Casablanca (film)
hard | film
Charades for adults: 80 ideas
This set suits adult groups who want films, songs, and famous characters alongside moments from work, travel, home life, and sport. It stays clean without feeling like a kids' game.
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Charades for adults: 80 ideas
This set suits adult groups who want films, songs, and famous characters alongside moments from work, travel, home life, and sport. It stays clean without feeling like a kids' game.
Cut along the dashed lines.
Titanic (film)
easy | film
Inception (film)
medium | film
The Shawshank Redemption (film)
hard | film
The Truman Show (film)
medium | film
Raiders of the Lost Ark (film)
medium | film
Singin' in the Rain (film)
hard | film
The Martian (film)
medium | film
Bohemian Rhapsody (from a song)
medium | song
Hotel California (from a song)
medium | song
Piano Man (in a song)
easy | song
Africa (in a song)
medium | song
Jolene (in a song)
medium | song
Ring of Fire (song title)
easy | song
Bridge over Troubled Water (song title)
hard | song
Stand by Me (song title)
easy | song
Pride and Prejudice (from a book)
easy | book
To Kill a Mockingbird (from a book)
medium | book
80 cards · sheet 1 of 5 · cards 1 to 18 · MadBright
Charades for adults: 80 ideas
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The Great Gatsby (from a book)
easy | book
The Catcher in the Rye (from a book)
medium | book
Moby-Dick (from a book)
medium | book
Jane Eyre (from a book)
medium | book
The Count of Monte Cristo (from a book)
hard | book
The Da Vinci Code (from a book)
medium | book
Downton Abbey (television show)
medium | tv
Sherlock (television show)
easy | tv
The Crown (television show)
easy | tv
Ted Lasso (television show)
medium | tv
Only Murders in the Building (television show)
hard | tv
Call the Midwife (television show)
medium | tv
Parks and Recreation (television show)
medium | tv
The Good Place (television show)
easy | tv
Forrest Gump running across the country
easy | character
Gandalf blocking the way on a narrow bridge
easy | character
Atticus Finch addressing a quiet courtroom
hard | character
Elizabeth Bennet refusing an unwanted proposal
hard | character
80 cards · sheet 2 of 5 · cards 19 to 36 · MadBright
Charades for adults: 80 ideas
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Jay Gatsby raising a glass at a party
hard | character
Don Quixote charging at a windmill
medium | character
Ebenezer Scrooge counting every coin twice
medium | character
Lara Croft exploring an ancient tomb
medium | character
Octopus opening jars with many arms
medium | animal
Hedgehog curling into a ball
easy | animal
Camel crossing through a hot desert
easy | animal
Wolf howling at the moon
easy | animal
Salmon swimming upstream
medium | animal
Lobster escaping from a kitchen pot
medium | animal
Meerkat watching for danger
medium | animal
Moth circling around the porch light
medium | animal
Parallel parking in a tiny space
medium | action
Assembling flat-pack furniture without instructions
medium | action
Reading tiny instructions in dim light
medium | action
Replacing the battery in a smoke alarm
medium | action
Ordering coffee in a busy café
medium | action
Juggling a phone and briefcase
medium | action
80 cards · sheet 3 of 5 · cards 37 to 54 · MadBright
Charades for adults: 80 ideas
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Missing an elevator by one second
medium | action
Untangling a pair of headphones
medium | action
Judge reading a final verdict
medium | occupation
Pilot landing an airplane in wind
medium | occupation
Paramedic pushing an empty stretcher
medium | occupation
Electrician testing a wall outlet
medium | occupation
Tailor sewing a missing button
medium | occupation
Locksmith opening a stubborn door
medium | occupation
Auctioneer calling bids at top speed
hard | occupation
Film director framing the perfect shot
hard | occupation
Sliding a curling stone toward the target
hard | sport
Lifting a heavy barbell overhead
easy | sport
Sailing around a bright buoy
medium | sport
Guiding a horse over a show jump
hard | sport
Changing shoes during a triathlon
hard | sport
Playing a long squash rally
hard | sport
Swinging a golf club from a bunker
medium | sport
Diving from a high platform
medium | sport
80 cards · sheet 4 of 5 · cards 55 to 72 · MadBright
Charades for adults: 80 ideas
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Joining a video call on mute
medium | everyday
Searching for reading glasses
easy | everyday
Using a ticket machine for the first time
medium | everyday
Checking into a busy hotel
medium | everyday
Packing a suitcase at the last minute
easy | everyday
Navigating a confusing subway map
medium | everyday
Signing for a doorstep delivery
medium | everyday
Forgetting a computer password again
medium | everyday
80 cards · sheet 5 of 5 · cards 73 to 80 · MadBright
Films
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 1
Casablanca (film)
hard | film
- 2
Titanic (film)
easy | film
- 3
Inception (film)
medium | film
- 4
The Shawshank Redemption (film)
hard | film
- 5
The Truman Show (film)
medium | film
- 6
Raiders of the Lost Ark (film)
medium | film
- 7
Singin' in the Rain (film)
hard | film
- 8
The Martian (film)
medium | film
Songs
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 9
Bohemian Rhapsody (from a song)
medium | song
- 10
Hotel California (from a song)
medium | song
- 11
Piano Man (in a song)
easy | song
- 12
Africa (in a song)
medium | song
- 13
Jolene (in a song)
medium | song
- 14
Ring of Fire (song title)
easy | song
- 15
Bridge over Troubled Water (song title)
hard | song
- 16
Stand by Me (song title)
easy | song
Books
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 17
Pride and Prejudice (from a book)
easy | book
- 18
To Kill a Mockingbird (from a book)
medium | book
- 19
The Great Gatsby (from a book)
easy | book
- 20
The Catcher in the Rye (from a book)
medium | book
- 21
Moby-Dick (from a book)
medium | book
- 22
Jane Eyre (from a book)
medium | book
- 23
The Count of Monte Cristo (from a book)
hard | book
- 24
The Da Vinci Code (from a book)
medium | book
Television
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 25
Downton Abbey (television show)
medium | tv
- 26
Sherlock (television show)
easy | tv
- 27
The Crown (television show)
easy | tv
- 28
Ted Lasso (television show)
medium | tv
- 29
Only Murders in the Building (television show)
hard | tv
- 30
Call the Midwife (television show)
medium | tv
- 31
Parks and Recreation (television show)
medium | tv
- 32
The Good Place (television show)
easy | tv
Characters
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 33
Forrest Gump running across the country
easy | character
- 34
Gandalf blocking the way on a narrow bridge
easy | character
- 35
Atticus Finch addressing a quiet courtroom
hard | character
- 36
Elizabeth Bennet refusing an unwanted proposal
hard | character
- 37
Jay Gatsby raising a glass at a party
hard | character
- 38
Don Quixote charging at a windmill
medium | character
- 39
Ebenezer Scrooge counting every coin twice
medium | character
- 40
Lara Croft exploring an ancient tomb
medium | character
Animals
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 41
Octopus opening jars with many arms
medium | animal
- 42
Hedgehog curling into a ball
easy | animal
- 43
Camel crossing through a hot desert
easy | animal
- 44
Wolf howling at the moon
easy | animal
- 45
Salmon swimming upstream
medium | animal
- 46
Lobster escaping from a kitchen pot
medium | animal
- 47
Meerkat watching for danger
medium | animal
- 48
Moth circling around the porch light
medium | animal
Actions
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 49
Parallel parking in a tiny space
medium | action
- 50
Assembling flat-pack furniture without instructions
medium | action
- 51
Reading tiny instructions in dim light
medium | action
- 52
Replacing the battery in a smoke alarm
medium | action
- 53
Ordering coffee in a busy café
medium | action
- 54
Juggling a phone and briefcase
medium | action
- 55
Missing an elevator by one second
medium | action
- 56
Untangling a pair of headphones
medium | action
Jobs
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 57
Judge reading a final verdict
medium | occupation
- 58
Pilot landing an airplane in wind
medium | occupation
- 59
Paramedic pushing an empty stretcher
medium | occupation
- 60
Electrician testing a wall outlet
medium | occupation
- 61
Tailor sewing a missing button
medium | occupation
- 62
Locksmith opening a stubborn door
medium | occupation
- 63
Auctioneer calling bids at top speed
hard | occupation
- 64
Film director framing the perfect shot
hard | occupation
Sports
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 65
Sliding a curling stone toward the target
hard | sport
- 66
Lifting a heavy barbell overhead
easy | sport
- 67
Sailing around a bright buoy
medium | sport
- 68
Guiding a horse over a show jump
hard | sport
- 69
Changing shoes during a triathlon
hard | sport
- 70
Playing a long squash rally
hard | sport
- 71
Swinging a golf club from a bunker
medium | sport
- 72
Diving from a high platform
medium | sport
Everyday moments
Act out the whole prompt, not just one word or object in it.
- 73
Joining a video call on mute
medium | everyday
- 74
Searching for reading glasses
easy | everyday
- 75
Using a ticket machine for the first time
medium | everyday
- 76
Checking into a busy hotel
medium | everyday
- 77
Packing a suitcase at the last minute
easy | everyday
- 78
Navigating a confusing subway map
medium | everyday
- 79
Signing for a doorstep delivery
medium | everyday
- 80
Forgetting a computer password again
medium | everyday
How to play
Deal a mix of easy, medium, and hard cards into each round. Let teams pass once, then return passed cards near the end so one tricky card doesn't eat up a whole turn.
A mix of easy mimes and harder titles keeps every round moving, and nobody is stuck all turn on a film only one person has seen.
Timer and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team Lime's turn
Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0