Was Ghostbusters before or after Top Gun? Did The Matrix beat Gladiator to theaters? This which movie came first game puts two famous films side by side and asks you to pick the older one, based on its US theatrical release year. It spans nearly a century of blockbusters, Disney classics and Oscar winners, so movie buffs of every age can play.
Release years can be surprisingly hard to pin down from memory. Sequels, remakes and re-releases blur the timeline, and a movie you watched on cable a hundred times might be a decade older than you think. Every film here uses the year of its original US theatrical release, not a premiere at a foreign festival or a later anniversary re-release, and each movie has its own unique year, so there are no ties.
Each round shows one movie with its release year and a second movie with the year hidden. Decide whether the hidden film came out earlier or later, then see the answer. Get it right and that film becomes your new anchor, keeping your streak going. One wrong call ends the round. Clues like the stars, the special effects and the sequels that followed can all help you place a movie on the timeline.
Source: Original US theatrical release dates as listed on Wikipedia film articles (AFI and studio release records)