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Plot Summary:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, realistic, psychological thriller, mind bending
Best tv shows and movies like House of 9 (2005):
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Panic Button (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs Trapped at 30,000 feet, they will play for their lives and those of their families. They will discover the hard way that put his life online can have dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, surreal, psychotronic, cyber, cult classic, scary, realistic
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Lady in a Cage (1964)
Plot Summary:
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, retro, slasher
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Inhuman Resources (2012)
Plot Summary:
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 suffering gruesome consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, slasher, psychological, brutal, bloody, disturbing
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Iron Doors (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic, minimal cast
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Hunger (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, psychological, psychological thriller, bloody, suspense, slasher
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Meander (2020)
Plot Summary:
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 sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter….
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, clever, slasher, minimal cast
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Elevator (2012)
Plot Summary:
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 becomes the only reasonable solution.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, scary, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, tension
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Breathing Room (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 find both an exit and the reason for their abduction. One by one the players are eliminated as their "curfew" begins and the lights go out. With each dead body comes another clue, which they use to discover that one of them is the killer. The question is ... which one?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, rough, suspenseful, psychological, mind bending, twist ending, scary, serious, weird
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The Cellar Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
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 outsmart her psychopathic tormentor. But Herman has experience on his side: He's entrapped and tortured other women before, playing sick and twisted mind games with his frightened victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, awful
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Would You Rather (2012)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense, sadistic, rough, twist ending, bloody, suspense
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Captivity (2007)
Plot Summary:
The sought-after images of top model, Jennifer, adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a charity event, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, and commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, disturbing, intense, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, splatter, dark
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Saw V (2008)
Plot Summary:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, suspense, psychological, slasher, bloody, disturbing, splatter, clever, tricky
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Cube Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
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 can’t stand to see a woman suffer he himself enters the cube to try and save her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, clever, surreal, psychological, suspense, rough, mindfuck, psychedelic, mind bending, slasher
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You're Next (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, rough, disturbing, intense, dark comedy
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Saw II (2005)
Plot Summary:
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 more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, slasher, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, splatter, creepy
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Saw III (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 209000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, disturbing, slasher, suspense, twist ending, bloody, clever, splatter, brutal
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The Ward (2010)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, atmospheric, mind twisting
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Them (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise. They're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, creepy, suspense, intense, slasher, clever
Similar in 79%
The Strangers (2008)
Plot Summary:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, rough, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy
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Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
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 die trying.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, disturbing, psychological thriller, mind bending, clever, splatter
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Mindhunters (2004)
Plot Summary:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, slasher, detective, clever, intense
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Unknown (2006)
Plot Summary:
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, tricky, tense, mind bending, suspense, talky, psychological thriller
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Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, futuristic, clever, disturbing, tense, surreal, cerebral, mindfuck
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Saw VI (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 understood.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, slasher, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, splatter, clever
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The Killing Room (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, clever, psychological thriller, rough, intellectual, mindfuck, surreal
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Fermat's Room (2007)
Plot Summary:
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 what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, mind bending, psychological thriller, mind blowing
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Circle (2015)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, entertaining, cerebral, mindfuck, clever, mind bending
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Cube (1997)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 244000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, psychological thriller, twist ending, cerebral, futuristic, clever, exciting
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Nine Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, mind bending, psychological thriller
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Exam (2009)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspense, twist ending, tricky, tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating