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After the Game (1997)
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Original name: The Last Hand
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny Walsh (played by Gorshin) dies in a suspicious car crash after the biggest poker win of his life. His son, Clyde (played by Dubac), comes to the Nevada town in search of answers. He discovers that each of his father's gambling buddies had ample reason to see him dead.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, dark, noir, detective, twisted, independent film, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, poker, card playing, whodunit, investigation, secrets, mysterious death, betrayal, deception, father son relationship, small town, revenge, loneliness, conspiracy, corruption, grief, desert, inheritance, organized crime, slow burn, road trip, afterlife, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
nevada
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Most similar movies to After the Game
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, murder, betrayal, moral ambiguity, revenge, corruption and deadly mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like After the Game: Jaded (1998), Access Denied (1996), Black Crescent Moon (2008), The Murder in China Basin (1999), Missing Pieces (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned than just a party-and she's central to the action.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful computer programmer is framed by her fraudulent lover and sent to prison. When she gets out she agrees to cooperate with a scheme of a fellow-inmate to defraud a bank, in order to have enough money to escape from her (by then) ex-lover.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Place:
texas
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Accused of murder, a man enlists the help of his ex-wife to find the true killer.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, dark, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, wrongful accusation, suspicion, secrets, law enforcement, evidence, whodunit, motive, family drama, deception, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
father son relationship, investigation, suicide, murder mystery, private investigation, sleuth, loss of child, life is a bitch, uncover truth, bereavement, family drama, grief ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former resident of the town of Peyton Place, now wealthy and powerful, secretly returns to the town and sets in motion a spate of killings designed as revenge for past wrongs.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological, period piece
Plot:
murder, revenge, small town, investigation, mysterious death, secrets, whodunit, vengeance, betrayal, manipulation, scandal, female antagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, noir, dark ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, private investigation, secrets, danger, femme fatale, deception, rescue, urban, rescue attempt, suicide attempt, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
56%
402
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, intrigue, love affair, rivalry, betrayal, mysterious character, infidelity, gambling, murder, twists and turns, stalking ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, twisted, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, female detective, murder investigation, moral ambiguity, whodunit, female empowerment, corruption, betrayal, crime scene, loyalty, urban, murder ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the tumultuous Naxalite uprising in Bengal in 1971, Byomkesh Bakshi gets involved in a story of vengeance when he decides to attend a play at the theatre and becomes witness to a crime unfolding on the center stage. As Byomkesh digs deep into ...
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, theater, infidelity, betrayal, murder, crime investigation, death, love, murder investigation, stage actor, revenge, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
49%
121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two brothers are forced to confront a terrible crime that was hidden in their past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, rough, serious, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, false accusation, haunted by the past, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal, injustice, life is a bitch, family relations, dedicated lawyer, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – ...
Style:
suspense thriller, suspenseful, tense, detective, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, deception, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, private investigator, conspiracy, cat and mouse, ex cop, ethical dilemma, courtroom drama ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man and his friends react to a sudden, unexpected tragedy during their annual all-weekend summer party.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, prison, tragedy, danger, guilt, grief, youth, moral ambiguity, trauma, secrets ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman moves to a new home after her police officer husband is killed. She soon discovers a place where growing prescription drug abuse is creating a nightmare of lies, crime, and murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, detective, moody
Plot:
lie, widow, secrets, mature, drug addiction, danger, female protagonist, deception, murder, family drama, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
Similarity:
40%
497
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, dark, dark comedy, suspense, satirical ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, assassin, corruption, deception, cat and mouse, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban, underworld, friendship, private detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
34%
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna, to solve the murder of his father. Step by step, he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in secret service machinations and chemical weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, conspiracy, spy thriller, third reich, danger, betrayal, corruption, war crime, revelation, moral ambiguity, secret service ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
vienna, austria
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Crime - Catherine Keener stars in this made-for-TV drama as Magda, an artist who has strong ideas about the notion of retribution and personal justice against those who have hurt other people emotionally. - Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips, ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, childhood friend, investigation, reminiscence, murderer, reunited friends, murder mystery, murder investigation, friends, problem, group of friends, old friends reunited ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Katherine (Alexandra Paul) finds out her father's company is about to close the paper mill they own in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, she comes up with a plan to save it. Needing the approval of the city council, she goes back and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Johnny Moore, leader of the Moore gang, a group of professional hitmen, has been having his four thugs knock off several businessmen in the area. Finally, he decides to have them kill the prosecutor who is hot on his trail. After a few failed ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
31%
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