Brick (not to be confused with the 2005 Rian Johnson film of the same name) is a German sci-fi mystery thriller film written and directed by Philip Koch. The Netflix film revolves around a couple still grieving over a recent tragedy as they find themselves trapped in their house after mystery and indestructible bricks surround their building. Brick stars Matthias Schweighofer, Ruby O. Fee, Frederick Lau, Josef Berousek, and Alexander Beyer. So, if you loved the mystifying concept, thrilling drama, and entertaining characters in Netflix’s Brick, here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Cube (Pluto TV, Tubi, Plex, & Rent on Prime Video)
Cube is a sci-fi horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali, who also co-wrote the screenplay with André Bijelic and Graeme Manson. The 1997 film follows a group of people who wake up and find themselves trapped in deadly cube shaped maze and they must work together to survive and escape. Cube stars Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, and Maurice Dean Wint.
10 Cloverfield Lane (Prime Video & MGM+)
10 Cloverfield Lane is a sci-fi horror thriller film directed by Dan Trachtenberg from a screenplay by Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Damien Chazelle. The 2016 film follows Michelle, a young woman who finds herself trapped in an underground bunker with two men after a car crash. One man tells her that the outside world as she knew it has been destroyed and she must stay there to survive but she soon begins to suspect that man is lying. 10 Cloverfield Lane stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, and John Gallagher Jr.
ARQ (Netflix)
ARQ is a sci-fi action thriller film written and directed by Tony Elliott. The 2016 film follows an engineer stuck in a time loop as people invade his home and kill his girlfriend. He must figure out who is targeting him and save his girlfriend. ARQ stars Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson, Gray Powell, Jacob Neayem, and Adam Butcher.
The Mist (Rent on Prime Video)
The Mist is a sci-fi horror film written and directed by Frank Darabont. Based on a 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King, the 2007 film is set in the small town Bridgton, Maine and it revolves around a group of people in a supermarket as they get trapped there after a mysterious mist surrounds the town in which lethal creatures roam. The Mist stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, and Toby Jones.
Vivarium (Tubi, Sling TV, The Roku Channel, & Rent on Prime Video)
Vivarium is a surrealist sci-fi fantasy horror film directed by Lorcan Finnegan from a screenplay by Garret Shanley. The 2019 film follows Tom and Gemma, a young couple in the market for a house but they soon find themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses. Despite their best efforts they are unable to escape and soon find a child with a direction to him. Vivarium stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, and Jonathan Aris.
Exam (AMC+, Tubi, & Rent on Prime Video)
Exam is a British psychological mystery thriller film written and directed by Stuart Hazeldine. The 2009 film revolves around a group of people all applying for an extremely sought after corporate job. As their final step towards getting the job they are locked together in an exam room and given a seemingly simple question that causes everybody to turn against each other. Exam stars Adar Beck, Gemma Chan, Nathalie Cox, John Lloyd Fillingham, Chuk Iwuji, Pollyanna McIntosh, Luke Mably, Jimi Mistry, and Colin Salmon.
The Wall (Prime Video, Tubi, The Roku Channel, & Plex)
The Wall is an Austrian-German drama film written and directed by Julian Pölsler. Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Marlen Haushofer, the 2012 film follows a woman on a vacation in the Austrian Alps where she soon discovers that she is cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious invisible wall. The Wall stars Martina Gedeck, Ulrike Beimpold, Karlheinz Hackl, and Julia Gschnitzer.