| Prison Break (2005) | 8.3 | |
| Ex Machina (2014) | 7.7 | |
| The Collector (1965) | 7.5 | |
| Nine Dead (2009) | 5.4 | |
| The Thing (1982) | 8.2 |
Confined movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young newlywed couple find themselves trapped in a network of underground caves. With her husband injured, the new bride is forced to find her way back to the surface in order to save his life. In the process, they discover a terrifying truth ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, confined, supernatural, cave, danger, escapades, deadly creature, darkness, fear, claustrophobia, newlyweds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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459
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day a major earthquake hits Los Angeles and traps Dillan in an underground tunnel with a handful ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
subway, disaster, survival, heroes, confined, rescue, save the day, escapades, danger, race against time, isolation, forces of nature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, scotland, california, usa
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465
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The ...
Style:
suspense, serious, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, confined, life is a bitch, teenage life, danger, gory, obsession, intrigue, rivalry, vengeance, unstoppable ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young people head off on a vacation. When the car breaks down they're forced to find help. In the woods they find a house and some angry dogs which were by their car too. They decide to enter the house and that's where all the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, dog attack, woods, survival, deathtrap, confined, supernatural, escapades, danger, isolation, supernatural ability, gory ...
Time:
2000s, 18th century, 1780s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, survival, confined, warden, false accusation, criminal psychologist, dishonesty, violence spree, grudge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, frightening, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, violence, victim, physical abuse, cruelty, helplessness, abuse, childhood, unsettling ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, new york, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Andre the Butcher will make sure you pay for your sins.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, survival, confined, gory, isolation, mind game, supernatural, violence spree, danger, destiny, murder ...
Place:
usa, florida
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, supernatural, creature, folklore, folk horror, legends and myths, wrong place wrong time, danger, confined, gory, isolation, secret place ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being mysteriously kidnapped by a Doctor and his violent henchman, a young man is held captive in the converted cellar of an old mansion. For reasons unknown, he's forced to endure heinous physical and psychological torture, but slowly ...
Style:
medical horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
torment, murder, torture, mansion, shock treatment, diary, surgery, vengeance, missing person, amnesia, brutality, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
528
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of crooks on the run from the law gets more than they bargained for when they break into a seemingly abandoned house looking for a place to hole up and find that it's controlled by an evil spirit that will do anything to protect its ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense
Plot:
ghost story, supernatural, confined, isolation, ghost, on the run, chases and races, danger, cons and scams, twists and turns, greed, black ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
As a snow storm closes in, one final plane takes off. The plane reports to the ground that both pilots are dead, while the slowly dwindling number of passengers on the plane wish that they’d never left the ground.
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, slasher, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, airplane, confined, danger, race against time, violence spree, forces of nature, aviation, storm, pilot, boeing 747, airline ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
286
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this eerie hospital chiller, a medical student wakes up in an isolation room, gravely ill with no idea how she got there or how to get out. Trying to make sense of her plight and save herself, she finds the hospital staff distinctly unhelpful.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, slasher ...
Plot:
confined, danger, isolation, hospital, medical student, abduction, murder, woman in danger, student, orchard, buried alive, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Trying to recover from the nearly marriage-breaking stress following the death of their child, Jack (Reynaldo Rosales) and Stephanie (Heidi Dippold) spontaneously take off on a road trip. But when their car breaks down in a remote area, they find ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, demonic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, haunted house, survival, confined, haunted, danger, race against time, family problems, husband murders wife, ultimatum, stranded, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
prison, human spirit, confined, survival, military, captivity, patriotism, life is a bitch, hopes, rebellion, soldier, danger ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
vietnam, maryland, indochina
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224K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky ...
Style:
claymation, funny, period piece, satirical, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, bird, escape, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, prison, escape attempt, chicken, chicken farm, anthropomorphism, rat, freedom ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1959, year 2000, post world war two ...
Place:
united kingdom, england, northern england, europe, yorkshire
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, ...
Style:
cynical, touching, humorous, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison, confined, false accusation, prison life, mistaken identity, friendship, society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, disorder, injustice, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking, political
Plot:
prison, racism, solitary, prison life, against the rules, fighting the system, confined, militant, price of justice, injustice, rebelliousness, society ...
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of ...
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
prison, exhaustion, human spirit, confined, survival, prison life, rebelliousness, society, politics, religions or cults, captivity, stalinism ...
Time:
50s
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to ...
Style:
intense, semi serious, feel good, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, buddies, moral ambiguity, prison life, confined, fall in love, cons and scams, social worker, friendship, stage play, jail ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
border, prison, hindu, confined, life is a bitch, family problems, injustice, missing person, prison life, wartime life, parents and children, boy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
pakistan, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day... and his fiancé.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, hostage, confined, save the day, danger, escapades, isolation, nuclear threat, resort, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, on the run ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young woman begins a new life at the Apollonide bordello, a high-class brothel in Paris.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, brothel, coitus, debauchery, sexual abuse, sexploitation, prostitution, disfigurement, violence against women, female nudity, fondling, physical appearance ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1900
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One horryfing and gory night a family of four is brutally hacked to pieces. The only survivor is the young and beautiful housekeeper, Ella. When she steps out of ...
Style:
rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, parody ...
Plot:
murder, supernatural, confined, survival, deadly creature, chaos, gory, experiment gone awry, isolation, escapades, rescue, race against time ...
Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Australia, South Africa
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario finds an attractive advertisement in his mailbox, he ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apartment building, psychopath, danger, isolation, confined, gory, family relations, female psychopath, female protagonist, pregnancy, trap, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to saving her only child's life while they are both wired to explode.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
confined, heist, woman in danger, single parent, danger, unlikely criminals, isolation, crime gone awry, parents and children, bank, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, serial killer, psychopath, woman in danger, survival, obsession, confined, isolation, captivity, danger, master criminal, rivalry ...
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227K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
Is relevant?
996
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hyeon-jeong's sister is missing and she fears for the worst. Via her sister's cellphone, Hyeon-jeong learns that her sister stayed in a countryside vaillage. She goes to the village to find her sister and stops at the local police station ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, forced sex, torture, serial killer, investigation, confined, psychopath, missing person, danger, woman in danger, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
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