Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- thriller night
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the premise and set pieces inventive and tense, while judging the overall execution formulaic and limited.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The six strangers must solve riddles and codes inside multiple extreme-condition rooms to stay alive.
Mysterious boxes and invitations deliberately gather the six participants into a controlled survival scenario.
The film emphasizes inventive rooms, industrial-scale game design, and extreme physical conditions.
Its tension comes from codes, clues, confinement, and lethal game rules in a polished studio production.
Films like Escape Room, and why
Saw
shared lethal game premise, puzzle-solving structure, survival tension, and inventive set pieces
Cube
shared enclosed survival scenarios, escalating traps, and psychological thriller intensity
The Belko Experiment
shared ensemble survival setup, cryptic challenges, and high-concept horror suspense
Truth or Dare
shared escape-game mechanics, group distrust, and brisk survival horror pacing
Movie Details
- Director
- Adam Robitel
- Release Date
- 2019-01-03
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (5186)
Cast
- Taylor Russell
- Logan Miller
- Jay Ellis
- Deborah Ann Woll
- Nik Dodani
- Tyler Labine
- Yorick van Wageningen
- Cornelius Geaney Jr.
- Russell Crous
- Bart Fouche
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Escape Room about?
- Six strangers confront a sequence of elaborate lethal puzzles when an immersive escape room turns into a fight for survival.
- What is Escape Room like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Escape Room as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Escape Room violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Escape Room as graphic.
- What did critics think of Escape Room?
- Critics broadly found the premise and set pieces inventive and tense, while judging the overall execution formulaic and limited.
- Which films are like Escape Room?
- Films with a similar feel include Saw, Cube, The Belko Experiment, and Truth or Dare.
- How long is Escape Room?
- Escape Room runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Escape Room?
- In United States, Escape Room streams on YouTube TV.
