If you haven’t already watched Squid Game — Netflix‘s most popular series ever released on the streaming service — you’ve likely seen the myriad of memes floating around the internet. The Korean survival drama follows a group of 456 players competing in life-or-death challenges to win a massive cash prize.
If you’re among the more than 111 million fans of the show who have already finished the series and are looking for something similar, we’ve compiled a list of TV shows and movies you may want to check out:
Alice and Borderland
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Language: Japanese
Streaming platform: Netflix
Alice in Borderland is a 2020 Japanese sci-fi drama series based on a manga of the same name. The show sees a gamer and his two friends in a parallel version of Tokyo, where they must compete in a series of dangerous games to survive.
Battle Royale
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Language: Japanese
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime
Battle Royale is a 2000 Japanese action thriller based on the 1999 novel of the same name. The film takes place in the near future, where the Japanese government captures a group of students and forces them to kill each other under a controversial new act.
As the Gods Will
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Language: Japanese
Streaming platform: Vudu
As the Gods Will is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film based on a manga series of the same name. The film centers around high school student Shun Takahata, who laments to the gods about how bored he is in class — resulting in a deadly series of lively children’s games.
Liar Game: The Final Stage
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Language: Japanese
Streaming platform: Netflix (Japan only)
Liar Game: The Final Stage is a 2010 Japanese film serving as a continuation of the popular TV drama series Liar Game. The film centers around the final stage of the game, where players compete for large sums of money while employing deceptive tactics.
The Platform
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Language: Spanish
Streaming platform: Netflix
The Platform is a 2019 Spanish sci-fi horror film, which follows prisoners in a vertical cell who are fed food from a platform that descends downwards. Those on the upper levels eat well, leaving those on the lower levels to find intensifying means of survival.
Table No. 21
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Language: Hindi
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime
Table No. 21 is a 2013 Indian thriller, where a couple finds themselves unwillingly participating in a live game show for survival.
Luck
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Language: Hindi
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime
Luck is a 2009 Indian action thriller. The film centers around an underworld gambler who recruits “lucky” people from around the world to participate in a series of deadly challenges.
The Raid: Redemption
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Language: Indonesian
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime
The Raid: Redemption is a 2012 Indonesian action thriller revolving around members of a special forces team tasked with raiding an apartment block. Those in the apartment complex then turn on the members of the squad in a battle for survival.
The Hunt
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Language: English
Streaming platform: Netflix (Korea only)
The Hunt is a 2020 American action horror film that follows 12 strangers that wake up in an unknown place and are forced to compete for survival.
The Hunger Games
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Language: English
Streaming platform: Netflix
The Hunger Games is a 2012 American film based on a book series of the same name. The story takes place in a dystopian future, where tributes from the 12 districts of the nation of Panem must fight to the death in an annual game.
Most Dangerous Game
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Language: English
Streaming platform: Amazon Prime
Most Dangerous Game is a 2020 American action series based on a short story of the same name. The series follows a bankrupt real estate developer who chooses to participate in a dangerous hunting game for cash prizes.
