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Phone Booth

ThrillerCrime

Directed by Joel Schumacher

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding. From TMDB

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Phone Booth is a 2003 thriller crime film, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    Phone Booth (2002) Directed by Joel Schumacher

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  • jordan @jdan.meBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    My new favorite bit is saying "hits way too close to home" for every movie that comes up in conversation. Phone Booth, Taken, Babygirl. All too close to home.

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  • The Haunting of Shane Ross @comebackshane.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    I love seeing great actors in early roles. In the movie, THE HUNGER (1983, Tony Scott), actors Willem Dafoe and John Pankow play "Phone Booth Youths," essentially extras with lines. Both actors would reunite for starring roles in TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA two years later.

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  • Christopher Whitehead Jr. @chrisw102093.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2026

    There was a movie on Tubi I watched called The Phone Booth, but it wasn't on letterboxd so I couldn't include it. Also wanted to see the new Faces Of Death but was not playing close by. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies

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  • Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    Showing gen zers the 2002 movie Phone Booth now is like gen xers being shown silent movies

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  • Robert Lin @robertl.inBluesky · Dec 29, 2024

    Die Hard definitely the best Christmas movie!! 😁 Carry-On is interesting. Got a third through yesterday before having to go somewhere. From what I've seen so far though, I got a lot of "Phone Booth" vibes, if anyone remembers the 2002 flick by Schumacher with Colin Farrell! It's intense!!

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  • Foryth @foryth.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2025

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Opera, another terrifyingly good murder movie from Dario Argento. The Big Year, surprisingly fun movie about birding, chill vibe and good cast. Phone Booth was a very tense and original thriller. Bullets Over Broadway, clever twist as the mob guy gets too involved.

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  • Nick de Semlyen @nickdesemlyen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    Tonight’s film: a movie that is 83% vibes. Willem Dafoe, in only his second role, plays ‘2nd Phone Booth Youth’.

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  • April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    a fun thing about me is that I was so feral for Colin Farrell as a preteen that I had a PHONE BOOTH movie poster on my bedroom wall my American Outlaws dvd got a workout I even had one of the Daredevil movie foldout magazine posters of Bullseye

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  • bitchkat @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 5, 2026

    Phone Booth. The entire movie takes place in a phone booth.

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  • Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    also jesus you're telling me Bourne Identity came out the same year as Equilibrium, Changing Lanes, Phone Booth, Minority Report, Dog Soldiers, Blade II, Catch Me If You Can, AND The Sum of All Fears? why did ANYONE like this movie?

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  • Charles Fernandez @moviecharles.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched . Challengers(2024): ♾️ 🌟 The Mosquito Bowl: Movie: 3.9/5 🌟 Galitzine, Skarsgard, Nicholson, Francis: 5/5 🌟 Fjord: Movie: 3.5/5 🌟. Sebastian Stan/Renate Reinsve: 5/5 🌟 Phone Booth(2002): 4.9/5 🌟 #Zendaya #BillSkarsgard #NicholasGalitzine

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    Let me tell you, if Larry Cohen had a problem with Michael Bay after asking the wrong questions about the movie Phone Booth, you know Bay isn't really a good filmmaker. And before Bay stans come at him, he wrote Phone Booth. The dude was a prolific screenwriter and director.

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  • Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.lyBluesky · Dec 17, 2023

    Payphones existed solely as a prop for the movie Phone Booth.

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  • ⭐️Angela 🐿️ McEwen⭐️ @angelamcewen.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    Ang: So that is why Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is one of my fave movies ever. Bill & Ted forever dude. So the Phone Booth ACTUALLY WORKS! it was a real time machine in the movie? Keanu: Yeah dude. You built it. The movies were real life saving the world. Ang: Let take the booth today.

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  • Austin Shinn @untitleduser.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    I love that I have high schoolers seeing a Larry Cohen scripted movie in 2003 and that’s not me straining to make the reference. Phone Booth was huge with my group then.

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  • hollye_h @hollyeh13.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Tonight! With #CineJanes! It's The Hunger (1983)! Tony Scott gives us David Bowie & Catherine Deneuve as NYC's glammest draculas! With Susan Sarandon! And Ann Magnusson (briefly)! And Willem Dafoe as "Second Phone Booth Youth"! Options for rent or purchase here! www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the...

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  • RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2023

    Taking a moment to reflect on the fact that Phone Booth, a film that takes place almost entirely in a public phone booth, is 21 (nearly 22) years old.

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  • Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    They couldn’t make the 2002 Joel Schumacher film Phone Booth starring Colin Farrell today because there’s no more frickin phone booths

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  • 🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    I'm not gonna write it but free horror movie idea: Locked in a runaway robot car during a blackout. PHONE BOOTH meets COSMOPOLIS. Or something.

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  • April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    As a preteen who had a Colin Farrell PHONE BOOTH movie poster on my wall as a child this is a big moment for me

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  • foaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2024

    now would be a perfect time to get on a remake of the movie Phone Booth (2002) but its in a self driving electric car this time

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  • Aja Romano @bookshop.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2024

    oh and Phone Booth if only because i just googled "the movie where colin farrell is in a phone booth" and

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  • Shana @shanamd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2026

    AND! AND! The only movie I could think of that he was in was PHONE BOOTH. I did not tell him I loved him in fucking Phone Booth 🤣

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  • writingonmusic @writingonmusic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    #OogasMonthOfMusic day 21 - song that could soundtrack a cult film #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand youtu.be/mhPS59tjuQk?...

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  • Wildragon @wildragon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    Finally saw Iron Lung! (Thanks for that guy who put it on Youtube) And I LOVE IT! I carved for long time for a film like this. I don't know what's the exact genre it is, but, something like Saw, Phone Booth and Cube. That itch as been scratched. Thanks Markiplier!

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  • Martin Delaney 🐈‍⬛🎹🧟‍♂️📸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✍🏻 @delaneyplanet.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2025

    ‘Phone Booth’ (2002), PSP UMD, £1.50). An old fashioned b-movie style for sure, but it uses the tight location very well. #physicalmedia #sonypsp #pspumd #colinfarrell #joelschumacher

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  • Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    It’s ok. A film-shaped-thing. Die Hard and Phone Booth did it better.

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    It's Joel Schumacher's best movie. His second best? The other film he made w/ Colin ("Phone Booth").

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  • Jonathan Hatfull @jonathanhatfull.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    I will always love that Larry Cohen wrote Phone Booth, a movie about a man who can’t get off the phone but can’t move, and Cellular, a movie about a man who can’t get off the phone and has to keep moving, and that they got made within two years of each other

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  • Vickie 😷 @vickietorious.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2026

    Next up: Phone Booth (2002) Colin Ferrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes with Joel Schumacher directing #Filmsky #moviesky 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=UP9h...

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  • Anti_dev @antidev.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    Wrong, actually! A lot of people guessed Phone Booth, but this is a different movie with only one phone booth scene.

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  • 🎃-_. Southpaw ._-🎃 @onegeekybelgian.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    Tonight's movie was a classic. Phone Booth. Can not recommend it enough. Man, this is an all-time banger. Everything about it just work beautifully. And what a STELLAR performance by Colin Farrell. ❤️ My rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

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  • Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    It’s a rare actor that can hold down a film which is essentially in one location and only them in it, but Colin nailed Phone Booth and I’ve had mad respect for his acting ever since.

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  • Glimmer (duskshadowbrony) @duskshadowbrony.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2025

    If instant film cameras count: 12. I have at least once used: Fax Machine, Floppy Disk, Film Camera (Instant), Dialup Internet, Phone Booth, Cursive, Checkbook, Dictionary, VCR, Postcard, Paper Map, Phone Book.

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  • Stephen aka Spike Stonehand @spikestonehand.comBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    17. Damien Chazelle. I've liked each movie of his less than the last. Actually underrated might be the movie he screenwrote, THE GRAND PIANO starring Elijah Wood. It's basically PHONE BOOTH but in a concert hall.

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  • Jason Lamb @jasonlamb.orgBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    Did you know Netflix made a surprisingly fun mashup of 'Die Hard 2' and 'Phone Booth'? "An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a #Christmas Eve flight." Carry-On (2024). #TheOtherChristmasMovies #FilmSky

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  • Gaurav Krishnan @gauravkrishnan.spaceBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    Phone Booth (2002) dir. Joel Schumacher #film 🎬 #cinematography One of my favourite films...

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  • Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2024

    Have you read the original script of Yesterday? It could have been such a good movie. (And Phone Booth is great.)

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  • Mark Naff @marknaff.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    How Did This Get Made covered Cellular years ago. Larry Cohen wrote Phone Booth and Cellular's original draft. On the podcast, Ike Barinholtz joked that it all began with Beeper. It turns out that there is a movie called Beeper, but it isn't written by Cohen. www.imdb.com/title/tt0252...

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  • Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    This film is like if Phone Booth was bad

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  • Chirotus Infinitum @chirotus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    I just remembered that movie Phone Booth and I wonder if the context for it even makes sense anymore

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  • geha714 @geha714.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    there was an unmade sequel of Phone Booth titled Portable Potty and the whole movie would've being set all around it

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  • Midwest Film Journal @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    All is Farrell — Midwest Film Journal's monthlong celebration of Colin Farrell's 50th birthday — continues w/ Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) take on PHONE BOOTH, where Farrell's youth & naïveté make us root for him in a one-man show of a thriller. midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/05/18/a...

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  • Valkayink is here! @valkayink.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026

    Film you’ve watched more than 6 times with a gif Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LoTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli Waking Ned Devine: 1 Town, 1 Lottery ticket, 1 Incredible Phone Booth scene

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  • The PyroPM @thepyropm.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    34. Phone Booth (2002 film) Pretty good thriller about Colin Farrell getting trapped in a phone booth by Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Penis with a sniper rifle. Really makes the most out of a simple premise without overstaying its welcome

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  • CrossRaven @crossraven.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    I really gotta question people who give a movie like Phone Booth 5 stars. Like, I'm deeply curious how their internal rating system works whenever I see something like that. Not even in a judgmental way, just like "how did you actually reach that conclusion?".

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  • Marie Walcott @mariewalcott.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2026

    31.) Phone Booth Pretty good bottle movie! A lot of it was carried by Sutherland’s dulcet tones. It sparked a discussion as to whether this counts as a peril movie FOR MEN™️, but the jury is still out.

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  • Brian James O'Connell @b3oc.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    Why....why would you need to shoot for IMAX with a film that revolves around sitting still? Like, would you do this for MY DINNER WITH ANDRE? PHONE BOOTH? What is the benefit of the IMAX Experience (tm) to this story?

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  • Grey Goes 🏳️‍⚧️ @grigioviaggio.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    Phone Booth is about as interesting as something I might film in my bathtub.

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  • Khalid AlMahmood @khalidalmahmood.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    Carry-On (2024) A thriller that's a cross between Phone Booth and Die Hard which starts out decent but then slowly crumbles. What brought this film down, for me, was over use of voice over, caricature characters which were on the verge of being cartoonish and a scene

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  • Skye Õshiro @oshiro.xyzBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    I think I've just got the second favorite movie in my list and it's called "Phone Booth". Collin Farrell acting alongside Kiefer Sutherland's voice was such a great combo. Especially the voice 😳

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  • Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Exactly! It still feels very...big? and threatening. Another film like this that comes to mind that does it well, too, is Phone Booth. I have to respect that. Just the talent to keep folks engrossed without leaving the 'room' (so to speak) is impressive as hell. -Steve

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  • Charles Fernandez @moviecharles.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Phone Booth(2002) Umpteenth Rewatch: Absolute Criminally Underrated Under Appreciated Film featuring Criminally Underrated Under Appreciated Performances Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland. Easily Joel Shumacher's Most Criminally Underrated Under Appreciated Film. #ColinFarrell

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  • Michael Partridge @defydesigns.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    84/100 The Runner: I will always enjoy a real time movie, this wasn’t the best one I’ve seen, but it was still decent. Reminded me of both Phone Booth & Run Lola Run, whilst not being quite as good as either of them. Strangely interesting tour of London sights that sparked debates about her route!

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  • ?Mister Perplexed⸮ @misterperplexed.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    I'd wanna double feature it with Phone Booth (2002), it would be like a Grindhouse matinee, though which would be the B-movie?

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  • Fred. @freeloosedirt.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    This is basically the 2002 movie “Phone Booth” remade for the cell phone era.

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  • The Movie Music Spotlight @mmsradioshow.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    10:08 PM - Bernard Herrmann - The Station / The Phone Booth / Farewell From the 1959 movie “North By Northwest”

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Jul 17, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #ColinFarrell #InBruges #PhoneBooth Colin Farrell's 6 Best Movie Masterpieces, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TTbCnX

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  • Notjarvis @notjarvis.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2026

    Ghost Dog probably wouldn't count under Alan's criteria of him not being the star of the film, sadly. Haven't watched that for years but remember liking it as a student. But Phone Booth would be in as would Rogue One and quite a few others. His filmography is big.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_...

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