Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like House of Games

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

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#1
Dark City

Dark City

1950★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them....

#2
Rounders

Rounders

1998★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he me...

#3
Criminal

Criminal

2004★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificat...

#4
The Gambler

The Gambler

1974★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destr...

#5
Side Effects

Side Effects

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison....

#6
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Games for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is....

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