Isha tapped her ear. Sounds like. She then pointed to a glass of water on the table. "Water?" Veer asked. She nodded. Then she pointed to her own eye. "Eye?" I asked. "Water eye?" Veer guessed. "Tear?" Isha shook her head frantically. She pointed to the glass again. Water. Then she pointed to a potted plant. "Plant?" I asked. She did the 'cut' sign with her hand. Half. She pointed to the water glass again. Then she made a shape with her hands—a circle. "Moon?" I asked. She looked to the heavens for patience. She pointed to the water, then mimed a boat. "Ship?" Veer asked. She nodded. Then she pointed to the plant again. Bush. "Ship Bush?" "No, you idiot!" Isha silently screamed with her eyes. She pointed to the glass. Glass. Then she pointed to her teeth. Teeth. "Glassteeth?" She clapped her hands together. Sounds like. Then she mimicked a British accent, looking posh. "British?" I asked. She nodded. "Glass... Teeth... British..." I muttered. "Glassgow?" Veer asked. Isha shook her head. She mimed a bee. "B?" I asked. "Glass-teeth-B?" Isha threw her hands up. She pointed to me, then mimed a heart attack. "Die?" "Die Hard!" Isha shook her head violently. She pointed to the first word again. Glass. Teeth. B. "Glacier?" I whispered. "Glacier what?" Veer asked. Isha started dancing like a penguin. "Penguin?" "The penguin movie?" We were three minutes in. The timer was ticking. Sweat was dripping down Isha’s forehead. Finally, she mouthed the words exaggeratedly, breaking the rules out of pity. G-L-A-C-I-E-R. "Glacier?" I asked. "The movie is Glacier?" She nodded. Then she pointed to the second word. She held up one finger. "One?" She nodded. "Glacier One?" She shook her head. She mimed a plane. "Flight?" She nodded. She mimed a plane crashing. "Glacier Crash?" "Alive!" Veer shouted. Isha pointed to him. "Alive! The movie is Alive!"

Finally, there are films that resist charades not through complexity or iconicity, but through a radical lack of human-scale action. The pinnacle of this category is Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey . The film’s most famous scenes are nearly un-actable on a living room floor. The ape throwing a bone? That’s a two-second gesture for “evolution,” not a film. The psychedelic Star Gate sequence? Impossible. HAL 9000’s red eye? You can cup your hands over your face and hum, but that signifies any computer, any AI.

And so, the game continued. Because in the world of Dumb Charades, the hardest movie is always the one you’re trying to guess right now, and the sweetest victory is the one where your best friend finally understands that 'Flower Pot' implies Gully Boy .

These movie titles are sure to stump even the most skilled Dumb Charades players. Do you have what it takes to act them out?