Cube Movies: Story Timeline
This chronological watch order focuses on the connected American trilogy and follows the timeline of events within the Cube universe. Cube Zero is a prequel that reveals backstory and origins, while the original Cube and Cube 2: Hypercube follow in sequence.
Viewing in story timeline order provides a different narrative experience than release order, offering context and background information upfront rather than preserving the mystery elements as originally conceived by the filmmakers. We strongly recommend that newcomers to the franchise watch in the release order instead!
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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
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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Other Film Series
Dr. Mabuse
A decades-spanning German crime thriller series following the criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse through various incarnations, from Fritz Lang's original trilogy to 1960s sequels and later spiritual successors.
H.P. Lovecraft
Feature film adaptations directly based on the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Four films exploring alien pod people replacing humans, each updating the concept for different eras and anxieties.
Multiple Perspectives
Films that tell the same story through different characters' viewpoints, exploring how perspective shapes truth and memory.
Phantasm
A surreal horror franchise following young Mike Pearson and ice cream vendor Reggie in their ongoing battle against the interdimensional Tall Man and his deadly silver spheres.
REC
Spanish found footage horror franchise following a demonic infection outbreak, featuring intense apartment building quarantine scenarios and their devastating consequences.