This week’s quiz lets you play hostage negotiator. See how many of the following films you can identify, without anyone putting a gun to your head.
See also: Quiz the one hundred-and-sixty-first: Hostages (Part two).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Alex on Film 
This is no affront to your media-detective skills, which are a form of intriguing conceptual art. But the evidence of rampant, repetitive film cliches, especially here, is vexing. The actors have to torque themselves up for this emotionally charged moment — will the gun go off and splatter brains? probably not! — and it’s in so many dumb movies. Blazing Saddles commented on this, over 40 years ago, but clearly did nothing to stop the trend. We deserve a better culture than the one we are getting.
There’s no doubt it’s a cliché. And you’re right, the odds are so stacked against anything happening that there isn’t even any suspense generated. I wonder how many times we’ve had a scene like this in a movie and the hostage actually gets their brains blown out.
“We deserve a better culture than the one we are getting.” This made me smile.