Total Recall

The Game:

We pick the filmography of an individual (it could be a director, actor, cinematographer, etc) and challenge each other to memorize the entire filmography in chronological order.

The Fine Print:

  • You must memorize the year of release along with each film.
  • Only theatrically-released, narrative, full-length films are included.
  • You must include all punctuation.
  • We alternate who has to attempt it each week. If each person has had two attempts without successfully memorizing the entire filmography, then the list is retired. At any point thereafter, one of us can attempt the filmography and win the trophy with an asterisk.

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Say Anything

The Game:

Both of us think of a movie-related word, name, or short phrase. At the count of three, we say our words at the same time, with the goal of saying the same thing as each other. If we haven’t, we think of a new word, name, or short phrase based off the two words we just said, and say them again at the count of three. We continue to do this until we’ve said the same thing.

The Fine Print:

  • We cannot repeat words already used in the round.

Movie Bluff

The Game:

We each pick three movies, two of which we have seen and one we haven’t. We then present the three movie titles to the other person and they can ask as much as they want about the films to determine which one we are lying about seeing.

The Fine Print:

  • You must have watched both films that you have seen in their entirety at some point.
  • You must answer honestly about the films you have seen, but you may lie through your teeth about the movie you haven’t seen.

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28 Words Later

The Game:

Given the year of release and genre of a film, we have to guess the name of a movie. We can ask for words from plot description on IMDB for clues, but once we’ve asked for up to 28 words, the round is over.

The Fine Print:

  • You can only make two guesses per film.
  • You are given every genre listed by IMDB.
  • Films are chosen from ones we know the other person has seen.
  • You can specify if you’d like words from the beginning or end of the plot description on IMDB.
  • If you can successfully guess the next word in the plot description on the first try, the person will confirm that you’re correct.
  • Once you’re within five words of using all 28 words on a new film, you have to use them all at once.
  • If you guess correctly on your last film after you’ve used 28 words, you can continue until you’ve guessed wrong.
  • After using all 28 words, you enter the bonus round wherin after being given the genre and year of release, you bid a number of words between 1-10. Then we roll a ten-sided die and if the number you bid is less than or equal to the number on the die, you get the number of words you bid from the plot description. If the die number is less, you must make your guess with zero words.

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Chain Reaction

The Game:

One person says either a movie or person. If they say a movie, the next person has to say an actor or director involved with that movie. Then the next person has to say another movie that they are in. We continue this until someone can’t think of one.

The Fine Print:

  • We alternate who has to start on a movie or a person.
  • Each time we play, we pick a different person or movie to begin with each time.

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Plot Holes

The Game:

One person says a movie.  The next person has to name a movie that shares a similar plot element and state what the plot element is.  The next person has to think of a new movie that shares a plot element with the most recently said movie, and so on.  We continue this until someone can’t think of one.

The Fine Print:

  • We alternate who has to start on a movie or a person.
  • The plot elements can’t be so basic as to include almost all movies (i.e. “There is a protagonist.” or “The movie contains oxygen.”

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Me, Myself, and iRate

The Game:

We pull up each other’s Letterboxd ratings and simply ask the other person what they rated that movie. If they are able to correctly guess the rating they themselves gave the movie, they get a point.  If they guess wrong, and can’t guess their own rating, they don’t get a point.

The Fine Print:

  • We usually play rounds of 18 movies.
  • Occasionally we’ll play using a differential-rule.  Then the goal is to be as close to your original rating as possible.  How far away you are gets added up and whoever has the largest differential loses.

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Sophie’s Choice

The Game:

We present each other will a simple either/or category, and we have to correctly answer which category something falls into.  For instance, we ask if a movie made before or after 1977, then give each other a list of movies made near that time for them to say either “before” or “after.”

The Fine Print:

  • Only one of the categories needs to be movie related.
  • Some categories are easier than others.

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Last Man Standing

The Game:

We randomly pick a letter from the alphabet then take turns naming movie titles that begin with that letter. First person to be unable to think of a movie loses.

The Fine Print:

  • “The” and “A” don’t count, so for the letter “F,” you’re allowed to say “The Firm.”
  • You have roughly ten seconds to think of an answer, though how strict we are on that is flexible.

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