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The Captive (2014)
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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, psychological thriller, stylized, tense, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, child abduction, investigation, missing person, hunting, pedophilia, secret service, parents, captive, choice, skating, child, troubled, disappearance, family relations, video surveillance, family problems ...
Time: contemporary
Place: canada, ontario canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and serious films with plots about kidnapping, danger, investigation, missing child, police investigation, police and twists and turns mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Captive: Prisoners (2013), The Tall Man (2012), 3096 Days (2013), I See You (2019), Surveillance (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
81%
 5.9
 43K
The Tall Man (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, abduction, urban legend, uncover truth, conspiracy, danger, small town, dysfunctional family, justice, family problems, parents and children ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 16K
3096 Days (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
Style: realistic, rough, twisted, teen, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, child abuse, rape, psychological torture, abduction, life is a bitch, basement, pedophile, violence against women, missing child, hostage, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 66K
I See You (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: home invasion, kidnapping, infidelity, serial killer, murder, dysfunctional family, search party, disappearance, investigation, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A man kidnaps two girls in Oregon triggering the Amber Alert system throughout many surrounding states.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: kidnapping, disturbed individual, danger, police officer, missing child, investigation, teenage girl, police investigation, anguish, kidnapped girl, abused child, disturbed person ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 18K
Surveillance (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, stylized, rough, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, surveillance, investigation, murder, twists and turns, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, mass murder, dishonesty, police, dirty cop ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: nebraska, new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 30K
The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 min.
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Story: A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.1
 10K
The Treatment (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, biting, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police, pedophile, kidnapping, child killer, child abuse, life is a bitch, missing child, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 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 ⇓
50%
 5.6
 5K
Perdida (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.
Style: suspense, psychological, realistic, intense, twisted ...
Plot: kidnapping, girlfriend, twists and turns, school trip, missing child, uncover truth, investigation, missing person, missing girl, media coverage, search party, storytelling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The 7th Floor (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Like every day, Marcelo gathers her children on the floor of his ex-wife. As each day play "to see who gets there first" them down the stairs, him in the elevator, a diversion that your ex-partner does not like. But when one day Marcelo ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot: missing child, twists and turns, apartment building, family relations, chases and races, parents and children, lawyer, divorced parents, kidnapping, vanished man, ex husband ex wife relationship, elevator ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 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%
Cries in the Dark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot: murder, law enforcement, police investigation, missing person, police detective, vengeance, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, missing child, infidelity, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 8K
The Silence (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot: child killer, police investigation, serial killer, missing child, rape, pedophile, uncover truth, danger, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, brutality, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.8
 1K
Beyond (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A detective teams with a tabloid psychic to track down a missing child.
Style: suspenseful, independent film, detective, tense, serious ...
Plot: police investigation, police detective, partner, winter, supernatural, supernatural ability, kidnapping, snow, violent content, child in peril, reluctant partners, seance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 41K
After.Life (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.
Style: psychological, bleak, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: afterlife, life & death, mysterious character, psychology, able to see the dead, supernatural, twists and turns, dealing with death, danger, nudity, mentor, betrayal ...
Time: future, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.8
 410
Gone (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The kidnapping of a young girl propels her mother into a web of conspiracies.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, talky
Plot: kidnapping, child abduction, evidence, uncover truth, escapades, police officer, investigator, death, victim, doctors and patients, law enforcement, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Hide and Seek (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: pregnancy, kidnapping, surrogate mother, missing person, obsession, captivity, female psychopath, family problems, mentally unstable, woman in danger, psychopath, danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 5.9
 2K
The Betrayed (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Kidnappers force a young mother (Melissa George) to recover money stolen by her shady husband (Christian Campbell).
Style: psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, captivity, criminal, revelation, missing child, trust, family problems, crime gone awry, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.9
 23K
Ugly (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense thriller ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, parents and children, danger, couple relations, life is a bitch, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, police, child, murder, cosa nostra ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.0
 15K
My Son (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: missing child, divorced parents, disappearance, ex husband ex wife relationship, kidnapping, uncover truth, kidnapped, kids in trouble, ex couple relations, male female relationship, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 2020s
Place: scotland, ireland
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25%
 5.2
 7K
Reclaim (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Malaysia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couples, missing child, adoption, uncover truth, investigation, kidnapping, daughter, cons and scams, chases and races, dishonesty, couple relations, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
50%
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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: missing child, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, danger, imaginary friend, kindergarten, journalism, family relations, missing daughter, single parent, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 1965, 60s
Place: london, england, britain, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
 15K
Switchback (1997)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, vengeance, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, investigation, twists and turns, missing person, beautiful scenery, loss of son, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
 4.7
 2K
The Keeper (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, missing person, woman in danger, deputy sheriff, riddles and clues, isolation, who done it, captivity, serial killer, mentally unstable ...
Place: asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.3
 147K
The Guilty (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: police, kidnapping, woman in jeopardy, abduction, police station, who done it, woman in danger, heroes, kidnapped woman, danger, escapades, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 42K
Regression (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: psychiatrist, investigation, hospital, paranoia, police officer, false accusation, memory loss, twists and turns, child abuse, nightmare, obsession, devil ...
Time: 20th century, year 2015, year 1990, 90s
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: missing child, uncover truth, parents and children, overprotective mother, child abduction, twists and turns, family problems, danger, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, nobody believes, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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