WhatTheMovie: Today's Challenge

About WhatTheMovie: Today's Challenge

WhatTheMovie has been a community site for guessing films from single screenshots since 2008, with hundreds of thousands of stills uploaded by its members. Its Today's Challenge turns that into a daily game: one still from the archive, the same for every player, numbered and dated, with a fresh board at midnight UTC.

You have six guesses at the film, which may be a movie or a series, and you can type the title in many languages. The format rotates through the week: a zoom that widens with each miss, a curtain that opens sideways or downward, a new still from the same film after every miss, a line drawing that comes into focus, a wall that loses bricks, a board of several stills at once, or the film's character portraits. A badge above the board names the day's format.

Each miss except the last also unlocks a clue, in order: the year, the language, the director, the lead actor and then the title's initials. After a wrong guess the game also says how your film compares with the answer, such as the same decade, a shared genre or the same director. Yesterday's answer is shown below the board, and with a free account your streak is kept.

It suits film fans who know their way around older and international cinema as well as recent hits.

How to play WhatTheMovie: Today's Challenge

1. Open Today's Challenge on WhatTheMovie and check the day's format badge.
2. Look at the still and type the title of the film or series.
3. After a miss, see more of the picture and the next clue: year, language, director, lead actor, initials.
4. Use the comparison with your wrong guess to narrow the decade, genre or director.
5. Name the film within six guesses; sign in to keep a streak.

Screenshots

Tips

• Read the clue about your wrong guess: a shared decade or director is a strong lead.
• Many answers are not English-language films, so think beyond Hollywood.
• Skipping a frame reveals the next clue without spending a title on a wild guess.

Questions