Movies like The Game 2008
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The Game (2008)
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Original name: 더 게임
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a month long brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.
Style:
twisted, surprise ending, mind bending
Plot:
painter, body swapping, rich man, doctor, male nudity, bet, switching bodies, surgery, male full rear nudity, mistaken identity, uncle nephew relationship, identity, identity theft, new identity, brain transplant, brain surgery, mirror does not reflect reality, crimes
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about male nudity, murder, nude, female nudity, suspense, twists and turns and deadly mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Game: Strings (2011), Perfect Number (2012), Suture (1993), Committed (1991), Samui Song (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strings is a 2011 American dramatic thriller film about a musician who discovers his therapist manipulates patients into committing crimes.
Plot:
love, new identity, father daughter reunion, pianist, therapy, violence, surgery, redemption, daughter, vigilante, talent show, piano ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the series by the popular Japanese novelist Keigo Higashino, this is a mystery drama that 'faithfully but freely' adapts the 3rd part in the series, . The story revolves around 3 characters: a woman who unwittingly killed her ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, suspense, hidden truth, investigation, human nature, moral dilemma, under the surface, teacher, death, friendship, twists and turns, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Brothers Vincent (rich) and Clay (poor) meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, who thinks his life is taking a turn for the better, Vince is actually plotting to kill ...
Style:
surreal, neo noir, psychological, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
betrayal, brothers, amnesia, twins, memory loss, adultery, police investigation, doppelganger, greed, catastrophe, sexualized violence, secrets ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
231
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, surprise ending ...
Plot:
mental institution, doctor, murder, mistaken identity, nurse, power relations, dishonesty, mentally unstable, misfit, patient, woman in danger, trap ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Germany, Norway
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
lgbtq, alternate reality, female nudity, masturbation, male nudity, male masturbation, thai, cigarette, pubic hair, cigarette smoking
Place:
thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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586
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
18 year old Juri is seriously addicted to online gaming, so much so he becomes isolated from his single mother and pushes his girlfriend to the brink of leaving him. He decides to quit, but is soon lured back by one of his net-mates, Niki, who - ...
Plot:
doppelganger, game, gym teacher, school teacher, identity theft, graduation, rat, basement, computer, hospital, cell phone, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Sébastien Nicolas, realtor, leads a dull existence and gets used to disguising himself to take on the appearance of the characters he meets.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, semi serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
switching roles, dull life, false identity, suicide, police, real estate agent, rivalry, twists and turns, mental disorder, unfulfillment, baptism, alcoholics anonymous meeting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, dark, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, organ donation, crime gone awry, violent, suicide, transplant, mute or deaf, rape and revenge, vengeance, ransom, black market ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Tom is a lonely young man, during a burglar with his best friend: Rachid, he falls in love with Lars, a young history lecturer who lives in the apartment. Tom starts to observe Lars secretly, and pursue him without revealing his existence or ...
Style:
twisted, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, obsession, anonymous sex, doppelganger, sex scene, stalker, gay erotica, handsome man, voyeur ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
151
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Newlywed, Su-jin, believes that nothing will interfere with her happiness or come between herself and her husband, Dong-woo. That is, until she meets her mother-in-law. Dong-woo is devoted to his mother and now that they are all living together, it ...
Plot:
wife leaves husband, overprotective mother, sexual jealousy, husband wife relationship, male full rear nudity, assassination attempt, mother son relationship, man slaps a woman
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69%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A dying elderly scientist proposes love-sick Jonas a cure that will improve the youngster's physical skills and general sex-appeal. What the scientist really aims to accomplish is a body switch: he wants to survive in a young man's body ...
Plot:
body swapping, switching bodies, nude, brother sister relationship, teenage girl, basketball player, hacking, teenage boy, hacker, experiment, teenager, stolen identity ...
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65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him. Met with indifference and negligence at every turn, Sonia’s ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
insurance company, multiple perspectives, doctor, death of husband, repeated scene, insurance, loss of husband, male nudity, nude, male objectification, court, mother son relationship ...
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63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all customers sadistic wishes, or else.
Style:
erotic, sadistic, sexploitation film
Plot:
fetish, prostitute, bdsm, escape, torture, male full rear nudity, exploitation, sexploitation, female nudity, male nudity, explicit sex, sex ...
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62%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On her wedding night, twenty-year-old Darcy Palmer empties her fiancé's bank account and flees to New York City. Along the way, she tries robbing Brianne Dwyer, who's heading to a New England college for her freshman year, and ends up ...
Style:
sexy, surprise ending
Plot:
woman seduces a man, serial killer, bad girl, stolen identity, murder, manipulation, female killer, college roommate, sociopath, painter, roommate, college ...
Place:
new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, twisted
Plot:
courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, who done it, rivalry, murder, legal, twists and turns, suspense, courtroom, lawyer, attorney, legal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Romesh (Arjun Mathur) was a young medical intern who dared to dream. He was in awe of Dr. Asthana (Kay Kay Menon), the Chief of Surgery of the Shekhawat General Hospital. All he wanted to was be like him. He lived in with Riya, his co-intern and the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ecuador, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the ...
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tense, psychological, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
prostitute, nude, sex scene, male nudity, female nudity, massage, love and romance, love, husband wife relationship, suspense, couples, woman ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When 2 young couples, Lisa and Ryan and Jack and Cindy head for the hills for an intimate weekend at a remote country house, things are looking hot, hot, hot. Unfortunately, while three of them are looking for carnal fun, Ryan is more interested in ...
Style:
erotic
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lesbian sex, erotica, male full rear nudity, yoga, sex game, dream, burglar, skinny dipping, coitus, voyeur, male nudity, female nudity ...
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51%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, missing person, mistaken identity, gay sex, drugs, male nudity, chase, gender, lgbt, party, travel ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Slightly strange Sato entry from 1998 revisting the gay pinku (a broad cinematic term used to categorize a wide variety of Japanese films with adult content) once again. A young man in a somewhat abusive gay relationship slowly loses his mind and ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
man hits a man, eyesight, videotaping, masochism, model, insanity, alienation, eavesdropping, stalker, sex scene, s&m, dysfunctional family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
uncover truth, murder, kidnapping, parents and children, hidden identity, family relations, moral dilemma, investigation, dishonesty, single parent, woman in danger, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
306
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mixed-up mountain boy kidnaps a pretty college student.
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
kidnapping, nature, creature feature, home invasion, father son relationship, murder, wilderness, hunting, attempted escape, runner, filicide, male nudity ...
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45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, semi serious, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
insanity, insomnia, hallucination, uncover truth, paranoia, obsession, twists and turns, mysterious character, suspense, losing-it hero, loneliness, schizophrenia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, scary, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, ...
Plot:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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