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The Highest Stakes (2026)

  • Thriller
  • 101 min
  • R age guide
  • ★ 5.9/10 from 7 ratings

Five strangers are invited to a luxurious hotel for a high-stakes poker game. What begins as a contest for fortune quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. As tensions rise and secrets surface, the players realize the stakes aren’t just about money—they’re about survival. In a night of escalating peril, trust becomes a weapon, and every choice could seal their fate.

Directed byTony Dean Smith

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  1. 01

    Behind the Screens

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 96 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Seven close friends reunite for a dinner gathering and decide to play a seemingly harmless game. Throughout the evening, every message, email, and phone call they receive must be shared openly with the group.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    13 Sins

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 93 min · Horror · Thriller

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    Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman 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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Home Invasion

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 88 min · Crime · Horror · Thriller

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    Terror arrives at the one place we all feel safest... When a wealthy woman, Chloe, and her stepson, Jacob, are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only form of help comes from a call with Mike, a security systems specialist. But as the intruders become increasingly hostile and the connection wavers, will she trust him to be her eyes and navigate her to safety?

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    • strong story and style similarity
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    28 Hotel Rooms

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 82 min · Drama · Romance

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    While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married, and he’s seeing someone, their intense attraction turns a one-night stand into an unexpected relationship and a respite from the obligations of daily life. Through a series of moments – some profound, some silly, some intensely intimate – we see a portrait of an evolving relationship that could become the most significant one of their lives.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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