01 A young woman volunteers to compete in a televised fight to the death to save her younger sister.
6 Best Televised Game and Competition Show Movies
By Vlad Zakh · June 15, 2026
The manufactured spectacle and moral compromises of televised competition have powered some of cinema’s sharpest satires and thrillers. In Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A poor Mumbai teenager’s unlikely success on a game show is retraced through the painful memories that gave him the answers. Don’t overlook Quiz Show (1994): A rigged television quiz show scandal exposes the corrupt lengths producers will go to for ratings.
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02 A poor Mumbai teenager's unlikely success on a game show is retraced through the painful memories that gave him the answers.
03 Contestants on a reality television show are forced to hunt and kill each other for the cameras.
04 A rigged television quiz show scandal exposes the corrupt lengths producers will go to for ratings.
05 A wrongly convicted man is forced to compete on a deadly game show where escaped criminals are hunted for sport.
06 Competitors in a violent, televised transcontinental race score points by running down pedestrians.
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