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Kakegurui (2018)
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Kakegurui (2018)
Original name: 賭ケグルイ
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Children from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy of the students are classified by a series of games. Students that win the games are on the ruling side and the students who lose become slaves. One day, a mysterious girl, Yumeko Jabami (Minami Hamabe), is transferred to Hyakkaou Private Academy. She looks pure and pretty, but she is actually a compulsive gambler and seeks out the thrill of taking calculated risks.
Style: thought provoking, serious, suspense, social, stylized, dorama, anime
Plot: gambling, gambler, direction and purpose, one last chance, wealth, love and romance, education, academy, luxury, fighting the system, escapades, social differences, society, high school, life philosophy, class system, school, japanese schoolgirl, game playing, japanese girl, submission, girl wearing a miniskirt
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and psychological films and TV series with plots about society, escapades, rivalry, love and romance, youth, friendship and school mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Kakegurui: Kissing Game (2020), Kill It (2019), Whistler (2006), Russian Affairs (2019), West of Liberty (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kakegurui (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: bullying, gambling, contests and competitions, rich and poor, social decay, class differences, society, intrigue, fame, mind game, betrayal, lifestyle ...
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Kissing Game (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: At a high school in a rural, isolated ranching community, families panic when teens contract a mysterious "kissing disease" that quickly spreads.
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: gay sex, gay, gay slur, teenager, disease, panic, countryside, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, youth, danger, love ...
Place: brazil
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Kill It (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a veterinarian killer who saves animals and a detective who saves people.
Style: suspense, dorama, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, coldhearted, investigation, female detective, police detective, uncover truth, crime solving, murder mystery, murder investigation, homicide detective, dark past, murderer ...
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Whistler (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Local snowboarding legend Beck McKaye returns home from the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics with a gold medal, only to be later found dead.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, bleak ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: contests and competitions, small town life, love and romance, dishonesty, high school, snow, winter, mysterious death, mountain, snowboard, resort, gold ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Russian Affairs (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Moscow, present day. The city of big money, passion, gorgeous women and wealthy men, receptions and dangerous intrigue. Dasha, an art historian from the province, who came to the capital, dreams of a new, better life, but a mysterious and cruel ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, thought provoking, intellectual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: ambitious woman, female nudity, danger, betrayal, dishonesty, society, model, rivalry, heroine, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle ...
Place: moscow russia
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West of Liberty (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 261 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case.
Style: sincere, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: danger, adaptation, violence, escapades, life is a bitch, friendship, police, destiny, disorder, brutality, murder, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s
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Liar Game (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 36 min.
TV show
Story: The Liar Game is a Japanese manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. The manga was first serialized in 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha. It was adapted into a TV series, which ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot: mind game, lie, genius, betrayal, gambling, ex convict, revenge, game, scam, deception, naivete, psychology ...
Place: japan
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Suits (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Choi Kyung Seo is a legendary lawyer at the top law firm in South Korea. He has charisma and an attractive appearance. He hires Go Yeon Woo as a rookie lawyer for the law firm. Go Yeon Woo has excellent memory.
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, dorama
Plot: lawyer, escapades, adaptation, corruption, rivalry, youth, disorder, greed, life is a bitch, society, justice, dishonesty ...
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Kakegurui Part 2: Desperate Russian Roulette (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.
Style: tense, captivating, talky, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: gambling, school, secret, organized crime, money, gambler, gangster, card playing, thug life, illegal gambling, poker player, gang warfare ...
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Cursed in Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Nao spent her formative years living at Kogetsuan, a well-established Japanese confectionery shop, where her single mother worked as a pastry chef. She is the same age as Tsubaki, heir to the store, and they become each other's first love. One ...
Style: psychological, talky, emotional, romantic, tense ...
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Silver and Gold (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other ...
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak
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Switched (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
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Style: dorama, tense, captivating, psychological, romantic ...
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Place: japan
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Echo Boomers (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: intense, suspenseful, serious, thought provoking, social ...
Plot: class differences, social injustice, society, fighting the system, social differences, life philosophy, hopes, human existence, life is a bitch, greed, changing lives, poverty ...
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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975. Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
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Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: england, london, britain, hawaii, europe
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Vitthal Teedi (2021)
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Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
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Duration: 133 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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The Prisoner (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
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Style: suspense, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 36 min.
TV show
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Style: psychological, captivating, dorama
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