Movies like Breakdown
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Breakdown (1997)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, road movie, tense, scenic, intense, sexy, sinister, scary, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, suspense, chase, uncover truth, murder, road trip, conspiracy, highway, desert, ransom, car breakdown, car, manipulation, violence, couples, truck driver, mind game, cons and scams, small town, gang, investigation, rivalry, car accident, revenge, truck ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
california, arizona, usa, massachusetts
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Most similar movies to Breakdown
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological, suspenseful and serious films with plots about suspense, chase, murder, mentor, catastrophe, twists and turns and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Breakdown: Joy Ride (2001), Panic Room (2002), Frantic (1988), A Perfect Getaway (2009), Duel (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, road movie, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, psychopath, kidnapping, murder, prank, truck driver, twists and turns, paranoia, cat and mouse, truck, road trip, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, salt lake city utah, colorado, wyoming, san diego california ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, dark, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
suspense, home invasion, trapped, thief, surveillance, confinement indoors, cat and mouse, hostage, disorder, millionaire, security system, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ford plays an American doctor whose wife suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, tense, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
espionage, kidnapping, suspense, spy, missing wife, chase, hotel, investigation, missing person, hotel room, illuminati, nude ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, murderous pair, psychopath, honeymoon, wilderness, island, twists and turns, suspense, paranoia, murder, deception, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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73K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style:
road movie, atmospheric, exciting, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, car chase, truck, chase, road rage, car, psychopath, truck driver, survival, stalking, highway, mysterious villain ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, canada, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Se7en
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
psychiatrist, suspense, kidnapping, mental illness, race against time, haunted by the past, murder, police investigation, heist, manipulation, torture, bank robbery ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 1991, year 2001
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After the parents of Ruby and her younger brother, Rhett, are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass, become their guardians. The children hear promises of a world of opulence and California fun -- all they ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, exciting, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
orphan, murder, secrets, adoption, unlikely criminals, youth, custody, teenage life, dishonesty, child abuse, suspicion, suspense ...
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, dark, scary ...
Plot:
suspense, trapped, kidnapping, chase, survival, hunter, kidnapped woman, road rage, psychopath, highway, struggle for survival, maniac ...
Place:
oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style:
scary, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, survival, woman in danger, kidnapping, stalker, escape attempt, confinement indoors, hostage, stalking, suspense, torment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspenseful, intellectual, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, hostage, suspense, uncover truth, corruption, police corruption, twists and turns, false accusation, conspiracy, frame up, negotiation, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Prisoners
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, surprise ending ...
Plot:
masochist, chase, serial killer, police investigation, murder, ransom, fbi, twists and turns, police station, death sentence, psychopath, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, sexy, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, police investigation, obsession, small town, whodunit, nude, blind character, surveillance, police officer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, berlin germany, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, tricky ...
Plot:
memory loss, twists and turns, confined, kidnapping, amnesia, murder, hostage, suspense, loss of friend, suicide, survival, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
twist ending, tense, rough, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
train, murder, travel, suspense, murder mystery, drugs, snow, twists and turns, death, couples, winter, train travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, china, moscow russia, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, absurd ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, suspense, gangsters, greed, vengeance, human nature, redemption, cons and scams, dishonesty, intrigue, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy, berlin germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Zodiac similar movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Vietnam
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, murder, fbi, psychopath, psychiatrist, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When affluent executive, Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom, marriage, fbi, marital problem, psychopath, haunted by the past, family life, chase, wilderness, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Place:
london, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, suspense, police investigation, twists and turns, violence against women, investigation, murder, forensics, profiler ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, clever, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, cons and scams, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, black man white woman relationship, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, femme fatale, undercover, police corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, mafia, dark humor, crime gone awry, manipulation, suspense, hostage, organized crime, mansion, nothing goes right, confined ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to The Game
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, suspense, terrorist, murder, professor, paranoia, deception, fbi, uncover truth, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, west virginia, kansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Style:
disturbing, tense, colourful, feel good
Plot:
extortion, kidnapping, suspense, ransom, evil man, captivity, nothing goes right, police, ocean, island, ship, kidnapped ...
Place:
caribbean, bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
rape, family in danger, lawyer, fear, serial killer, dangerous attraction, revenge, psychology, prison, suspense, rapist, torture ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, disturbing, intense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hospital, betrayal, uncover truth, suspense, surgery, twists and turns, doctors and patients, dishonesty, health situation, fiance fiancee relationship, surgical operation, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
memory loss, investigation, private detective, murder, twists and turns, amnesia, suspicion, plastic surgery, mind game, infidelity, haunted by the past, car accident ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies like The Bone Collector
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, suspense, murder, twists and turns, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, murder mystery, investigation, missing person, killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, police officer, home invasion, police, suspense, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, police, nude, suspense, protagonist as suspect, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political corruption, murder, investigation, suspense, police, gangsters, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, partners against crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, psychopath, sniper, hostage, mind game, hopes, trapped, murder, dishonesty, psychological manipulation, sin, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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