Movies like Sympathy

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Sympathy (2007)
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Sympathy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A bank robber and his hostage spend the night in a hotel where they are visited by a man who sends the story on an unexpected path full of twists and turns.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, independent film
Plot: hostage, heist, crime gone awry, destiny, chases and races, danger, rebelliousness, disorder, mysterious character, cons and scams, twists and turns, gory, bank, confined, kidnapping, hotel, bank robbery, motel, captive, kidnapped, disability, bondage, bank robber, escape, fugitives ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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Most similar movies to Sympathy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about danger, deadly, confined, chases and races, kidnapping, hostage and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sympathy: The Strangers in 7A (1972), Held Hostage (2009), Chariot (2013), Good Chemistry (2008), Blind Heat (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Strangers in 7A (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Andy Griffith plays a philandering apartment house manager who picks up a pretty young girl (Suzanne Hildur) in a bar. He takes her home, whereupon the girl's male cronies show up armed with guns. Griffith and his wife (Ida Lupino) are held ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: hostage, gangster, disorder, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, couple relations, criminal heroes, confined, unlikely criminals, stalking ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york
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95%
 5.0
 712
Held Hostage (2009)
Genre: Drama
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, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: confined, heist, woman in danger, danger, single parent, unlikely criminals, isolation, crime gone awry, parents and children, bank, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
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62%
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Chariot (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Seven strangers find themselves unwitting participants in a U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong.
Style: mysterious, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: airplane, danger, trapped, confined, group of strangers, twists and turns, trap, mind game, post apocalypse, aviation, government, epidemic ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 3.0
 159
Good Chemistry (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, kidnapping, drug dealing, on the run, dishonesty, danger, drug abuse, chemistry, farm, confined, cons and scams, forced into action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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 ⇓
49%
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London’s most exclusive jewellers. Sometimes funny, often dark, always captivating and never what you expect.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, interesting
Plot: wrong place wrong time, fall in love, love and romance, chases and races, danger, disorder, woman in danger, confined, forced into action, twists and turns, robbery, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 4.1
 853
Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 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 ⇓
42%
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Crisis Point (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Criminal psychologist Cameron Grainger is Detroit’s go-to hostage negotiator. Blaming herself when a crisis she’s handling goes wrong and a young man is killed, she removes herself from service. But she is called back into sudden and terrifying ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: criminal psychologist, siblings relations, kidnapping, danger, family relations, forced into action, woman in danger, nypd, confined, strong female presence, hostage, hostage negotiator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.2
 1K
Endure (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lloyd must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, detective
Plot: kidnapping, police detective, race against time, police investigation, woman in danger, partner, danger, law enforcement, confined, reluctant partners, husband wife relationship, swamp ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 413
Living in Fear (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: woman in danger, who done it, homecoming, murder, haunted by the past, dishonesty, danger, twists and turns, small town, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: snow, psycho, psychopath, rescue, chases and races, danger, rivalry, confined, uninhibited rivalry, captivity, kidnapping, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
An American Terror (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Josh wakes each day to a series of Hells. Between uncaring parents and bullying at school he has little to live for. After a brutal event and ensuing humiliation of an online video, Josh and his friends decide to take revenge by staging a massacre ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot: survival, teenage life, danger, gory, psychopath, isolation, twists and turns, serial killer, terror, fear, bullying, strong violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
38%
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 317
Murder Live! (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Frank takes Pia Postman hostage on live TV, threatening to execute her after she accepts the blame for his daughter's suicide.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swat team, nypd, hostage, hostage situation, confined, media, chases and races, danger, swat, haunted by the past, showbiz, hostage negotiator ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 2K
The Living (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After an alcohol induced blacked-out night of drinking, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he attempts to redeem himself to her she must decide whether or not she will take him back as her mother, Angela, continuously ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, serious, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot: hitman, danger, crime gone awry, siblings relations, disorder, mental illness, brutality, revenge, life is a bitch, abusive relationship, domestic violence, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Christmas Rush (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, law enforcement, save the day, partner, danger, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, die hard, hijacking, chases and races ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Living & Dying (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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213 (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the trauma of his childhood, he must confront the all too-familiar flesh masks that the killer ...
Style: slasher, serious, scary, rough, realistic ...
Plot: murder, forensic, serial killer, death, law enforcement, haunted by the past, danger, rivalry, police investigation, gory, profiler, male objectification ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Every 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive diminishes to almost 100% ... The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: kidnapping, kidnapped, survival, rescue, missing person, danger, confined, hostage, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, rape, showdown, stockholm syndrome ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, montana, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Below Utopia (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, confined, danger, gunfight, sex scene, woman with a gun, making love, mansion, sensuality ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Cursed (2000)
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, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: escaped mental patient, hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
12 Hours to Live (2006)
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, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, diabetic, woman in danger, police investigation, danger, chase, kidnapped, terminal illness, kidnapping, salvation, weapons, captive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Towards Darkness (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Style: tense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, missing person, crime gone awry, car chase, destiny, missing child, rivalry, race against time, chase, terrorism, danger, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 730
Backflash (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, crime gone awry, cons and scams, on the run, odd couple, danger, gangster, partner, rivalry, on the road, criminal heroes, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
34%
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In My Sleep (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Marcus (Philip WInchester) wakes up in the middle of a cemetery half naked and has no idea how he got there. Urgent questions pound inside his head. "Where was I last night? Who was I with?" Marcus suffers from parasomnia, a rare sleep ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, dark, independent film ...
Plot: memory loss, uncover truth, disorder, murder, gory, twists and turns, sleepwalking, hallucination, support group, dream, surrealism, sleep disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After her daughter is abducted in Russia, an NYPD detective goes out of her way to find and save her.
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, rough, humorous, realistic
Plot: misfit partners, partner, danger, reluctant partners, sexual relations, missing child, disorder, rescue, woman in danger, kidnapping, fighting crime, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.4
 22K
Setup (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty, heist, gangster, partner, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, bank robber ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.4
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Beeper (2002)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Richard Avery, whose young son is kidnapped while they travel in India. Embarking on a desperate quest to rescue him, and with a beeper providing his only lead, Avery seeks help from unlikely sources, including a drug lord and a beautiful but ...
Style: serious, rough, exciting, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: missing child, kidnapping, drug dealing, rescue, manipulation, child in peril, hostage, confined, parents and children, danger, crime gone awry, doctors and patients ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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28%
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