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A Movie Taglines Quiz

If you can express big ideas in small spaces, then writing movie taglines is the job for you. Taglines appear at the bottom of movie posters and in movie trailers. Taglines can sell the premise of a film, they can tease you with excitement, sex, violence, and scares, or they can just be funny. Collected below are the the famous and infamous, the funniest, and most groan-inducing taglines Hollywood ever wrote.
To view the answers, click and drag to highlight the line below the tagline...
  1. A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.
    answer:HIGH FIDELITY
  2. A Masterpiece Of Modern Horror
    answer:THE SHINING
  3. A nervous romance.
    answer:ANNIE HALL
  4. A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.
    answer:A FISH CALLED WANDA
  5. All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.
    answer:FIELD OF DREAMS
  6. Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?
    answer:WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
  7. Coming To Save The World This Summer.
    answer:GHOSTBUSTERS
  8. Don't Go in the Water
    answer:JAWS
  9. Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.
    answer:BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
  10. Everyone has one special thing.
    answer:BOOGIE NIGHTS
  11. Family Isn't A Word... It's A Sentence.
    answer:THE ROYAL TENEMBAUMS
  12. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
    answer:THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
  13. Five Criminals. One Line Up. No Coincidence.
    answer:THE USUAL SUSPECTS
  14. Five Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime.
    They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Number
    answer:RESERVOIR DOGS
  15. He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home.
    answer:E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
  16. He Saw The World In A Way No One Could Have Imagined.
    answer:A BEAUTIFUL MIND
  17. His whole life was a million-to-one shot!
    answer:ROCKY
  18. How the future began.
    answer:THE RIGHT STUFF
  19. In space no one can hear you scream.
    answer:ALIEN
  20. In Vietnam The Wind Doesn't Blow It Sucks
    answer:FULL METAL JACKET
  21. It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...
    answer:DO THE RIGHT THING
  22. Just because they serve you doesn't mean they Like you.
    answer:CLERKS
  23. Leisure Rules
    answer:FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF
  24. Love Kills
    answer:SID AND NANCY
  25. Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.
    answer:THE THING
  26. Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.
    answer:FIGHT CLUB
  27. Never give a saga an even break!
    answer:BLAZING SADDLES
  28. Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.
    answer:THE BODYGUARD
  29. No One Gets Away Clean
    answer:TRAFFIC
  30. Not every gift is a blessing.
    answer:THE SIXTH SENSE
  31. On The Air. Unaware.
    answer:THE TRUMAN SHOW
  32. Paul Sheldon used to write for a living.
    Now, he's writing to stay alive.
    answer:MISERY
  33. Tea At Four. Dinner At Eight. Murder At Midnight.
    answer:GOSFORD PARK
  34. The Day We Fight Back
    answer:INDEPENDENCE DAY
  35. The first casualty of war is innocence.
    answer:PLATOON
  36. The greatest fairy tale never told.
    answer:SHREK
  37. The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture...
    answer:AMADEUS
  38. The most devastating detective story of the century!
    answer:ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
  39. The Story That Won't Go Away
    answer:JFK
  40. The Ultimate Trip.
    answer:2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
  41. They have a plan, but not a clue.
    answer:O’ BROTHER WHERE ART THOU
  42. They stole his mind, now he wants it back.
    answer:TOTAL RECALL
  43. They're young... they're in love... and they kill people.
    answer:BONNIE AND CLYDE
  44. This time it's war
    answer:ALIENS
  45. We are not alone
    answer:CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
  46. We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you.
    answer:SNEAKERS
  47. You Won't Believe Your Eye.
    answer:MONSTERS INC
  48. In The Game Of Seduction, There Is Only One Rule: Never Fall In Love
    answer:CRUEL INTENTIONS
  49. This Summer, Evil Meets It's Moose.
    answer:THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
  50. If you see only one movie this summer, see Star Wars. But if you see two movies this summer, see...
    answer:Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  51. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
    answer:THE FLY
  52. Be Unafraid. Be Very Unafraid.
    answer:LITTLE NICKY
  53. Be Afraid. Be Kind of Afraid.
    answer:SCOOBY-DOO
  54. It's 4 A.M., do you know where your car is?
    answer:REPO MAN

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