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10 Best Movies Like Death Game

If you loved Death Game, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction....

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#3
Only the Strong

Only the Strong

1993★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs a...

#4
O

O

2001★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball player Odin James has the adoration of all, including the team's coach and the Dean's b...

#5
Kicks

Kicks

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen s...

#6
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death Game for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

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