Charades movie list for your next round

Movie charades works when titles are famous enough to mime quickly. A tight list helps you start tonight; the next problem is variety once your group burns through the obvious hits.

20 movie titles for charades

A deeper batch alongside our other movie guides - skip anything your table has not heard of.

  1. The Godfather
  2. Back to the Future
  3. Shrek
  4. Black Panther
  5. The Incredibles
  6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  7. Ghostbusters
  8. Toy Story
  9. Indiana Jones
  10. Wonder Woman
  11. Star Wars
  12. The Lion King
  13. Frozen
  14. Pirates of the Caribbean
  15. The Matrix
  16. Finding Nemo
  17. Titanic
  18. Jurassic Park
  19. Avatar
  20. Spider-Man

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Build a film round that keeps moving

Open with short, iconic titles so guessers lock onto genre fast. If a title dies twice, swap it - momentum beats forcing a deep cut nobody can reach.

Acting tips per decade

Mime the era before the title: black-and-white camera for classics, bulky phones for 80s and 90s, superhero stances for 2010s. The decade cue halves the guess space.

Why a short list beats dumping 200 titles

A focused 20 is easier to use in a real room. Twenty strong picks get everyone playing fast, and you can add more titles later when the group is warmed up.

Pull more film prompts from Showem

Showem is free to install and lets you tune categories so movie night does not collapse into the same five films every time your group meets.

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