Cube Movies: Release Order
The Cube series is a psychological horror franchise that traps groups of strangers in deadly, mathematically-designed maze structures filled with elaborate traps. Each film explores themes of survival, human nature, and the mystery behind these nightmarish constructs.
This release order watch list includes all four films as they were released to audiences, including the original American trilogy and the 2021 Japanese remake. The American films form a connected narrative, while the Japanese Cube is a standalone cultural reinterpretation of the original concept for new audiences.
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Cube
A group of strangers wake up trapped in a deadly maze-like prison filled with lethal traps, and must work together using their unique skills to find a way out.
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Cube 2: Hypercube
Eight strangers wake up trapped in a mysterious cube-shaped room with no memory of how they got there, where the laws of physics seem to operate differently than expected.
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Cube Zero
A young programmer monitoring the deadly Cube maze defies his orders to help rescue an innocent woman trapped inside the reality-warping prison.
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Cube
Six strangers with different personalities find themselves trapped in a deadly maze of interconnected cube-shaped rooms filled with lethal traps.
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