The 8 Best Movie Drinking Games

A drink-friendly film to suit every taste, whatever the occasion—from *The Big Lebowski* to *Titanic*.

By Laura Bradley. Photos: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

A drink-friendly film to suit every taste, whatever the occasion—from The Big Lebowski to Titanic.

MEAN GIRLS

It’s the queen bee of drinking game movies. The rules:

  1. Drink every time someone refers to Africa.

  2. Drink every time someone says Regina George’s full name.

  3. Drink for every mini-skirt.

  4. Go sip for sip with every character at every party.

  5. Chug for “Boo, you whore.”

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “mean” or “girl(s).”

TITANIC

Your heart will go on, but your liver might not.

  1. Drink for every instance of ominous foreshadowing.

  2. Drink every time class creates a dicey situation.

  3. Drink every time Rose says “Jack” or Jack says “Rose.”

  4. Drink every time someone speaks in a thick accent.

  5. Chug for propeller guy.

If you dare: Drink for every dead person you see.

JURASSIC PARK

“Ah ah ah! You didn’t say the magic word!”

  1. Drink every time you notice the excellent soundtrack.

  2. Drink every time mentions of technology make you laugh—twice every time someone mentions “hacking” or being a “hacker.”

  3. Drink every time someone says “DNA.”

  4. Drink whenever Jeff Goldblum speaks.

  5. Chug when the T.rex eats the lawyer.

If you dare: Drink every time you see a dinosaur.

WOLF OF WALL STREET

“Let me tell you something. There is no nobility in sobriety. I have been a drunk man and I have been a sober man. And I choose drunk every fucking time.” Did Jordan Belfort say that in the movie? Not exactly, but close enough.

  1. Drink every time someone does cocaine.

  2. Drink every time someone mentions Quaaludes.

  3. Drink every time someone has sex.

  4. Chug every time they explain the stock market.

  5. Chug for Leo’s drunken drive home.

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “fuck.”

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LOVE ACTUALLY

You’ll feel it in your fingers; you’ll feel it in your toes; liquor will be all around you; and so the feeling will grow.

  1. Drink for every turtleneck.

  2. Drink every time you find out people from parallel stories know one another.

  3. Drink for every distinctly British moment of tension.

  4. Drink every time Colin Firth struggles to communicate with Aurelia, his Portuguese love interest.

  5. Chug for Andrew Lincoln’s cue card scene.

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “love” or “actually.”

TWILIGHT

You better hold on tight, spider monkeys.

  1. Drink every time Bella stammers or Edward looks uncomfortable.

  2. Drink every time a vampire uses vampire powers.

  3. Drink whenever Bella strokes her own hair or bites her lip.

  4. Drink every time vampires and werewolves express animosity toward one another.

  5. Chug when Bella sees Edward sparkling for the first time.

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “Bella.”

THE HANGOVER

Try not to wake up from this one with a tiger in your bathroom and a baby in the closet.

  1. Drink every time someone says “Vegas” or “baby.”

  2. Drink every time Alan (Zach Galifianakis) does or says something weird.

  3. Drink twice every time the group finds something out or remembers something.

  4. Drink every time you feel sorry for Stu.

  5. Chug when Mike Tyson starts singing.

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “fuck.” (Trust us, it’ll work here, too.)

THE BIG LEBOWSKI

“You’re out of your element!”

  1. Drink every time someone says “dude.”

  2. Drink every time someone drinks a White Russian.

  3. Drink every time someone dumps on Donny.

  4. Drink every time someone bowls.

  5. Chug during the ill-fated ash scattering scene.

If you dare: Drink every time someone says “fuck.”

This story originally appeared on Vanity Fair.

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