Movies Like Friends Games: The Movie
If you liked Friends Games: The Movie (2017), a drama and mystery movie directed by Jirô Nagae, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryKaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life…
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Kakegurui: The Movie (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mysteryHyakkaou 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…
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Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryFifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely…
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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1…
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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryKogoro's detective agency receives a mysterious phone call. Someone on the other end warns about a bomb and leaves behind a code, which if Conan can decipher the riddle, he can stop the bomb. An adventure begins for…
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Battle Royale (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaIn 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.
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Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryIn 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.
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also mysterySynopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man…
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Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mysteryKaiji is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and…
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Look Back (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaPopular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a…
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Monster (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and dramaAfter an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryConan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
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Another Gantz (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryBefore finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect Answer, this film is an alternate perspective version of the first…
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Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryWhen Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.
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Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryAccused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must…
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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaIn their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
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The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also mysteryA businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
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BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaWhen apathetic gamer Nagi agrees to join his rich classmate Mikage in soccer, their partnership leads to the famous Blue Lock program — and to changes.
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Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryBombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building…
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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryAn inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.