Random movie generator
One hundred well-known films, from 1940s classics like Casablanca to 2024 releases like Dune: Part Two and Wicked, in alphabetical order. Spin for a title, not a genre.
- 12 Angry Men
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- A Quiet Place
- Alien
- Amélie
- Apollo 13
- Arrival
- Back to the Future
- Barbie
- Black Panther
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Casablanca
- Catch Me If You Can
- Chicken Run
- Clueless
- Coco
- Dead Poets Society
- Dune: Part Two
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Edward Scissorhands
- Elf
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Fargo
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Finding Nemo
- Forrest Gump
- Get Out
- Ghostbusters
- Gladiator
- Good Will Hunting
- Goodfellas
- Groundhog Day
- Hairspray
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Hidden Figures
- Home Alone
- Inception
- Inside Out
- Interstellar
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Jaws
- Jurassic Park
- Knives Out
- Kung Fu Panda
- La La Land
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Legally Blonde
- Life of Pi
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Little Women
- Lost in Translation
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Mamma Mia!
- Mary Poppins
- Mean Girls
- Monsters, Inc.
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- My Neighbor Totoro
- North by Northwest
- Ocean's Eleven
- Oppenheimer
- Paddington 2
- Parasite
- Pride & Prejudice
- Psycho
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Ratatouille
- Rear Window
- Rocky
- Roman Holiday
- School of Rock
- Shrek
- Singin' in the Rain
- Some Like It Hot
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Spirited Away
- Stand by Me
- Star Wars
- The Dark Knight
- The Devil Wears Prada
- The Godfather
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Incredibles
- The Iron Giant
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Martian
- The Matrix
- The Princess Bride
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Sixth Sense
- The Sound of Music
- The Truman Show
- The Wizard of Oz
- Titanic
- Toy Story
- Up
- WALL-E
- Whiplash
- Wicked
Ready — 100 entries
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How to use
- Before movie night, delete the films everyone has already seen and any that are too old or too scary for your group.
- Spin once and check which streaming service or library has the film before anyone starts arguing.
- Switch on "Remove winner after spin" and keep the wheel saved in your browser, so your watch-through of all 100 never repeats a film.
- Share a spin-only link with friends watching remotely so everyone sees the same pick at the same moment.
Ideas and variations
- 100-film challenge: work through the whole wheel over two years, one spin a week.
- Classics-only night: delete everything after 1980 and spin for an older film.
- Double feature: spin twice and watch the two films in release order.
- Rewatch roulette: keep only the films your household already loves for a comfort pick.
- Film class: each student spins a title and presents one scene from it.
Questions
What movies are on the random movie generator?
One hundred widely known films across eight decades, including Jaws, Spirited Away, The Dark Knight, Parasite, Oppenheimer and Wicked. The newest titles are from 2024; the list is reviewed once a year.
Are the films suitable for kids?
Not all of them. The list mixes family films such as Toy Story and Paddington 2 with adult films such as The Silence of the Lambs and Goodfellas, so check ratings and delete titles before a family night.
How is this different from the movie genre wheel?
The genre wheel picks a category and leaves the choice of film to you. This wheel lands on an actual title, so there is no second decision to make.
Can I replace the list with my own watchlist?
Yes. Clear the entries, paste your watchlist one title per line and save the wheel under a new name.