Forbidden rooms in mystery movies
This will include rooms with a curse on them and locked room murder mysteries and creepy attics and cellars and torture chambers. In year of release order from 2023 going back in time to 1914.
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- DirectorDelia RuffinNicolas WoodStarsNassier KellyZena AluboudiBrandi SeatonWhen best friends Alex Baeur and Curtis Williams awaken bound in a torture chamber by a masked psychopath intending to force them into playing a murderous game of survival, it is up to Alex's fiancé to save the two by stopping the psycho's sinister plan.
- DirectorSimon KingStarsDrew WatersKincsö PethöKaterina KovalchukDuring a winter storm, a group of strangers finds themselves trapped in a small hotel in the Romanian mountains. When one is found dead in a locked room, it is up to a KGB specialist to determine the killer.
- DirectorDavid C. SnyderStarsBuddy VonnMyonnah AmonieJoi RostonFour women, who don't know each other, wake up in a locked basement without any memory of who they are or how they got there. As they slowly remember recent events in their lives they quickly realize that they are all in grave danger.
- DirectorIkhwansha HazerStarsKamal AdliRiz AminPablo AmirulTrapped in a mysterious room with no memory of his true identity, Adam must race against time and uncover his true self in order to put an end to a terrorist group that is on a mission to destroy his country.
- DirectorVjekoslav KatusinStarsIsabella BrenzaMichael ParéAlexander ManCaptured inside the darkness of the strange, designed room, a narcissistic journalist and a mean sinful woman learn the hard way that the truth cannot be buried forever and what begins quite harmlessly, ends in a game of life and death.
- DirectorSrwsht AbarashStarsZheer FaraidoonAbdulrahman MohamadA young man checks into room 217 in an old hotel on a rainy night. Soon he begins to experience hallucinations that lead him to believe he is living the same time over and over again. He frantically tries to find a way out.
- DirectorJong-seok YoonStarsSo Ji-seobYunjin KimIm Jin-AhA story about a man who has been pointed out as the culprit of a locked-room murder and his lawyer approaching the truth.
- DirectorJude IdadaStarsIjeoma Grace AguLucy AmehZainab BalogunBeyond the locked door of a room in which eight people without memories are trapped, lies the truth about their identity, but to recover it, they have to evade a maniacal murderer.
- DirectorSabrina GreveStarsChris CoutoCarol Marques da CostaGiovanni de LorenziSiblings Jonas and Rebeca, who, haunted by guilt over their parents' death, have developed an obsessive dependency on each other as they care for their grandmother and a child trapped in the basement.
- DirectorJohn FarrellyStarsTom KerriskRob James CapelWill MurphyTwo detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for thirty days in a sealed gas chamber.
- DirectorSantiago MenghiniStarsPhil RobertsonJoana BorjaVictoria AlcockAfter being forced to take a room in a boardinghouse, an immigrant in search of the American Dream finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape.
- DirectorAdam RobitelStarsTaylor RussellLogan MillerDeborah Ann WollSix people unwillingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive. Joining forces with two of the original survivors, they soon discover they've all played the game before.
- DirectorKiana KlyschStarsKiana KlyschRobin CzernySabine HeinenAn isolated hotel, a dark and stormy night, three strangers and one lingering question: What exactly happened in Room 36?
- DirectorLok Kwan WooStarsKat KaevichBobby SlaskiDalit BerkowitzBella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
- DirectorKwang-bin KimStarsHa Jung-wooYool HeoKim Nam-gilAfter Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.
- DirectorChi LeeStarsJunhong KimJongwoon LeeYoonjeong RohWhen medical student Jinoo Lee hears his father being murdered inside a locked room, he soon realizes the killer is impossibly one of the very people who helped him break into the room.
- DirectorD'arcy LelandStarsLisa AsanoTodd RisbyKaren TorresTrying to overcome depression and PTSD, Andrea Yates, a young woman in her mid-twenties, relocates to a new town and finds a job as an office assistant for a local artist - John R. Gacy. She is told not to wander anywhere outside of her office and especially not to go downstairs for any reason. Lured by strange sounds, she ignores his request and descends to the forbidden room. What she discovers shakes her to the core and further accelerates her paranoia, which consequently ends in a tragedy.
- DirectorChris JiménezStarsChris JiménezA desperate cry of sadness and sorrow emerges from deep inside a city's outskirts old hotel. A bone-chilling mystery hides behind the door of the 301 room.
- DirectorRonnie MinderStarsJoanne DobbinSteve JagerTom BeaurepaireA loving mother who has lost her family because of her alcoholism, tries her hardest to make things right as she is slowly consumed by her very own nightmares.
- DirectorMichael J RobertsStarsJoe OchmanPaul HughesTimmy SherrillWhen a diabolical English lord is murdered, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must unexpectedly exchange roles in order to solve "the perfect locked room mystery."
- DirectorGary DaubermanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMckenna GraceWhile babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
- DirectorJosh LoboStarsScott PoythressAJ BowenSusan BurkeA man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.
- DirectorAdam RobitelStarsTaylor RussellLogan MillerJay EllisSix strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms and must use their wits to survive.
- DirectorJulio Maria MartinoStarsAdam LeeseSabrina FaroldiSiobhan HewlettA room in an anonymous hotel has a profoundly dark effect on all who stay there.
- DirectorChristian VolckmanStarsOlga KurylenkoKevin JanssensJoshua WilsonMatt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child.
- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsAmitabh BachchanTaapsee PannuAntonio AakeelA dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
- DirectorKe ZhouStarsXun ZhouFrancis NgFeng ZuSinger Wenfang Wan was assassinated in a locked dressing room. Jimmy Thomas was caught red-handed and Lan DuanMu was engaged as his defense lawyer. The relationship and backstory of the characters start to unravel as the trial begins.
- StarsMi YangAllen DengDaxun WeiA group of cast members (Wei Daxun, Deng Lun, Yang Mi, Xie Yilin, Justin and Zhang Guowei) work together to escape secret rooms in a variety of different locations. What puzzles and horror await them at each location? Are they brave enough to conquer each location and escape each room?
- DirectorPhoenix VaughnStarsMark HarleyLogan LaurelAnnika MarksA successful but emotionally fractured woman must confront a horrific secret from her past when her daughter befriends a spirit haunting the cellar.
- DirectorAaron WarwickStarsLauren LofbergShannon GibsonMarybeth BonnorFive individuals awaken in a room with a dead body, and the startling revelation that they are all responsible for the massacre in front of them.
- DirectorMars FargoStarsMars FargoA mysteriously well dressed man wakes up in a room, not knowing why or how he got there.
- DirectorCarlos MorianaStarsNacho GuerrerosRosa VivasAlmudena has not overcome the death of her daughter and has recurring dreams where she is locked in a strange white room
- DirectorJames DouglasLeonard PearlStarsWilliam B. DavisDenise CrosbyMichael ColemanWhen a diabolical English lord is murdered, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must unexpectedly exchange roles in order to solve "the perfect locked room mystery."
- DirectorDaniel de la VegaStarsOsmar NúñezLuciano CáceresNatalia LoboA mystery writer, accused of murder, will discover that nothing is more misleading than an evident fact.
- DirectorAlex MerkinStarsJeni RossMark GhaniméHamza HaqWhen an escape room attraction turns from a fun bonding activity to a dangerous paranormal experience, a father and daughter must flee from an angry spirit.
- StarsErik AndersonNicholas BelkoskyEthan JefferyA man is mysteriously trapped in a room by the evil and notorious Belt Man. Using his wits and hacking skills, he must escape before time runs out.
- DirectorBjörn EngströmStarsLisa BearparkDaniel EpsteinHåkan JulanderTrapped in a mysterious room with no escape, four brilliant minds race against time to prevent a cosmic collapse of the universe. They must learn to work together and solve the puzzle before it's too late.
- DirectorJerome LippeltStarsFrida WaltscheffA woman discovers ominous noises coming from the attic hatch.
- DirectorMohammed RasheedStory behind a dark room .
- DirectorTimothy VandenbergTimothy VandenbergStarsJessica FarmerPenny KohutLouise OgleA young orphan girl must feed a mysterious woman at the top of the stairs in order to earn her keep.
- DirectorPreston NymanStarsAlexander TolLeroy EmmettPreston NymanA lonely young man is forced to commit horrific acts by an mysterious presence in his attic.
- DirectorScott MenaStarsScott MenaLiz MenaYvenson CamilleJake moves into a new room. But there's one thing: he believes his room is haunted. In the 5 nights he stays, he realizes that something horrifying awakens when the clock strikes 12:36 A.M.
- DirectorAndrew SchwarzStarsBailey NobleSpencer LockeKeir GilchristBased on the story by Stephen Graham Jones, two young women learn the truth behind a spooky hotel industry superstition.
- DirectorGuy MaddinEvan JohnsonStarsRoy DupuisClara FureyLouis NeginIn this non-linear amalgamation, submarine crewmen and a woodsman wend their way through a voyage of odd experiences.
- DirectorJonas OdenheimerStarsValentina KolaricMike McLaughlinMaurice MejiaA local reporter and her assembled TV crew go into a school haunted by a horrific past. The team spends the night locked inside the building, capturing any and everything they find.
- DirectorYoung Min KimStarsKim Yoo-jungTim KangNikki SooHooIn this supernatural mystery, The Grudge meets Saw, an amnesiac girl wakes up in what appears to be an abandoned jail, where she is haunted by spirits who want to torture her.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenDavid F. SandbergIn the underlit attic, an unsuspecting woman tidies up an already cluttered space; however, in the mysterious dimness, her eye catches a motion. Is this a trick of the mind, or is there something sinister hiding in the thick shadows?
- DirectorHaylar GarciaStarsGraham EmmonsLouise MacdonaldBrian ThompsonA group of friends find themselves the captors of a sadistic madman when they stumble upon an underground torture chamber filled with unspeakable horrors while hatching a plan to get revenge on the bully who has been tormenting them.
- DirectorStewart WadeStarsMichael UrieRandy HarrisonJames UrbaniakA young gay couple discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for a rich couple who die while out of the country.
- DirectorCiel TurichStarsRobert AmjarvAnne Fransen AslandBrian ChanThis room has a way of making you talk
- DirectorDeborah ChowStarsHeather GrahamEllen BurstynKiernan ShipkaAfter the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
- StarsSatoshi OhnoErika TodaKôichi SatôThe return of Ohno Satoshi returns as Enomoto Kei in a special episode of The Locked Room drama.
- DirectorTomek JasinskiStarsAimie Willow RoseTea PoldervaartTwo friends find a killer board game in their attic.
- DirectorP. TavaresStarsAmber HigginsMichael Redford CarneyJustin ChaversTom and Meg wake up tied by ropes, in a strange room. Each rope has a bell. If the bell rings - they die.
- DirectorJon KeeyesStarsJohanna StantonNicholas BallDebbie RochonA woman wakes up locked in a small room with no memory of how she arrived there. Unable to escape, and tormented by a series of paranormal entities, she must uncover the riddle of who she is and how she got here.
- DirectorJose PoernomoStarsShandy AuliaDenny SumargoKartika PutriA girl works at a 5-star hotel by the beach. But the hotel has one strange rule: Never open room number 308 under any circumstance. Based on the legend, the spirit of the Queen of the South Sea supposedly lives in room 308 in that hotel.
- DirectorTodd OslegerStarsEric Paul ChapmanMaureen O'MalleyTerry McNavageThree helpless American immigrants, Red, White and Blue, are tormented by an Uncle Sam doll in a locked, windowless room. They can't remember who they are or how they got there. Little by little, they start to piece things together and rebel against their captor, but time is not on their side. Something terrifying outside the room desperately wants in. Where are they?
- DirectorMatt MatlovichStarsKristopher BowmanAlexander BroughtonKristian BruunLestrade calls on the elusive Sherlock Holmes and John Watson yet again in this seemingly simple locked-room mystery that takes an unexpected turn when Watson solves the case.
- DirectorRob AgerStarsBonnie AdairMarc BoltonChristopher HoneySeven uniquely connected people awaken in an unusual room and endure hellish creatures in this surrealistic nightmare.
- DirectorAlex GalvinStarsElliot TraversAmy TsangDean KnowsleyIn the near future, police detective Richard Manning is investigating the most difficult case of his career - the seemingly impossible locked room murder of a wealthy property investor. The more Richard investigates, the more complex the case seems to become. He soon realizes his own future and survival depend on him solving everything - and quickly.
- DirectorRichard SwingleStarsSarah-Louise TylerSimon HowellsA man and a woman wake up in a blacked out room. Neither of them has any memory of who they are and how they got there. They discover that they are locked inside this room and that they are surrounded by a series of items, each of which has a relevance to revealing their identity. The mystery to unlocking their relationship unravels as they help each other to remember who they are and also why they are captive 'In this room.'
- StarsSatoshi OhnoErika TodaKôichi SatôKei Enomoto (Satoshi Ono) works for a Tokyo based security company. By the request of attorney Junko Aoto (Erika Toda)'s, Kei Enomoto goes to the scene of a locked-room incident with Junko Aoto's senior attorney Gou Serizawa (Koichi Sato). The locked-room case involves the death of Ooishi, the president of a funeral company. Ooishi's body was found in a locked room of a mountain villa. The police concluded that his death was by suicide, due to his room being locked and the fact that Ooishi was suffering from terminal cancer. However, Ooishi's friend Maruyama and notary Kusakabe (Keisuke Horibe) doubt that his death was by suicide and asked Gou Serizawa to investigate. Now, Kusakabe takes Kei Enomoto and Gou Serizawa to the mountain villa and explains what transpired the day Ooishi's body was found.
- DirectorRobert DoddMark HamiltonYou solve puzzles around a box, as notes from an author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material, as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.
- DirectorWaide Aaron RiddleStarsFabian AlomarCJ BradyTroy MittleiderIn a dungeon and torture chamber, four slaves are shackled and chained together. They are haunted by the specter of their dead Master. Each will be dragged to Hell's gallows and consumed. Based on the horror poem.
- DirectorGregory KleinschmidtStarsReid Martin BassoNathan DuffyJosh GannonA reclusive hermit's static routine is disrupted when a fantastical force sets-up residence in his attic.
- DirectorPrawaal RamanStarsRajvvir AroraaImaaduddin ShahNishikant KamatA brilliant student starts hallucinating after moving into a room that was occupied by another who committed suicide.
- DirectorJoy ChapmanStarsKelly WashingtonAmanda WatersJoanna DanielWhile visiting her school's forbidden attic, Mandie stumbles upon the mystery of a long forgotten Christmas.
- DirectorMark ByrneStarsMary EganJulia MorrisseyPaul HorningWhat lies inside the forbidden room? A dark night sees a woman die violently, leaving a grieving family and a once vibrant room closed and forgotten.
- DirectorIrving GamboaAn experimental narrative that focuses on the strange room where sexuality, love, death and birth all meet in the meek lightness of twilight. 'Night River' is an attempt at understanding the isolation of man as a living organism and the possibility of unity through love.
- DirectorSareesh SudhakaranStarsHemu AdhikariMinnakshi DasAjay GatlewarAn old lady is killed in a locked room under impossible circumstances. Five witnesses hear her screaming while trying to break open the door to her room. When they enter, she is dead but there is no sign of the killer or the murder weapon. Why would someone kill an old lady in a remote village. And more importantly: How did he do it?
- DirectorStephen ManuelStarsAxel WedekindRungano NyoniA young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
- DirectorRick JansenStarsJohn DittleJamey DuVallAlyssa JansenA teenage girl living with her grandmother discovers that someone is secretly living in their attic.
- DirectorAnais GodardStarsMartinezSarah RobsonBrad StandleyAlyson, Sandra, Teddy and Ethan are locked in four different rooms. They must answer The Room's questions truthfully if they want to get out. The Room knows all and leads them to a touchy subject that soon reveals a dirty little secret.
- DirectorYelena YemchuckStarsNatasha VojnovicA woman in search of her lost lover finds herself in a strange room. Her entrance interrupts the performance of a beautiful chanteuse - now all eyes are on her. As things unravel, we are no longer sure if this is her reality or if she has entered into the realm of the unknown.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksEwan McGregorAyelet ZurerHarvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
- DirectorHitoshi MatsumotoStarsHitoshi MatsumotoDavid QuinteroLuis AccinelliA man wakes up in a white room empty other than buttons on the walls, he must find out which button to push to get what he wants.
- DirectorBrandon Garet Roth AndersonStarsKelsey CraneSusannah EldridgeGreg HillA man begins to lose his grip upon reality and all he holds dear, when he discovers a box of lost possessions in his attic.
- DirectorStephen LancasterStarsStephen LancasterRyan LickIn hopes of uncovering the mysteries of the infamous room 225, two paranormal investigators are the first in history to be granted permission to research the bizarre phenomenon.
- DirectorMartin ThibaudeauStarsFrédéric BlanchetteFrançois LétourneauMartin ThibaudeauThree city guys in a Quebecois winter cottage are surprised by a mysterious beast in the basement. They try their best to get rid of it but soon learn that those little buggers are much tougher than they appear. Who will vanquish? This cruel comedy poses a cynical view on man's hunter instincts and the duality between compassion and the desire to overcome.
- DirectorJohn SuitsGabriel CowanStarsAilsa MarshallMichael McLaffertyDavid HiglenThrown 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?
- DirectorErik Van LooyStarsKoen De BouwFilip PeetersMatthias SchoenaertsFive close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
- DirectorBenjamin ZauggStarsDaniel SchultzA man hurries through crowded city streets, on his way to a job interview that starts in five minutes. When he arrives right on time, he discovers he is unable to leave.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormackA man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsElisha CuthbertDaniel GilliesPruitt Taylor VinceA man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.
- DirectorLuis PiedrahitaRodrigo SopeñaStarsAlejo SaurasElena BallesterosLluís Homar4 mathematicians are invited to solve an enigma. Once there, they're locked in a mechanically shrinking room and given 1 minute to solve each puzzle via cellphone while also figuring out why they're there.
- DirectorYannick KarcherStarsRaphaël ScheerJulien SiehrDuring some months it was common belief that room 011 of some hospital was cursed and was evil. People died in there. Every Friday morning, the nurses entered in this room of the intensive care unit only to find another dead patient. Of course they had been subjects to life-saving surgery and risky treatments but their life wasn't at stake anymore... Or was it? The patients in room 011 kept dying, weekly, always on Fridays.
- DirectorDaan Van BaelenStarsNorman BaertA man wakes up in a closed basement and remembers nothing.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsJavier GutiérrezLeonor WatlingSancho GraciaIn Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When Juan's sister and her husband visit the couple, they give them an electronic nanny to monitor the baby's room. During the night, Juan and Sonia hear voices in the room but they do not find anybody. On the next day, Juan hires an alarm system for the house and a monitor to observe the baby's room. When Juan sees a man in the room, he gets a knife to protect his son. However, Sonia believes her husband is insane and moves to her mother's house. Juan investigates the happening with the former journalist Domingo, who explains him the paradoxical experiment Schrodinger's Cat and the existence of parallel worlds. Further, he advises the obsessed Juan to leave the house otherwise could be trapped in another world.
- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
- DirectorPier WilkieStarsGreg WisePaul FreemanDavid BurkeIn order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKate HudsonPeter SarsgaardJoy BryantA hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
- DirectorMinoru InaoStarsKozue IkedaSeiji NakamitsuYôko SatomiA beautiful woman marries a wealthy man, who for years chose to be a bachelor in spite of numerous female suitors. At first the marriage is perfect; he's a loving husband and an enthusiastic lover. But soon the romance cools and the wife discovers that it has to do with a secret kept in the attic, something - or someone - he visits every night, that is changing him from a loving husband into a stranger... Akira Fukamachi directs this erotic and atmospheric drama.
- DirectorKyle HenryStarsCyndi WilliamsKenneth Wayne BradleyAlex KiesterAn overworked, middle-aged Texas woman embezzles from her employer and abandons her family to seek out a mysterious room that has been appearing to her in visions during seizure-like attacks.
- DirectorRichard RoyStarsKristy SwansonDavid KeeleyChristopher BondyWhile going through a difficult divorce from her domineering, businessman husband, Alexandra moves back into her old childhood home, where she's forced to re-examine the circumstances surrounding the murder of her aunt by her insane mother several years ago when Alexandra was a young girl. As a series of bizarre and unsettling incidents prod Alexandra to investigate her past, she finds herself wandering deeper into danger as her past comes back to haunt her.
- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
- DirectorBruno PodalydèsStarsDenis PodalydèsJean-Noël BroutéSabine AzémaFollowing the attempted murder of Mathilde, daughter of renowned Professor Stangerson, Joseph Rouletabille, a young reporter, accompanied by photographer Sainclair, visits the Château du Glandier to try and shed some light on the mystery.
- DirectorJames McDonaldStarsGidget AnthonyFatima BiriskiBarbara BrattonAn Old Library. A Forbidding Room. An Ancient Book. When Linda comes across these on a dark and stormy night, it triggers a chain of unusual events that will lead her to a confrontation with the Prince of Darkness and a shocking revelation that will change her life forever.
- DirectorJohn QuinnStarsGlen MeadowsChristina BabyAnthony BatesA mansion forms the backdrop to a spate of murders, and when the spirits lurking within are awakened they bring out some erotic, sensual thrills in the new guests.