Charades movies list - 20 titles ready to act

Need a charades movies list that does not take an hour to prep? Twenty titles is enough for a couple of full rotations with teams of four to six.

20 charades movies

Recognisable, short, and spread across decades so no one plays the same era twice.

  1. Forrest Gump
  2. The Lion King
  3. Star Wars
  4. Jaws
  5. The Matrix
  6. Titanic
  7. Toy Story
  8. Frozen
  9. Grease
  10. Home Alone
  11. Harry Potter
  12. Avatar
  13. Rocky
  14. The Godfather
  15. Pulp Fiction
  16. Indiana Jones
  17. Pirates of the Caribbean
  18. Finding Nemo
  19. Shrek
  20. Back to the Future

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How to split a 20-movie list into rounds

Deal the first ten to round one and hold ten for round two. You can shuffle if teams start repeating titles - variety matters more than completeness.

Skip anything your group will not recognise

A charades list only works if guessers share the titles. Ask the room before you start and replace dead titles from a spare stack rather than forcing them.

Showem adds movie prompts on demand

Once the list is burned, Showem has a movie category and an AI mode that keeps producing fresh titles without repeat dialogue about house rules.

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