Movies like 12 Desperate Hours
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12 Desperate Hours (2023)
305
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It centers on Val who finds herself and her young children held hostage by Denny when he forces his way into her house after committing murder that day.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, intense
Plot:
hostage, home invasion, fear, protective parent, invasion, hostage situation, life is a bitch, problem, threat, survival, kidnapping, panic, confrontation, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, escape attempt, isolated house, trauma, negotiation, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, female empowerment, children, house, young ...
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Most similar movies to 12 Desperate Hours
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and intense films with plots about cat and mouse, isolation, claustrophobia, survival, home invasion, problem and moral ambiguity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like 12 Desperate Hours: Safe Room (2022), Immersion (2021), Deadly Inn (2018), Dig (2022), Your Lucky Day (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
399
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After her son accidentally witnesses a break-in in the house across the street and records the horrific murder of the homeowner, Lila becomes embroiled in a deadly struggle to protect him.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
home invasion, house, problem, autist, criminal, mother and son, invasion, death threat, witnessing a crime, threat, murder witness, witness ...
Similarity:
95%
512
Genre: Thriller
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A father and his two daughters are sailing in a lake when they encounter a pair of shipwrecked men. They say to be looking for someone they lost and ask for help to find him. This begins a tense search in which the father suspects he is held hostage.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, boat, rescue from drowning, sea disaster, catastrophe, family relations, problem, suspicion, family drama, isolation, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A single mother restores a Victorian home and opens a bed-and-breakfast, but the arrival of a guest with a hidden agenda shatters the peace.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, single mother, intruder, home invasion, problem, life is a bitch, secret, single parent, house, undercover, secrets, deception ...
Similarity:
65%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower and his deaf daughter are held hostage and forced to dig under their house, revealing dark secrets from the past.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, tension, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, hostage, threat, widower, father, home invasion, problem, hidden money, father and daughter, single father, single parent, hostage situation ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they’ll go—and how much blood they’re willing to spill—for a cut of the $156 million.
Style:
psychological, tension, intense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
lottery, greed, hostage, problem, lottery ticket, money, money problems, lottery winner, confrontation, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, desperation ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Five years have passed and Luther still blames Detective John Smith for destroying his life, as John had helped convict Luther on a murder charge. After being denied parole, Luther, along with two goons, escapes from prison. John, now married, is a ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
faith, home invasion, hostage, threat, wrestling, revenge, redemption, family in danger, religious faith, female hostage, belief in god, hostage situation ...
Similarity:
56%
402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
child abuse, protective mother, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, domestic violence, relationship problems, trauma, confrontation ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alys - a human trafficking victim who narrowly escaped her captors ten years ago - confronts her traumatic past when a relative leaves her his remote, snowbound mansion. Although the new house first presents the promise of a new chapter in her life, ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, sex trafficking, serial killer, paranoia, trauma, human trafficking, kidnapping, female protagonist, struggle for survival, trap, trapped, murderer ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A criminal husband and his wife hide in a lone trailer. Exhausted by her husbands controlling ways, she decides to leave. But then a trailer arrives with a couple which creates dangerous consequences for them all.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, tension, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
criminal, relationship problems, marital problem, threat, family problems, problem, life is a bitch, hiding place, isolation, fear, manipulation, domestic violence ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
51%
248
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force ...
Style:
tense, suspense thriller, intense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, kidnapping, motel, fear, psychopath, threat, desperation, escape, survival, violent, isolation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A psychopath gunman breaks in and plants bombs in bigbrother house to change the rules of the game.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, fear, home invasion, bombing, threat, terror, bomb threat, problem, desperation, paranoia, violence, panic ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
408
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Axel is an employee of a call center who is used to complaints from his clients and an unbearable boss. Axel has a natural talent for dealing with people and their problems. But one day everything changes, when he receives a call from Figueroa Mont, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
call center, threat, male protagonist, fear, telephone call, threatening telephone call, race against time, workplace situations, threat to kill, problem, anonymous telephone call, escalation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When famous pop star Eden Chase is almost kidnapped by a crazed fan, she enlists the help of handsome, brooding bodyguard Jackson Reed to move into her home and become her security full-time. But when Jackson develops an unhealthy attachment to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
stalker, bodyguard, celebrity, obsession, relationships, fanatic, problem, life is a bitch, undercover, secret, music fan, protector ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A weekend vacation turns terrifying when computer scientist Samantha (Alexandra Paul) and her daughter are lured into the hands of a killer. Kidnapped and held hostage, Samantha is given a choice: she must use her expertise to help her captors carry ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, mother daughter relationship, psycho killer, abduction, danger, hostage situation, coercion, hacking, kidnapped, murderer, kidnapped woman, hostage ...
Similarity:
47%
356
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Ever since her father was murdered, Taylor has had to take care of her agoraphobic mother, Ann Marie, and tend to the family farm. Ready to start her own life, she prepares to tell her mother that she is going to move away with her boyfriend Blake ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hidden money, burglar, intrigue, jailed, robbery, stolen money, prisoner, escaped prisoner, money, criminal, home invasion, survival ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three individuals whose loved ones were victims of crimes are about to get the chance to re-litigate the crime in a private setting, under the auspices of "Justice", a mysterious voice acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, vigilante justice, retribution, lynching, criminal's revenge, framed for murder, murderer, murder, problem, accused of murder, social injustice ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, hostage, fear, office, showdown, kidnapping, confined space, character study, panic, single, threat, claustrophobia ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five swimsuit models staying together in a secluded house fight to stay alive when intruders break in and hold them captive to extort money from their social media followers.
Style:
horror comedy, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
home invasion, model, extortion, hostage situation, intruder, social media, problem, survival, ransom, isolation, kidnapping, violence ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Intense drama based on the 1984 hijacking of bus line 300, in which 41 passengers and a bus driver were attacked and held captive by terrorists in Israel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, hostage situation, kidnapping, terrorist, bus, abduction, terrorist attack, taken hostage, problem, rescue attempt, confined space ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A gang of armed criminals bursts into the home of a woman, taking her and the daughters of three of her friends hostage.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, gang, criminal, fear, armed robbery, female protagonist, panic, claustrophobia, siege, survival, brutality ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, forces of nature, stalker, confined, escapades, danger, hostage, stalking, fear, night, storm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rishi and his girlfriend Adithi are on their way to visit Rishi's father and their car breaks down. A stranger offers them a stay at his house. What is Rishi's connection with the stranger, and how does they come out of the weird situation
Style:
twisted, suspense, twist ending, tense, creepy ...
Plot:
male female relationship, car breakdown, mysterious character, secret, undercover, car trouble, mind game, claustrophobia, paranoia, nightmare, isolation, road trip ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Having trouble fitting in at her new high school, outspoken teen Hannah is invited to a sleepover at the popular Melissa’s house, not realizing she was only invited to be the victim of a prank–but when the night turns more sinister than intended ...
Style:
suspense, teen horror, intense, realistic, twist ending
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prank gone wrong, high school, protective parent, mean girls, teen party, fear, mother daughter relationship, bullying, female empowerment, family drama, confrontation, peer pressure ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
After a crazy night partying at his parents' secluded winter home in Vermont, Teddy wakes up and unexpectedly meets Paul and Craig, two strangers who seem nice at first, but really possess a sinister hidden agenda. Despite Teddy's demands ...
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, winter, isolation, power struggle, psychological manipulation, claustrophobia, confrontation, threat, single, paranoia, fear, survival ...
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman, Dakota, is trying to move on with her life and get away from her past after being rescued from a grim basement, where she was kidnapped and abused by a monstrous man. However, when the normal life she had starts to unravel, Dakota ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalker, kidnapping, female protagonist, threat, investigation, private investigation, trauma, fear, survivor, problem, abduction, kidnapped woman ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
When Rasheed returns to Kozhikode from the Gulf, his friend locks him up in a commercial space with Thankam, a prostitute. Things go down the hill when his friend is unable to let him leave.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
society, confined, claustrophobia, locked room, isolation, male female relationship, life is a bitch, problem, relationships, moral dilemma, secrets, family man ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a young couple makes a surprise visit to Mom, they get an even bigger surprise themselves from an old family friend who plans to steal Mom’s valuable jewelry while she is out of town. But when the “easy peasy” robbery goes wrong, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
heist, junkie, problem, robbery, murder, burglar, heist gone wrong, desperation, cover-up, regret, tragedy, panic ...
Similarity:
39%
894
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, trap, murder, cat versus mouse, killing, deathtrap, avenge, problem, murderer, intrigue, mind game ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Carter will again stop at nothing to find her perfect family.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
psycho, life is a bitch, confronting the past, terror, dark past, threat, troubled past, female protagonist, psycho terror, tragic past, female antagonist, psychological manipulation ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After escaping abduction, a frantic woman must coerce an exhausted truck driver to hide in the back of her truck for the night. The two women take refuge, not knowing what the rest of the night has in store.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, disturbing ...
Plot:
night, female protagonist, problem, escape attempt, struggle for survival, fugitives, woman in danger, woman, threat, teamwork, runaway, fear ...
Similarity:
38%
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