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Held for Ransom (2000)
535
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, scary, tense
Plot:
captivity, one man army, ransom, survival, psychopath, teenage life, rivalry, danger, confined, wilderness, murderous pair, school, escape, hostage, hijacking, chases and races, high school life, bus, high school, siblings relations, child in peril, family in danger, violent content, monster, alligator ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, deadly, confined, rivalry, chases and races, kidnapping and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like Held for Ransom: Tracks of a Killer (1996), Teenage Bank Heist (2012), Wilderness Survival for Girls (2004), Freeway (1988), The Maddening (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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669
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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508
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
100%
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268
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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100%
503
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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32%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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30%
843
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Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
29%
279
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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684
Genre: Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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