Game playing movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant game playing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspense, psychological, atmospheric and stylized films and TV shows about / with game playing, flashback, death, kiss, husband wife relationship, friendship, marriage, mother daughter relationship, love and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as game playing: Near Death Experience (2014), Sleuth (2007), Solitary Man (2009), Good Boys (2019), Good Time (2017), Avalon (2001), Squid Game (2021), Game Night (2018), Payday (2018), Monster But Wild (2023).

List of game playing movies

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Near Death Experience (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Follows a man wandering in the wilderness.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat
Plot: monologue, death, cyclist, losing-it hero, self discovery, swimming pool, suicide, cafe, game playing, dead animal, drawing, moon ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 33K
Sleuth (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Style: psychological, intellectual, talky, witty, minimal cast ...
Plot: manipulation, riddles and clues, age difference, divorce, brutality, greed, verbal byplay, twists and turns, infidelity, dishonesty, mistaken identity, game playing ...
Place: united kingdom, britain, england
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 6.3
 17K
Solitary Man (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Style: independent film, sexy, relaxing, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: midlife crisis, divorce, womanizer, aging, loneliness, sex addict, family drama, business, obsession, character study, bankrupt, game playing ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, macau, new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 60K
Good Boys (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.
Style: absurd, light, funny, raunchy comedy, not serious ...
Plot: grownups, sexual humor, best friend, first kiss, adult humor, school, child protagonist, mischievous children, absurd humor, youth, friendship, game playing ...
Place: usa
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 7.3
 139K
Good Time (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Style: neo noir, suspense, independent film, brutal, captivating ...
Plot: prison, brother brother relationship, loneliness, stolen money, on the run, hospital, brother, mentally challenged person, mental disorder, robbery, promise, game playing ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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 6.4
 14K
Avalon (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she ...
Style: bleak, stylized, cyber, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virtual reality, obsession, distopia, game, transformation, battles, fantasy world, contests and competitions, dystopian future, gang, addiction, hacker ...
Time: future, middle ages, near future, 2000s, year 2001
Place: poland, japan, europe
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 532K
Squid Game (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
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, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: survival, game of death, prize, brutality, violence, cruelty, game, most dangerous game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, poverty, graphic violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: south korea
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 254K
Game Night (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the ...
Style: entertaining, dark comedy, captivating, exciting, funny ...
Audience: date night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: plan gone wrong, game, investigation, danger, group of friends, brother brother relationship, kidnapping, contests and competitions, friends, neighbor, escape, board game ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: new york
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 3.9
 140
Payday (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When inexperienced criminal Ben holds up a small-town restaurant, the poorly-planned robbery spirals into a hostage crisis beyond his control. Trapped inside with him is his girlfriend, manager Adie Graham, a cunning sociopath who masterminded the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: hostage, sociopath, embezzlement, criminal, police, female protagonist, danger, life is a bitch, armed robbery, police station, game playing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Monster But Wild (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: The player Dongdong mistakenly entered the game world "Azure" and changed into a skeleton, the weakest wild creature. The unidentified Dongdong used his years of gaming experience to amass a band of wild monsters early on. He met the main ...
Style: 3d animation, captivating, entertaining, humorous, fantasy adventure ...
Plot: isekai, adventurer, monster, adventure hero, fantasy world, game playing, humour, entertainment, game, computer game
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Game Development Girls (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story: A drama based on a webtoon which depicts and builds a connection through the story of young women who work at a mobile game company.
Style: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Plot: business, job, company, game, friends, coworker, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, love affair, friends in love ...
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 426K
The Game (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, game, uncover truth, life turned upside down, existentialism, scheme, disorder, life & death, surveillance ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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 7.5
 228K
The Favourite (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Style: period piece, factual, costume drama, historical drama, political ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, queen, aristocracy, bossy woman, power struggle, fight for supremacy, british royal family, british history, female rivalry, british aristocracy, violence ...
Time: 18th century, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: britain, england
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story: China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for ...
Style: visually stunning, depressing, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot: intrigue, polygamy, feminism, jealousy, wealth, insanity, teenage girl, women, mistress, massage, feminist, tragic event ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: china, tibet, east asia, asia
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 7.5
 194K
Battle Royale (2000)
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, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time: future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Style: surreal, mind bending, psychological, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Plot: hotel, surrealism, obsession, memory, amnesia, stream of consciousness, uncertainty, alternate reality, haunted by the past, hopes, dishonesty, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: france, europe
Is relevant ?
 4.7
 24K
9 Songs (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at ...
Style: erotic, sexual, controversial, sexy, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, strong sexual content, explicit sex, sexuality, lust, oral sex, passion, masturbation, desire, sexual relations, sexual fantasy, erection ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: london, antarctica, britain, europe, england
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 28K
A Hidden Life (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II and is executed by them in 1943. Opening at Jägerstätter’s home in Austria’s countryside, the film follows Franz and his wife, Fani, ...
Style: political, psychological, thought provoking, romantic, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war two, clergy, farmer, trial, military, catholic, prisoner, courtroom, prison life, treason, love, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 2019, 2010s, year 1943, year 1942 ...
Place: austria, germany, alps, berlin germany
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 5.2
 2K
All I Wish (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Style: captivating, romantic, light, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: birthday, dating, surprise birthday party, birthday party, birthday present, dancer, wedding, self doubt, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, living together, marriage proposal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: santa monica california, usa, california, las vegas, boston ...
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 144K
Phantom Thread (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover.
Style: sentimental, period piece, suspense, psychological, visual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fashion, fashion show, seamstress, fashion designer, brother sister relationship, dressmaker, lady, masochism, doctor, wedding, haute couture, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 2010s, year 2017, post world war two, 50s
Place: london, alps
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 6.6
 253K
Ender's Game (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: alien, chosen one, invasion, space wars, training, battles, space travel, young heroes, space and aliens, genius, prodigy, child prodigy ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 819
Outing Riley (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: gay, family relations, self discovery, forbidden love, eccentric family, best friend, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, opposites attract, mistaken identity, parents and children ...
Place: chicago, usa
Is relevant ?
 3.8
 3K
Paintball (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Eight strangers engaged in an intense game of experts-only paintball find their friendly game taking a terrifying turn when one member of the team begins playing by a different set of rules. It started as a remote raw battle of wits and wiles set ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: contests and competitions, danger, escapades, wilderness, manhunt, sniper, female fighter, hunter, female fight, survival, masked killer, game of death ...
Time: 21st century
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Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 317 min.
TV show
Story: Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot: aristocracy, intrigue, forbidden love, storytelling, heir, orphan, self discovery, love and romance, love affair, dishonesty, society, vengeance ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 18th century
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal, iberian peninsula, europe, venice ...
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Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Style: thought provoking, serious, sentimental, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love triangle, small town, human nature, love and romance, couples, couple relations, introspection, crumbling marriage, lovers reunited, small town life, unfulfilled love, bittersweet ...
Time: 1940s
Place: china, asia, shanghai
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 4K
Some Girls (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after he arrives, Gabriella breaks up with him, but her two equally gorgeous sisters waste no time showing ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: christmas, college, coming of age, male nudity, teenager, eccentric family, love, holiday, older woman younger man relationship, teenage sex, teen angst, family relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, quebec
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 7K
Last Orders (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot: friendship, last wish, road trip, grief, memory, life, family relations, friendship between men, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time: year 2001, year 1989, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 20K
Kwaidan (1964)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his ...
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak ...
Plot: samurai, ghost, supernatural, macabre, snow, spirit, naval battle, japanese mythology, surrealism, folk horror, betrayal, visceral ...
Time: 19th century, 17th century, 11th century, 13th century, 1900s ...
Place: japan, asia, kyoto japan
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Temptress Moon (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her ...
Style: stylized, captivating, suspenseful, gloomy, realistic ...
Plot: secret lover, marriage, addiction, revenge, love, revolution, violence, murder, obsession, sex crime, blackmail, family relations ...
Time: 1920s, year 1996, 1910s, 20th century
Place: china, asia, shanghai
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 368
Three (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two college friends, traveling in Europe, find themselves rivals for the attentions of a mysterious woman.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sexual, freeze frame
Plot: male nudity, love triangle, friendship, college, sexual tension, nudity, hitchhiker, college student, criminal heroes, hopes, love and romance, young lovers ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, europe, florence, spain, italy
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