Can you name the movie named for its lead character?

Year	Movie	Actor
1945		Joan Crawford
1952		Danny Kaye
1964		Julie Andrews
1970		Raquel Welch
1975		John Wayne
1977		Diane Keaton
1990		Johnny Depp
1990		Kevin Costner
1991		Bruce Willis
1994		Kevin Costner
1994		Tom Hanks
1994		Johnny Depp
1995		Adam Sandler

Year	Movie	Actor
1995		Keanu Reeves
1996		Robin Wright
1996		Julia Roberts
1996		Liam Neeson
1996		Tom Cruise
1997		Pam Grier
1998		Robin Williams
2000		Julia Roberts
2001		Jake Gyllenhaal
2003		Rowan Atkinson
2006		Sylvester Stallone
2007		Anton Yelchin
2007		George Clooney
2008 (Brad Pitt)	George Clooney
1941	George Clooney
2003	George Clooney

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Eponymous Movies Quiz

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Created by: livfred -
Contributed: September 29th, 2009
Published: February 9th, 2010
Category: Movies
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Tags: Actor Quizzes, lead, eponymous, character, name

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	Anderson:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	10 points
	I've tried really hard to repress the thought of ever having seen Johnny Mnemonic, and it was going so well. Damn you Sporcle.

	Detektor:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT	19 points
	Fun Fact: Edward is never called "Scissorhands" except in the movie's title.

	bryanhickman:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:33 GMT	5 points
	I typed in Dances with Wolves and it gave me Robin Hood.

	drpickem:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:36 GMT	6 points
	I somehow got Julia Roberts as Mary Reilly, but completely forgot about her as Erin Brockovich. I also missed Rocky Balboa, but managed to get Myra Breckinbridge. Yeah, my results were normal.

	chikka2:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:43 GMT	1 point
	CoGburn and AndersEn. Sporclespell gets me again.

	Sally:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:46 GMT	5 points
	Awesome game, loved it!

	Dudeman612:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:46 GMT	0 points
	Robin Williams played the title character in "Jack."

	MetaphysicalMan:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:48 GMT	3 points
	Was shocked seeing two Johnny Depps there and yet Donnie Brasco didn't come up.

	jaymc:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT	11 points
	@bryanhickman: Meanwhile, I typed in "Happy Gilmore" and it gave me "Billy Madison." I'm happy to get credit, but I'm not sure these should count, since the release dates are different.

	neskerdoo:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:54 GMT	7 points
	it's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" which means it doesn't really fit with the rest of these

	JohnJF:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 04:55 GMT	1 point
	@MetaphysicalMan: Technically, Depp's character wasn't named Donnie Brasco; it was just an alias. His name was Joseph Pistone.

	RadiationPuppy:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:15 GMT	0 points
	Another suggestion would be "August Rush." Albeit, crappy movie, but that's the title character's de facto name throughout the film.

	prncsjenny:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:18 GMT	-4 points
	rowan atkinson was in "bean" too

	springmom:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:20 GMT	5 points
	I agree that Robin Hood shouldn't count. It really should be Dances with Wolves. That was a much better movie, and it was the name of his character.

	TheRev:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 06:03 GMT	7 points
	Dances with Wolves has 1991 has a hint, yet it won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1990...

	teffty24:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 06:07 GMT	4 points
	billy madison yet no happy gilmore?

	worldconqueror:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 06:45 GMT	2 points
	Ow, that was a difficult and painful quiz. I missed 11 movie titles and still in the 96th percentile. Very clever though and I neve mind a stiff challenge.

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	madhatter22:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 07:28 GMT	5 points
	I typed in "Rob Roy" and got credit for "Michael Collins". It helped my score, :) but since the clue says 1996, I was wrong and shouldn't have had it count as right. I also got "Dances with Wolves" when apparently the correct answer (the eponymous character Kevin Costner played in 1991) was Robin Hood. If dates are going to be used, films that don't correspond to those dates shouldn't work as answers.

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	kingmouse:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 11:53 GMT	1 point
	have you ever seen dances with wolves? if not go watch it then come back here lol and obviously peanut4 this quiz is for movies with both names. Rambo was never the actual name of any of the Rambo movies anyway.

	neskerdoo:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 12:00 GMT	13 points
	I wish people would read comments before commenting

	jessbowen:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 12:11 GMT	9 points
	I kept trying Victor/Victoria for the Julie Andrews clue and getting upset because she's my favorite. When the answer came up, I was so embarrassed that I ran away and joined a convent.

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	el_barto:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 12:44 GMT	8 points
	Come on...no Joe Dirt???

	johnlk:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 12:50 GMT	4 points
	Dances with Wolves was not released in 1991.