Can You Name These Paul Newman Movies From an Image?

By: William J. Wright
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Can You Name These Paul Newman Movies From an Image?
Image: Campanile Productions / Newman-Foreman Company

About This Quiz

With a career spanning more than five decades, Paul Newman had the kind of career every actor dreams of. His filmography is comprised of box office blockbusters and critical favorites directed by a veritable who's who of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. A risk taker by nature, Newman never relied on his good looks and famous piercing blue eyes to nab the stereotypical romantic leading man roles for which he seemed tailor-made. Whether starring in westerns, dramas, crime thrillers or comedies, he refused to be hemmed in by genre. His very presence could make an average film good and a good film great.

Off-screen, Paul Newman was just as driven. With passions ranging from auto racing to political activism, he lived a life of both action and meaning. Channeling his celebrity into the causes he believed in, he founded a philanthropic legacy that continues to thrive years after his passing. Even his personal life was a challenge to the Holywood status quo. While his contemporaries changed spouses as frequently as they changed socks, Paul Newman remained married to his second wife Joanne Woodward from 1958 until his death from lung cancer in 2008.

From the early 1950s until the late 2000s, Paul Newman built a resume of more than 80 acting credits earning him numerous awards, nominations and critical accolades. For this quiz, we've compiled 40 of his best-known and most-beloved films with this challenge in mind: Can you name these Paul Newman movies from one image?


The Hustler
Rossen Enterprises
Can you name this Paul Newman film from 1961?
"The Hustler"
"The Prize"
"What a Way to Go!"
"Lady L"
The Sting
Universal Pictures
A pair of grifters are out to pull off the con of a lifetime in 1936 Chicago in this Oscar-winning movie. Do you recognize this film?
"Hard Times"
"Paper Moon"
"The Sting"
"Thieves Like Us"
Hombre - Paul Newman
20th Century Fox
Paul Newman faces intolerance and injustice as a white man raised by Native Americans in this 1967 Western. Can you ID it from this scene?
"The Outrage"
"Pocket Money"
"Little Big Man"
"Hombre"

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Harry and Son
Orion Pictures
Paul Newman comes in like a wrecking ball in this 1984 family drama. Can you name it based on this image?
"Blue Collar"
"Breaking Away"
"Where the Money Is"
"Harry & Son"
"The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean"
First Artists
Crooner Andy Williams sang the theme song to this western that features Paul Newman as an infamous Old West lawman. Can you identify it from this scene?
"Pocket Money"
"Pat Garret and Billy the Kid"
"Jeremiah Johnson"
"The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean"
"Cool Hand Luke"
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
No parking meter is safe from this cool customer. What's the title of this Paul Newman classic?
"Brubaker"
"The Great Escape"
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Escape from Alcatraz"

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"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
What's the title of this 1958 movie based on a popular Tennessee Williams play?
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
"Baby Doll"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
"Suddenly, Last Summer"
The Verdict
20th Century Fox
Paul Newman is a disgraced lawyer who finds redemption in this 1982 film. Can you name it?
"The Verdict"
"The Accused"
"Suspect"
"Witness for the Prosecution"
"Fort Apache, the Bronx"
Producers Circle / Time-Life Films
Which film is a 1981 crime drama starring Paul Newman as a veteran cop working in the toughest precinct in New York?
"Prince of the City"
"Nighthawks"
"Eyewitness"
"Fort Apache, the Bronx"

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The Towering Inferno
20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. / Irwin Allen Productions
Can you name this disaster movie starring Paul Newman?
"The Towering Inferno"
"The Poseidon Adventure"
"Airport '77"
"Earthquake"
"The Secret War of Harry Frigg"
Albion Film Corp.
No stockade can hold Paul Newman in this wartime comedy. Can you name it?
"Catch 22"
"M*A*S*H*"
"1941"
"The Secret War of Harry Frigg"
Slap Shot
Pan Arts / Kings Road Entertainment
This 1978 sports film is considered a cult classic. Can you name it based on this image?
"Coach"
"The Bad News Bears"
"North Dallas Forty"
"Slap Shot"

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"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
Campanile Productions / Newman-Foreman Company
In which film did Paul Newman team up with Robert Redford for the first time?
"Three Days of the Condor"
"The Sting"
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"All the President's Men"
"The Long, Hot Summer"
20th Century Fox
Paul Newman married his co-star, Joanne Woodward, after production wrapped on this film. Can you identify this movie based on this screenshot?
"Rally Round the Flag Boys!"
"From the Terrace"
"The Long, Hot Summer"
"Paris Blues"
The Color of Money
Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners II
Can you name the film for which Paul Newman won his only Academy Award for "Best Actor"?
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
"The Color of Money"
"Nobody's Fool"

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The Road to Perdition
DreamWorks Pictures / 20th Century Fox / The Zanuck Company
He earned a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar nomination for his role in this 2002 crime film. Can you identify the movie?
"Sin City"
"Gangs of New York"
"The Road to Perdition"
"The Untouchables"
Absence of Malice
Columbia Pictures
Can you name this drama starring Paul Newman and Sally Field?
"Norma Ray"
"Broadcast News"
"The Parallax View"
"Absence of Malice"
Hud 1963
Salem-Dover Productions
He's the black sheep son of a cattleman in this 1963 drama. What's the name of this film?
"Giant"
"Cattle King"
"Drylanders"
"Hud"

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"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
What's the name of this biopic that stars Paul Newman as a famous champion boxer?
"Somebody Up There Likes Me"
"The Ring"
"The Harder They Fall"
"The Square Ring"
The Silver Chalice
Warner Bros.
Paul Newman's cup runneth over in this historical epic from 1954. Can you identify this film?
"The Silver Chalice"
"Quo Vadis"
"The Robe"
"Barrabas"
"The Hudsucker Proxy"
Warner Bros. / Universal Pictures
Can you ID this 1994 comedy co-starring Paul Newman as a scheming corporate executive?
"Nothing to Lose"
"The Hudsucker Proxy"
"The Player"
"Bob Roberts"

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"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"
Cineplex Odeon Films / Merchant Ivory Productions
Paul Newman co-stars with his wife Joanne Woodward in this 1990 drama set in the '40s. Can you name it based on this screenshot?
"Harry and Son"
"From the Terrace"
"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"
"A New Kind of Love"
Turn Curtain
Universal Pictures
Alfred Hitchcock directed this Cold War thriller starring Paul Newman as a double agent. Do you know the title of this film?
"Frenzy"
"Family Plot"
"Topaz"
"Torn Curtain"
The Prize
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Can you name the 1963 film that stars Paul Newman as a Nobel Prize-winning author?
"From the Terrace"
"The Prize"
"A New Kind of Love"
"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

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Exodus
Carlyle-Alpina, S.A.
Paul Newman didn't get along with director Otto Preminger while making this film. What's its title?
"Judith"
"Exodus"
"Operation Thunderbolt"
"Cast a Giant Shadow"
"The Young Philadelphians"
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paul Newman faces a series of moral dilemmas as a lawyer in search of wealth, love and prestige in this 1959 drama. Do you recognize it from this scene?
"The Young Philadelphians"
"Witness for the Prosecution"
"Libel"
"The Defender"
"Where the Money Is" paul newman
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Gramercy Pictures / Intermedia Films / Pacifica Film Distribution / Scott Free Productions / IMF
This 2000 crime comedy was Paul Newman's penultimate on-screen theatrical appearance. Can you identify it from this still?
"Message in a Bottle"
"Twilight"
"When Time Ran Out ..."
"Where the Money Is"

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Nobody's Fool
Paramount Pictures / Capella Films
Paul Newman proves that maturity doesn't necessarily come with age in this 1994 comedy. What's the title of this movie?
"Grumpy Old Men"
"Nobody's Fool"
"Dad"
"About Schmidt"
Harper 1966
Warner Bros.
What's the title of this neo-noir thriller?
"Harper"
"The Drowning Pool"
"Klute"
"The Black Bird"
"Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson"
United Artists / Dino De Laurentiis Productions
What's the name of this revisionist Western film starring Paul Newman and directed by Robert Altman?
"Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson"
"McCabe and Mrs. Miller"
"The Hired Hand"
"The Missouri Breaks"

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"Sweet Bird of Youth"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Do you recognize this 1962 drama based on a play by Tennessee Williams?
"The Glass Menagerie"
"Baby Doll"
"Summer and Smoke"
"Sweet Bird of Youth"
"The Mackintosh Man"
Newman-Foreman Company
Do you know the title of this espionage thriller in which Paul Newman worked with the legendary director of "The Maltese Falcon"?
"The Mackintosh Man"
"Telefon"
"Three Days of the Condor"
"Hopscotch"
Paris Blues
United Artists
Which film stars Paul Newman as a jazz musician?
"Paris Blues"
"Jazz on a Summer's Day"
"Young Man With a Horn"
"The Cotton Club"

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Quintet
20th Century Fox
A board game is a matter of life and death in this post-apocalyptic misfire from Robert Altman. Can you name this 1979 sci-fi movie starring Paul Newman?
"Quintet"
"Rollerball"
"A Boy and His Dog"
"No Blade of Grass"
"Fat Man and Little Boy"
Paramount Pictures
Paul Newman is tasked with beating the Germans to the atomic bomb in this historical drama. Can you name it based on this scene?
"The Manhattan Project"
"The Day After Trinity"
"Day One"
"Fat Man and Little Boy"
What a Way to Go
Apjac-Orchard Productions
Can you ID this 1964 comedy in which Paul Newman plays one of Shirley MacLaine's six husbands?
"The Apartment"
"Gambit"
"What a Way to Go!"
"Sweet Charity"

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"The Left Handed Gun"
Warner Bros.
Can you name the 1958 western that stars Paul Newman as infamous outlaw Billy the Kid?
"Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"
"The Left Handed Gun"
"The Kid from Texas"
"The Outlaw"
Silent Movie - Paul Newman
Crossbow Productions
Can you name this 1976 Mel Brooks comedy in which Paul Newman plays himself?
"High Anxiety"
"The Producers"
"Silent Movie"
"Blazing Saddles"
Blaze
Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners IV / A&M Films
Can you name the 1989 movie in which Paul Newman plays an eccentric politician who has an affair with a burlesque performer?
"Striptease"
"Gypsy"
"Blaze"
"Bullworth"

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Wusa
Paramount Pictures
Paul Newman considered this 1970 film his most significant work of the decade. Can you name this politically charged drama?
"WUSA"
"FM"
"The Next Voice You Hear"
"Talk Radio"