Movies like Breaking In 2018
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Breaking In (2018)
18K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, intense, bleak, feel good, action adventure
Plot:
home invasion, protective parent, strong female lead, mother, security system, black people, hostage, women, kidnapping, black, danger, woman, murder, heist gone wrong, white male black female relationship, survival, travel, revenge, fight, african american, kidnapped, intruder, woman with a gun, supernatural horror, blaxploitation ...
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Most similar movies to Breaking In
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense and serious films with plots about danger, murder, survival, hostage, kidnapping, home invasion and violence mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Breaking In: Hostage (2005), Home Invasion (2016), Trespass (2011), Tiger House (2015), Gone (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, iran, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Terror arrives at the one place we all feel safest in this taut psychological thriller starring Natasha Henstridge, Jason Patric and Scott Adkins. When a wealthy woman and her stepson are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, security system, thief, stepmother, police, trapped, survival, kidnapped, intruder, surveillance, hidden camera, rainstorm ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Kyle (Nicolas Cage) and Sarah Miller (Nicole Kidman) have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen ...
Style:
rough, intense, suspense, surprise ending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
home invasion, robbery, family in danger, masked man, betrayal, dysfunctional family, kidnapping, danger, dishonesty, hostage, parents and children, infidelity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
home invasion, teenage girl, murder, revenge, robbery, death, hiding, kidnapped, hostage, escapades, danger, violence ...
Similarity:
100%
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48K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jill Parrish is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, tricky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, missing person, woman in danger, twists and turns, tough girl, haunted by the past, revenge, police investigation, paranoia, danger, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An elite DEA agent returns home after a failed mission when his family makes an unexpected discovery in their house – a stash of money worth $3 million. They soon face the danger and threat of a newly released criminal and his crew, who will do ...
Style:
emotional, heroic, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mission, family relations, criminal, heist, fight scenes, gang, revenge, fight, family problems, hostage, brutality, child in peril ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed ...
Style:
psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, family in danger, maniac, blood, serial killer, sociopath, killer, kidnapped, black, kidnapping, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, tennessee
Similarity:
100%
313K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
survivalist, danger, training camp, society, tragic event, misadventure, struggle for survival, apocalypse, christmas, post apocalypse, snow, collapse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
930
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following the abduction of her daughter, Zara does all she can to get her back. However, when she discovers that she has been targeted by crime boss Patrick, who she has previous dealings with, Zara realises that her troubled past will be used ...
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abduction, chase, heroes, violence, danger, chases and races, family relations, child abduction, sex slave, kidnapping, home invasion, past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
Style:
suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
black market, organ, revenge, kidnapping, immigrant, police detective, rivalry, investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, martial arts, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, poland, europe, usa, warsaw poland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a menacing smuggler coolly insists that best-selling author Wes Wilson take a chauffeured backseat ride with him, Wilson's charmed life explodes into a world of violence and espionage, and he learns shocking truths about two women in his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
thief, murder, diamonds, on the run, danger, rivalry, chase, tough heroes, dealing with death, undercover, dishonesty, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
Style:
tense, stylized, captivating, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, violence, murder, danger, society, brutality, dishonesty, chase, organized crime, prison fight, death of daughter ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Caleb, a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee, discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb's head.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, harsh, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, chase, revenge, bounty hunter, hitman, murder, killing, death of father, fighting crime, family relations, friendship, gunfight ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lt. Wakes is a vengeful police detective determined to solve the murders of his partner and an informant, and joins forces with a witness injured during the shootings. After the killers pursue the witness across the abandoned floor of a hospital, ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
asthma, asthmatic, murder witness, murder, fight, pursuit, danger, police investigation, woman in danger, hunt down, damsel in distress, police officer killed ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The women in a Seattle serial killer's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead - from his girlfriend to his mother-in-law to his second wife. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter conflict, serial killer, abusive husband, mother son relationship, dishonesty, parents and children, life is a bitch, injustice, law enforcement, murder, danger, rebellious daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, danger, gunfight, on the run, drug dealing, informant, corrupt businessman, redemption, crime boss, organized crime, fear, heist ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Five friends on a small airplane mysteriously lose their radio connection on a trip from New York to LA. As they continue their flight, they're forced to assume that a major disaster happened on the ground. They discover a stowaway, Erik, who ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, action thriller
Plot:
disaster, airplane, stowaway, save the day, trapped, confined, escapades, deception, isolation, abduction, danger, conspiracy ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
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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:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows a group of male hunters who regularly lure women to their island with the chance to win 100K in a hunt, only to discover that they are the hunted, but this time they mess with the wrong girls and must deal with the consequences.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
hunting, survival game, survival, survival horror, gory, women, group, manhunt, bloody violence, carnage, struggle for survival, hunter ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Robert Saunters, a mechanic is knocked unconscious at his birthday dinner and wakes up to find himself locked up inside the restaurant's freezer. Knowing nothing of why he's there, he realizes he has been mistaken as someone else.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
freezer, kidnapping, danger, confined, hostage, twists and turns, struggle for survival, claustrophobia, prisoner, gang, isolation, cold ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Impressive debut feature from writer director Inon Shampanier. A man needs to convince his kidknappers that they have got the wrong person before they deliver him to his death.
Style:
tense, twisted, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, danger, disorder, rivalry, twists and turns, cons and scams, taxi, deception, threat, hostage, manipulation, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A non-stop, race against time action packed thriller that follows an elite SWAT Team as they try to stop a domestic terrorist from killing innocent hostages and destroying the city of Los Angeles. With 24 hours left on the clock, the team must rely ...
Style:
intense, fast paced, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, rescue mission, armed forces, rescue, mission, heroic mission, dangerous mission, danger, swat, domestic terrorism, fight ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On their way home from Brooklyn psychiatrist Vic, daughter Julie and sister Stacey run short of gas. They leave they highway to search a petrol station - but end up erring around in South Bronx. A youth gang under the sadistic Ice stops their car ...
Style:
tense, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, escape, danger, fear, street crime, urban, gang violence, desperation, chase, pursuit, violence, home invasion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their identities and their lives.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
pirate, couples, married couple, remote island, survival, danger, isolation, killing, changing lives, life is a bitch, murderer, death threat ...
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four assassins led by Baron, pose as Secret Service agents to commandeer the house of war-widow ELLEN. Her home is a prime sniper position for their plan to assassinate the President on his visit to the small town of Suddenly. The men fool the local ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, political, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination of president, secret service agent, secret service, assassination attempt, small town, danger, sniper, chases and races, save the day, haunted by the past, woman in danger, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
826
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But when she’s framed for murder by a government department, she must take them on at their own game to ensure her son's survival.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, kidnapping, woman in danger, murder, on the run, disorder, mistaken identity, danger, secret agent, righting the wronged, good versus evil, law enforcement ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On Saturday, May 17th, 2008, police responded to a residence in a remote area of Bucks County, Pennsylvania for the report of a missing person. Upon their arrival, a routine investigation was performed and it was determined that the situation did ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, vampire, danger, woods, survival, manhunt, violence, murder, massacre, travel, serial killer, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia
Similarity:
18%
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