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Tetris

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Directed by Jon S. Baird

In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain. From TMDB

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Tetris is a 2023 thriller history drama film, directed by Jon S. Baird, starring Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov and Sofia Lebedeva.

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  • Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2026

    Reminder that if you see something horrific, there is good evidence that playing Tetris as soon as possible helps. Giving yourself PTSD from seeing photos or film clips doesn’t help anyone.

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  • Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2024

    I’m not into “based on a true story” films about Air Jordans or Tetris. But here’s one I *would* watch: A dramatization set in 1988 to 1991 where Domino’s lands the official product placement in the live action TMNT movie, then gets outmaneuvered by Pizza Hut for ads all over the VHS release!

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  • Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2025

    I was just reminded that the Tetris movie exists, and now you all have to suffer with me again.

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  • Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2025

    Im enjoying the Tetris movie, we need more stories making game dev look far more exciting then iv ever experienced. They get to do things like leave the office and go places! That’s escapism right there.

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  • Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    Apple had that godawful Tetris movie and the recent one with Ryan Reynolds too and both were DOOOOOGGGGGSHIT. Like very obvious and clunky propaganda pictures. Compare that to something more natural like top gun and it’s just a night and day difference.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2024

    What happened between Sega, Namco, and Sammy in the early 2000s is a story I'd love to see dramatised in a Tetris movie-style way.

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  • Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtfBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    John Mulaney may be portraying video game executive Trip Hawkins, but I doubt he'll end up in a chase scene with the KGB like Nintendo executive Howard Lincoln in the Tetris movie

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  • SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.comBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    Watching Tetris movie on AppleTV+ and hell yeah it's about how bad the Soviet Union was

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  • RobotLyra, Single and Silly @robotlyra.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2023

    Tangentially related, I have a tinfoil hat theory that the rise in docutainment (Air Jordans movie, Tetris movie, Seinfeld's upcoming movie about pop tarts) is an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the youtube doc, but with none of the unbiased frankness of an independent documentarian

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  • SocialistVibes01 @[email protected]Lemmy · Nov 2, 2026

    Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom. Last week, Anthropic introduced a new system prompt designed to stop its Claude models from re-creating specific, existing video games. While that move could help shield Anthropic from some liability, it’s unlikely to slow much of the massive wave of AI-assisted game porting and copying that has emerged in recent months. A social media user and AI decompilation enthusiast going by the name “chasm” was among the first to…

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  • Julian @jl8e.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    I expect gameboys were pretty popular with movie actors of the era, where you spend a lot of time on set waiting. Which raises the obvious question: which famous 60+ actors can absolutely crush all comers at Tetris?

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  • Zarithya😈💻 | Techubus VTuber @zarithya.onlineBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    Did the Apple TV Tetris movie seriously use Game Grumps footage to represent Punch-Out??

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  • John Paddington @padders123.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Listened to this yesterday - it was great. Reminds me that Games Workshop is a genuine UK success story both culturally and financially, yet doesn't get the praise it deserves Someone needs to do a Tetris or Air style film of it's story.

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2025

    The Tetris movie is an entertaining dramatization of it's and his story, and I'll also recommend cosying up with this video from the Gaming Historian to learn more about the twists and turns of the Tetris story.

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  • scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2023

    Shit it's only been a few months and I'm already confusing the Tetris movie with the Blackberry movie.

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Jul 24, 2026

    They could plausibly do a biopic about the early days of the industry, but to be frank after that Tetris movie I wouldn't trust a studio with anything more difficult than staring at a cantaloupe.

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  • Brennan 🖤💜🤍💛 @temperancesucks.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    hi I’ve been here but now I’m here here! I’m Brennan, they/them pronouns, trans nonbinary, autistic adhd, born in the 1900s. 👾 Streaming 👾 Game Dev Coding Pixel Art Minecraft Elden Ring Celeste Tetris 99 🌱 Offline Life 🌱 Hiking & nature Film photography Game OST on vinyl TV series 👀 friends?

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  • John F @johnfar.comBluesky · May 1, 2025

    Hamilton County Buildings. A direct rip off of the UN building in NYC. Recently it played a part in the film Tetris @realitysosubtle.bsky.social 6x6 Acros ii #pinhole #filmphotography #film

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  • Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Wow this live action Tetris film looks intense.

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  • J “Halloween” B 🎃 @jhb.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    That Tetris movie was crazy. I started it thinking it would be an interesting look at all the weird licensing fights to publish Tetris outside the USSR and it was like 10% that and 90% Red Dawn.

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  • ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡ @beetlenaut.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    Tried to watch the 2023 Tetris movie. had to turn it off. easily one of the worst "films" I've ever tried to endure. contrived, fake conversations. rooms of handsome actors coughing one-liners at each other. Why am I watching a movie about a producer? I want to see Alexey Pajitnov programming

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  • CryptΩ-Z∞l໐gᴉcal Disaster 𓆑🏴 @eatyrselffitter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    what property are you going to make into a horror movie when its copyright expires? Tetris for me. it'll be like Saw but Tetris with the body parts and so forth

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  • Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    (person who recently watched the Tetris movie) hey this is just the plot of the Tetris movie

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  • Sophie ⚘.𓏲ּ𝄢𖹭⋆.˚ @voidgal.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    If you didn't knew him, I can't recommend his videos enough. The Story of Tetris video made me learn about the story of Tetris development even before the Tetris movie came out (and that's one of my favourite movies ever). The SMB3 and SMW videos are also some of my favorite YouTube videos ever 🙂‍↕️

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  • Beau Seymour ~ Sand Stack Dev @bimbam-tm.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    Yesterday I watched Tetris (the movie) Today I made Tetris (in #GodotEngine) Compared to the other old school 2D games that I've made this one is the first that need a complete rewrite around the 4 hour mark when I realised the approach i was taking totally wouldn't work!

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  • CMRobles (Gremlin²) @cmr.novastorm.cloudBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    watch the Tetris movie on apple TV RIGHT NOW!!!!!! DO IT!!!!!! WATCH THE TETRIS MOVIE!!! OOOOO YOU WANT TO WATCH THE TETRIS MOVIE ON APPLE TV SOOOOOOO BAD RN

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  • Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    If producers are still looking for film ideas centred around popular consumer products (Air, Tetris, Blackberry) may I suggest a rise-and-fall tale about the Shape Up And Dance label which somehow went from squeaky-clean Felicity Kendal to this filth in the space of just three years.

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  • Vee @supersquidoodle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Still can't believe Apple TV's Tetris movie was so goddamn well recieved when it was quite literally the cringiest most blatant anti-communist propaganda ever and just repeatedly lies about the story of the game's localisation for no reason

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  • SuperSisi @supersisi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    Happy 36th birthday to GameBoy Tetris! One of my favorite games. I have seen the Tetris movie twice and I love Tetris 99 online ❤️ Do you love the blocks? #retrogaming #tetris

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  • Pat-HEX-myth (love, with a routing number) @patri.xyzBluesky · Jul 26, 2024

    If Hollywood can green light a Pacman and Tetris movie, I need, no I goddamn deserve a Trapper Keeper movie.

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  • ninjamuffin99 🆖 @ninjamuffin99.newgrounds.comBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    crazy that 2 of the villains in the Tetris movie (and in real life) are Ghislaine Maxwell’s father and brother

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  • Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    I feel so spoiled to be able to catch the annual Women in Gaming event at the Strong Museum of Play, with all these amazing women in the industry sharing their story. Currently hearing from the CEO of Tetris, Maya Rogers ♥️ Yes, the daughter of Henk Rogers ☺️ (go watch the Tetris movie btw)

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  • Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2025

    Watching the #Tetris the film, and it's glorious. Part grift, part thriller, part historical documentary, and apparently all true.

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  • Rob @nemofishy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2025

    Recalling that one time the Soviet Union came to Aberdeen to star in glamorous movie about western capitalist decadence [Tetris]

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  • Amity 🪻 @amity-galaxy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    Mario Heardle's anniversary is coming up, which also means a new update. Here's the new game additions that are coming. Tetris Attack is the Game Boy version. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will also be added.

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  • Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2025

    INTERESTING‼️ #Epstein #Mossad #Tetris #Nintendo The Tetris movie is simply called “Tetris”

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  • Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.ukBluesky · Oct 28, 2024

    The Oregon Trail is the latest video game getting a movie adaptation - with Will Speck & Josh Gordon attached to develop the movie at Apple, following the success of the Tetris film. It will apparently feature musical numbers "in the vein of Barbie". (Read more: The Hollywood Reporter)

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  • Techdirt @techdirt.comBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    White House Website Briefly Hosted Racist Tetris Clone Game Until The Tetris People Complained Pick your favorite zombie movie or television show and you'll... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/10/white-house-website-briefly-hosted-racist-tetris-clone-game-until-the-tetris-people-complained/

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  • Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2026

    The Tetris movie on Apple TV was not very good

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  • Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Highly recommend the Tetris movie. tv.apple.com/us/movie/tet...

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  • Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    Any movie based on a game is terrible (exception: the D&D movie, more a credit to D&D than Hollywood). TETRIS is not *based on* a game, it's the *history of* the game and surprisingly dramatic & interesting. It's wild to revisit the 80s in this moment, but instructive. And the movie is a delight.

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  • Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2025

    The Tetris movie was surprisingly good in part because it covered the massive Robert Maxwell embezzlement stuff.

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  • Ben @benjamage.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    I'm still incredibly curious to know why a Tetris movie of all things has a cover of "Holding Out For A Hero" in it. Also this cover slaps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AitG...

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  • Sueby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed @suenami923.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    I want so badly to make a Drunk History style show but all about nerd history like video games and the bonkers shit that has happened in the comic, film, and TV industry. Can you imagine so sloppy video essayist explaining the story behind Tetris?

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  • Kyle Orland @kyleor.landBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    9. Apple TV hosted a cinema screening of the Tetris movie adjacent to GDC that year. This is a branded popcorn bucket from that showing.

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  • hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    I don’t think “he was distracted because he was trying to film it on his phone “ excuses anything, any more than “he crashed the plane because he got really into his Tetris game during the landing” would.

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  • Loch Ness Monster 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2024

    Comfort movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas Comfort game: Tetris Comfort book: Network Effect by Martha Wells

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  • Ash G. @kilomonster.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2024

    I will continue to be angry that the Tetris movie was about the game’s creation and not an actual adaptation of the games mechanics like Battleship.

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  • Memobots Games | New Solo Indie Dev Studio @memobotsgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Few times already stumbled upon this #Tetris movie..never had a chance to see it..worth it ? #friday #movienight #indiedev

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  • Dr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.comBluesky · Jul 9, 2026

    Oh, I dunno, the Russian cover from the Tetris movie comes pretty damn close. Or the Japanese version in Bullet Train.

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  • B. Coul @briancoulombe.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    I can already see the hate this is gonna get. Oh Zach. It’s a shame you weren’t old enough to make movies when Canon film group was in business. The two of you would’ve fit like game boy and Tetris.

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  • Sophie ⚘.𓏲ּ𝄢𖹭⋆.˚ @voidgal.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2026

    I had been wanting to rewatch the Tetris movie for a while, and finally did it today! I loved this movie back when it released, but it was pretty apparent that it is a BIG dramatization of all the events that happened for Henk Rogers to get the Tetris rights. A lot of exagerations, things [1/2]

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  • Scare-iadne Talchik @ariadnetalchik.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    The movie categorically states that Tetris on game boy is literally why the Soviet Union collapsed and I think that rules

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  • Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2025

    #Tetris Film Tetris 🕹️ | tv+ Fun and stylish film, 8-bit nostalgia meets 80s espionage Taron Egerton is great

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  • Hell-emagel 🔮🌌 | Magic Elemental VTuber @elemagel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    Finally saw the Tetris movie. Was a lot more interesting that I thought it would be. I had no idea that the story behind it was that crazy. Would recommend.

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  • Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    God, what have I done that was so awful that I deserved to be reminded of the existence of the Tetris® movie today? 🙏

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  • Geeeer 🏳️‍🌈🇻🇪 @cnt-geeeer.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    I'll do the thing of things I like: • Smash Bros. • Fire Emblem • Smiling Friends • Ace Attorney • Splatoon • Mario • Gay shit • Tetris • Film, mostly animation • Animal Crossing • Hollow Knight • Persona • Pikmin • Pokémon • Kitties • Raising Cane's Let's be friends yay #promosky

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  • Rap Bastardz® @rapbastardz.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    Okay, if I take nothing else from this movie, Alison playing Tetris in her mind and humming the song will stay with me forever. #FrightClub #DoubleBlind

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  • Scare-o-lyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    Hell yes The Black Onyx! Henk Rogers is much better known today as the Tetris guy (not the creator but the other guy, the one played by Taron Egerton in the film) but he did really landmark work on RPGs before that.

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  • Chris @bagingi.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2025

    I miss the PS2/Xbox era of Mortal Kombat. The games were flawed as hell, but I still enjoyed them and the story didn't feel like a Marvel film. Deception, in particular, was absolutely incredible, with its open-world story mode and chess and Tetris minigames. Just awesome.

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