Movies like Desperate Hours

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Desperate Hours (1990)
 5.4
 8K
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, psychological, tense, suspense, exciting, melancholic, enigmatic, intense, scary ...
Plot: home invasion, father son relationship, hostage, dysfunctional family, mind game, justice, fbi, police investigation, moral ambiguity, family relations, manhunt, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional marriage, family in danger, unhappy marriage, law enforcement, couple relations, kidnapping, suburbs, murder, psychopath, husband wife relationship, greed, lawyer, police ...
Time: 80s
Place: utah, latin america, mexico
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Desperate Hours

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and suspense films with plots about murder, deadly, violence, police, shot to death, blood and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Desperate Hours: Trapped (2002), The Contract (2006), Trespass (2011), Hostage (2005), Unlawful Entry (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
 5.6
 26K
The Contract (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, wilderness, chase, fbi, murder, hitman, violence, assassin, serial killer, parents and children, danger, family problems ...
Time: year 2006, future
⇓ 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%
 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 ⇓
100%
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 6.4
 19K
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage, violence, police officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 51K
The Hunted (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
Style: suspense, intense, brutal, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: manhunt, wilderness, survival, commando, one man army, homicidal maniac, assassin, conspiracy, hitman, chase, murder, violence ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, kosovo, portland oregon, usa, british columbia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 289K
Red Dragon (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, investigation, mind game, murder, killer, torture, profiler, split personality, reporter, blindness ...
Time: 2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, washington d.c., florida, baltimore, birmingham alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.0
 9K
White Sands (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Style: neo noir, suspense, harsh, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, murder, who done it, fbi, mistaken identity, undercover, working undercover, hidden identity, money, death, violence, chase ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 218K
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 ⇓
25%
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style: neo noir, controversial, intense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: chinese mafia, triad, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gangster, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, china, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
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24%
 6.8
 15K
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, manhunt, on the run, horse, survival, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, vancouver, seattle, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.2
 2K
Point Blank (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, rescue, danger, race against time, one man army, brother brother relationship, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, escaped prisoner ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.0
 22K
Killshot (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, intense ...
Plot: hitman, mafia, witness protection, betrayal, assassin, life turned upside down, partners in crime, danger, transformation, adaptation, police investigation, fbi ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: michigan, toronto ontario canada, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.8
 292K
Hannibal (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, mind game, fbi, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, torment, police, homicidal maniac ...
Time: year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florence, italy, venice, europe, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, twists and turns, murder investigation, cannibal, mind game ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: pittsburgh, baltimore, madagascar, persia, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.8
 18K
Blue Steel (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: terrorism, redemption, on the run, gangster, haunted by the past, going straight, clergy, crime boss, anti hero, one last job, ex soldier, espionage ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: ireland, england, northern ireland, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.6
 33K
Shattered (2007)
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 ...
Plot: kidnapping, infidelity, twists and turns, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, blackmail, police investigation, mind game, manipulation, moral dilemma, secrets, daughter ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Johnny Handsome (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style: intense, harsh, suspense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, plastic surgery, murder, betrayal, vengeance, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, revenge, police, girlfriend, doctor ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 19K
Judgment Night (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, gangster, hip hop, police investigation, on the run, ghetto, friendship, chases and races, crime gone awry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: chicago, seattle, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Cohen and Tate (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, entertaining, perverse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, kidnapping, child in peril, child kidnapping, hostage, killer, witness protection, professional, gangster, psychopath, assassination attempt ...
Time: 80s
Place: austin texas, texas, houston texas, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.0
 5K
Oxygen (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini
Style: suspenseful, scary, psychological, surprise ending, rough ...
Plot: masochist, chase, serial killer, police investigation, murder, ransom, fbi, police station, psychopath, police detective, danger, race against time ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, miami, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style: detective, neo noir, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, adultery, love triangle, infidelity, witness protection, hostage, hitman, witness, husband wife relationship, home invasion, psychopath, death threat ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.4
 11K
The Package (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, airport, assassin, politics, government agency, state affairs ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: germany, washington d.c., chicago, europe, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.7
 135K
Ransom (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, reward, child in peril, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, ransom, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alcoholic, investigation, private detective, murder, police corruption, rehabilitation, going straight, downfall, redemption, police officer, warehouse, private investigator ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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