The Box (2009)
Original title: The Box
“You are the experiment.”
2009 · 1 h 55 min
Cast
Cameron Diaz 
James Marsden 
Frank Langella 
James Rebhorn 
Holmes Osborne Sam Oz Stone
Credits
Written by: 
Richard Kelly
Plot
A suburban couple is given a box with a button: pressing it will give them money but kill a stranger.
Sinekatalog’s take
Richard Kelly's strange, ambitious thriller is eerie and puzzling, with a great moral premise and a messy plot.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (98,419 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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