Rules
The Movie Card Game lets you take your movie trivia knowledge to a whole new level. Play actors and actresses on the movie they were in, play movies on the actor or actress that was in the movie, or reset the stage with an action card to give your opponents more actors, actresses, and movies to play.
Use your movie trivia knowledge strategically to make opponents draw more cards. Be the first player with no cards and you win! You can follow the link below to our Filmography search page of actors and actresses.
Gameplay Rules
2 Player games begin with 11 cards in each player’s hand.
3-4 Players games begin with 7 cards in each player’s hand.
5-6 Players games begin with 5 cards in each player’s hand.
The game begins with Player 1 putting the top card of the deck face up on a discard pile and playing an actor, actress, movie, or action card on this card according to legal play rules of the game.
Note: If the top card of the deck is a Wild card, Player 1 does not draw any cards.
Player 2 then plays an actor or actress in the movie if a movie was played, a movie the actor or actress was in if an actor or actress card was played, an action card, attempt a bluff, or name an unplayed actor or movie to avoid drawing a card.
If a player has no legal play or does not attempt to bluff and a movie card is showing, the player must name an unplayed actor in the movie. If the player cannot, they must draw a card. If an actor card is showing, the player must name an unplayed movie the actor was in. If they cannot, they must draw a card. Cards drawn this way may not be played until the player's next turn.
If the draw deck runs out before a winner is chosen, leave the top card of the discard pile face up and shuffle the discard pile into the draw deck to continue the game until a player wins. The game ends when a player’s hand is empty or one player is left holding cards, whichever is preferred in games with 3 or more players.
Additional Rules
Game Rules - Legal Play
An actor or actress appearing as a character in a movie governs the rules of legal play. A movie card played on an actor or actress that was in the movie is legal. Playing an actor or actress on a movie where they had a role (credited or uncredited) is legal play. Playing the same actor, actress, or movie on itself is legal. Playing any card on Canceled, Flop, or Wild Cards is legal. Any player who is exposed for bluffing draws three cards. Play resumes with the bluff card in play. Any player who calls a bluff when the card is legal draws three cards.
Game Rules - Action Cards
All action cards are playable on other action cards. “Flop” cards cancel movie cards. “Cancelled” cards cancel actor cards. “Wild” cards cancel movies or actors, and the next player draws 2 cards.
INVALID PLAY
Playing a Flop on an actor returns the Flop card to the player’s hand. Playing Canceled on a movie returns the Canceled card to the player’s hand.
These plays are invalid.