Movie charades
Film titles most Americans know — blockbusters, family favorites and a few classics for the film buffs. Easy titles take seconds; Hard ones are long enough to need every signal you know.
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Movie night charades
Split into teams, pass one phone around. The phone times every turn and keeps the score.
All 181 movie titles
The deck is family-friendly: no R-rated films. Disney and Pixar animation has its own Disney deck.
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- Jaws
- Titanic
- Shrek
- Rocky
- Star Wars
- Jurassic Park
- Home Alone
- E.T.
- Ghostbusters
- Spider-Man
- Batman
- Superman
- Minions
- Barbie
- Elf
- Grease
- Twister
- Godzilla
- King Kong
- Iron Man
- Black Panther
- Top Gun
- Avatar
- Transformers
- Kung Fu Panda
- Madagascar
- Ice Age
- Happy Feet
- Despicable Me
- Wonder Woman
- Aquaman
- The Avengers
- Gremlins
- Jumanji
- Casper
- Hook
- Matilda
- Annie
- Shark Tale
- Space Jam
- Beethoven
- Free Willy
- Twilight
- Back to the Future
- The Karate Kid
- Paddington
- Stuart Little
- The Grinch
- Trolls
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Lego Movie
- Garfield
- Scooby-Doo
- Thor
- Ant-Man
- Bee Movie
- Sing
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- Mean Girls
- Forrest Gump
- The Princess Bride
- Night at the Museum
- The Hunger Games
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Groundhog Day
- The Parent Trap
- Freaky Friday
- Big
- The Goonies
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Sister Act
- Cool Runnings
- The Mighty Ducks
- Remember the Titans
- Napoleon Dynamite
- School of Rock
- Legally Blonde
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Edward Scissorhands
- Beetlejuice
- The Sandlot
- Hairspray
- Footloose
- Chicken Run
- Wicked
- Dune
- Inception
- Interstellar
- Gravity
- The Martian
- Armageddon
- Independence Day
- Men in Black
- Jurassic World
- Mamma Mia!
- Pitch Perfect
- Hidden Figures
- The Blind Side
- Happy Gilmore
- The Mask
- Cast Away
- The Truman Show
- Spirited Away
- The Iron Giant
- Babe
- The Polar Express
- A Christmas Story
- Jingle All the Way
- Speed
- Flubber
- Zoolander
- Clueless
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Knives Out
- National Treasure
- The Princess Diaries
- Shazam!
- Planet of the Apes
- Nacho Libre
- Mission: Impossible
- The Greatest Showman
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Rio
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- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Apollo 13
- Field of Dreams
- A League of Their Own
- Dead Poets Society
- Sleepless in Seattle
- You've Got Mail
- The NeverEnding Story
- The Dark Crystal
- Labyrinth
- The Land Before Time
- An American Tail
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Charlotte's Web
- Bridge to Terabithia
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Coraline
- The Sixth Sense
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Chariots of Fire
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- The Sting
- Tootsie
- 9 to 5
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- The Bourne Identity
- Hugo
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Life of Pi
- Escape to Witch Mountain
- The Black Stallion
- Short Circuit
- Flight of the Navigator
- Harry and the Hendersons
- The Muppet Movie
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- Rudy
- Hoosiers
- Little Women
How to act out a movie title
- Start with the movie signal: crank an old camera beside your head.
- Show the number of words with your fingers, then act word by word — or the whole idea at once if it is easier (“Jaws” is a shark, not a word).
- Break long words into syllables: lay fingers on your arm for how many.
- Use “sounds like” (tug your ear) for words you cannot act — “Titanic” sounds like “tie-tan-ick”.
Drawing movie titles
Movie titles also work in Draw mode — draw the poster, not the letters. “Up” is a house with balloons, “Twister” is a tornado. Choose Mix to switch between acting and drawing every turn.
Movie charades questions
What are easy movies for charades?
Titles with one strong image: Jaws, Titanic, Shrek, Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Superman. They are all in the Easy column.
What are hard movies for charades?
Long titles and older films: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”, “Kramer vs. Kramer”.
Are the movies kid-friendly?
Yes — there are no R-rated movies in the deck. A few PG-13 blockbusters are included, so for young kids pick the Easy level or the Kids deck.
More decks to play
- Classic Charades 184 words Everyday actions, objects and jobs — the all-round deck.
- Charades for Kids 127 words Animals, toys and simple actions for ages 5 to 10.
- Charades for Adults 142 words Office life, dating, parenting — grown-up but clean.
- Drawing Game Words 199 words Words picked to be drawn with a finger in a minute.
- Christmas Charades 151 words Santa, songs, movies and holiday chaos.
- Christmas Drawing Words 97 words Holiday words that are fun to draw.
- Thanksgiving Charades 121 words Turkey, football and the kids’ table.
- Halloween Charades 119 words Costumes, monsters and trick-or-treat — not gory.
- New Year’s Eve Charades 89 words Countdown, resolutions and midnight.
- Disney Charades 165 words Characters and films from Disney and Pixar.
- Animal Charades 113 words From dogs to narwhals, plus animals doing silly things.
- Action Charades 131 words Verbs and activities — great for classrooms.
- Emotion Charades 90 words Feelings and moods to act out, for teachers and families.
- Funny Charades 122 words Everyday disasters that are hilarious to act out.
- Hard Charades 143 words Idioms, abstract ideas and long phrases.