| The Green Mile (1999) | 8.6 | |
| Schindler's List (1993) | 9.0 | |
| Lost (2004) | 8.3 | |
| Buried (2010) | 7.0 | |
| Prison Break (2005) | 8.3 |
Confined movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
Style:
scary, dark, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, catacomb, underground, archaeology, survival, treasure hunt, death, claustrophobia, ancient mystery, confined, tunnel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, iran
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, inspirational
Plot:
confined, wrongful conviction, prison, lawyer, mind game, life sentence, scheme, prisoner, legal, jailed, jail, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped ...
Style:
scary, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, gory, supernatural horror, ghost child, confined, machine, inheritance, blood, family in danger, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another. Inspired by true events.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mine, miner, supernatural, confined, father daughter relationship, underground, race against time, danger, isolation, machismo, hallucination, mining ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
Style:
sexy, brutal, suspenseful, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, twists and turns, bondage, sex, female nudity, woman in danger, abduction, sexual content, woman in jeopardy, confined, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, survival, human spirit, gulag, confined, captivity, wehrmacht, danger, wilderness survival, nazi, fugitives ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1937, year 1947, year 1951 ...
Place:
germany, ussr, soviet union, siberia, tehran iran ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Style:
sexy, humorous, clever, offbeat, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison life, prison, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian interest, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian love, lesbian romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york state, idaho, usa, new york
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, creepy, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, mad scientist, body horror, surgery, violence, victim, evil doctor, insanity, experiment gone awry, confined, sadism, sadistic horror ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Elliott Gast (Jason Behr) is quickly climbing the corporate ladder of international commerce, negotiating deals to generate large fortunes for giant corporations. His success makes him the target for political extremists who kidnap him and broadcast ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
confined, missing person, danger, isolation, captivity, terrorism, prison life, internet, torture, unsettling, confined space, extreme ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
wrong place wrong time, confined, chases and races, danger, fall in love, disorder, love and romance, woman in danger, twists and turns, forced into action, urban, armed robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, period piece, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, sword fight, treason, treasure, lone hero, twists and turns, corruption, prison, confined, betrayal, arrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
france, ireland, marseille, europe, paris france
Is relevant?
282
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, pirate, confined, found footage, journalism, media, rivalry, danger, interview, confined space, journalist, reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
somalia
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A screenwriter suffering from writers block decides to lock himself in his apartment for 18 days in order to meet a career-making deadline. His script involves characters from his past, including a terrifying and disfigured clown. As cabin fever ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer clown, confined, losing-it hero, isolation, writer's life, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, murder, writer's block, surrealism, psychopath, clown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann (Redd). He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, captivity, confined, held captive, workplace, psychopath, danger, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, gory, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
America is on the search for the murderer Eddie Kim. Sean Jones must fly to L.A. to testify in a hearing against Kim. Accompanied by FBI agent Neville Flynn, the flight receives some unexpected visitors.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot:
snake, airplane, dangerous animal, death, giant snake, sex scene, cobra, passenger, confined, panic, creature feature, rattlesnake ...
Time:
year 2006, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, honolulu hawaii, los angeles, bali
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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
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, evil wins, stalking, escape attempt, psychopath, trap, masked killer, confinement indoors, unknown killer, captivity, death, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, contamination, life is a bitch, confined, post apocalypse, chaos, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, gory, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of college friends celebrate the end of term with a party to end all parties. During a drink and drug-fuelled evening, an innocent game of ‘Truth or Dare’ has a very sore loser, sparking a terrifying sequence of events and a whole new ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, psychological, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, truth or dare, brother brother relationship, psychopath, revenge, unrequited love, survival game, cheating on boyfriend, hidden camera, gory, confined, isolated house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.
Style:
suspense, dark, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Plot:
survival, confined, isolation, deadly creature, danger, island, siege, missing girl, killer animal, dangerous animal, personal assistant, group ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, stewardess, plague, eaten alive, airplane, confined, confinement indoors, escapades, rescue, danger, race against time, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, usa, los angeles, europe, pentagon
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
incest, children, confined, siblings relations, survival, old mansion, estate, family life, child abuse, danger, dysfunctional family, family in danger ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, psychological, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
dystopia, nightmare, suicide attempt, exile, accountant, alone in the world, parallel universe, suicide, emotionless, isolation, confined, captivity ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Paleontologist Robert Trenton (Dean Cain) is called to Northeastern Antarctica near the Indian Ocean to help the FBI build an underground maximum-security military base and prison for the world's most dangerous criminals and terrorists. The ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, scary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snake, giant snake, prison, killer animal, animal attack, survival, danger, confined, ancient mystery, deadly creature, isolation, winter ...
Time:
prehistoric times
Place:
antarctica, south pole, antarctic
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, confined, mentally unstable, twists and turns, doctors and patients, power relations, dissociative identity disorder, dominatrix, mental disorder, psychiatrist, family relations, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, military, islamic terrorism, confined, terrorism, hijacking, danger, law enforcement, negotiation, special forces, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
algeria, france, europe
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