Thriller Films Trivia Questions

Many thrillers take place in remote or rural settings, such as Deliverance (1972) or The Shining (1980), which is set in an isolated hotel.

Many thrillers involve espionage (e.g., North by Northwest), political conspiracies (e.g., Three Days of the Condor), or heists (e.g., Heat).

Jaws is widely credited as the first summer blockbuster, opening on 464 screens in June 1975 and breaking box office records.

Jonathan Demme won Best Director for the thriller The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Other thriller winners include Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006).

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) won Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. It is a well-known psychological thriller.

Alfred Hitchcock made brief cameo appearances in 40 of his 53 films, including thrillers like Psycho and North by Northwest.

Psycho featured a shot of a toilet flushing, which was considered daring for mainstream cinema in 1960 because of censorship standards.

The AFI does not classify genres; the term 'thriller' has been used since the early 20th century. The AFI's lists are retrospective.