Movies like Cube 2021
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Cube (2021)
3K
Original name: CUBE 一度入ったら、最後
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, scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, spooky, surprise ending ...
Plot:
trap, stranger, sadistic horror, abuse, locked in a room, isolation, trapped, life & death, death, murder, japanese woman, mistrust, survival, heroes, violence, captivity, brutality, sadism, rivalry, deathtrap, video surveillance, escape attempt, race against time, playing god, terrorizing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Cube
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, scary, suspenseful and slasher films with plots about survival, trap, game of death, trapped, violence, murder and brutality mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Cube: Circle (2015), Saw III (2006), Saw II (2005), Saw IV (2007), Saw VI (2009). 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:
100%
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:
80%
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:
67%
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
295K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, torture, gory, trap, sadistic horror, mind game, serial murder, antidote, killer, violent, insanity, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
175K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, brutal, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, game of death, trap, plot twist, deathtrap, mind game, gory, violent, killer, game, blood, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
135K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, psychological, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, plot twist, trap, game of death, mind game, gory, violent, killer, vigilante, police investigation, sadism, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. He and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind, the only thing Shun ...
Style:
slasher, surreal, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
game of death, game, heroes, nightmare, school, superhero, chaos, brutality, fight scenes, murder, death, high school student ...
Time:
year 2014
Place:
japan
Similarity:
88%
Movie in collections
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:
100%
320K
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 ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iberian peninsula
Similarity:
67%
505K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, mind game, survival horror, serial killer, plot twist, gory, violent, trapped, fear, locked in a room, psychopath, macabre ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
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:
67%
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:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Six friends test their intelligence in a game that takes a dark turn.
Style:
scary, suspense, brutal, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, quest, violence, game of death, most dangerous game, danger, death, room, puzzle, escape, survival, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
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:
100%
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%
14K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. When the lines ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, scary, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
game of death, escape room, murder, survival, torture, trap, puzzle, quest, social media, escape, male nudity, survivor ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
50%
668
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three college students play a challenge game called Odds Are... It quickly erupts into a nightmare for the participants who find themselves caught in an unpredictable web of deceit and survival. Based on actual events.
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, survival horror, game, house, stranger, murder, nightmare, friends, trap, game of death, fear, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Movie in collections
816
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of young people went on a abandoned hostel in Sligo, Ireland. After they play a really creepy game, all of them disappear.
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
found footage, survival horror, hostel, sadist, society, strong violent content, youth, mind game, game of death, sadistic horror, life & death, playing god ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A government witness is locked inside an experimental halfway house with six violent criminals. Will they survive.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
abuse, fear, game of death, sadistic horror, torture, killing, confined, captivity, revenge, confinement indoors, mind game, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
189
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, slasher, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
game of death, killing, characters in danger, revenge, terrorizing, playing god, trapped, deathtrap, abuse, captivity, mind game, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
165
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Events take a sinister turn one night in London, when two very different couples arrive at a double-booked apartment. Actions have consequences and not all debts are paid for with money. Leaving, it's harder than you think.
Style:
suspense, tense, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival horror, abuse, race against time, game of death, revenge, trap, trapped, violence, isolation, rivalry, mind game, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young woman is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger and chained in an eerie, dilapidated barn. Unwilling to play the victim, she plots a daring escape. With thirst and hunger bearing down, her grip on reality loosens. Can she free herself from the ...
Style:
tense, scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
violence, characters in danger, confinement indoors, vigilante, revenge, abuse, sadistic horror, trapped, vengeance, brutality, trap, game of death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
970
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young woman's hunt for her missing sister ends at a rundown bed and breakfast in the Hollywood Hills run by an ill-tempered woman called Mommy. Disturbing messages left by former guests suggest unsettling secrets lay buried there.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, tense, slasher ...
Plot:
nightmare, hallucination, killing, revenge, fear, psychopath, survival, death, trap, insanity, vigilante, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five people appear in footage travelling to and exploring an abandoned military medical testing base obtained in a file box.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, violence, violent, survival, murder, psychopath, revenge, serial murder, escape attempt, youth, serial killer, sadist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
High school girl and four other people were forced to play a X-game to take responsibility for what they did in the past.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, psychotronic, slasher ...
Plot:
revenge, killing, deathtrap, vigilante, survival, game of death, mystery killer, playing god, violent, locked in a room, friends, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
31%
751
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
abuse, trapped, sadistic horror, survival horror, female villain, torture, kidnapping, female protagonist, game of death, sadist, insanity, terrorizing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room in Los Angeles. When the couples are locked into the Escape Room, Matthew quickly finds himself at ...
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival horror, escape room, vengeance, danger, characters in danger, trap, death, trapped, psychopath, survival, murder, sadism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
game of death, murderer, abuse, vengeance, captivity, trapped, revenge, sadistic horror, vigilante, extreme violence, strong violent content, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five female filmmakers en route to screen their new horror film in Los Angeles, experience their own real life terror when they cross paths with deranged scientist hellbent on using them for his twisted experiments.
Style:
psychotronic, slasher, suspense, bleak, scary
Plot:
abuse, survival horror, mad scientist, playing god, violent, insanity, sadist, characters in danger, life & death, terrorizing, strong female presence, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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