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Buried

170,000 sq miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.

6.6(3,173)20101h 35m7

As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$19.2M
Language
Arabic
  • race against time
  • panic
  • ambush
  • underground
  • despair
  • coffin
  • claustrophobia
  • lighter
  • buried alive
  • iraq
  • delirium
  • cell phone

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Spain, United States of America, France, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2010
    • TheatricalR24 Sept 2010
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1529 Sept 2010
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+7 Oct 2010
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)R24 Sept 2010
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1610 Dec 2010
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical157 Oct 2010
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU3 Nov 2010
    • TVAction16 Oct 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical164 Nov 2010
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical7 Oct 2010
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1529 Sept 2010
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical15 Oct 2010
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR15+6 Nov 2010

Frequently asked questions

Buried was released on 24 September 2010.

Audience reviews

4
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    9/6/2013

    7/10

    Interesting and entertaining movie getting the maximum from just an actor and a coffin. However, you will feel cheated every now and then when you see how the coffin seems to enlarge and shrink.

  • S

    SamySam

    6/3/2020

    I really LOVE this movie ! I love films like this and “Entrapped . A Day of Terror” , entirely shooted inside one claustrophobic location :-) only a perfect screenplay can make the film Adrenalinic and not annoying, as of course the set is on few square mq2 !

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/30/2025

    7/10

    Despite the fact that there are quite a few plot holes in this quite tautly put together drama, Ryan Reynolds might actually have turned in one of the best performances of his career, here. Perhaps that's because he awakens to find he's been buried in a big wooden box with only an hip flask, torch and his phone. He's been in Iraq driving for an American truck company when it was attacked and he's now the subject of a…

  • R

    r96sk

    2/13/2025

    7/10

    <em>'Buried'</em> mostly delivers, the ending is what makes me definitively say that I had a positive time. The film does build tension nicely, it feels claustrophobic without a doubt. It is also paced competently, impressively so given its one location setting (credit to Ryan Reynolds). The only criticism I hold is that the film makes the lead character kinda unlikeable early on, which really shouldn't be the cas…

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