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Hostages (2013)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Hostages is an American drama television series that airs on CBS as part of the 2013–14 American television season. The series is based on a similar Israeli series created by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, and Rotem Shamir which will premiere on October 13, 2013, almost 3 weeks after the American version's premiere. Jeffrey Nachmanoff wrote and directed the pilot episode for the American version. The series premiered on September 23, 2013.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tension, psychological thriller, detective, suspense
Plot:
hostage, husband wife relationship, political conspiracy, held captive, blackmail, u.s. president, escape attempt, moral dilemma, family in danger, surgery, kidnapping, family relations, danger, confined, doctors and patients, treason, dishonesty, state affairs, politics, criminal, die hard, hostage situation, dog, school, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films and TV series with plots about danger, investigation, twists and turns, conspiracy, fbi, dishonesty and political conspiracy mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hostages: Crisis (2014), Fishing Without Nets (2014), Red Eye (2005), Vanished (2006), Dig (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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When Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.
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exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
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secret service, hostage, conspiracy, secret service agent, fbi, kidnapping, investigation, older man teenage girl relationship, special agent, betrayal, confined, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
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tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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family relations, political conspiracy, treason, twists and turns, moral dilemma, danger, confined, dishonesty, parents and children, kidnapping, abduction, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Kenya, Somalia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow ...
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tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
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pirate, piracy, moral dilemma, hijacking, surrender, confined, danger, rivalry, international relations, violent content, hostage, realism ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, somalia
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 42 min.
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Four masked men break into the Anand family home, taking them hostage. Pushed into a do-or-die situation, Dr. Mira Anand has to make a choice. Will she take a life to save lives?
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suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
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moral dilemma, kidnapping, danger, doctors and patients, parents and children, family in danger, hostage situation, political conspiracy, treason, state affairs, hostage, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
36%
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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:
psychological thriller, intense, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, hitman, kidnapping, hostage, woman in danger, villain, airport, fear, strong female lead, stewardess, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
miami, dallas texas, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
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missing person, investigation, haunted by the past, mission, loss of son, journalist, politics, suspicion, law enforcement, couple relations, fbi, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia
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28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient mystery, archeological dig, investigation, conspiracy, uncover truth, danger, murder, special agent, escapades, judaism, occupation, mossad ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, israel
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27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
ransom, marriage, kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, fbi, marital problem, family life, haunted by the past, danger, wilderness, kidnapped ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
pittsburgh, london
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, trial, murder, workplace situations, power relations, mind game, partner, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
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kidnapping, investigation, fbi, hostage, kidnapped, twists and turns, private detective, missing person, special agent, law enforcement, ransom, confined ...
Place:
new york, scotland, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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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
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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:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
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A four-part conspiracy theory drama inspired by Chris Mullen's novel "A Very British Coup". When a devastating industrial accident results in deaths and raises safety questions about the US petrochemical company involved, PM Tom ...
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realistic, tense, political, political thriller, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, investigation, twists and turns, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, dishonesty, corporate crime, conspiracy theory, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, iran
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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The FBI's team of Cyber Crime Investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the dark-net. Avery, a Special Agent in Charge and esteemed Cyber-Psychologist heads up a team, including Senior Special Agent ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
police detective, working undercover, fbi, undercover, police, police corruption, law enforcement, police investigation, moral dilemma, dishonesty, nypd, legal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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suspenseful, rough, serious, melancholic, bleak ...
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missing child, family drama, kidnapping, lie, twists and turns, suspicion, politics, political campaign, teenager, secret, parents and children, small town ...
Place:
usa
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26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political ...
Plot:
uncover truth, espionage, analyst, conspiracy, twists and turns, undercover, surveillance, paranoia, boss, prodigy, government facility, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In a world of ambition and powerful politicians, Andy Hernandez (Shashi Balooja), an ambitious NYC Assistant District Attorney with political aspirations is recently engaged to Ann Kim, the latest partner in a profitable risk management firm. As a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, sexy ...
Plot:
sex scene, political intrigue, power relations, ambition, state affairs, photojournalist, downfall, rise and fall, blind ambition, unfulfillment, dishonesty, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Threat Matrix is a 2003 American drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer.
The title of the show refers to a report ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
special agent, undercover, terrorism, prodigy, law enforcement, danger, political conspiracy, deaf, rescue, search and rescue, national security, intelligence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hacker, president, terrorist, cia, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, tough heroes, killing, on the run ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, ...
Style:
rough, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
trial, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal action, dishonesty, workplace, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation, intrigue ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Remake of Coma 1978.
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medical horror, tense, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
medical school, hospital, uncover truth, workplace, woman in danger, doctors and patients, medicine, death, medical student, wrestling, medical, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
conspiracy, military, uncover truth, twists and turns, corporate crime, violent content, dishonesty, left to die, political conspiracy, spy, family relations, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Style:
exciting, political, political thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, president, counter terrorism, usa president, usa politics, investigation, terrorism, weapons, american politics, spy, die hard, conspiracy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., afghanistan, usa, chicago
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Single mother Jane Sadler's life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. And just like in the controversial police TV show she produces, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, suspenseful, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
police, investigation, missing child, twists and turns, husband wife relationship, secret, kidnapping, female protagonist, secrets, deception, grief, police procedural ...
Place:
los angeles
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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FBI agent Angela Clinton has the exceptional gift of knowing when someone is lying. She discovered this skill at age 14, when she learned her "average" American parents were actually spies. Attempting to right her parents' wrong, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, detective, suspenseful
Plot:
female detective, fbi, female agent, treason, partner, investigation, partners against crime, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, serious, rough, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, team, crime investigation, murder, forensics, danger, profiler, investigator, human nature ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, seattle, new york, arizona
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25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, multiple suspects, murder, serial murder, friends, murderer, wedding, island, danger, whodunit, gory, threat ...
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ally Walker starred as ...
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tense, serious, psychological, mind bending, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, profiler, fbi, forensics, investigation, murder, female detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, investigator, danger, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
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TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, mossad, torture, pow, investigation, homecoming, soldier, haunted by the past, twists and turns, held captive, spy, government agency ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
25%
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