Movies Similar to Playing with Death

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A fantastic story of Martha, a little girl, who finds true love three years after her mother died.

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In a Kingdom where the monarch is increasing control onto its citizens, two friends share a bittersweet goodbye.

Mezcaliente(2015)

Two desperadoes in the middle of the Mexican desert, fall to the charms of a young barmaid, and use their skills in order to seduce her.

One More Hat!(2014)

In a hat shop, a difficult lady customer, with her dog is looking for the perfect hat. The salesman does his best but the lady's jealous dog has other things in mind.

It's a Date(2017)

It’s a Date is a culmination of his preoccupations, a weird but humanistic look at a couple on a first date. It seems to be going well until the man decides to really open up and get (sur)real.

Red Santa Down(2006)

A special unit of the American President sets out to Finland to free mankind from Santa Claus.

Die Pantherin(2016)

The night in a big city. A young woman walks alone on a bridge, her gaze unfathomable. She stops, hesitates briefly, then jumps to her death. Under mysterious circumstances, Mara survives the jump and wakes up dazed in hospital. The doctors are strangely reserved when she calls her boyfriend Janis. Mara flees home from the hospital, but finds a completely changed apartment where another woman has taken her place and throws Mara out of the apartment. It slowly becomes clear that no one recognizes Mara, she seems to have completely "fallen out of the world".

Sea Scouts(1939)

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A Difficult Problem(1906)

Yeah Kowalski!(2013)

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Traditional Family Vampires(2000)

An over-the-top comedy about a right wing / conservative family of vampires that go door to door sucking blood, until they meet up with a particularly unsavory character. They morally object to one victim's sexual orientation, thereby not finishing the job.... and we all know what happens if you don't drain 'em dry!

Zombie and the Ghost Train(1991)

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Saturday Night Special

On his 25th birthday, The Kid, an unpublished novelist, finds himself in a dark bar, drinking alone, and experiencing a quarter of a life crisis. He strikes up a conversation with The Bartender, an older veteran of the bar, who is the only person remaining after last call. Venting to The Bartender about his current existential crisis they both end up drinking together, but when The Bartender goes to make sure everything is cleaned up for the night, he returns with a .38 Special Snubnose Revolver, also known as a "Saturday Night Special", and informs The Kid that someone must have left it behind. The two speculate where the gun could have come from, all the while they continue to drink, which makes things quite chaotic once the Kid decides to pick up the gun.

Haunt Me(2017)

Angie wants to see a ghost more than anything. After many failed attempts, she arrives at a bed and breakfast that could make her wish come true.

Time Stranger Kyoko: Leave It to Chocola!(2001)

Preparing a party for her anniversary with the King, when he failed to show up Chocola decided to run away from the castle.

Jacks(2021)

A story of undercover police officers carrying out as gangsters on a drug-busting mission. However, things happened unexpectedly during the mission.

Almanya: Welcome to Germany(2011)

After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In addition, Canan, a granddaughter of Hüseyin, announces she is pregnant and the father is her English boyfriend, and no one knew anything.

Garfield's Babes and Bullets(1989)

Garfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective.

Bad Dog(1976)

A day in the life from dog’s point of view.