Movies like Dynamite
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Dynamite (2004)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, family in danger, criminal's revenge, isolation, confined, crime gone awry, teenage girl, fire, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, abuse, woman in jeopardy, kidnapped, rivalry, danger, good versus evil, criminal heroes, criminal, family relations, tattoo, father son relationship, little boy, poison, woman in danger ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Dynamite
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, rivalry, deadly and woman in danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Dynamite: Teenage Bank Heist (2012), Stealing Candy (2003), Stranded (2006), Nowhere in Sight (2001), Held Hostage (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heist, investigation, danger, confined, race against time, on the run, parents and children, friendship, abduction, woman with a gun, wrestling, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star and force her to film a sex tape live on the internet for a paying audience.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexploitation film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexploitation, woman in danger, hostage, femme fatale, criminal's revenge, confined, movie star, criminal heroes, danger, crime gone awry, computers and web, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
100%
423
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
survival, remote island, bridesmaid, desert island, bachelorette party, stranded, girlfriend, female protagonist, fiancee, mysterious disappearance, problem, women ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thriller - Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Andrew McCarthy
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, home invasion, starting over, hostage, blind woman, criminal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, intruder, kidnapped, kidnapping, woman in danger, battles ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to saving her only child's life while they are both wired to explode.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
confined, heist, woman in danger, single parent, danger, unlikely criminals, isolation, crime gone awry, parents and children, bank, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
hostage, couples, heist, danger, confined, betrayal, vengeance, dishonesty, older man younger woman relationship, kidnapping, woman on top, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
one man army, captivity, ransom, psychopath, danger, rivalry, survival, confined, teenage life, wilderness, murderous pair, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two young boys and a girl commit a diamond robbery on Halloween. During escape the girl is fatally shot. One of the boys knows a doctor (Jeremy London) who has a private clinic in his house. They decide to go to his house instead of the hospital ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
on the run, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, rivalry, fugitives, chase, gang, doctor, halloween, home invasion, master criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
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325
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Pippa is a physically and emotionally scarred former model living as a recluse in her meticulous Georgian flat. When a heist taking place in the same building goes wrong, Pippa's home is broken into by the charismatic Kayleigh. Pippa is taken ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological
Plot:
hostage, confined, mentally unstable, mental illness, crime gone awry, kidnapping, strong female presence, women, twins, obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
28%
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, danger, confined, race against time, crime gone awry, survival, escapades, rivalry, ransom ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, hidden identity, woman in danger, rescue, bodyguard, race against time, criminal's revenge, rivalry, one man army, missing person, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, scary ...
Plot:
resort, woman in danger, kidnapping, danger, murder, family relations, isolation, single parent, witnessing a crime, parents and children, weekend, guru ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, family in danger, danger, murder, family relations, confined, kidnapped, home invasion, husband wife relationship, african american, hostage situation, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
25%
503
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, rivalry, daring rescue, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
25%
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:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
isolation, dangerous attraction, held captive, couples, psychopath, confined, danger, kidnapping, country house, weekend, obsession, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
vengeance, family relations, love affair, danger, nanny, attempted murder, adultery, urban, disorder, couple relations, crime gone awry, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
362
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An ex-SAS agent and a thief battle for their lives as air runs out in a maze of abandoned mine tunnels while they're searching for $200 million in stolen diamonds.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, terrorism, hostage, train, save the day, one man army, crime gone awry, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, escapades, gang ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The management of a ski resort blatantly ignores a local expert's warning that a mass of snow has build up which is just waiting to come down the ski slopes in a terrible avalanche. Instead of clearing the endangered area, skiers are allowed to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
resort, save the day, rescue, family in crisis, heroes, daring rescue, danger, family life, confined, family relations, escapades, hospital ...
Place:
beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, gangster, tough heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, confined, dishonesty, woman in danger, gambling, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful paparazzo for a tabloid magazine finds herself pursued by a ruthless stalker, she is determined to emerge from this deadly game alive, and independently wealthy.
Style:
surprise ending, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
stalking, kidnapping, woman in danger, haunted by the past, genocide, gory, celebrity culture, family in danger, femme fatale, survival, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
22%
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, enigmatic ...
Plot:
trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, secret identity, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Prosperous professional couple Mike and Christine are settling in for a standard evening of wine, TV and low-level marital hostility when a ring on their doorbell changes everything. Turns out their son Sebastian is in a little trouble with some ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
hostage, home invasion, juvenile delinquency, revenge, danger, parents and children, confined, family in danger, isolation, domestic disturbance, kidnapped, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, london, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, criminal, revenge, vengeance, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, going straight, frame up, husband wife relationship, ex convict, robbery, drug use ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fugitives, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, manipulation, danger, chases and races, on the road, rivalry, single parent, hostage, blonde ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young mother is forced to shelter five soldiers for a night in her isolated house.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, sincere, tense
Plot:
danger, soldier, rivalry, confined, family in danger, strong female presence, twists and turns, parents and children, farm, family relations, woman in danger, isolation ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, confined, isolation, law enforcement, danger, ghost, woman in danger, youth, violent content, mountain, haunted house, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
604
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
isolation, killing spree, serial killer, psychopath, confined, kidnapping, split personality, schizophrenia, hostage situation, mental illness, danger, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
20%
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