Recorded answers
1,391 recorded answers
How to approach it
Build the list from the calendar rather than from memory of headlines. Work month by month through the year and, for each month, sweep across markets: wide studio slates first, then limited openings, then titles that only ever appeared in one country's cinemas. For every candidate, verify that its first public screening was a paid theatrical booking rather than a festival slot, a streaming launch or a reissue. Keep a long shortlist of small, plausible titles and resist the urge to settle on the biggest release you can recall, because the obvious picks are exactly the ones everyone else will also write down. Finally, choose the entry you can defend with an actual release date.
Get a hint
Start with the year's release calendars rather than with awards chatter, and sweep every territory, including small national industries whose films barely travel.
A little more
Then filter by format: independent dramas, genre pieces, sequels, animation and documentaries all count the moment a cinema sold the first ticket for them.
One step further
Finally hunt for the thin end of the list: titles that ran one week in one market or were announced only months before opening, since those rarely get named by anyone else.
Reveal answers 1,391
- Katukutu BuroDeep Cut85points
- Keep Me in MindDeep Cut85points
- KetticèDeep Cut85points
- Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole DakatDeep Cut85points
- Khali Balak Min NafsikDeep Cut85points
- Khalifa: The RulerDeep Cut85points
- KhoontaDeep Cut85points
- KIDZ BOP LIVE: The Concert MovieDeep Cut85points
- Kilanko: The Invincible ChildDeep Cut85points
- Kill CodeDeep Cut85points
- Killer WhaleDeep Cut85points
- King Kosoko: The Battle for LagosDeep Cut85points
- Kirtaner Por KirtanDeep Cut85points
- KitKatClub - Kinks of BerlinDeep Cut85points
- Kokadeuta Nati Aru Hati 2Deep Cut85points
- Kolero: Beyond the LineDeep Cut85points
- Korean KanakarajuDeep Cut85points
- Krantijyoti Vidyalay Marathi MadhyamDeep Cut85points
- Krishna Aur ChitthiDeep Cut85points
- Kuasa Gelap: Perjanjian DarahDeep Cut85points
- Kuka is Money CashDeep Cut85points
- Kung FuDeep Cut85points
- L’invisibile filo rossoDeep Cut85points
- L'oratoreDeep Cut85points
- La bambina di ChernobylDeep Cut85points
- La bolla delle acque matteDeep Cut85points
- La gioiaDeep Cut85points
- La GradivaDeep Cut85points
- La Sinfonía de los Bichos RarosDeep Cut85points
- La Venganza del Charro NegroDeep Cut85points
- LaagniDeep Cut85points
- LabyrinthDeep Cut85points
- Ladki BahinDeep Cut85points
- LadyDeep Cut85points
- Lagan Laagii ReDeep Cut85points
- Lagna Aani Barach KahiDeep Cut85points
- Lagnacha ShotDeep Cut85points
- LakshyavedhDeep Cut85points
- LalkaDeep Cut85points
- LamhaDeep Cut85points
- LandmynDeep Cut85points
- Lapin sotaDeep Cut85points
- Last Man in TowerDeep Cut85points
- Late FameDeep Cut85points
- Lầu Chú HỏaDeep Cut85points
- Lavoreremo da grandiDeep Cut85points
- Layak NalayakkDeep Cut85points
- Le cose non detteDeep Cut85points
- LeaderDeep Cut85points
- Legend of the White DragonDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
The reveal split almost perfectly along familiarity lines. Only one answer reached 100 points, and it was Chronovisor, a title so obscure that nearly the whole field missed it. The 220 answers sitting at 85 points read like a tour of the international release calendar: 9 Moons, Aadu 3, Aida: The Movie, Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, Bhooth Bangla, Bonolota Express, Cheburashka 2. None of those is a household name in English-language markets, which is precisely why naming one paid so well. The 177 answers at 60 points form the crowded band: titles many players could reach, so the scoring formula divided the credit among more people. The pattern holds throughout: the wider a film opened and the more press it drew, the more people wrote it down, and the less each mention was worth. Rarity, not prestige, set the payout here.