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Carjacked (2011)
5K
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, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fugitives, psychopath, kidnapping, manipulation, woman in danger, on the road, chases and races, rivalry, danger, single parent, hostage, blonde, single mother, divorced woman, car chase, gang, profanity, confined, strong female presence, violent content, hijacking, child in peril, anti hero, car theft, car crash ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Carjacked
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, chases and races, kidnapping, rivalry, confined, hostage and woman in danger mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Carjacked: Cold Blooded (2012), Dead Innocent (1997), Kidnap (2017), Lost in the Dark (2007), Saving Emily (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A female police officer has to keep a prisoner from escaping a nearly abandoned hospital unit at the same time his violent partners come looking for him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chases and races, chase, danger, partner, confined, criminal heroes, isolation, reluctant partners, woman with a gun, criminal, cop, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suzanne, a single parent and succesful lawyer, returns home to find her daughter missing. About to call the police, she is confronted by a disembodied voice warning her that if she attempts to leave or seek help, her daughter will die. Suzanne ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot:
kidnapping, mysterious character, chases and races, danger, confined, woman in danger, police, supernatural being, eye, violent content, strong female presence, child in peril ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
41K
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:
50%
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:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After learning that their young daughter, Emily, is suffering from leukemia, Cheryl and Greg have no choice but to seek out Cheryl's violent ex-husband, Kurt, to have him tested as a possible bone marrow donor. Cheryl is particularly disturbed ...
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, child illness, terminal illness, confined, family problems, chases and races, family relations, danger, family drama, leukemia, moral dilemma, protective parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
498
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:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
missing child, drug dealing, rescue, hostage, parents and children, child in peril, confined, manipulation, danger, doctors and patients, unlikely criminals, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
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:
37%
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:
35%
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754
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal's revenge, master criminal, heist, danger, race against time, psychopath, car chase, car thief, serial killer, chases and races, woman in danger, chase ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
chases and races, rivalry, arms dealing, unlikely criminals, smuggling, escapades, manipulation, dishonesty, dream, danger, auto racing, car chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, prison life, rescue, ballet, kidnapping, frame up, twists and turns, woman in danger, betrayal, murder, gangster, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
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:
32%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, crime gone awry, confined, partner, breaking point, disorder, danger, unlikely criminals, blood, cell phone, forest, unemployed ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Popular TV anchorwoman & late night radio host Sun-Young prepares to work her final radio program. After this program she will prepare to take her ill daughter to America the following morning. During the radio show Ko Sun-Young receives a ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, chases and races, psycho killer, hostage, child in peril, radio dj, race against time, woman in danger, twists and turns, radio, radio station, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Johan has been locked up - wrongly in his opinion - for the murder of his father and little sister. His mother is the only one who can prove his innocence, but he hasn't been able to contact her for years. When he is transferred within the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, hostage, murder, teenage life, obsessive quest, confined, mental illness, court, road trip, criminal, escape ...
Place:
netherlands, belgium
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, infidelity, woman in danger, missing child, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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:
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An inventive and resourceful cocaine smuggler defends his trade against violent rival traffickers, a monstrous and vengeful killer, and the DEA agents who want to lock him up – all while falling for a stunningly beautiful woman with a taste for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug, rescue, danger, woman in danger, rivalry, mexican american border, smuggler, chase, smuggling, violent content, shootout, trafficking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drug deal hijacked by a third party, they leave the drugs and take the money. A stripper witnesses a murder and now the Mafia's after but there is nowhere safe to hide.
Style:
independent film, exciting, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
stripper, amateur detective, reluctant partners, partner, gangster, violent content, profanity, hitman, chases and races, dishonesty, rivalry, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
10K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, intelligent ...
Plot:
couples, escapades, heist, rivalry, moral dilemma, chases and races, loan, financial problem, human nature, unlikely criminals, manipulation, bullying ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Abby Lord (Maria del Mar) is kidnapped and her husband Robert Lord (Joe Lando) has to pay off a million dollar ransom. Based on a True Life story.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
woman in danger, danger, rivalry, confined, family relations, false identity, abduction, revenge, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wife, wedding ring, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
943
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, betrayal, one man army, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, working undercover, car chase, revenge, covert operation, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
30%
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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:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, daring rescue, rescue, save the day, heroes, danger, tough heroes, master criminal, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
30%
138
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Eldon and Cole pick up a hitchhiker, Jean on their father-son trip to find perspective on the back roads of America, they quickly learn that everything is not what it seems. As the road unfolds in front of them, so do their lives begin to ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
on the road, on the run, hidden identity, fugitives, under the surface, chases and races, parents and children, escaped prisoner, child in peril, prison escape, hitchhiking, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family in danger, rivalry, vengeance, homecoming, parents and children, gang, forced into action, small town, save the day, murder, violent content, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, bank, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, suburbs, swat, car chase, chases and races, violent content, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
186
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
rescue, special agent, danger, intrigue, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, kidnapping, revenge, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
279
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, family in danger, criminal's revenge, confined, crime gone awry, isolation, teenage girl, woman in jeopardy, abuse, fire, mother daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
29%
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