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Kidnapping Stella (2019)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, 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, twists and turns, ransom, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, wealthy family, danger, couple relations, abduction, criminal, father daughter relationship, locked door, failed expectations, love, kidnapped, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, abducted woman, nudity, revenge, fight, money, forest, escape, violence ...
Place:
berlin germany, central europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, crying and tense films with plots about murder, violence, blood, death, bare chested male, criminal and photograph mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Kidnapping Stella: The Paramedic (2020), Catch Hell (2014), Your Move (2017), The Corpse of Anna Fritz (2015), Delicious (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Plot:
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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 ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Anna Fritz is a beautiful and famous actress. Suddenly her body is found in a hotel and the news of her death goes around the planet. The young, shy caretaker Pau works at the hospital where they carried the body of Anna Fritz. He and his friends ...
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disturbing, suspense, psychological, harsh, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, sinister, tense, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, marseille
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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:
psychological, psychedelic, crying, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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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:
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Place:
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100%
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, idaho, indiana, chicago
Similarity:
100%
328K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
michigan, california, detroit
Similarity:
67%
666
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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739
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 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:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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27K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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20%
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
313K
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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20%
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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20%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, infidelity, husband wife relationship, cheating wife, revenge, justice, blackmail, police investigation, mind game, manipulation, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Style:
sexy, tense, action packed, intense, erotic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
violence, twists and turns, rescue, kidnapping, sex scene, drug cartel, marijuana, drug dealing, friendship, woman in danger, polyamory, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, afghanistan, south america, los angeles ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The film begins with a school teacher bidding farewell to his students, who are leaving for the summer. As he is heading home he notices two of his students are hitch-hiking and picks them up. He invites them over for dinner and lodging, which they ...
Style:
homoerotic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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