Cube - Watch Order: 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 serves as a standalone cultural reinterpretation of the original concept for new audiences.
Cube
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.
Cube Zero
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.
Cube
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.
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