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The Platform (2019)
320K
Original name: El hoyo
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of the hole.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending, futuristic, ambiguous ending, psychological, philosophical, existential horror ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror, social relations, fear, dystopia, society, jail, hunger, symbolism, violence, murder, existentialism, suicide, class differences, locked in a room ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iberian peninsula
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Most similar movies to The Platform
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspense, suspenseful and scary films with plots about survival, trapped, death, isolation, trap, murder and violence mostly in Thriller, Horror and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Platform: Cube (1997), Vivarium (2019), Cube 2: Hypercube (2002), Exam (2009), Cube Zero (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, group of strangers, mathematics, maze, survival horror, death, fear, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
88%
89K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trapped, psychological torture, paradox, young couple, mysterious man, human experiment, suburbs, voyeurism, evil child, buying a house, evil wins, unhappy ending ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The sequel to the low budget first film ‘Cube.’ This time the prisoners find them selves in a more advanced cube environment that they must escape from before they are killed. A science fiction film where space and time have more than one path.
Style:
psychological, suspense, clever, scary, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
claustrophobia, survival, mathematics, locked in a room, group of strangers, maze, time travel, time warp, parallel universe, time loop, paranoia, virtual reality ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a mysterious leader imposes his law in a brutal system of vertical cells, a new arrival battles against a dubious food distribution method.
Style:
existential horror, dark
Plot:
prison, cannibalism, suicide, prison violence, food, starvation, social injustice, solidarity, moral dilemma, violence, hunger, hallucination ...
Similarity:
100%
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134K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mind game, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, puzzle, survival, surveillance, manipulation, confinement indoors, group of strangers, psychologist, intrigue ...
Time:
year 2009, future
Similarity:
73%
44K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cube Zero is the third film in the trilogy yet this time instead of a film about people trapped in a deadly cube trying to get out we see it from the eyes of someone who is controlling the cube and the torture of the victims inside. When the nerd ...
Style:
clever, surreal, surprise ending, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
trap, parallel world, survival, torture, mathematics, chess, elevator, video surveillance, time machine, isolation, escape room, rescue ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
80%
158K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological thriller, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
puzzle, trapped, game of death, group of strangers, escape room, survival, clue, quest, riddles and clues, evil corporation, death, survivor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
78%
72K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, morality, execution, life & death, prejudice, game of death, plot twist, stranger, death, sole survivor, struggle for survival, twists and turns ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style:
suspense, satanic, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, group of strangers, nuclear holocaust, torment, losing-it hero, survival, survival horror, social decay, violence, confined, apocalypse, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, north korea
Similarity:
71%
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, game, clue, murder, trapped, video surveillance, experiment, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, kidnapping, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
100%
615K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, kidnapping, dissociative identity disorder, murder, split personality, psycho, insanity, serial killer, paranoia, captive, schizophrenia, psychopath ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2017
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, america
Similarity:
67%
3K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.
Style:
suspense, intense, psychotronic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trap, stranger, abuse, sadistic horror, locked in a room, trapped, isolation, life & death, mistrust, murder, japanese woman, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
13K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
trapped, claustrophobia, trap, survival horror, loss of daughter, survival, maze, isolation, psychopath, violence, race against time, sadism ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
100%
418K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, end of the world, epidemic, creature, fear, blindness, post apocalypse, characters murdered one by one, pursuit, survival horror, dystopia, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Style:
scary, independent film, slasher, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, torture, murder, group of friends, mind game, psycho killer, trap, trapped, female nudity, game of death, friendship, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The United Kingdom. Soon. Civil war rages. A woman wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell. Using its sophisticated functionality, her captor tortures her for information; information she claims not to have - or does she?
Style:
suspense, intellectual, futuristic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, captivity, dystopian future, brutality, human nature, suspicion, emotional blackmail, escape attempt, violence, characters in danger, survival, conspiracy theory ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, independent film, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
starvation, isolation, eating human flesh, captive, hunger, captivity, survival, gory, cannibalism, claustrophobia, flesh eating, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
game of death, escape room, trapped, survival horror, quest, puzzle, trap, hostage, survival, most dangerous game, teamwork, game ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, bloody ...
Plot:
game of death, social experiment, killing spree, office, trapped in a building, last man standing, cruelty, human experiment, murder, mass murder, corporation, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, isolation, locked in a room, riddles and clues, puzzle, logic, science, game of death, mind game, trapped, survival, genius ...
Similarity:
100%
165K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of people trapped in a elevator realizes that the devil is among them.
Style:
scary, psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, satanic ...
Plot:
devil, group of strangers, elevator, confined, supernatural, supernatural horror, police investigation, trap, mysterious character, trapped in an elevator, danger, stranded ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.
Style:
psychological, spooky, scary, horrifying, slasher ...
Plot:
blindness, woman in danger, mysterious villain, suicide, who done it, twin sister, disability, murder, uncover truth, unsupportive parent, blind character, delusion ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
43%
313
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and the sprawling and futuristic "Megaville." Megaville has an elected president, ...
Style:
cyber, independent film, futuristic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, hitman, assassination, society, distopia, police officer, evil computer, dystopian future, smuggling, life is a bitch, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
31K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, scary, dark, creepy ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
internet, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, suicide, missing person, haunting, depression, college student, technology, lifestyle, confined ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan, latin america
Similarity:
50%
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