American movies about survival games

List of the best American movies about survival games, selected by visitors to our site: Ready or Not, The Hunt, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Circle, Free Guy, Haunt, No Escape Room, After the Dark, 13 Sins, The Strangers: Prey at Night.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:30

A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA, Japan, China

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryUSA, South Africa

Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:10

Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada

A bank teller called Guy realizes he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offline.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror
CountryUSA

A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, drama, history
CountryUSA, Indonesia
Duration01:47

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:14

A family’s road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

A group of young people awake, locked inside a warehouse with cameras screwed into their heads. It becomes apparent that they are unwilling competitors in a deadly game, and they will need to murder each other if they hope to survive.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:40

A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:05

In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:23

Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror
CountryUSA

A couple's ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:29

Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:11

    Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genreaction, comedy, family, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While at the convention, he inadvertently discovers a heist - and it's up to Blart to apprehend the criminals.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

      With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

        Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong
        Duration02:45

        As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his cross-hairs.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:23

        Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:19

        A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of water. Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly, a predatory child molester and the ruthless Sheriff's Deputy, Lt. Johnson. Ray's struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible, but he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is ever going survive and be in control of his life again.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia. So much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. Hazel and her mother decide to go on a road trip to a desert facility to help Hazel deal with her fear but when gunmen and brothers Jesse and Pru attack them, Hazel has to battle her fears so she and her mother can survive.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrehorror, action, thriller
        CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
        Duration01:30

        See No Evil 2 revives the nightmare of the first film when Jacob Goodnight rises from the dead in the city morgue after his killing spree at the Blackwell hotel. In this ominous, underground locker for the dead, a group of medical students fight to survive as this deranged psychopath once again starts to pick them apart one by one.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryFinland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
        Duration02:03

        Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        It's Halloween eve on Shelter Island, and the small town is preparing for a killer storm. But the dark clouds gathering over the island are bringing with them a curse one-hundred years in waiting. As the woods give birth to an ungodly and insatiable creature of fire, bones, and earth, three sisters must scramble to stay alive through the long dark night of the Hollow. For it's not something you can kill. It's only something you can try and survive.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        On the morning he is set to star in a career changing blockbuster film, an Irish actor trying to live down his rocky past confronts a series of devastating events that threaten his sobriety, his loved ones, and ultimately his life.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:29

        A feature film based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", which focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Mexico

        Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in pursuit of lost time after meeting a troubled young man named Leo on his drive home. What begins as an aimless drive down an unfamiliar street turns into a life-altering series of events.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:06

          The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrecomedy, sport
          CountryUSA

          Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:29

            On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrehorror, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:08

            Technology brings us closer. Or perhaps it brings strangers, a little too close. But how much can you really trust someone? With a new ride share service, you never know who will be getting in a car with. Or if you'll ever get out.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our nation’s greatest heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Abe is a thoughtful and quiet boy who spends his days at the side of his beloved mother while learning to work the land from his stern father. When illness takes his mother, Abe's new guardian angel comes in the form of his new stepmother, who sees the potential in the boy and pushes for his further education.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA, Greece
            Duration01:48

            Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genrecomedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.

            Markimdb: 3.3
            Genrefantastic, action
            CountryUSA, Germany

            After surviving a worldwide pandemic, two men with different agendas, two women from a survival colony, and young girl and a man each form alliances as they cross post-apocalyptic landscapes.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genreaction, crime, detective
            CountryBulgaria, USA, Spain
            Duration01:27

            A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.




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