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Theme: Labyrinths

In Greek Mythology, The Labyrinth was an underground maze built by King Minos of Crete that held the Minotaur in its confines. It features in the Greek legend of Theseus who ventures into the labyrinth to kill the minotaur, finding his way out of by leaving a trail of string. From this, the word labyrinth has come to mean something like a maze or a structure with many passages and tunnels where it is easily possible to get lost.

In genre cinema, labyrinths are mysterious realms of alien or unknown origin that people are trapped inside and have to negotiate their way through to find an exit. There can sometimes be monsters, death traps or else a puzzle that those inside have to solve in order to get free. Often the people inside the labyrinths may suffer amnesia about who they are or how they came to be there.


Andron (2015)

7 December 201724 September 2020

Rating: ★

Mysterious Labyrinth/Future Televised Games

Director: Francesco Cinquemani
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Michelle Ryan, Skin, Leo Howard, …
Category: Science Fiction

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

4 October 200411 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Alien/Predator Series’ Crossover

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bunker of the Dead (2015)

25 October 201716 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Zombie First Person Shooter Found Footage Film

Director: Matthias Olaf Eich
Category: Horror

Cube (1997)

21 March 200129 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
Category: Science Fiction

Cube2: Hypercube (2002)

22 February 200517 April 2022

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Hyper-Dimensional Labyrinth

Director: Andrzej Sekula
Actors: Geraint Wyn Davies, Kari Matchett
Category: Science Fiction

Cube (2021)

29 April 202229 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Yashukiko Shimizu
Actors: Masaki Suda, Kotaro Yoshida, Takumi Saito, Masaki Okada, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cube Zero (2004)

21 March 201021 April 2022

Rating: ★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Actors: Zachary Bennett, Michael Riley, Martin Roach, Terri Hawkes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dave Made a Maze (2017)

27 August 201726 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Lost in a Cardboard Labyrinth

Director: Bill Watterson
Actors: Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Adam Busch, James Urbaniak, …
Category: Fantasy

Defcon 2012 (2010)

20 May 201114 July 2020

Rating: ★

After an Alien Invasion/Mayan End of the World

Director: R. Christian Anderson
Category: Science Fiction

Doom (2005)

31 October 200525 August 2020

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Actors: Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, Rosamund Pike, Richard Brake, …
Category: Science Fiction

Escape the Field (2022)

15 January 202315 January 2023

Rating: ★★

People Trapped in an Endless Cornfield

Director: Emerson Moore
Actors: Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Shane West, Tahirah Sharif, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

1 May 200111 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Sadomasochistic Demons

Director: Tony Randel
Actors: Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley, Kenneth Cranham, …
Category: Horror

Immortals (2011)

19 November 20114 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Greek Myth

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Stephen Dorff, …
Category: Fantasy

In the Tall Grass (2019)

18 October 201914 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Trapped in a Sea of Grass/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, …
Category: Horror

The Inside (2012)

18 August 201510 November 2021

Rating: 0­

Found Footage/Underground Lurker

Director: Eoin C. Macken
Actors: Tereza Srbova, Kellie Blaise, Siobhan Cullen, Natalia Kostrzewa, …
Category: Horror

Iron Doors (2010)

15 June 202225 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Imprisonment Thriller/Labyrinth Film

Director: Steven Manuel
Actors: Axel Wedekind, Rungano Nyoni
Category: Science Fiction

Labyrinth (1986)

9 July 200430 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Magical Goblin World

Director: Jim Henson
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie
Category: Fantasy

The Maze Runner (2014)

28 September 201426 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Young Adult/Maze World/Conceptual Breakthrough Story

Director: Wes Ball
Actors: Dylan O'Brien, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, …
Category: Science Fiction

Meander (2020)

4 March 20225 March 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Mathieu Turi
Actors: Gaia Weiss, Peter Franzen, Romane Libert
Category: Science Fiction

No Escape Room (2018)

17 August 202117 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Haunted Escape Room

Director: Alex Merkin
Actors: Jeni Ross, Mark Ghanimé, Dennis Andres, Kathryn Davis, …
Category: Horror

The Platform (2019)

3 April 202014 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Allegorical Prison of Multiple Levels

Director: Gilder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Actors: Ivan Massague, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale, …
Category: Science Fiction

Relic (2020)

24 July 202025 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Happenings in a House

Director: Natalie Erika James
Actors: Bella Heathcote, Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Chris Bunton
Category: Horror

The Rizen (2017)

20 May 202120 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Labyrinth of Lovecraftian Horrors

Director: Matt Mitchell
Actors: Laura Swift, Patrick Knowles, Christopher Takagh, Bruce Payne, …
Category: Horror

The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (2008)

13 August 200929 January 2019

Rating: ★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Michael Copon, Randy Couture, Karen David, Simon Quarterman, …
Category: Fantasy

Shadow Puppets (2007)

24 February 201524 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Labyrinth/Conceptual Breakthrough

Director: Michael Winnick
Actors: Jolene Blalock, James Marsters, Tony Todd, Marc Winnick, …
Category: Horror

The Terrornauts (1967)

22 July 201318 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Communications from Space

Director: Montgomery Tully
Actors: Simon Oates, Zena Marshall, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

29 March 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, …
Category: Fantasy

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