally de-aged to match the 1990s setting.
Q 27In Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers is captured by Talos, commander of which shape-shifting aliens?
Skrulls
The plot borrowed from the 1971 "Kree–Skrull War" comic storyline.
Q 28Who played Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home?
Jake Gyllenhaal
His "Elementals" turn out to be illusions made with stolen Stark technology.
Q 29In Far From Home, the Water Elemental attacks Peter's class in which city?
Venice
The film was the first Spider-Man movie to pass $1 billion worldwide.
Q 30In The Rise of Skywalker, the resurrected Emperor Palpatine hides on which planet?
Exegol
He is revealed to be both the power behind Snoke and Rey's grandfather.