Movies and TV shows like Alice in Borderland
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Alice in Borderland (2020)
143K
Original name: 今際の国のアリス
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to survive.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dorama, psychological, witty, tense, dark, fast paced, psychotronic, stylized ...
Plot:
survival, game, game of death, fight, danger, violence, quest, mercilessness, psychology, courage, team, friendship, mission, supernatural, dystopia, locked room, showdown, adaptation, video game, wonderland, logic, alice in wonderland, distopia, escape, competition ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Most similar movies to Alice in Borderland
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, captivating and disturbing films and TV series with plots about survival, supernatural, live action, death, violence, danger and friendship mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Alice in Borderland: Squid Game (2021), As the Gods Will (2014), All of Us Are Dead (2022), The 8 Show (2024), Zero: The Bravest Money Game (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. He and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind, the only thing Shun ...
Style:
slasher, surreal, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
game of death, game, heroes, nightmare, school, superhero, chaos, brutality, fight scenes, murder, death, high school student ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
japan
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
game of death, escape room, trapped, survival horror, quest, puzzle, trap, hostage, survival, most dangerous game, teamwork, game ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
Style:
dorama, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, zombie attack, zombie outbreak, apocalypse, epidemic, struggle for survival, survival, zombie apocalypse, living dead, bullying, pandemic ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous show where they earn money as time passes.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, game show, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival game, reality competition, social commentary, survival, financial difficulty, prize money, social experiment, strategy, desperation, isolation, human nature, claustrophobia ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Story:
The winner of a secret survival game stands to win a large sum of money. However, one player does not seem to be in the game for the money.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, tension ...
Plot:
gambling, robin hood, mind game, friendship, survival game, money, teacher, competitor, struggle for survival, society, rivalry, rich and poor ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Style:
supernatural thriller, atmospheric, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, panic, blood, death, zombie survival, apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, escape, zombie outbreak, walking dead, running ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Perfect Answer begins several months after the events of the first film. Kurono is still fighting aliens under the order of Gantz, a mysterious giant black orb, and he is close to reaching the score he needs to resurrect his friend Kato. Outside his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
game of death, against the rules, escapades, space and aliens, danger, chases and races, katana, evil alien, monster, invasion, superhero, alien ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Luo Ran has been investigating the death of his wife with his best friend Ning Yu. They end up getting onto a train headed for C City in order to chase female suspect Jiang Xue. The train suddenly derails mid-journey, and the hundred or so survivors ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, fictional city, friends, hiding place, chaos, undead, youth, monster, murder, death, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
mind game, betrayal, genius, gambling, game, scam, deception, lie, psychology, greed, con men, revenge ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
30K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, psychological thriller, twisted, psychological ...
Plot:
brutality, society, rivalry, murder, culture clash, violence, death, dishonesty, life philosophy, betrayal, distopia, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
south america, brazil
Similarity:
75%
678
Genre: Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 63 min.
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Story:
This drama is about various contestants take part in a game show with a prize of 10 billion won wherein contestants are encouraged to cheat and lie. The contestants who able to cheat the others will wins the prize but debt if he/she loses the game. ...
Style:
dorama, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
deception, lie, genius, con trick, game, strategy, mind game, gambling, ex convict, psychological manipulation, betrayal, fraud ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of supernatural demon hunters known as "Counters," each with unique abilities, disguise themselves as employees of noodle restaurant, while tracking down evil spirits that terrorize the mortal world.
Style:
witty, not serious, entertaining, light, dorama ...
Plot:
supernatural, chase, friendship, childhood trauma, team, superpower, rescue, race against time, pursuit, hunting, paranormal phenomena, mission ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
audition, fight, asian prostitute, amnesia, life is a bitch, adaptation, family relations, survival, violence, doctor, society, runaway ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
Style:
suspense, ambiguous ending, mysterious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, murder, small town, death, society, friendship, survival, trapped, fantasy world, separation, showdown, sex scene ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, anime ...
Plot:
mind game, vigilante, arrogance, investigation, supernatural, showdown, fighting crime, moral dilemma, student, rivalry, deity, murder ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
Style:
anime, captivating, suspense, sad, exciting ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, children, investigation, danger, friendship, tragedy, parents and children, death, family relations, superhero, forensics ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style:
apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, depressing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
train, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, rebellion, class system, inequality, disaster, distopia, humanity, forces of nature, caste system ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
mind game, game of death, greed, deception, lie, gambling, rivals, money, rivalry, psychology, cons and scams, betrayal ...
Similarity:
100%
728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Similarity:
75%
11K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the forgotten town of Carp, Texas, Panic is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges for the chance to win life-changing money. After the death of two players the stakes—and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, supernatural thriller
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
game of death, game, survival, rivalry, winning, contests and competitions, life risking, multiple contestants, risk, ambition, struggle for survival, showdown ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets. Based on the horror franchise.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
deadly virus, zombie attack, post apocalypse, virus, zombie, resident evil, violence, evil corporation, apocalypse, supernatural horror, violent, corporate conspiracy ...
Time:
2030s, 2020s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.
Style:
touching, disturbing, exciting, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Plot:
vampire, protector, post apocalypse, government conspiracy, supernatural, escape, child in peril, dystopia, vaccine, dystopic future, epidemic, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, halloween, walking dead, post apocalyptic, zombie, life & death, evil, fight, adaptation, humanity, mature ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
Style:
horrifying, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, evil alien, supernatural, heroic mission, afterlife, save the world, self sacrifice, imaginary, good versus evil, superhuman powers, danger, heroes ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that his friends may be deeply involved in ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, disappearance, murder, summer, village, obsession, danger, uncover truth, twists and turns, teenager, dark past, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Maebara Keiichi, a young teenager, has recently moved from the city to the rural village of Hinamizawa with his family. He is adjusting quite well to his new life, making friends at the small school, playing games, passing time in relative ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
social relations, countryside, folklore, secret, danger, village, village life, dark past, under the surface, violence, sadism, mass murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Story:
Kawakubo Ryo is a detective on a special team. When he was a child, he lived through a difficult time. He lived in poverty and his mother's negligence led to his younger sibling's death. His mother went missing and he has been looking for ...
Style:
suspense, detective, crime drama, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, police, secret police, partners against crime, society, amnesia, memory loss, social relations, fighting crime, rich and poor, team ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold ...
Style:
anime, tense, disturbing, futuristic, captivating ...
Plot:
mars, colonization, alien monster, planet, battles, monster, struggle for survival, spacecraft, fight, human versus monster, space mission, mission ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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