My Favorite Movies of 1997 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Full Monty

Laid-off Sheffield steelworkers Gaz and Dave recruit four other men in similar situations for a striptease act, which turns into a real success, enabling the men to pay their bills and giving them a bit of notoriety.

Answer: As Good as it Gets

Writer Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) is bigoted, misanthropic, and suffers from OCD. When his gay neighbor Simon is injured during a robbery, Melvin convinces his favorite waitress Carol to accompany him and Simon on a trip to Baltimore to beg Simon's estranged parents for help. Melvin becomes attracted to Carol, and, with Simon's help, is able to finally tell her.

Answer: Liar, Liar

Jim Carrey stars as Fletcher Reede, a divorced lawyer whose constant lying upsets his son, to the point where the boy makes a birthday wish to prevent Fletcher from lying for an entire day. Fletcher's whole life and career are based on lies, so he struggles to hold things together.

Answer: The Fifth Element

Bruce Willis stars as Korben Dallas, a 23rd century New York cabbie who literally has a girl fall into his lap. The girl, Leeloo, has been sent to save the Earth from an evil force resembling a planet sized fireball. Dallas, a former soldier, and Leeloo are sent by the Earth Armed Forces to a "paradise planet" to retrieve the only weapon that will defeat the evil entity.

Answer: George of the Jungle

While on an African safari, American heiress Ursula and her boyfriend Lyle encounter a white man named George, who was raised by a sentient, talking ape. George is wounded, and Ursula takes him back to San Francisco to recover. Meanwhile, Lyle and two bungling henchmen try to capture Ape, planning to exhibit him. George must return to the jungle and rescue Ape.

Answer: Amistad

In 1839, a group of some 40 Africans, sold as slaves in Cuba, take over the ship transporting them to a plantation and demand that the two surviving crew return them to Africa. The ship is stopped off the American coast, and the Africans are tried for murder.

The case goes all the way to the Supreme Court before the Africans are ordered to be freed and returned to their homeland.The film is based on true events.

Answer: Jackie Brown

Flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is arrested after smuggling money into the U.S. for her boss. Upon being bailed out, she tells her boss that she is pretending to help the police while she is going to smuggle in a large sun of money for him. After several twists and turns, along with a murder or two, Jackie escapes to Madrid with the money.

Answer: Rosewood

After a married white woman is beaten by her lover, she tells her husband that it was done by a black man. The white residents of nearby towns descend on the black town of Rosewood, killing and burning homes. A black stranger in town and World War I veteran, Mann, helps the people of Rosewood escape the mob by train. The film is based on a true story.

Answer: Boogie Nights

Loosely based on the life of porn star John Holmes, "Boogie Nights" chronicles the rise and fall of "Dirk Diggler", the stage name of Eddie Adams, a teenaged boy who joins a group of actors making porn films in 1977 California. The group splits due to drug use, a murder-suicide, and legal troubles, leaving Adams a "has been" by 1984.

Answer: The Devil's Advocate

Kevin Lomax is a successful Florida attorney who is offered a position at a prestigious New York law firm. This causes conflict between Kevin and his wife, Mary Ann, as he is assigned a high profile murder case that takes up all of his time. Mary Ann begins having visions and ends up hospitalized, and Kevin begins to see who he is really working for: The Devil himself, who is also Kevin's father.