Movies like Battle Royale
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Battle Royale (2000)
187K
Original name: バトル・ロワイアル
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, controversial, exciting, psychological, bloody, dark, splatter, futuristic, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, teenager, suicide, desperation, distopia, teacher, island, cruelty, school class, contests and competitions, game, suspense, children, violent, future dystopia, adolescence, friendship, murder, school, violence, jungle, high school, gunfight ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, india, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Battle Royale
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and intense films with plots about murder, violence, brutality, death, storytelling, dialogue and blood mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Battle Royale: The Hunger Games (2012), The Hunt (2020), Squid Game (2021), As the Gods Will (2014), The Condemned (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several ...
Style:
controversial, disturbing, splatter, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, suspense, vengeance, kidnapping, violence, terrorism, revenge, runaway, violent, fight scenes, gunfight, betrayal ...
Place:
japan, asia, afghanistan, israel
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72%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, society, future dystopia, killings, young heroes ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
118K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, surprise ending, bloody, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
manhunt, murder, strong female lead, hunter, game of death, satire, suspense, characters killed one by one, survival, female protagonist, most dangerous game, hunting ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
arkansas, vermont, croatia, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
462K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 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:
rough, exciting, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, prize, game, brutality, death, most dangerous game, violence, sole survivor, cruelty, social differences, poverty ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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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:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, touching, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
game of death, game, school, murder, violence, fight scenes, heroes, death, chaos, rivalry, distopia, asian prostitute ...
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Films like Apocalypto
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from ...
Style:
exciting, intense, harsh, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
island, survival, death row, brutality, betrayal, death, vengeance, game of death, chase, battles, last man standing, surveillance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, bleak, slasher, dystopian ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, kids
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, teenager, rebellion, strong female character, society, future dystopia, game, youth, rivalry, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, entertaining, touching, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, survival, post apocalypse, future dystopia, competition, fight, young heroes, fight scenes, anti heroine, dictator, adaptation ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, innocence lost, island, survival, stranded on an island, coming of age, bullying, isolation, youth, children, childhood, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, future
Place:
pacific ocean, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Style:
thought provoking, unusual plot structure, dark, disturbing, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, teachers and students, grief, twists and turns, japanese schoolgirl, dead daughter, bullying, child murder, teenage murderer, juvenile delinquency, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Movies similar to The Maze Runner
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, martial arts, hitman, competition, female fighter, surveillance, tournament, fight to the death, prize, fight, confession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, miami, brazil, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
military, invasion, hopes, wartime life, teenager, survival, heroes, young heroes, life is a bitch, society, youth, resistance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, tense, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, distopia, apocalypse, teenager, post apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, suspense, youth, escape ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, psychology, trap, mathematics, escape, maze, claustrophobia, group of strangers, survival horror, death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The sequel to the exciting terror film! 'Death Tube,' the website where murders are streamed live in real time, is back online with a new generation of challengers / victims! Who will escape and what will be left of them? The real killer ...
Style:
exciting, slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
internet, violence, murder, torture, isolation, rivalry, serial murder, deathtrap, captivity, race against time, survival, sadism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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TV series like Squid Game
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cube Zero is the third film in the trilogy yet this time instead of a film about people trapped in a deadly cube trying to get out we see it from the eyes of someone who is controlling the cube and the torture of the victims inside. When the nerd ...
Style:
scary, clever, surreal, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
torture, parallel world, mathematics, survival, rescue, suspense, trap, riddles and clues, isolation, confined, race against time, captivity ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Style:
psychological, captivating, rough, scenic, brutal ...
Plot:
island, coming of age, isolation, innocence lost, death, bullying, childhood, survival, distopia, literature, brutality, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, chase, dystopic future, prison, rivalry, resistance, prison escape, gadget, tough heroes, future dystopia, game of death ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, rough, controversial, bloody, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, violence, organized crime, massacre, torture, rage, insanity, gangsters, psychopath, gang, sadism, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style:
tense, non-linear, bloody, visually appealing, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, female protagonist, dark hero, fight, mission, sword, violent, katana, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, austin texas, asia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Films like Gladiator
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style:
fairy tale, tense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
chase, spy, vengeance, teenage girl, female warrior, strong female lead, female protagonist, secret agents, assassin, hitman, martial arts, cia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, berlin germany, africa, germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
163K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, torture, manipulation, mind game, age difference, pedophilia, revenge, sexual abuse, child abuse, pedophile, kidnapping, vigilantism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
125K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant ...
Style:
cynical, thought provoking, exciting, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, small town, bodyguard, betrayal, gang, martial arts, rivalry, gang war, ronin, gangsters, mercenary ...
Time:
19th century, future, 1860s, 18th century
Place:
japan, india, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge
Style:
surreal, rough, bloody, harsh, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, vengeance, female killer, revenge, gangsters, murder, attempted rape, bullying, schoolgirl, girl heroine, orphan, mechanic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
revenge, serial killer, vengeance, murder, violence, psychopath, extreme violence, brutality, strong violent content, mercilessness, macabre, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Films like The Hunger Games
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide, cult, conspiracy, death, police investigation, violent, surrealism, high school, brutality, macabre, hacker, student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
Style:
bloody, stylized, talky, unusual plot structure, affectionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, ninja, samurai, weapons, father son relationship, assassin, cult, master warrior, fight, warrior, violence ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ...
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, ninja, survival, vengeance, fight, brutality, good versus evil, introspection, elimination, weapons, kung fu ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, ancient china, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, kidnapping, trap, torture, sadistic horror, escape, monster, suspense, crazy, survival horror, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
39K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, witty, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, corruption, betrayal, rescue, martial arts, police investigation, culture clash, visceral, transformation, small town, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, future
Place:
japan, india, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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