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Hostages (2019)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Four masked men break into the Anand family home, taking them hostage. Pushed into a do-or-die situation, Dr. Mira Anand has to make a choice. Will she take a life to save lives?
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, intense, tension, crime thriller, emotional, political ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, kidnapping, hostage situation, parents and children, danger, doctors and patients, family in danger, twists and turns, abduction, hostage, family relations, political conspiracy, confined, treason, dishonesty, state affairs, assassination, conspiracy, coercion, family drama, rescue mission, surgical operation, protective parent, betrayal, mansion ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Hostages
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, realistic and dark films and TV series with plots about investigation, kidnapping, urban, danger, moral ambiguity, corruption and betrayal mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Hostages: The Gordin Cell (2012), Saving Emily (2004), The Girl from Oslo (2021), Shaitan (2023), Desperate Measures (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
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tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
family relations, political conspiracy, treason, twists and turns, moral dilemma, danger, confined, dishonesty, parents and children, kidnapping, abduction, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
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Hostages is an American drama television series that airs on CBS as part of the 2013–14 American television season. The series is based on a similar Israeli series created by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, and Rotem Shamir which will premiere on October ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tension ...
Plot:
hostage, husband wife relationship, political conspiracy, held captive, blackmail, escape attempt, u.s. president, moral dilemma, family in danger, surgery, confined, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
38%
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:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, Norway
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
When her daughter is abducted, a Norwegian diplomat travels to the Middle East, banking on old friends — and a deep secret — to help free her.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
abduction, isis, terrorist, kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, death threat, blackmail, blackmailer, terrorist group, prisoners exchange, rescue mission ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
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Story:
After attempting an attack on the Home Minister, Baali is on the run. What happens when he chooses the path of violence?...
Style:
intense, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
manhunt, violence, danger, cat and mouse, chase, assassination, escape, revenge, betrayal, anti hero, moral ambiguity, power struggle ...
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Rowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recouping the money that Finn lost.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, desperation, gang violence, drug deal, protective parent, gang war, crime boss, threat, drug traffic, life is a bitch, drug smuggling ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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This Five-part BBC psychological drama follows Ivy Moxam, a 26-year-old woman who was abducted when she was 13 and held captive for the next 13 years. The story begins as she escapes the cellar she was being held in and goes to the police station to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological thriller, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, trauma, child, investigation, family relations, woman, law enforcement, police, police detective, escape, basement ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
missing child, parents and children, danger, life is a bitch, couple relations, renaissance, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, plot twist, cosa nostra, child, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
24%
201
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
To solve a kidnapping case of a high-profile politician and to investigate the mysterious disappearances of men from the city's affluent families, ACP Robert Vasudevan is appointed. Will he succeed in finding the culprit?
Style:
tense, psychological, detective, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, political unrest, crime investigation, politics, secret, kidnapped, police investigation, fighting crime, criminal, sleuth, uncover truth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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Jo Conran is a single mum working as a flight attendant. Her son is serving a fifteen-year sentence in a Bulgarian prison for a murder he swears he did not commit. Jo is approached by a gang who know all about her son and is blackmailed into using ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, dark, tension, emotional ...
Plot:
flight attendant, blackmail, female protagonist, single mother, drug smuggling, parent child relationship, organized crime, moral dilemma, family drama, coercion, protective mother, wrongful conviction ...
Place:
bulgaria
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
conspiracy, political corruption, media, journalism, uncover truth, life turned upside down, journalist, dishonesty, life is a bitch, nordic, investigative journalism, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
242
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
DSI Iain Barclay (Bonneville) heads up a team of police that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of an old colleague DS Amy Foster (McTeer) to help in the investigation. The perpetrators turn out to be radical ...
Style:
serious, detective, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, murder mystery, kidnapped boy, investigation, police procedural, kidnapped child, police investigation, police officer, police, child kidnapping, abduction, mysterious disappearance ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
defense attorney, lawyer, investigation, justice, female lawyer, legal action, lie, wrongful conviction, human rights, danger, dishonesty, innocent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Story:
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, rescue, captivity, ransom, confined, danger, kidnapping, hostage, abduction, negotiator, police, terrorist plot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his job and a reasonable person, but he often has to make drastic decisions to save lives.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
politics, assassination, hidden identity, terrorism, police department, father daughter relationship, attempted murder, gunfight, investigation, counter terrorism, terrorist, danger ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rambabu, a cable operator, lives with his beloved wife Jyothi and two daughters. One day, his family inadvertently gets involved in a grave crime and he must go to great lengths to protect them.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, telegu ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, police investigation, hidden truth, law enforcement, family in crisis, manipulation, unlikely criminals, danger, family in danger, parents and children, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
When 10 year old girl is kidnapped from the natural history museum, the police questions eight key witnesses to uncover the truth and find the child before it's too late.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, witness, investigation, female psychologist, psychology, child abduction, crime investigation, crime solving, sleuth, abduction, forensics, witnessing a crime ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, compassionate, brutal ...
Plot:
hostage negotiator, ransom, criminal, salvation, abduction, violence, kidnapping, negotiation, negotiator, police, partner, twists and turns ...
Similarity:
22%
54K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
Sunny, a brilliant small-time artist is catapulted into the high-stakes world of counterfeiting when he creates the perfect fake currency note, even as Michael, a fiery, unorthodox task force officer wants to rid the country of the counterfeiting ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, suspense, fast paced, crime thriller ...
Plot:
counterfeit money, forgery, investigation, counterfeiter, criminal underworld, cat versus mouse, crime investigation, police officer, fake, forensics, sleuth, painter ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
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Story:
On the rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern's husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party. The matriarch starts to dig into the family's secrets to find out who might be responsible.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
murder mystery, family secret, family drama, family problems, female protagonist, murder investigation, murderer, murder, family relations, secret, grief, whodunit ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, missing child, bandit, gang, fight, crime boss, criminal, life is a bitch, battles, corruption, small town ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Searching for his kidnapped daughter, Antonio sets off a series of events affecting scores of people when he maneuvers to be sent to prison in Colombia.
Style:
suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, desperation, kidnapping, abduction, missing child, male protagonist, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, police, dishonesty, fight, family relations ...
Place:
colombia, spain, valencia spain, south america
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Single mother Jane Sadler's life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. And just like in the controversial police TV show she produces, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, suspenseful, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
police, investigation, missing child, twists and turns, husband wife relationship, secret, kidnapping, female protagonist, secrets, deception, grief, police procedural ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
48K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Style:
twisted, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
family in danger, family in crisis, police investigation, family relations, police, murder, parents and children, twists and turns, obsession, law enforcement, life turned upside down, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
danger, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, couples, rivalry, family drama, female protagonist, organized crime, underworld, getting home, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Lyon, the show traces the increasing trauma of the Morel family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, The Disappearance explores every ...
Style:
detective, psychological, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police, family relations, betrayal, jealousy, partner, nordic, twists and turns, abduction, danger, confined ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
To avenge their daughters who fell victim to fraud, two mothers make a desperate bid: resurrecting the dead ringleader of a phishing scam.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, emotional, mysterious ...
Plot:
revenge, motherhood, resurrection, family drama, cybercrime, kidnapping, justice, retribution, scam, desperation, loss, vigilante ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An attorney is trying to solve her younger brother's mysterious disappearance while simultaneously helping a new friend rid herself of a stalker. As she begins to uncover the truth, it turns out that the seemingly separate situations are ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, who done it, danger, stalking, false identity, disappearance, private detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
As a frontline police officer, Li Chengyang faced oppression from all sides, framed by evil forces, and even his boss, the chief of public security, in order to prevent him from investigating. He was framed and imprisoned. Under the command and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, social injustice, police department, political corruption, prosecution, police investigation, organized crime, police procedural, police officer, accused of murder, murder suspect ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
Similarity:
21%
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