132 High-Stakes Thrillers and Death Game Films

Primer

2004 • 77 min • Budget $7K • Box office $545K

Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

A group of young inventors stumble upon a sophisticated way to alter reality. Initially, they use their discovery to profit from the stock market, but the repercussions of their invention soon begin to unfold.

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Red Room

2017 • 96 min

Three women are held captive in a remote house and fight to break free from their cruel captors.

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The Circle

2017 • 110 min • Budget $18M • Box office $40M

Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction

A young tech worker joins a prominent internet company, rapidly advancing within its ranks. She soon faces a dangerous dilemma involving privacy, surveillance, and freedom. She discovers that her choices have profound implications for humanity's future.

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A Million

2009 • 114 min

Thriller, Drama

Eight contestants compete for a million dollars on a survival reality show in the Australian desert. Following the first contestant's death, the remaining players face increasingly dangerous circumstances, navigating a landscape of mistrust and deception.

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Nine Dead

2010 • 98 min • Budget $2M

Crime, Horror, Mystery

Nine strangers are kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will be killed every ten minutes unless they figure out what links them. Survival depends on their ability to communicate. But who will live, and who…

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Are You Scared

2006 • 80 min

Six terrified people awaken in a deserted factory, only to discover they are participants in a reality television program called "Are You Scared?" They realize they have been kidnapped and are now being filmed.

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Predators

2010 • 107 min • Budget $40M • Box office $127M

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

A team of ruthless assassins is stranded on a hostile alien world and becomes the prey of deadly extraterrestrial hunters.

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Get My Revenge

2016 • 98 min

In 2002, Japan implements "Revenge Law," allowing victims or their families to directly exact revenge on criminals. Yasuyuki, a middle school teacher who initially opposes the law, is driven to seek vengeance after his wife is murdered. He travels to…

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Death Race: Inferno

2013 • 104 min • Budget $6M

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Carl Lucas, a skilled racer, has four wins and needs one more to earn his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team are moved to a new prison where they'll compete in a dangerous desert Death Race. Meanwhile,…

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The Method

2005 • 117 min

Drama, Thriller

Seven people compete for a top executive role at a global corporation, gathering for an assessment in a downtown skyscraper. The candidates represent a range of personalities: the successful one, the assertive one, the anxious one, the judgmental one, and…

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The Experiment

2001 • 120 min • Box office $13M

Drama, Thriller

Twenty volunteers sign up for a university experiment offering good pay. The study involves simulating aggressive behavior within an artificial prison setting. A journalist suspects a deeper story and infiltrates the group. Participants are randomly assigned as prisoners or guards.…

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Val

2021 • 81 min

Fin, a criminal fleeing charges for murder and shooting an officer, breaks into the home of a wealthy escort. He encounters Val, short for "Valefar," a demon who promises to solve all his problems if he obeys her rules. However,…

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The Steam Experiment

2009 • 90 min

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disturbed scientist holds six people captive in a steam room, demanding the local newspaper publish his story regarding global warming, or he will increase the temperature to dangerous levels.

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Arena

2011 • 94 min • Budget $10M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

David Lord is thrust into a brutal new reality: a contemporary gladiatorial arena where men battle each other to the death, broadcast for online audiences.

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The Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side

2013 • 110 min

Airi, a high school student, is kidnapped on her way home from school. Soon after, nine other high school students are also abducted. All ten are forced to participate in a deadly game, where their lives are the stakes.

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Death Game Park

2010 • 89 min

A group of young people are compelled to compete in a deadly game with unclear motives. Cut off from outside assistance, they must rely on their resilience to survive and discover an escape. First released as a 24-episode, five-minute mobile…

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The Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox

2015 • 97 min

To save their lives, Ayaka Morii and her classmates must participate in the deadly Jinro Game. Ayaka draws the fox card, forcing her to navigate a world of distrust. Despite the danger, she finds herself developing feelings for Yosuke Takigawa.

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Raze

2013 • 92 min

Horror, Thriller

Sabrina is kidnapped and wakes up in a hidden underground place. There, she's compelled to fight other women who didn't ask for this. Unseen people watch, enjoying the battles. Each woman is fighting to survive, but only one will live…

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The Werewolf Game: Prison Break

2016 • 99 min

A group of students, including Akari Inui, are kidnapped and held captive. They are compelled to participate in a deadly game where the goal is to kill and survive. The ultimate prize for the sole survivor is one hundred million…

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Kill Teaser

2017 • 85 min

Based on true events: A young Asian American hacker uncovers a website distributing torture videos. He's drawn into a dangerous world, becoming an unwilling accomplice to the manipulative mastermind behind it, whose actions irrevocably alter his life for the worse.

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The Werewolf Game: Lovers

2017 • 108 min

In "The Werewolf Game," contestants compete by killing each other to be the last one standing. Many of them have prior experience with these deadly games. Ranko Takano is among the participants, driven by the need to alleviate her family's…

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The Chasing World

2008 • 98 min

A teenager finds himself in an alternate reality where anyone with his family name is targeted for persecution by the ruling government.

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The 10th Victim

1965 • 92 min

Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

In a future that feels both familiar and far away, humanity prevents war through a strange tradition called the Big Hunt. This annual event gives people with aggressive tendencies a controlled outlet for their violent impulses, and it's the world's…

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Die

2010 • 91 min

Thriller, Mystery

Six strangers, all teetering on the edge, find themselves imprisoned in a bizarre facility. Disoriented and with no memory of how they arrived, they must grapple with the unsettling reality of their confinement.

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Hunger

2009 • 101 min • Budget $625K

Horror

Five strangers awaken to find themselves inexplicably trapped. Disoriented and desperate, they search for a way out. Their situation becomes chillingly clear when they discover a room containing enough water for 30 days and a surgical knife. It's evident their…

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Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003 • 155 min • Budget $9M • Box office $14M

Action, Thriller

Three years after the Battle Royale, Shuya Nanahara has become a notorious terrorist aiming to overthrow the government. His group, Wild Seven, launches a devastating attack on Christmas Day, destroying buildings in Tokyo and killing 8,000 people. To promote "teamwork,"…

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Intacto

2001 • 108 min • Box office $1M

Action, Comedy, Drama

Four people, bound together by fate, find their lives determined by forces beyond their control. They realize they can't afford to be unlucky as they participate in a high-stakes, deadly game where only one person will survive.

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Poker Night

2014 • 104 min

Thriller, Action, Crime

A newly assigned detective is kidnapped by a dangerous psychopath and held captive in a basement. To survive, he relies on the strategies he learned from experienced detectives during Poker Night, and must now use those skills to outsmart his…

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Immigration Game

2017 • 96 min

Germany has implemented a new policy: no more refugees are accepted. Citizenship is now earned by surviving a televised competition called 'Immigration Game.' Participants, known as 'Runners,' are dropped on the outskirts of Berlin and must reach the city's television…

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Killing Curriculum

2015 • 79 min

Students in an elementary school are trapped and compelled to participate in a deadly game called the "Jinroh Game."

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The Werewolf Game: Mad Land

2017 • 97 min

Teenager Moe Koike is kidnapped and forced to participate in the Werewolf Game. Nine other victims are similarly trapped in a deadly role-playing scenario, where they must fight to the death.

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Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher poses a question to his twenty graduating seniors: who among them would be chosen to go underground and rebuild humanity if a nuclear war occurs?

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Real Werewolf Game

2013 • 72 min

Nine strangers are trapped in a hidden room and forced to play a cruel game against their will.

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Big Match

2014 • 112 min • Budget $500

Comedy, Action, Thriller

Choi Ik-Ho is a celebrated martial arts star known for his action and comedic skills. However, he's suddenly framed for murder. Ace is a brilliant game planner who designs elaborate games for Korea's elite, using technology to transform the city…

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Girl in the Box

2016 • 87 min • Budget $20

Drama, TV Movie

This is the true story of Colleen Stan, a 20-year-old woman who was abducted while hitchhiking and held captive for seven years. During her captivity, she endured torture and was forced into slavery by her captors.

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Death Ranch

2020 • 78 min

In 1970s America, three African-American siblings fleeing the police seek shelter at a deserted Tennessee ranch. Unbeknownst to them, the ranch is ground for a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult. Trapped and subjected to brutal torture, the siblings fight desperately…

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Escape Room

2017 • 86 min

Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

Four friends enjoying a popular escape room in Los Angeles discover they're trapped with a killer possessed by a demon. They have just one hour to solve the puzzles and escape alive.

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Aquarium

2004 • 67 min

Six strangers find themselves in a sealed room, disoriented and alone. A mysterious observer informs them that only one person will live.

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Meander

2021 • 91 min • Box office $700K

Horror, Science Fiction, Drama

Following a ride with a stranger, Lisa awakens in a tube. A bracelet on her arm displays a countdown: every eight minutes, a section of the chamber is engulfed in flames. She must constantly move to safety to survive. To…

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Surviving the Game

1994 • 96 min • Budget $7M • Box office $7M

Action, Thriller, Adventure

A down-on-his-luck man takes a job as a survival expert for wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains. He soon discovers the men have a dark secret: they hunt and kill people for sport. Suddenly their next target,…

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The Devil's Game

2008 • 116 min

Desperate artist Min Hee-do accepts a life-or-death wager from wealthy, terminally ill Kang No-sik: a game where they must each guess the gender of a random phone caller. Losing the bet results in a month-long brain surgery, and upon waking,…

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Kolobos

1999 • 84 min

Horror, Thriller

Five people agree to live together in a remote lodge for a social experiment, unaware they are under constant surveillance. Their lives are filmed, but the experiment turns sinister when they are trapped and their escape routes blocked. They are…

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Halloween Hell

2014 • 87 min

Reality show participants find themselves confined to the show's set, where they're terrorized by a sinister doll and the show's unsettlingly charismatic host.

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The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side

2014 • 110 min

Ten high school students, including Yuka Kabayama, are unexpectedly confined to a room and forced to participate in the Jinrou game. Yuka Kabayama possesses the Jinrou card, requiring her to conceal this fact while systematically eliminating players holding the Citizen…

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No Escape Room

2018 • 86 min

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

A father and daughter visit a quaint town's escape room and soon realize an unsettling darkness lurks beneath the surface.

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The Furies

2019 • 82 min

Horror, Action, Thriller

Eight people, each grappling with their deepest fears, are forced to compete in a lethal game where only one can survive.

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Rollerball

1975 • 125 min • Budget $6M • Box office $30M

Science Fiction, Action

In a future dominated by corporations, Rollerball is a brutal sport used to control the population. The game, a violent mix of roller derby and rugby, reflects the world's power structure. A talented athlete fights to stay in the game,…

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X Game

2010 • 119 min

Following the suicide of a childhood friend, Hideaki and his former classmates gather for a memorial. Shortly after, they receive an X-rated DVD depicting torture, which unlocks a painful memory for Hideaki: he recalls witnessing a classmate endure humiliating punishment…

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Ousama Game

2011 • 82 min

Chiemi Honda and her childhood friend Nobuaki Kanazawa receive an email from the King, titled "King Game." The message demands they complete an order within 24 hours, or face punishment. Soon, all of Chiemi's classmates receive the same email. Initially…

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Death Race

2008 • 105 min • Budget $45M • Box office $76M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. The United States prison system is overwhelmed. The government has contracted with the Weyland Corporation, a powerful company that views inmates as a chance for profit. They turn prisons into arenas for a televised sport:…

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Truth or Dare

2018 • 101 min • Budget $3M • Box office $95M

Thriller, Horror

A casual game of Truth or Dare among friends takes a dark turn when those who lie or refuse a dare start to face deadly consequences.

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Chronicle of the After-School Wars

2018 • 115 min

This isn't a game of Tag, and it's not like Battle Royale. It's Battle Royale Tag. Sena goes to the school rooftop to return a handkerchief to Yudachi, but she's not there. Waiting for her, Sena falls asleep. She wakes…

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Return to House on Haunted Hill

2007 • 81 min

Horror, Thriller

It's been eight years since Sara Wolfe and Eddie Baker fled the House on Haunted Hill. Now, Sara's sister Ariel is kidnapped and taken inside the house with a group of treasure hunters. Their mission: to find a statue of…

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Doom Room

2013 • 92 min

A woman awakens in a confined space with no recollection of her arrival. Trapped and unable to escape, she's haunted by unsettling paranormal forces. To find answers, she must piece together her identity and discover the mystery behind her imprisonment.

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Kuntilanak 2

2019 • 100 min

Fleeing a terrifying Kuntilanak (female vampire ghost) encounter without her aunt's permission, Dinda seeks out Karmila, a woman believed to be her biological mother. Accompanied by her younger siblings, Julia, and Edwin, they find themselves trapped in a secluded forest…

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Jigsaw

2017 • 91 min • Budget $10M • Box office $104M

Horror, Mystery

Police are haunted by the lingering presence of a man who died over ten years ago, now caught in a sinister and newly initiated game.

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Funny Games

2008 • 111 min • Budget $15M • Box office $7M

Thriller, Horror

Ann, her husband George, and their son Georgie arrive at their vacation house and are visited by two young men who appear polite and friendly. However, with deceptively charming smiles and golf clubs, they begin to terrorize the family, giving…

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2020 • 90 min • Budget $14M • Box office $10M

Action, Thriller, Horror

Twelve strangers find themselves disoriented in a clearing, with no memory of how they arrived. Unbeknownst to them, they are the targets of a deadly game orchestrated by wealthy elites who hunt humans for amusement, fueled by a shadowy online…

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Ten actors audition for a reality show with a million-dollar prize. Their challenge: survive three killers and each other, all while being streamed live online.

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Breathing Room

2008 • 89 min

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Tonya awakens naked in a stark room with twelve other strangers, realizing she's the last contestant in a deadly game. Bound by electronic collars, the group must decipher clues and use items from a box labeled "pieces" to escape and…

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Nemesis Game

2003 • 92 min

Mystery, Thriller

Sara Novak is a quiet college student hiding a troubled past. She avoids her classmates, finding solace with Vern, an older comic book store owner who shares her love of puzzles and wordplay. However, as she solves increasingly complex riddles,…

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Ready or Not

2019 • 95 min • Budget $6M • Box office $57M

Horror, Comedy

On her wedding night, a young woman's dream turns terrifying when her wealthy in-laws trap her in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

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The Odds

2019 • 107 min

Horror

Desperate for money, a young woman joins a secret competition where participants test their limits of pain for a million-dollar prize. She quickly discovers the true challenge isn't the physical ordeal itself, but the game's orchestrator, who uses cruel tactics…

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Headgame

2018 • 92 min

A group of young people awaken to find themselves locked inside a warehouse, cameras attached to their heads. They soon realize they are participants in a deadly game, forced to compete against each other for survival. The only way to…

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Mysterious Island

2011 • 95 min

In the 1970s, on the Binlusai islands, a young mother is killed while fleeing with her son from something sinister within an abandoned Roman Catholic leper colony. Years later, four young men and women travel to the island for a…

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Dokumushi: Toxic Insects

2016 • 98 min

Seven strangers are confined to a building with no food. They discover a large stock pot, a butcher's knife, and a watch set to count down seven days. Locked inside for those seven days, they are forced to kill each…

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The Condemned 2

2015 • 90 min

Action

A former bounty hunter is forced to flee after being entered into a new, brutal tournament. In this deadly competition, convicts are compelled to fight each other to the death, with the entire event broadcast for public viewing.

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Frozen

2010 • 94 min • Box office $3M

Thriller

Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift at a New England ski resort after it unexpectedly closes for the week. Facing freezing temperatures, they must make difficult decisions to survive, which turn out to be more dangerous than waiting for…

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Stay Alive

2006 • 86 min • Budget $9M • Box office $27M

Horror, Mystery

Following the tragic death of a friend, a group of friends acquire a video game called "Stay Alive." The game details the horrifying true story of a 17th-century noblewoman, the Blood Countess. They play the game despite warnings and soon…

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Liar Game: Reborn

2012 • 131 min

Drama, TV Movie, Mystery

The Liar Game is back, and this time the target is Shin'ichi Akiyama. Despite his repeated refusals, Shin'ichi is drawn into the game by a new participant, Shinomiya. He joins 19 other players vying for a two billion yen prize.…

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Memento Mori

2018 • 89 min

They awaken abruptly, disoriented and unsure of how they arrived. Six strangers find themselves together in an unknown location, and a survival game begins.

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When I Kill Myself

2011 • 110 min

Faced with a high rate of youth suicide in Japan, the government initiates a controversial experiment to understand its causes. Children are selected and monitored at a special facility. At age ten, each child receives a device with a red…

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Room 8

2013 • 7 min

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

A new prisoner arrives at a bleak Soviet prison and struggles to adjust. A fellow inmate warns him to avoid a red wooden box on the lower bunk, advising him not to touch it or even think about opening it.…

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Ruin Me

2017 • 88 min

Horror, Thriller

Six people agree to participate in a slasher film re-enactment, where they are released into the woods and hunted by assassins with knives. As the deaths become genuinely deadly, Alexandra must discover who is orchestrating the killings if she hopes…

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Red Room

1999 • 68 min

How far would you go for a million dollars? Four contestants – a couple on the verge of divorce, an office worker, and a student – enter the Red Room, a brutal new game show from Japan. They must draw…

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The Genius Club

2006 • 121 min

Seven brilliant but unlikely individuals – a scientist, a seminary student, a baseball player, a professor, a casino owner, a painter, and a pizza delivery guy – are brought together by a terrorist with a single, impossible task: solve the…

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Jack in the Box

2010 • 88 min

Six guests are locked in a room and forced to play a deadly game of musical chairs. Every ten minutes, the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" starts, and one player is eliminated. To stay alive, you must have a chair;…

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Pathology

2008 • 95 min • Budget $8M

Crime, Horror, Thriller

Ted Grey, a top medical school graduate, joins a prestigious pathology program and is welcomed into a close-knit group of high-achieving students. He soon discovers a disturbing secret: The group engages in a deadly game where they attempt to commit…

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The Dare

2019 • 97 min

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Jay’s rare family night turns terrifying when he wakes up imprisoned in a basement with three strangers. A vengeful captor unleashes chaos, forcing Jay into a desperate struggle to uncover the truth about his past and protect his family.

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Death Race 2

2010 • 100 min • Budget $7M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Inside the world's deadliest prison, a brutal new competition emerges: Death Race. The only rule is to drive, or die. When former convict Carl Lucas learns a bounty has been placed on his head, his only chance for survival is…

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The Sleeping Room

2014 • 75 min

While exploring an old building, Bill and Blue, a sex worker, find a mutoscope and a hidden room. These discoveries lead them to a dark secret connected to Blue's family history.

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Bingo

2012 • 100 min

A collection of murderers, all serving life sentences, are compelled to play a deadly game of "human bingo." The outcome of the game will determine their fate: life imprisonment or execution.

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Keep Watching

2017 • 90 min

Thriller, Horror, Drama

A family is held captive by intruders and forced into a deadly game: kill or be killed. As the night progresses, the rules of the game become horrifyingly clear. The family discovers their ordeal is being live-streamed to a global…

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Tokyo Slaves

2014 • 100 min

A brother and sister find themselves caught in a dangerous struggle for power. They employ a strange device known as the SCM, which allows them to enslave others.

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Mockingbird

2014 • 81 min

Horror, Thriller

A couple receives a camera and a list of instructions. They must follow these instructions precisely, or someone will die.

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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler

2011 • 133 min • Box office $15

Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Three years after a deadly game with the Teiai Group, Kaiji is once again trapped by them, forced into hard labor underground. He wins a bet for his freedom – 1 million yen – and promises his fellow prisoners he'll…

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Haze

2005 • 49 min

Horror, Mystery

A man wakes up trapped in a cramped, dirty crawlspace with barely room to move. He has no memory of how he got there or why he's bleeding from a stomach wound. He's been drugged and keeps losing awareness as…

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Pandorum

2009 • 108 min • Budget $33M • Box office $20M

Action, Horror, Mystery

Two crew members awaken aboard a derelict spacecraft, suffering from amnesia. They have no memory of their identities, the duration of their sleep, or their purpose. As they explore, they realize they are not alone, and the truth of their…

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