Movies like Brake

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Brake (2012)
 6.1
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Brake (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.
Style: twist ending, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, psychological, psychological thriller, bad ending, minimal cast ...
Plot: secret agent, secret place, agent as target, kidnapping, terrorism, captivity, isolation, race against time, danger, twists and turns, survival, spy, hostage, trapped, agent, intelligence agency, hitman, wife, law enforcement, government, femme fatale, husband, bad guy wins, main character dies, die ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa
Keyword: trunk

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Most similar movies to Brake

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, confined, kidnapping, hostage, survival, chases and races and isolation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Brake: Buried (2010), Carjacked (2011), The Call (2013), Iron Doors (2010), Five Fingers (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Buried (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, buried alive, confined, isolation, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, panic, desperation, race against time ...
Time: year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 5.0
 4K
Carjacked (2011)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber who has no intention of letting them go.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Audience: adult
Plot: fugitives, hostage, woman in danger, manipulation, on the road, chases and races, rivalry, danger, single parent, car chase, kidnapping, hijacking ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 129K
The Call (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, investigation, danger, woman in danger, 911, psycho, murder, youth, chase, child abduction, panic ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 2K
Iron Doors (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: survival, isolation, captivity, self discovery, secret place, trapped, supernatural power, losing-it hero, heroes, danger, mind game, room ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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 6.3
 8K
Five Fingers (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, kidnapping, torture, chess, idealism, confined, danger, rivalry, missing person, twists and turns, threat ...
Place: africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.8
 1K
Event 15 (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: isolation, survival, soldier, military, trapped in an elevator, terrorist attack, veteran, elevator, danger, confined, losing-it hero, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.4
 337
Hitched (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a homemaker discovers that her husband is a philanderer, she imprisons him in their soundproof basement and reports him missing to the police.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: captivity, infidelity, missing person, husband wife relationship, secret place, family problems, crumbling marriage, isolation, unfaithful husband, torture, vengeance, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.4
 1K
The Employer (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, rivals, secret identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, rescue, head of state, danger, secret agent, law enforcement, truck, trucker, die hard, politics ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: canada, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.0
 571
Love Sick Love (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and New Year. Except with psychopath Dori, it all needs to take ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: isolation, dangerous attraction, couples, psychopath, confined, danger, held captive, kidnapping, weekend, country house, obsession, halloween ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.9
 1K
Red Line (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, survival, tunnel, subway, escapades, danger, bomb, trapped, die hard, train crash, underground ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 134K
Red Eye (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, woman in danger, airport, villain, hitman, fear, stewardess, strong female character, danger ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, dallas texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.2
 4K
Freezer (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Robert Saunters, a mechanic is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked up inside the restaurant's freezer. Knowing nothing of why he's there, he realizes he has been mistaken as someone else.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, freezer, danger, twists and turns, kidnapping, panic, mind game, assassin, kidnapped, confined, hostage, undercover cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.3
 2K
Rogue River (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapped woman, survival, confined, danger, strong violent content, police officer killed, brother sister incest, extreme violence, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
26%
 4.9
 813
True Love (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the surface, Kate and Jack, late 20's, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither of them is prepared to reveal. After their wedding, they wake from a deep, dark sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows, ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, independent film ...
Plot: psychological torture, captivity, couples, danger, isolation, cell, marriage, trust, secret, hidden truth, mind game, claustrophobia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Held for Ransom (2000)
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: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: captivity, ransom, danger, confined, survival, rivalry, psychopath, teenage life, wilderness, murderous pair, chases and races, hijacking ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.0
 514
The Passage (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the death of his girlfriend Tracy, the American Luke travels to Morocco with his British friend Adam to spend vacation and recover his loss. While in Medina, Luke meets the gorgeous Moroccan nurse Zahra and he offers to walk her home. However, ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot: couples, danger, tunnel, hotel, conspiracy, deception, tourist, cultural difference, love story, twists and turns, best friend, mountain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Movie in collections
 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 ⇓
25%
 3.7
 430
Poker Run (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Robert (Bertie Higgins) and Allan (J.D. Rudometkin) decide to add some excitement to their lives by taking up Harley riding. But things go south when two psychopathic bikers (Robert Thorne and Jay Wisell) kidnap their wives (Debra Hopkins and ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: biker, desert, psychopath, gang, confined, mind game, couple relations, buddies, danger, motorcycle chase, family in crisis, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.2
 814
For Elise (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, survival, isolation, danger, puppet, doll, governess, toys, puzzle, babysitting, violent content, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.8
 5K
The Canyon (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
Style: suspenseful, scary, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, desert, honeymoon, grand canyon, tour guide, dangerous animal, danger, isolation, newlyweds, animal attack, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.1
 163
Blind Heat (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An industrialist's wife is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, daring rescue, missing person, race against time, escapades, rivalry, confined, survival, danger, crime gone awry, ransom ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 4.1
 257
Dynamite (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, family in danger, criminal's revenge, confined, crime gone awry, isolation, teenage girl, kidnapped, woman in jeopardy, mother daughter relationship, fire ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Teenage Bank Heist (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, heist, danger, confined, race against time, parents and children, friendship, on the run, abduction, woman with a gun, teen social issues, wrestling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Kaaterskill Falls (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A romantic road trip to the Catskills for some much-needed time alone turns bumpy for Ren (Hilary Howard) and Mitchell (Mitchell Riggs) in this indie film directed by Josh Apter and Peter Olsen. After picking up a hitchhiker, Lyle (Anthony Leslie), ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, isolation, estrangement, danger, stalking, hitchhiker, married couple, violent content, sexual content, mountain, voyeurism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Nowhere in Sight (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thriller - Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Andrew McCarthy
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: captivity, home invasion, starting over, hostage, blind woman, criminal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, intruder, woman in danger, kidnapping, kidnapped, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.2
 2K
Cutterhead (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Rie is a PR-coordinator visiting a tunnel boring machine to portray the well-oiled European cooperation in the Metro construction when an accident suddenly occurs. Unable to escape, she takes refuge in an airlock with Croatian miner Ivo and Bharan, ...
Style: suspense, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, isolation, tunnel, claustrophobia, peril, danger, urban setting, subway, survivor, captivity, panic, news report ...
Place: copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Troubled Waters (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws an explosive line connecting the kidnapper and the girl's mother -- and brings to light ...
Style: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, riddles and clues, danger, race against time, supernatural, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 3.9
 473
Tripfall (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, daring rescue, rivalry, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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