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Kidnapping Stella (2019)
 4.9
 7K
Kidnapping Stella (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense, disturbing, neo noir, crying, minimal cast, hood, dark ...
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, twists and turns, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, love, wealthy family, danger, couple relations, ransom, criminal, father daughter relationship, locked door, failed expectations, nudity, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, kidnapped, revenge, fight, money, forest, escape, violence, friendship ...
Place: berlin germany, central europe
Keyword: feminist film, bruise

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, violence, shot to death, shooting, blood, police officer and death mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Kidnapping Stella: Catch Hell (2014), The Paramedic (2020), Your Move (2017), Kidnap (2017), Bound (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, sexy, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, twists and turns, abduction, bondage, female nudity, woman in danger, sex, confined, violence, woman in jeopardy, love triangle ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 3K
Catch Hell (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce (Ryan Phillippe) is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: kidnapping, actor, kidnapped man, attempted rape, revenge, fight, jealousy, rescue, danger, isolation, survival, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 15K
The Paramedic (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.
Style: tense, suspense, emotional, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: violence against women, mental disorder, hidden identity, paraplegic, physical abuse, stalking, obsession, jealousy, murder, trauma, planned murder, macabre ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.8
 574
Your Move (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man must go to extreme lengths to discover what happened to his kidnapped wife and daughter.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, police, torture, revenge, lynching, kidnapped woman, battles, uncover truth, unsolved crime, private investigation, murder, family problems ...
Place: new york, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 5.9
 39K
Kidnap (2017)
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, abduction, single mother, child in peril, rescue, danger, little boy, missing child, plot twist, female protagonist, determination ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 60K
Bound (1996)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbianism, ex convict, mafia, seduction, femme fatale, heist, lesbian sex, female criminal, sex ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: usa, idaho, indiana, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 2K
4x4 (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does not respond: the van has become ...
Style: psychedelic, psychological, crying, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: trap, locked in, social problems, car, kidnapped, captive, retribution, thirst, limping man, irony of fate, vigilantism, overheard conversation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 298K
Don't Breathe (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, kidnapping, trapped, blind man, murder, psychopath, thief, twists and turns, breaking and entering, survival, trap, violence ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: michigan, california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 26K
Bad Samaritan (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, home invasion, captive, investigation, violence, sadism, psycho killer, obsession, held captive, murder, sadist ...
Place: portland oregon, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.7
 12K
The Finger Man (1962)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end ...
Style: neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, betrayal, frame up, cons and scams, vengeance, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, friendship, crime gone awry, tough heroes, spy, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, year 1962, 60s
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, action thriller, crying ...
Plot: divorce, boy, kidnapping, strong female lead, manipulation, secret, rivalry, fight, female protagonist, police investigation, police, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
At the End of the Tunnel (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A paraplegic computer engineer that moves in a wheelchair and works in his basement starts hearing noises and voices of bank-robbers.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, captivating, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tunnel, introvert, heist, surveillance, trap, investigation, police investigation, gang of outlaws, criminal, thief, robbery, police detective ...
Time: year 2016
Place: buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.2
 18K
Nightwatch (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, creepy ...
Plot: psychopath, night watchman, serial killer, doctor, murder, bet, brutality, danger, investigation, oral sex, perversion, murder mystery ...
Time: 90s
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist (James Mason) seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic (Luc Merenda).
Style: poliziottesco, detective, crying, psychotronic
Plot: vigilante, police, police officer, revenge, kidnapping, ransom, father, murder, massacre, betrayal, righteous rage, boy ...
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.3
 620
Madness (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, controversial, slasher, poliziottesco ...
Plot: bare breasts, rape, murder, erotica, home invasion, exploitation, rape victim, female vigilante, voyeurism, infidelity, female masturbation, vigilante justice ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Spring Awakening (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: gay, gang, humiliation, teenage gang, violence, teenager, erotica, awkward situation, gang member, gay interest, sexual abuse, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.5
 17K
Good People (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bag of money, life turned upside down, couples, profanity, crime gone awry, moral dilemma, unlikely criminals, drug addict, childless couple, dishonesty, rivalry, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Feeding Mr. Baldwin (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A house sitter bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he's watching.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot: gangster, psychological manipulation, friendship between men, violent behavior, dog, gory, estate, trauma, shakespeare, cycling, house, television reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Candy Snatchers (1973)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An abused autistic boy is the sole witness to the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Style: disturbing, grindhouse, depressing, controversial, independent film ...
Plot: rape, kidnapping, buried alive, teenage girl, hostage, diamond, diamonds, mute child, psychological torture, stepfather, shooting, schoolgirl ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 69K
Guns Akimbo (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, funny, action comedy ...
Plot: game of death, survival, hacker, game, struggle for survival, violence, one against many, chase, female warrior, drug, fight, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Kill Me Three Times (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, tense, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, hitman, vengeance, assassin, woman in danger, cons and scams, twists and turns, disorder, small town, danger, dishonesty, killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Style: neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: hitman, gangster, feminism, murder, single mother, female chauvinist, female sexist, sex scene, misandrist, child witness, witness, feminist ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.9
 1K
70 Big Ones (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Raquel is desperate: a series of unfortunate events have led to her daughter being taken and she needs a large amount of money to get her back, and fast. After a desperate plea to the bank, she manages to secure the loan she needs. The problem is ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, detective ...
Plot: robbery, bank robbery, debt, loan, woman, bribe, mother daughter relationship, deadend life, deal, child custody, corruption, twists and turns ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 200K
Point Break (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, extreme sport, extreme sports, surfer, surfing, gang, robbery, gangster, undercover, bank robber, buddy, fbi ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, australia, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Down and Dangerous (2013)
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, smuggler, chase, smuggling, mexican american border, violent content, conundrum, henchman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 480
G@me (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot: ransom demand, kidnapping, ransom, social climber, relationship vs career, problem, fight, money problems, abduction, businessman, deception, business ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.1
 7K
The Entitled (2011)
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: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, ransom, confined, crime gone awry, partner, danger, unlikely criminals, disorder, breaking point, blood, forest, unemployed ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.8
 113
Vendeta (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Vendetta is an uncompromising thriller, an exciting story about revenge and the clash between two characters. Over the course of a few hours in a single day revenge intertwines the fates of a number of people. Which of them is the murderer, and who ...
Style: non-linear, suspense, captivating, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Plot: vigilantism, loss of daughter, father daughter relationship, fight, revenge, violence, teenage girl, death of daughter, murder, hitman, photography, vigilante justice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.6
 72K
The Body (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, investigation, uncover truth, missing person, adulterous husband, car accident, mistress, morgue, vengeance, adultery, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
As Good as Dead (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, hostage, kidnapping, escape attempt, brutality, deception, confined, vengeance, danger, rivalry, twists and turns, domestic disturbance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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