{"canonical_url":"https://app.arlotv.ai/like/the-maze-runner-tt1790864","canonical_id":"imdb:tt1790864","title":"The Maze Runner","year":2014,"type":"movie","arlo_similar_take":null,"similar":[{"title":"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials","year":2015,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"The direct sequel escalates the survival stakes by replacing the maze's confined mystery with open-world dangers, while maintaining the same core cast navigating betrayal, environmental threats, and revelations about their captors."},{"title":"Maze Runner: The Death Cure","year":2018,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"Thomas confronts the architects of his imprisonment in this sequel that escalates the maze's stakes into a full-scale assault on the organization controlling the experiments, maintaining the series' blend of survival horror and dystopian revelation."},{"title":"Cube","year":1997,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"A group of captives must navigate an ever-shifting labyrinth of lethal puzzles while deciphering the logic of their imprisonment, relying on collaboration and deduction to survive an unknowable captor's design."},{"title":"The Long Walk","year":2025,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"Both feature trapped teenagers forced through brutal, inescapable trials designed by unseen authorities, using the physical ordeal as a crucible to expose how quickly social bonds fracture under survival pressure."},{"title":"Logan's Run","year":1976,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"Logan's Run shares the claustrophobic dystopian setting and the protagonist's journey from enforced conformity to dangerous rebellion against a system built on concealed truths."},{"title":"The Divergent Series: Allegiant","year":2016,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"The search for answers beyond an oppressive barrier drives both narratives, while each film uses a claustrophobic society and external threats to force protagonists toward dangerous truths they didn't expect to find."},{"title":"Run","year":2020,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"The claustrophobic setting and slow-burn revelation of hidden truths echo The Maze Runner's central mystery, while the protagonist's gradual defiance against an oppressive system drives both narratives forward."},{"title":"Entombed","year":2020,"url":"https://app.arlotv.ai/title/entombed-cat-entombed","why":"The claustrophobic underground setting and paranoia-driven plot structure mirror the maze's inescapable pressure, as both protagonists navigate confined spaces where trust becomes their deadliest liability."}],"updated_at":"2026-09-13"}