Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "trapped-in-a-room"

1. Watchmen (2009)

R | 162 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman

Votes: 501,929 | Gross: $107.51M

2. Saw (2004)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two 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.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung

Votes: 379,870 | Gross: $56.00M

3. Cube (1997)

R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.

Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller

Votes: 213,074 | Gross: $0.50M

4. The Hidden Face (2011)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. But, can he look beyond the facts?

Director: Andrés Baiz | Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Martina García, María Soledad Rodríguez, Jose Luis Garcia

Votes: 38,681

5. Intruders (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only problem.

Director: Adam Schindler | Stars: Rory Culkin, Leticia Jimenez, Jack Kesy, Timothy McKinney

Votes: 11,787

6. The Divide (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 35,457 | Gross: $0.02M

7. Cube²: Hypercube (2002)

R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.

Director: Andrzej Sekula | Stars: Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew Ferguson

Votes: 62,775

8. Infinity Chamber (2016)

103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape.

Director: Travis Milloy | Stars: Christopher Soren Kelly, Cassandra Clark, Cajardo Lindsey, Jesse D. Arrow

Votes: 8,774

9. Cube Zero (2004)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Zachary Bennett, Stephanie Moore, Martin Roach, Michael Riley

Votes: 36,971

10. Escape Room (I) (2017)

R | 86 min | Horror

Four friends who partake in a popular Los Angeles escape room, owned by Brice (Ulrich), find themselves stuck with a demonically possessed killer. Sean Young plays the keeper of a box ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Dukes | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Sean Young, Christine Donlon, Randy Wayne

Votes: 2,836

11. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi

Votes: 10,128

12. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012 TV Movie)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Finn Baxter sets up booby traps to catch the ghost of his new home's former occupant, only to discover he must protect the house and his sister from three bumbling art thieves.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Christian Martyn, Eddie Steeples, Jodelle Ferland, Doug Murray

Votes: 8,408

13. Bound to Vengeance (2015)

Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

A young girl, chained in the basement of a sexual predator, escapes and turns the tables on her captor.

Director: José Manuel Cravioto | Stars: Tina Ivlev, Richard Tyson, Bianca Malinowski, Kristoffer Kjornes

Votes: 5,529

14. Fermat's Room (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Mystery, Thriller

4 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.

Directors: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña | Stars: Alejo Sauras, Elena Ballesteros, Lluís Homar, Santi Millán

Votes: 19,896

15. Night of the Demons 2 (1994)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

High school students throw a Halloween party in a mansion haunted by a young demon.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Cristi Harris, Darin Heames, Robert Jayne, Merle Kennedy

Votes: 5,026

16. Private Obsession (1995 Video)

R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

Emanuelle, a world famous fashion model, is held captive by Richard Tate, a crazed fan. Richard wants her for himself but Emanuelle uses her assets to try and escape.

Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Michael Christian, Shannon Whirry, Bo Svenson, Tony Burton

Votes: 491

17. The Killing Room (2009)

R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Chloë Sevigny

Votes: 13,792

18. Les vampires (1915)

Not Rated | 421 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Aymé

Votes: 4,304

19. Finale (I) (2018)

100 min | Horror, Mystery

During the night of the biggest sports final of the year, two girls working in a gas station experience strange incidents. Is it just staged pranks or is it something of a more aggressive intent?

Director: Søren Juul Petersen | Stars: Anne Bergfeld, Karin Michelsen, Damon Younger, Kristoffer Fabricius

Votes: 343

20. The Steam Experiment (2009)

R | 90 min | Thriller

A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.

Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown

Votes: 2,588

21. Brainwashed (1960)

102 min | Drama, Sport, War

In 1938 Austria shortly after the Nazi occupation, a prominent Viennese intellectual, Werner von Basil, is arrested for smuggling art treatures out of the country and imprisoned by the ... See full summary »

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Claire Bloom, Hansjörg Felmy, Mario Adorf

Votes: 519

22. Hitched (2001 TV Movie)

89 min | Thriller

After a homemaker discovers that her husband is a philanderer, she imprisons him in their soundproof basement and reports him missing to the police.

Director: Wesley Strick | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Sheryl Lee, Alex Carter, Brenda Devine

Votes: 314

23. Iron Doors (2010)

TV-MA | 80 min | Mystery, Thriller

A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.

Director: Stephen Manuel | Stars: Axel Wedekind, Rungano Nyoni

Votes: 1,487

24. Steam (I) (2009)

15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Steam looks at promising encounters that turn awry when 2 men find themselves in a steam room unable to find the door.

Director: Eldar Rapaport | Stars: Amy Clites, Scott Hislop, Julien Zeitouni

Votes: 264

25. Den (2001)

120 min | Thriller, Drama, Horror

A serial killer, with a religious secret, captures four victims and plays a deadly game of Q & A. The winner is promised to come out alive from this "wreck" room where truth, sin and religious faith are the game of choice.

Director: Greg Arce | Stars: Greg Arce, Stephanie Rettig, Lee Schall, Dana J. Ryan

Votes: 57

26. The Residents: Phantom (2004 Video)

1 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

The Residents find themselves in the closed room. When the door opens they try to walk away which proves to be more difficult than expected.

Director: Rosto | Star: The Residents

27. Rebirth (II) (2012)

22 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Rebirth is a thrilling and harrowing look at the struggles of a transgender person who wakes up trapped in a motel with no idea how he got there, and begins having hallucinations of people ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Libassi | Stars: Leonardo Casella, Megan Corry, Anne Hammond, Breanna Lakatos

28. There Once Was a Man (2012 Video)

15 min | Short, Thriller

Derek and Amy awake to find themselves being held in a dark cellar by a mysterious man with a disfigured face.

Directors: Shain Gillette, John P. Rigores | Stars: Shain Gillette, Jayson Gladstone, Tori London, Ashley Alva

Votes: 7

29. The Waiting Room (II) (2010)

4 min | Short

A group of people are trapped in a mysterious room and the only way out might just kill them.

Director: Jeremy Feig | Stars: G. Larry Butler, Kristen Carter, David Daskal

Votes: 9

30. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: A Bond of Silk (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A newlywed couple book themselves into the basement suite of a fancy hotel which soon turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.

Director: Ernest Farino | Stars: Lydia Cornell, Marc McClure, Dale Brady

Votes: 96

31. Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode: A Nightmare (2018)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A woman finds herself trapped in increasingly terrifying versions of the same nightmare.

Director: Jonah Markowitz | Stars: Jeffrey G. Barnett, Marlene Forte, Natalie Morales

Votes: 224

32. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode: Birth (1994)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

After Patsy accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, tensions rise between her and Saffron, which leads to a number of surprise revelations.

Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Christopher Malcolm

Votes: 224

33. Stranger Things (2016– )
Episode: Chapter Five: The Flayed (2019)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.

Director: Uta Briesewitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown

Votes: 13,536

34. Stranger Things (2016– )
Episode: Chapter Four: The Sauna Test (2019)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown

Votes: 14,999

35. The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode: El último deseo (2010)

72 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Taking over the infirmary, Curro gives the school one hour to bring medication or else they'll break out; unfortunately, the staff comes to realize they've been misdirected to uncover the wrong cache.

Director: Miguel Alcantud | Stars: Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Cristina Marcos, Martiño Rivas

Votes: 26

36. Midnight Sun (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2016)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jenny Ann is saved by the Nåjd's brother, and the Nåjd delivers her baby. The rest of the 22 is trapped in the mine, with Eddie Geatki. Alain Gruard promises to save Jessika and Nadji from the well.

Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Olivier Gourmet, Pär Andersson

Votes: 156

37. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode dated 22 February 2010 (2010)

TV-PG | 185 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Khuda Gawah is a love story of two lovers, Baadshah Khan and Benazir who are separated due to a series of incidents that are only resolved years later with the arrival of their daughter.

Director: Rebecca Gatward | Stars: Lacey Turner, Charlie Clements, Jake Wood, Lindsey Coulson

38. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode dated 23 February 2010 (2010)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Rebecca Gatward | Stars: Marc Elliott, Preeya Kalidas, Nina Wadia, Nitin Ganatra

39. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode dated 4 July 2012 (2012)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Jennie Darnell | Stars: Jessie Wallace, Shane Richie, Laila Morse, Tony Discipline

40. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode dated 6 March 2013 (2013)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Nic Phillips | Stars: Danielle Harold, Steve McFadden, Perry Fenwick, Letitia Dean

41. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode dated 9 April 2013 (2013)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Richard Lynn | Stars: Steve McFadden, Scott Maslen, Letitia Dean, Jo Joyner

42. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: Five Characters in Search of an Exit (1961)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An army major awakens in a small room with no idea of who he is or how he got there. He finds four other people in the same room, and they all begin to question how they each arrived there, and more importantly, how to escape.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Susan Harrison, William Windom, Murray Matheson, Kelton Garwood

Votes: 2,771

43. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Habitat (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.

Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Lili Taylor, Frederick Wessler

Votes: 78

44. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: I'm Looking Through You (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Superman is feeling profoundly uncomfortable becoming a celebrity, while there is a wave of crimes apparently committed by an invisible man.

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Michael Landes

Votes: 259

45. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
Episode: One Foot in the Algarve (1993)

TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

The Meldrews and Mrs. Warboys embark upon a hellish holiday to Portugal. After an entanglement with the police, they finally arrive at their unpleasant villa.

Director: Susan Belbin | Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle, Peter Cook

Votes: 200

46. Lost in Space (2018– )
Episode: Severed (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The fast-spreading contaminant leaves Penny, Smith and friends stranded in tight quarters. Will and Maureen set out with Adler to find the Robot.

Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Toby Stephens, Molly Parker, Maxwell Jenkins, Taylor Russell

Votes: 1,278

47. A Haunting (2005–2019)
Episode: Stalked by Evil (2007)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Drama, History

The ghost of a drug-related murder victim terrorizes a teenage girl in her bedroom.

Director: David Haycox | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Jessica Hutson, Zanny Wade, Rebecca Hyde

Votes: 49

48. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The Gang Goes to Hell: Part Two (2016)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy

The gang gets real with one another in the face of death.

Director: Todd Biermann | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 1,647

49. Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode: The World's Columbian Exposition (2017)

Not Rated | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lucy's situation grows desperate after she's taken captive by Flynn and brought to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. In their dogged pursuit of Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus fall into a sinister trap.

Director: Craig Zisk | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph

Votes: 1,333

50. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Trapped (2005)

TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Danny and Stella are investigating the murder of a billionaire in a crime scene that seems to be a bedroom, but while Stella is interrogating suspects, Danny searches the room for possible ... See full summary »

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 235