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Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway (2008)
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Original name: Desperate Hours: An Amber Alert
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:
rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, road movie, tension
Plot:
kidnapping, police officer, danger, disturbed individual, missing child, investigation, teenage girl, police investigation, anguish, kidnapped girl, police, fear, telephone call, desperation, highway, car, threat, disturbed person, abused child, hostage, suicide, kidnapped, violence, boy, adolescent girl ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about danger, kidnapping, police, police investigation, violence, murder and chase mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway: The Captive (2014), Grandmaster (2012), Masculine (2014), Hostage (2005), Kidnap (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police detective, law enforcement, rivalry, police, murder, danger, genius, plot twist, whodunit, police officer ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Meet Shivani Shivaji Roy, Senior Inspector, Crime Branch, Mumbai Police, as she sets out to confront the mastermind behind the child trafficking mafia, which makes the mistake of kidnapping and smuggling a teenage girl who is like a daughter to her. ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
child prostitution, teenage prostitute, female detective, female protagonist, one woman army, tough law enforcer, chase, danger, law enforcement, police investigation, female police officer, rape ...
Time:
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Place:
india
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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:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, home invasion, twists and turns, hostage negotiator, organized crime, police investigation, fbi, family in danger, kidnapped, rescue, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
california, iran, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
school shooting, serial killer, high school, killing spree, captive, held captive, killer, hostage, vengeance, school, power relations, psychopath ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, strong female lead, child in peril, rescue, kidnapped, single mother, abduction, danger, little boy, missing child, police station, child kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, 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:
psychological, road movie, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, chase, road trip, couples, highway, conspiracy, desert, uncover truth, murder, danger, car breakdown ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new mexico, usa, massachusetts, arizona
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Amy is having a bad day. Not only has she been kidnapped by a deranged gunman, but as a diabetic without her insulin, her chances of survival are diminishing with each tick of the clock. FBI agent Megan Saunders isn't walking ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, diabetic, police investigation, danger, woman in danger, chase, kidnapped, terminal illness, kidnapping, salvation, captivity, hostage situation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
22%
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609
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroes, murder, psychopath, female detective, who done it, law enforcement, police investigation, reluctant partners, partner, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A cop (Charlie Sheen), his partner (Dacascos), and his father (Martin Sheen) uncover a plot by city elders to smuggle drugs from Mexico into Phoenix, Arizona.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corrupt cop, cash, tango, cop, corrupt, car chase, gang, police operation, drug lord, attempted murder, murder, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, violence, police, organized crime, undercover, prison gang, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, ex convict, danger, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
20%
110K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, clever, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, cell phone, lone hero, violence, race against time, home invasion, kidnapped, telephone call, family in danger, psychopath, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, showdown, betrayal, murder, moral dilemma, death, police, danger, police investigation, law enforcement, organized crime, brutality ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A parolee (Paul Walker) becomes the target of a massive police manhunt after inadvertently picking up a rental car with a female whistleblower tied up in the trunk. Now, as the police attempt to silence the woman before she can testify about the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, road movie ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, car chase, hostage, mistaken identity, on the run, woman in danger, dirty cop, law enforcement, dishonesty, racing, car, fast car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
bodyguard, organized crime, gangster, threat, rescue, investigation, police detective, woman in danger, race against time, kidnapping, abduction, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years ...
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, violence, twists and turns, gang, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, dirty cop, justice, nudity, police ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
20%
143K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, 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, tense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, child in peril, kidnapping, ransom, reward, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york, harlem
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
police, police investigation, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, law enforcement, self discovery, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
danger, law enforcement, gangster, organized crime, police procedural, nordic, police investigation, tough law enforcer, chase, urban, kidnapping, mafia ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, rescue, society, starting over, clergy, chase, father daughter relationship, family tragedy, uncover truth, danger, desperation ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style:
poliziottesco, retro, action thriller, cult classic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, italian police, prison, police officer, female nudity, nude girl, kidnapped girl, revenge, woman with a gun, vigilante, assassination, blackmail ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, milan italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
19%
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:
intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, manhunt, hostage, chase, fbi, horse, kidnapping, conspiracy, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, seattle, san francisco, vancouver
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, revenge, abuse, psychopath, police, parent child relationship, victim, investigation, police officer, kidnapper, kidnapping ...
Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, highway, mysterious man, psychopath, pedophile, missing child, friendship, confined, danger, violence, group of friends, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
613
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Action / Foreign / Suspense - Sandeep Malhotra comes to London to convince his girlfriend to give him another chance. Meanwhile, Siddharth, an undercover MI5 agent, receives a CD, which contains the recording of his kidnapped wife, Richa, and is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hostage, working undercover, hidden identity, undercover, secret agent, missing person, danger, politics, assassination, chases and races, kidnapping, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his best friend dies in an unexpected accident, black market dealer Young-gyu decides to wash his hands off his illegal activities and start a new life with his girlfriend Yu-ri. But his dream stalls when he learns that Yu-ri needs money for ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, danger, nothing goes right, kidnapping, ship, gang, disorder, organ trafficking, betrayal, organized crime, chase, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After he did some jobs for CIA, ex-marine John Shale is visiting his high school love Jane. She's now a teacher in Columbus High School in Miami. Soon after his arriving Jane has her knee cap broken while jogging. After that, John decides to go ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, intense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, vigilante, teacher, teachers and students, undercover, bullying, substitute teacher, danger, gangster, gang, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
south america, florida, miami, usa, cuba
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, mass murder, shooting, university ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young girl, who has recently lost her eyesight to a degenerative disease, struggles to outwit an escaped convict who has taken refuge in her grandmother's cabin during a ferocious snowstorm.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
hostage, child in peril, youth, teenage life, danger, isolation, fugitives, blind girl, kidnapping, brother brother relationship, kidnapped, snow ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Andy is a new teacher at a inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. There is metal detectors at the front door and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, gang, rape, vigilante, teenager, revenge, punk, bullying, school, rape and revenge, punk rock, teacher ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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