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The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
2) Game night
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Max and Annie's weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's charismatic brother, Brooks, arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So, when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all part of the game, right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this "game"-- nor Brooks--are what they seem to be. Over the course of one chaotic night,...
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When a group of rich 20-somethings get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane, a party game ends with a dead body on the ground and fingers pointed everywhere. As they try to find the killer among them, fake friends and real enemies have to learn who to trust—and how to survive—in this fresh and funny Gen-Z meltdown.
4) Tag
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"For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade--risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry, 'You're It!' This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming...and he's ready"--Container....
6) The game
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"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
7) The game
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There are no rules in "The Game." And that will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control. Well-bred and established, Van Orton lives an ordered life. Until an unexpected birthday gift from his brother Conrad destroys it all. Like it or not, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game--"a profound life experience" that begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events....
9) Devour
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For months, Jake Gray has been haunted by disturbing premonitions of murder and self-mutilation he can't explain, that is, until two high school friends, Dakota and Conrad, introduce him to a mysterious online computer game called The Pathway.
10) Munich
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It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim,...
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September 5, 1972. In Munich, West Germany, it was the second week of the Summer Games; an "Olympics of serenity" which the Germans hoped would eclipse the memory of the Nazis' 1936 Berlin Olympics. On that day, however, an international television audience watched a real-life drama unfold in real time as a group of Palestinian terrorists murdered two Israeli Olympians and held nine more as hostages for 21 hours. The world became both smaller and...
12) The game
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"There are no rules in The Game which will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a successful San Francisco businessman who is always in control. Van Orten lives a well ordered, wealthy lifestyle until an unexpected birthday gift from his wayward brother Conrad threatens to destroy it all. Against his will, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game -- a strange and 'profound life experience' that begins quietly, but soon erupts into a domino...
13) Taboo
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Everyone knows that there are some things that good girls and good boys just don't do. But when three college couples reveal their sexual secrets, the truth is more than any of them ever expected. From seduction to betrayal, blackmail to murder, these couples discover that in the game of Taboo, the only rule is revenge.
14) Brainscan
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When a lonely teenager orders the latest interactive video game, the high-tech wizardry penetrates his subconscious, so that his darkest impulses lead him through a deadly maze of murder, deception and desire. Pursued by a homicide detective and prodded by The Trickster, he is torn between the worlds of good and evil, of reality and fantasy and, ultimately, of life and death.
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Angelina and her friends are about to learn some important lessons about fair play. Whether she's giving the ballet performance of her life or competing in a race-to-the-finish treasure hunt, she quickly learns that nothing is more important than doing things the right way. When everyone plays fair, everyone comes out a winner.