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MT List • Best Movies About People Stuck at One Place Try to Get Out - Expended - Page 2

People stuck. Walls closing in. Time running out.
These are the movies that remind you what freedom really means — and what happens when we fight for it.
Stories about being physically trapped often mirror emotional, social, or psychological confinement. These movies explore survival, resilience, creativity under pressure, and the human instinct to fight stagnation. They can help viewers reflect on feeling stuck in life circumstances, toxic environments, or personal struggles while offering symbolic reassurance that change and escape often begin with perspective and persistence.
Especially appealing to people with CPTSD.
××I didnt include all survival movies on water or jungle, island or time-lapse... because i have other lists for that.××
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Green Room (2016)
Green Room (2016)
41
90%7.0
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
42
55%6.8
Unsane (2018)
Unsane (2018)
43
80%6.4
Palm Springs (2020)
Palm Springs (2020)
44
95%7.4
No Exit (2022)
No Exit (2022)
45
58%6.0
Open Grave (2013)
Open Grave (2013)
46
22%6.2
Pandorum (2009)
Pandorum (2009)
47
30%6.7
Panic Room (2002)
Panic Room (2002)
48
76%6.8
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
49
85%8.1
The 33 (2015)
The 33 (2015)
50
48%6.9
Cube (1997)
Cube (1997)
51
64%7.2
Colonia (2016)
Colonia (2016)
52
29%7.1
Coherence (2013)
Coherence (2013)
53
88%7.2
Buried (2010)
Buried (2010)
54
87%7.0
Blindness (2008)
Blindness (2008)
55
44%6.6
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
56
76%6.3
127 Hours (2010)
127 Hours (2010)
57
93%7.5
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)
58
6.3
Exam (2009)
Exam (2009)
59
62%6.8
Gerald's Game (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
60
91%6.5
Hidden (2015)
Hidden (2015)
61
80%6.4
Love and Monsters (2020)
Love and Monsters (2020)
62
94%7.0
No Escape Room (2018)
No Escape Room (2018)
63
5.1
Tau (2018)
Tau (2018)
64
25%5.8
The Colony (2013)
The Colony (2013)
65
20%5.3
The Experiment (2010)
The Experiment (2010)
66
6.4
Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room (2019)
67
51%6.4
Level 16
Level 16
68
83%6.1
Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)
69
8%3.8
Escape Plan (2013)
Escape Plan (2013)
70
50%6.7
Bel Canto (2018)
Bel Canto (2018)
71
46%5.5
Adrift (2018)
Adrift (2018)
72
69%6.6
Moon (2009)
Moon (2009)
73
90%7.8
Speed (1994)
Speed (1994)
74
94%7.2
Break (2019)
Break (2019)
75
METRO (2013)
METRO (2013)
76
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
77
51%5.7
The Mill (2023)
The Mill (2023)
78
46%5.3
Nowhere (2023)
Nowhere (2023)
79
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
80
13%5.1
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