Movies like The Killing Room (2009)
The best movies like The Killing Room (2009) are The Incite Mill (2010), Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) and Table No. 21 (2013). If The Killing Room hooked you with its thriller and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Machinist (2004)7.5/10 from 6,479 votes
- NewestThe Immaculate Room (2022)Released 2022
The Incite Mill (2010)
Drawn by the exorbitantly high hourly wage of 112,000 Japanese yen, ten men and women gather at a mansion. Everyone thinks the simple psychology experiment will get them some quick cash... until one of them winds up dead. The participants are overcome with frenzied suspicion. Various deadly weapons are left in their rooms and they are killed off one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTable No. 21 (2013)
A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play "Tell all truth" game for a mind boggling prize money. The game begins and the couple discovers that the game isn't really a game, but is a game of survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaze (2013)
After Sabrina is abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with other innocent women for the amusement of unseen spectators. Each of these reluctant warriors has something to lose, but only one will remain when the game is done.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape Room (2017)
Four friends who partake in a popular Los Angeles escape room find themselves stuck with a demonically possessed killer. They have less than an hour to solve the puzzles needed to escape the room alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Human Race (2013)
A cancer survivor, an amputee, several immigrants, and many others are snatched from a Los Angeles street and forced to take part in a deadly race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisFermat's Room (2007)
Four mathematicians are imprisoned in a shrinking room; with the walls closing in, they must try anything to escape this fatal puzzle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of 9 (2005)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGame of Death (2017)
Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCircle (2015)
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEscape Room (2019)
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExam (2009)
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWould You Rather (2013)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnknown (2006)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Experiment (2010)
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKaiji: Final Game (2020)
Kaiji is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Belko Experiment (2017)
A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this13 Sins (2014)
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaw (2004)
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Machinist (2004)
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Eyes (2017)
6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk, and the six have 2 hours to decide who gets to live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Chariot (2013)
Seven strangers find themselves unwitting participants in a U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape Room (2017)
Six friends test their intelligence when an escape room they participate in takes a dark and twisted turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCube (1998)
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Experiment (2001)
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Platform (2019)
A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHunger (2009)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Method (2005)
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Immaculate Room (2022)
Mike and Kate, a young couple, get the once-in-a lifetime chance to win a cool five million dollars. The challenge: Live for 50 days in a blank space. Sticking it out for thirty days, and the five million are theirs. How difficult can it be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Killing Room?
The closest matches to The Killing Room are The Incite Mill (2010), Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) and Table No. 21 (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Killing Room?
People who watched The Killing Room most often go on to The Incite Mill (2010), Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) and Table No. 21 (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Killing Room?
The Machinist (2004), rated 7.5/10 by 6,479 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Killing Room?
The Immaculate Room (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Killing Room?
Yes: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021), Raze (2013) and Escape Room (2017).
How are movies similar to The Killing Room chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Killing Room, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.