Movies like Kidnap 2008

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Kidnap (2008)
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Kidnap (2008)
Original name: किडनैप
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if he is to entertain any hopes of seeing her alive again. Is this a mere kidnapping or is there more to it than what meets the eye?
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: stockholm syndrome, woman in danger, kidnapping, hostage, chase, vengeance, rescue, family relations, parents and children, rivalry, danger, confined, father daughter reunion, chases and races, revenge, train, billionaire, disco, daughter, waterfall, train station, estranged couple, woman in jeopardy, christian, mind game ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about rivalry, danger, bollywood, chases and races, confined, deadly and vengeance mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Kidnap: Agneepath (2012), Luck (2009), Blackmail (2005), Taken in Broad Daylight (2009), Jungle (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Agneepath (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, powerful ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, family relations, criminal heroes, drug lord, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, gangster, massacre, main character dies ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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100%
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Luck (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Born lucky, Karim Moussa takes to exploiting it instead of focusing on studies. Now a wealthy gambler, he decides to recruit about a dozen lucky people to participate in a deadly game of survival.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: gambling, rivalry, danger, prodigy, dishonesty, obsession, bet, survival, desert, game of death, small community, chance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Blackmail (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Inspector Abhay Rathod is a honest and diligent Police Inspector employed with Bombay Police. He was assigned the case of racketeer and criminal don, Shekhar Mohan. Abhay successfully entraps and arrests him, and has him sentenced to a long jail ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot: criminal, prison, police, law enforcement, friendship, parents and children, tough heroes, family relations, criminal's revenge, danger, tough law enforcer, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Jungle (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Where beasts feared to tread, he made it his home; Where the scorching sun could not reach, he shined in the cold bloodedness. Where the police never managed to catch him, he always killed
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious
Plot: hostage, danger, rescue, lone wolves, love and romance, love triangle, chase, captive, police, terrorist, damsel in distress, moll ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, kidnapping, vengeance, hostage, dishonesty, confined, danger, rivalry, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, chef, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Crisis (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: 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.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Plot: secret service, hostage, conspiracy, investigation, kidnapping, fbi, special agent, betrayal, confined, parents and children, twists and turns, older man teenage girl relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, patriotic, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, escape attempt, prison, parents and children, confined, rescue, prison life, getting home, danger, military, hopes, patriot ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
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Ambition (2005)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Elaan (Hindi: एलान, translation: Manifesto) is a 2005 Bollywood action thriller film. Elaan is a mission film about five characters and their plan against one man. Produced by Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jain and directed by Vikram Bhatt, the film ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting
Plot: vengeance, murder, prison, vigilantism, betrayal, danger, rivalry, chases and races, parents and children, justice, businessman, master villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, asia, italy, india, venice ...
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24%
The Road Killers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style: road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: witnessing a crime, gang, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, serial killer, missing person, danger, rescue, family in danger, hostage, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
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23%
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Breakout (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parents and children, rescue, chase, danger, siblings relations, wilderness, witnessing a crime, murder, death, family relations, youth, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Killer (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A cold-blooded contract killer hires the services of a cab driver for a full night. He forces the driver to go around Dubai as he keeps finishing off witnesses scheduled to testify against a gangster.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: hostage, hitman, danger, taxi driver, chase, murder, criminal, killings, confined, conspiracy, murder witness, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, dubai
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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 ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Bullett Raja (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, master criminal, chase, rise to the top, ambition, criminal's revenge, rivalry, criminal heroes, gangster, police officer, government official, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Bullet Train (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The story revolves around a set of Indians, fighting to get what is their own, while another set of Indians working for the Scotland Yard Police chase them hard to stop them from spreading terror. The film in entirety has been been shot in London, ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: race against time, train, terrorism, vengeance, immigrant, swat, uninhibited rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, bomb, die hard, subway ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Race 2 (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) travels to exotic locales and confronts the Turkish mafia on a mission to avenge the death of his lover Sonia in this action-packed sequel. In the process of seeking her killers, Ranveer crosses Armaan Mallick (John ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races, siblings relations, shrewd, police detective, family relations, betrayal, vengeance, twists and turns, car ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 8K
Billa (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: law enforcement, rivalry, working undercover, twists and turns, danger, disorder, hidden identity, criminal heroes, master criminal, chases and races, gangster, switching roles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Cellular (2004)
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, exciting, sexy, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, race against time, cell phone, secrets, home invasion, police corruption, lone hero, runaway, kidnapped, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dhoom (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A gang of bikers headed by the cool-headed and arrogant Kabir is on a robbing spree in Mumbai. They rob establishments and then zip away on their superbikes. ACP Jai Dixit is the case in-charge and he recruits a bumbling bike mechanic and racer ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, motorcycle, leadership, obsessive quest, law enforcement, rivalry, criminal heroes, chase, biker, motorcycle chase, hindu, exploitation ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: asia, india, goa india
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20%
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Black November (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting, serious
Plot: kidnapping, terrorism, racism, political conspiracy, confined, state affairs, dishonesty, danger, heroes, conspiracy, african, inspiration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nigeria, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Safehouse (2008)
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, law enforcement, intrigue, danger, chases and races, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, revenge, kidnapping, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Knock Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: criminal heroes, vigilantism, journalism, dishonesty, extortion, murder, infidelity, telephone call, bomb, cosa nostra, die hard, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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20%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, slapstick
Plot: gangster, disorder, friends, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, buddies, cons and scams, love and romance, love triangle, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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20%
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Dushman (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: According to police records, a daredevil, Gokul Pandit is on the loose. He would attempts to rape and kill young and beautiful girls who are alone.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, vengeance, serial killer, murder, twins, injustice, righting the wronged, police detective, rape, revenge, siblings relations, blindness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take ...
Style: heroic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gangster, friendship, family relations, hitman, urban ghetto, disagreement, murder, down on your luck, frame up, siblings relations, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Les Formidables (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, hostage, frame up, hospital, law enforcement, chase, righting the wronged, rivalry, confined, investigation, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Dead in a Heartbeat (2002)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber who is inexplicably causing Dr. Hayes' patients to explode.
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, murder investigation, bomb, medicine, serial killer, mysticism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Mission Kashmir (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, vengeance, family problems, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, death in the family, parents and children, militant, patriot, violence, wedding, murder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, kashmir, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.9
 4K
Zinda (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the first place.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, danger, martial arts, imprisonment, rivalry, missing person, captivity, dishonesty, wrongful conviction, rescue, taxi driver, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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