Films about death games

2019 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

Tron is a 1982 American science fiction action adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story he co-wrote with Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with anthropomorphic programs in his attempt to escape. It also stars Bruce Boxleitner (in the eponymous role), David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes. Tron was one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI).

2000 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

1985 film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie

The Running Man is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser from a screenplay by Steven E. de Souza. It is loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Stephen King. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura, the film is set in a dystopic and totalitarian future United States, where a state-controlled broadcaster airs a deadly game show in which convicted criminals, known as "runners", must survive pursuit by themed gladiatorial assassins called "stalkers". The story follows Captain Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger), a framed police officer forced to compete on the show, who becomes an unlikely symbol of resistance against a corrupt government and its manipulative media machine.

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2018 film directed by Jeff Wadlow

2019 film directed by Adam Robitel

2009 film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor

2021 film directed by Adam Robitel

Ready or Not is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

2020 film directed by Craig Zobel

1975 film by Norman Jewison

2010 film directed by Géla Babluani

1965 film by Elio Petri

The Long Walk is a 2025 American dystopian survival thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King. The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill.

The Running Man is a 2025 science-fiction action film co-produced and directed by Edgar Wright, from a screenplay by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. It stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a competitor on a lethal reality television show. The cast also features William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

2007 film directed by Scott Wiper

2016 film by Greg McLean

1985 film directed by Lewis Teague

2014 film by Daniel Stamm

2002 film by John McTiernan

1980 film by Robert Clouse

2019 film directed by Jason Lei Howden

2002 film directed by Marc Evans

2015 film directed by Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione

2016 film by Rob Zombie

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a 2026 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It serves as a sequel to Ready or Not (2019), with Samara Weaving reprising her role as Grace MacCaullay. The film also stars Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, David Cronenberg, and Elijah Wood. Set immediately after the events of Ready or Not, it follows Grace (Weaving) as she must protect her estranged sister (Newton) while being hunted by several elite families in a high-stakes ritual to claim a seat of ultimate power.

2022 film directed by Toby Meakins

2005 film directed by Géla Babluani

2009 film by Scott Mann

2014 film by Takashi Miike

1966 film by Cornel Wilde

1994 film by Ernest Dickerson

1979 film by Robert Altman

1990 film by David Peoples

2024 film directed by Paul Feig

2013 film by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

2003 Japanese dystopian action film

2011 film

2016 film directed by Sarik Andreasyan

2015 film by Sion Sono

2009 film by Pavel Sanayev

2006 film by Chookiat Sakveerakul

2015 film by Roel Reiné

2021 film directed by Edward John Drake

2005 film by Steven R. Monroe

Gymkata is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, based on Dan Tyler Moore's 1957 novel The Terrible Game. It stars Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas as Jonathan Cabot, an Olympic gymnast who combines his gymnastic ability with martial arts to enter a deadly competition in a fictional country, Parmistan. Supporting cast members includes Tetchie Agbayani as Princess Rubali, alongside Richard Norton, Edward Bell, John Barrett, Conan Lee, Bob Schott and Buck Kartalian. The film was released in the United States on May 3, 1985.

2007 American film by Bill Guttentag

2017 Russian science fiction film by Andrey Volgin

1974 film directed by Peter Collinson

2016 film by Roel Reiné

2018 film directed by Yan Han

2023 film directed by Jake Johnson

2020 film by Will Wernick

1983 film by Yves Boisset

2012 film directed by David Guy Levy

2009 Hindi film directed by Soham Shah

2008 film directed by Chang

1997 film by Albert Pyun