Charades Word List: Ideas for Adults (Movies, Books, and TV)

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Kristy Callan enjoys coming up with fun ideas for the holidays ranging from charades lists to party games.

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Charades is a fun party game for all age groups, but when you're just playing with adults, it opens up more possibilities. Just think of all the old (and new) movies and TV shows you can use. This list has attempted to compile the best TV show, movie, and book charades ideas for adults.

The rules of charades are simple: one person must act out one of the things on the list below for his team, who must guess what he is trying to act out.

Have fun!

Movies


Psycho	Vertigo	Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Godfather	The Apartment	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saw	Die Hard	Schindler's List
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	Strangers on a Train	The Lord of the Rings
Cujo	Slumdog Millionaire	Fight Club
Pulp Fiction	Gone With The Wind	Alien
The Grapes of Wrath	Black Swan	The Shining
Groundhog Day	Kill Bill	The Silence of the Lambs
The Terminator	The King's Speech	Forrest Gump
The Shawshank Redemption	Some Like It Hot	Citizen Kane
Pretty Woman	Amelie	American Beauty
Batman	The Pianist	Stand by Me

Books


Little Women	The Joy Luck Club	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Da Vinci Code	Pride and Prejudice	The Poisonwood Bible
Wuthering Heights	1984	Valley of the Dolls
The Secret Life of Bees	Life of Pi	Under the Dome
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo	Memoirs of a Geisha	Water for Elephants
Emma	The Notebook	A Farewell to Arms
The Kite Runner	The Nanny Diaries	The Time Traveler's Wife
Animal Farm	Of Mice and Men	The Help
The Handmaid's Tale	Bridget Jones's Diary	Beloved

TV Shows


The Flintstones	The West Wing	The Archie Show
Tom and Jerry	The Big Bang Theory	Big Brother
Deadwood	Julia	The Munsters
The Brady Bunch	Breaking Bad	Weeds
Bewitched	The Wire	The Amazing Race
The Shield	Degrassi	Freaks and Geeks
The Jetsons	Hogan's Heroes	The Addams Family
Rush	Mad Men	Six Feet Under
Everybody Loves Raymond	Green Acres	Dexter
Lost in Space	The Andy Griffith Show	Young Talent Time
Get Smart	Arrested Development	The Office
I Dream of Jeannie	Survivor	That 70s Show
Planet Earth	Gilligan's Island	Two and a Half Men
The Walking Dead	Saturday Night Live	Orange Is the New Black

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