20 movies for charades everyone will recognise

A 20-title movie list for charades that plays well with mixed ages. Pick ten for the first round, save the rest for round two.

20 movies for charades

Famous, short, visual - pick what suits your group.

  1. Titanic
  2. Jaws
  3. Star Wars
  4. Harry Potter
  5. The Lion King
  6. Finding Nemo
  7. Frozen
  8. Shrek
  9. Toy Story
  10. Jurassic Park
  11. The Matrix
  12. Rocky
  13. Grease
  14. E.T.
  15. Avatar
  16. Spider-Man
  17. Ghostbusters
  18. Wonder Woman
  19. The Godfather
  20. Back to the Future

These ideas are starters. Download Showem free for more words, teams and timers, and same-phone play on one device - from the App Store or Google Play.

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  • Set up teams in under a minute and laughed for an hour.

  • No installs for my friends - just pass the phone.

  • The AI keeps throwing new prompts so nobody gets bored.

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Choose categories and round rules, run teams and timers, and keep scores on one phone - built for in-room charades on iOS and Android.

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Automatic team shuffling

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Screens from the latest app - from setup to the word on the card.

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Why 20 beats 10 for a full evening

Ten titles often run out halfway through the night. Twenty keeps momentum for two rotations and gives you room to skip anything the actor cannot sell in the first five seconds.

How to rotate genres

Alternate animation, drama, action and comedy so the same actor does not land four slapstick titles in a row. Mixed genres keep guessers engaged.

Switch to Showem when you burn through the list

Showem is a free install and keeps generating movie prompts so you do not rerun titles the same group just acted out.