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Guess the Movie By the Frame, sometimes known as Time Stamp, is a game in which someone is shown a frame from a movie, and they have to guess the movie from that single frame. Usually, the guesser is asked to pick the timestamp of the frame.

The trend was started by TikTokers @kaiserboysgames and was popularized on TikTok and Instagram Reels starting in late October 2026, and continued to go viral in early November 2026.

Origin

On August 17th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @kaiserboysgames posted a video in which they play a game called "Time Stamp!" The game has one player pick a movie. The other player then picks a time stamp. The first player goes to that time stamp and the guesser must guess what the movie is from the frame. The video gained over 316,000 views in three months.

Spread

The game became a trend on TikTok and Instagram Reels starting in late October 2026.

On October 23rd, 2026, TikToker^[2] @soellegirls posted a video playing the game that gained over 2.6 million views in about two weeks. This is the video that popularized the trend.

On October 29th, TikToker^[3] @miarace_ posted a video playing the game with Disney movies, garnering over 3.5 million views in two weeks. The same creators posted a Pixar version of the trend on Instagram^[4] the next day, gaining over 110,000 likes in two weeks.

On November 5th, TikToker^[5] @neeniesteenie posted a video where she plays the game with Disney movies, gaining over 8.6 million views in five days.

That day, Instagram^[6] user brosaidcinema posted a comedy video based on the trend where he very clearly gets the movie wrong, guessing Grown Ups 2, garnering over 14,700 views in five days.

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