Movidle

Movidle hides a film behind its own poster. A round has seven clues. The first five are tiles of the poster, opened one at a time in the same order for every player, and chosen so that the title and faces come late. The sixth clue names the director and the top three billed actors, and the seventh is a one-sentence synopsis.

You have three guesses for the whole round. A wrong guess costs one of them and opens the next clue; the Skip button opens the next clue for free, so you can wait for more of the poster before you commit. Titles are matched loosely, so small spelling slips still count. After the synopsis you either guess or give up.

The daily film is picked for each pair of category and difficulty: All-Time Greats, Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Animation and Black & White Classics, each at Easy, Medium or Hard. The home page puts one category forward each day, rotating through the week, and the archive lists those featured days for replay. All daily puzzles change at midnight US Eastern Time. An Unlimited mode serves random films without repeats for every category except Black & White Classics, and the site runs limited events such as a run of eight films by one director.

Winning rounds are scored by the clue you solved on and the time you took, and the day's leaderboard updates live once you pick a username. Play needs no account; signing in with Google keeps your streak and favourites across devices. The game is free and shows banner ads.

The site points out that it is a different game from Moviedle, which uses a second of film footage, and from an unrelated Android app of the same name. Movidle uses the poster, so it suits players who remember how films were sold as much as how they look on screen.