Movies like Shattered 2007

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Shattered (2007)
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Shattered (2007)
Original name: Butterfly on a Wheel
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, mindfuck, psychological thriller, entertaining ...
Plot: kidnapping, infidelity, twists and turns, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, blackmail, mind game, police investigation, manipulation, moral dilemma, secrets, daughter, ransom, hostage, kidnapped, danger, nothing to lose, unfaithful husband, mysterious stranger, 007, man-woman relation, family drama, unfaithful wife, justice, mafia ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: chicago, usa, san francisco
Keyword: irish, abductor, change

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, realistic and serious films with plots about murder, twists and turns, kidnapping, husband wife relationship, hostage, police investigation and police mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Shattered: Fracture (2007), The Invisible Guest (2016), Derailed (2005), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Desperate Hours (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fracture (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot: twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Invisible Guest (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, twist ending, mind blowing ...
Plot: uncover truth, lawyer, infidelity, lie, interrogation, murder suspect, evidence, death, blackmail, moral dilemma, strong female character, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: iberian peninsula, barcelona, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 76K
Derailed (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, rough, twist ending ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, blackmail, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, police investigation, couples, rape, danger, betrayal, disorder, femme fatale ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Desperate Hours (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A criminal holds a wealthy family hostage.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: home invasion, father son relationship, hostage, dysfunctional family, mind game, justice, fbi, police investigation, moral ambiguity, family relations, manhunt, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: utah, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 26K
Trapped (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers (Bacon and Love), the Jennings' (Theron and Townsend) turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, scary, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, asthma, psychopath, blackmail, brutality, captive, chase, betrayal, marriage, crime gone awry, family bonds ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.1
 800K
Prisoners (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 284K
Phone Booth (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: 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.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, psychopath, sniper, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, plot twist, claustrophobia ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.0
 61K
Breakdown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, road movie, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, highway, chase, road trip, murder, conspiracy, desert, car breakdown, danger, couples, ransom, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, arizona, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 36K
The Captive (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, surreal, intense ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, kidnapped, winter, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, child abduction, missing person, investigation ...
Place: canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 45K
Trespass (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: home invasion, family in danger, betrayal, robbery, hostage, dysfunctional family, kidnapping, twists and turns, danger, dishonesty, infidelity, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 2K
Three Way (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, crime gone awry, nude girl, kidnapping, betrayal, who done it, debauchery, dishonesty, manipulation, voyeur, disorder, rivalry ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bone Collector (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, policewoman, mind game, murder, twists and turns, master criminal, crime scene, forensics, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 65K
Out of Time (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, murder, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, betrayal, conspiracy, police, frame up, investigation, double murder, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 1.1M
Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.2
 300
Implicated (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: psychopath, kidnapping, hostage, surrogate mother, family relations, couples, family problems, confined, single parent, dealing with death, missing person, death in the family ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 47K
The Good Liar (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An aging con artist cannot believe his luck when he meets a wealthy widow and marks her as his next target. But she hides a secret of her own.
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, captivating, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: delusion, elderly, rich woman, criminal, past coming back to haunt, embezzler, online dating, ruse, male female relationship, money, widow, old woman ...
Time: year 2019, year 1943, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, london, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Along Came a Spider (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, profiler, psychopath, twists and turns, secret service, psychologist, manipulation, conspiracy theory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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A Perfect Murder (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, clever, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: betrayal, infidelity, blackmail, murder, twists and turns, jealousy, love affair, perfect crime, adultery, husband wife relationship, greed, love triangle ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.7
 63K
The Brave One (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Style: suspense, detective, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Plot: vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, woman with a gun, revenge, death, tragedy, loss of loved one, female protagonist, self defense, police station, woman kills a man ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 7K
The Entitled (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, ransom, confined, crime gone awry, partner, danger, unlikely criminals, disorder, breaking point, blood, forest, unemployed ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: gangster, self defense, revenge, sex scene, violent, small town, mobster, mafia, attempted robbery, organized crime, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
We Have Your Husband (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: captivity, danger, kidnapping, confined, abduction, kidnapped, ambush, family problems, changing lives, strong female presence, true crime
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 6.6
 81K
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style: detective, twist ending, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, twists and turns, woman in danger, police investigation, forensics, violence against women, investigation, killer, murder, profiler ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, north carolina, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.6
 291K
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, detective, thought provoking, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, moral dilemma, police investigation, missing child, moral ambiguity, tragic event, murder mystery, immorality, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.1
 2K
Adulterers (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A man who returns home to find his wife cheating on him on their anniversary. He holds her and her naked and humiliated lover captive at gunpoint while he decides whether or not he's going to kill them. The story, inspired by true events, takes ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense, tense, romantic ...
Plot: infidelity, revenge, adultery, cheating on husband, marital infidelity, suspicion of adultery, female nudity, cheating wife, cuckold, hostage, interracial sex, life turned upside down ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, neo noir, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: twists and turns, hitman, revenge, assassin, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, justice, mafia, vengeance, secrets, mysterious character ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 1979, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 31K
Unknown (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Style: surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: memory loss, twists and turns, kidnapping, confined, murder, hostage, trapped, loss of friend, suicide, survival, puzzle, trap ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.4
 14K
Nine Dead (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, kidnapping, confined, danger, gory, captivity, group of strangers, riddles and clues, game of death, murder, locked in a room, torture ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 113K
Hostage (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, home invasion, hostage negotiator, twists and turns, organized crime, one man army, police investigation, fbi, swat team, kidnapped, rescue ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iran, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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