Confined space movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant confined space movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, intense and tense films and TV shows about / with confined space, claustrophobia, isolation, survival, one location, confined, trapped, paranoia, trap and catastrophe plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as confined space: 12 Feet Deep (2017), Shadow Puppets (2007), Elevator (2012), The Hole (2001), Frozen (2010), Fermat's Room (2007), Shadowplay (2007), Cube (1997), Who's There? (1999), The Abandon (2022).
Best films
New films
| Holy Shit! (2022) | 5.8 | |
| Lingering (2020) | 4.9 | |
| Wrongful Death (2023) | 4.7 | |
| Hijack 1971 (2024) | 6.8 | |
| MELANCOLíA (2021) | 7.2 |
List of confined space movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, sad, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
trapped, water, confined space, survival, endurance, swimming pool, sibling relationship, determination, family secret, female protagonist, sister, sister sister relationship ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, memory loss, voyeurism, voyeur, trap, bare breasts, nude girl, supernatural ability, captivity, danger, supernatural, deadly creature ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
trapped, isolation, captivity, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, confined space, escape room, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
50K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, dark, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
claustrophobia, obsession, psychology, twists and turns, school, youth, underground bunker, male nudity, danger, bunker, survival, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
wales, england
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87K
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, survival horror, ski resort, snow, frostbite, animal attack, danger, mountain, youth, sole survivor ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
antarctic, utah
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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 ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three people are trapped in a room with no windows, no doors, and no memory of how or why they are there. They must figure out the mystery of what is happening and how they are connected.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, intense, mind bending ...
Plot:
confined space, amnesia, claustrophobia, memory loss, trap, mind game, identity crisis, character study, puzzle, isolation, paranoia, single ...
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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
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While alone in the house, a woman hears news of serial killer on the loose. And then a stranger rings the doorbell...
Style:
suspense, slasher, dark, twist ending, experimental ...
Plot:
serial killer, confined space, confined, murder, plot twist, murder mystery, bad guy, danger, woman in danger, twists and turns, female protagonist, rain ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Injured U.S. soldier Miles Willis awakens to discover he is trapped in a mysterious cube armed only with his combat gear. As Miles begins to question his sanity, he finds a lifeline – a voice on the other end of his satellite phone who claims to ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tension, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival horror, confined space, survival, isolation, struggle for survival, deathtrap, escape, soldier, claustrophobia, locked room, race against time, trap ...
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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
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked after a yachting accident with their former servant, Manuel.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, survival, desert island, cheating wife, romantic triangle, shipwreck, sex, romantic rivalry, love triangle, sex scene, sexual tension, lust ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean
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122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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185K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, twists and turns, missing child, conspiracy, airplane accident, female protagonist, kidnapping, disappearance, strong female lead, flight attendant, family relations, little girl ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, persia, newfoundland, new york, germany
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
5 people trapped in a bunker after a nuclear and biological attack are forced to make an impossible decision - either one dies or they all die.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, grim, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post nuclear, claustrophobia, food shortage, nuclear fallout, confined space, human nature, water shortage, moral dilemma, fear, panic, contamination ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspenseful, intense, psychological thriller, sinister ...
Plot:
survival, confined space, isolation, claustrophobia, rescue attempt, rescue mission, darkness, underground, experiment gone awry, stress, desperation, scientific research ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, trapped, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, isolation, confined space, bunker ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An architect regains consciousness in a locked portaloo – known in German vernacular by the ‘Dixi’ brand name – on a building site where a detonation is being prepared. As he desperately tries to find ways of escaping this ‘prison’ ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, intense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
locked in, confined space, claustrophobia, trapped, survival, battles, problem, threat, satire, escape attempt, secret, fight ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
En route to a party, two strangers get stuck in an elevator on New Year's Eve — and find themselves connecting in unexpected ways.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elevator, chance meeting, party, couples, new year's eve, confined space, relationships, problem, male female relationship, love story, new year, satire ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 2009 John Jones entered Nutty Putty Cave with his brother Josh. What happened next has been a topic of much discussion and controversy ever since. Over 127 rescuers responded to the call for aid, and each one has their own take on the events. A ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, emotional, tear jerker ...
Plot:
cave, rescue, search and rescue, trapped, faith, faith based, underground, survival, claustrophobia, confined space, entrapment, saving a life ...
Place:
utah
Is relevant?
84
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four people, four walls, four stories, four truths.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
single, confined space, claustrophobia, prejudice, social conflict, sex scene, moral ambiguity, intolerance, identity, ethical dilemma, human nature, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
28-year-old medicine student Malina wakes up disoriented in a locked trunk and realizes, to her horror, that she is missing more than just her memory of what happened. With her phone as the only link to the outside world, the intelligent young woman ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, survival, female protagonist, memory loss, claustrophobia, car trunk, medical student, confined space, race against time, threat, abduction, amnesia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Yuki hasn't stepped out of her one-room apartment for five years now and the place is piling high with garbage and clutter. Keiji has a "hidden" camera set in her room connected to the internet 24 hours a day. He drops by to sleep ...
Style:
melancholic, grim, erotic, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot:
voyeurism, depression, mother daughter relationship, agoraphobia, hidden camera, loneliness, surveillance, isolation, character study, confined space, mental health, manipulation ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
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286K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, airplane, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, danger, resourceful, terrorist, mind game, aviation, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iceland, london
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, cerebral, intellectual, confusing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, time paradox, plot twist, parallel universe, time loop, twists and turns, murder, paranoia, blackmail, time, party ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2014, near future
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.
Style:
captivating, suspense, touching, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
subconscious, escape, desert, escape attempt, time paradox, mind game, plot twist, man versus machine, father son relationship, prisoner, computer, political prisoner ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
684K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
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
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