Sci-fi movie trivia
A sci-fi movie can fit more than one clue. Look at the whole lineup before deciding where it belongs. The familiar title is only the beginning: performers, filmmakers and eras can give you different routes through the board. Leave room for the film with the fewest possible matches, then work outward.
This collection currently includes 57 puzzles across 29 packs. Films in its lineups include Back to the Future, The Avengers, The Matrix, Interstellar, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Iron Man. The recorded release years range from 1950 to 2026. A puzzle qualifies when at least three of its six films match this genre or era; the other films can come from elsewhere.
Choose a title below to see all six films and all six clues before you play. Each round gives you three checks, with free movement and Undo between checks. Optional hints place one correct match and reduce the score. Start with one board, compare the possible matches, and return to this list whenever you want a different cast. Your progress saves in the browser, so you can stop between puzzles.
Start with An Alternate Arrangement
West Side Story · A Very Long Engagement · WarGames · Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance · Das Boot · Tron
Featured packs
All 57 puzzles
- An Alternate Arrangement — West Side Story / A Very Long Engagement
- Kitchen Stories & Making Ends Meet — Ratatouille / Titanic
- Turf Wars & Castle Walls — Gangs of New York / The Day After Tomorrow
- End of the World & Among the Stars — Terminator 2: Judgment Day / American History X
- Chocolate Dreams & Opera Nights — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Captain America: Civil War
- Faraway Galaxies & Giant Footsteps — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse / Pride & Prejudice
- Boldly Going & Future Imperfect — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 / The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Daylight Detours & Gotham Shadows — The Devil Wears Prada / Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Snake Eyes & War Stories — Children of Men / Your Name.
- Florida Days & Moonlit Tales — Saving Private Ryan / Apollo 13
- A Familiar Complication — Eraserhead / Nineteen Eighty-Four
- The Case Reopens — Morbius / The Talented Mr. Ripley
- The Living Are the Problem — The Girl with All the Gifts / Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- Nothing Stays Buried — Resident Evil: Afterlife / Mimic
- The Last Connection — The Wandering Earth / All About Eve
- Digital Lives & Frontier Days — Isi & Ossi / The Roundup
- Seeing Double & Unlikely Friends — Antigang / Bad Company
- Animated Company & Wedding Bells — Sunshine / Dead Space: Downfall
- Fast Lanes & High Seas — Initial D / Largo Winch II
- Chocolate Dreams & Strange Experiments — Gamer / The Counselor
- Cyber Shadows & Into the Woods — The Cured / A Simple Plan
- Funny Business & Future Imperfect — Sniper: Ultimate Kill / Borderlands
- Care and Company & Dragon Flights — Iron Lung / The Faculty
- Rising Waters & Fairy Tales — The Great Flood / The Lost Prince
- Desert Dust & Piano Keys — Ali: Fear Eats the Soul / Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
- Fading Memories & Growing Pains — Escape Plan 2: Hades / Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
- Far from Home & Artificial Friends — A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon / Ong Bak 2
- Northern Neighbors & Country Roads — I Killed My Mother / Dude
- Private Eyes & Racing Hearts — Scooby-Doo / Rolling to You
- Moonlit Tales & Mountain Paths — Iron Sky / S. Darko
- Ghosts in the Machine — The Terminator / The Empire Strikes Back
- Past Meets Future — Aliens / Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Close Encounters — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial / Return of the Jedi
- Love Across Worlds — When Harry Met Sally... / The Empire Strikes Back
- Strange Company — When Harry Met Sally... / E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Worlds in Motion — Black Panther / Star Wars
- Race Against Time — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / Star Wars
- Rise of the Machines — The Matrix / The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- No Easy Escape — Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Mad Max: Fury Road
- Against the Odds — Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Aliens
- Beyond the Stars — Alien / Iron Man
- Visitors and Voyagers — Nope / Avatar: The Way of Water
- A Strange Discovery — Blade Runner 2049 / Dune
- Far From Home — The Martian / Dune: Part Two
- Unfamiliar Skies — Alien / Avatar
- Other Worlds — Avatar: The Way of Water / Avatar
- Reality Takes a Detour — The Martian / The Prestige
- The Next Frontier — Return of the Jedi / Aliens
- Don’t Touch That — Slither / Cube Zero
- Trouble Beyond the Atmosphere — Alienoid: Return to the Future / Death Race
- The Experiment Escapes — Predators / 28 Weeks Later
- A Questionable Reality — Pacific Rim: Uprising / A Scanner Darkly
- The Containment Plan Failed — Predator: Killer of Killers / Quarantine
- Everybody Owes Somebody — Knowing / Blindness
- Unreliable Companions — Get Hard / The Wedding Ringer
- The Clock Is Ticking — Twilight Zone: The Movie / The Boogeyman
- Another Kind of Secret Identity — Spider-Man: Far From Home / The Covenant
Questions before the first check
Does every movie match this topic?
At least three of six films match. The full cast can mix genres and eras.
Can I play for free?
Yes. Five different library puzzles per Eastern day need no account. Email signup unlocks unlimited library play and daily puzzle emails. Daily and archive rounds remain free. Unsubscribe anytime.
Will I see the answers first?
No answer discussion opens automatically. On a library puzzle, choose the clearly marked spoiler disclosure only when you want the explanation.
Movie facts and posters: TMDB. About the game and its sources.