The extremely harsh and jarring version of Survivor, the South Korean-made Netflix series Squid Game, was very popular in Turkey. When the crispy cookie story of the series combined with the professionally shot “game” scenes, a production with a high level of enjoyment emerged.
It seems that other popular Netflix series such as Squid Game, La Casa de Papel and Lucifer, which are shared on social media with lots of laughter, will be at the top of the new era since they are now over. We’ve compiled movies and TV shows that fans of the series will enjoy.
Series and movie recommendations like Squid Game:
- The Hunger Games series
- Incompatible (Divergent) series
- Maze (The Maze Runner) series
- Cube (The Cube) series
- Death Race
- Game of Death (Battle Royale)
- Circle
- Deadly Maze (Escape Room)
- Kill to Live (The Condemned)
- Tournament (The Tournament)
- BONUS series recommendation
Let’s start the list with a classic -for those who haven’t watched it yet-: The Hunger Games series (The Hunger Games):
- Total 4 movies (2012 – 2015)
- Genre: Action, adventure, science fiction
- IMDb: 7.2 (first movie)
- Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
- Stars:Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Divergent series with a bit too childish and simple story, but ‘looking at it while you’re on the phone’:
- 3 movies in total (2014 – 2016)
- Genre: Action, adventure, mystery
- IMDb: 6.6 (first movie)
- Rotten Tomatoes: 41%
- Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet
The Maze Runner series for those who want more action and suspense compared to Open Games and Incompatible:
- 3 movies in total (2014 – 2018)
- Genre: Action, adventure, mystery
- IMDb: 6.8 (first movie)
- Rotten Tomatoes: 65%
- Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter
The most serious movie on the list, a sci-fi classic and the Cube series that everyone missed a lot:
- 3 movies in total (1997 – 2004)
- Genre: Drama, mystery, science fiction
- IMDb: 7.2 (first movie)
- Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
- Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett
Pure action, adrenaline and life-or-death combat Death Race, but you only need to watch the first movie:
- 2008
- Genre: Action
- IMDb: 6.3
- Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
- Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson
The Game of Death (Battle Royale), which we have heard of now as a game genre but was the subject of a movie in 2000:
- 2000
- Genre: Action, adventure, drama
- IMDb: 7.6
- Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
- Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto
The story of choosing 1 person who deserves to live among 50 people sentenced to death: Circle (Circle)
- 2015
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
- IMDb: 6.0
- Rotten Tomatoes: 50%
- Cast: Allegra Masters, Aimee McKay, Ashley Key
witnesses 6 strangers to escape a labyrinth with their intelligence: Escape Room
- 2019
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
- IMDb: 6.4
- Rotten Tomatoes: 51%
- Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis
A tale of criminals surviving in a vast jungle: Kill to Live (The Condemned):
- 2007
- Genre: Action, crime, thriller
- IMDb: 6.0
- Rotten Tomatoes: –
- Cast: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones
A group of self-indulgent wealthy start a competition between 30 assassins, the survivor will reach $10 million: The Tournament
- 2007
- Genre: Action, crime
- IMDb: 6.1
- Rotten Tomatoes: –
- Cast: Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu
BONUS: Another Netflix series directly inspired by Squid Game, Alice in Borderland
- 2020, one season
- Genre: Action, fantasy, mystery
- IMDb: 7.7
- Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
- Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijirô Murakami
You can share your recommendations and opinions about the Squid Game series with us in the comments section.
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