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At Point Blank (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: bank robbery, investigation, mistaken identity, workplace situations, hostage, swat, crime gone awry, law enforcement, love triangle, couple relations, dishonesty, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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 5.9
 709
The Hold-Up (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot: crime gone awry, bank robbery, bank, unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, hostage, criminal heroes, single parent, dishonesty, society, working class, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Mutant Action (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a future world ruled by good-looking people, a terrorist group of mutants led by Ramon Yarritu kidnap the daughter of Orujo, a rich businessman, to claim for the rights of the ugly people. Escaping from the police in their spaceship, Ramon try to ...
Style: not serious, exciting, humorous, dark comedy, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: surrealism, mutant, gang, kidnapping, hostage, rescue, danger, woman in danger, physical appearance, ransom, terrorism, rape ...
Time: future
Place: spain, europe
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 6.5
 50K
The River Wild (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, scary ...
Audience: kids
Plot: wilderness, survival, river, hostage, family in danger, rafting, danger, kidnapping, nature, boat, criminal, rescue ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, montana, usa
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Nowhere in Sight (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thriller - Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Andrew McCarthy
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: captivity, home invasion, starting over, hostage, blind woman, criminal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, intruder, woman in danger, kidnapping, kidnapped, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal
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The Wedding Party (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In rural Westphalia, Franz Berger struggles to keep his inn open. On this day, a bluff, overbearing bully, Hermann Walzer, has booked the dining room for a wedding banquet for his son Mark. There's bad blood between Berger and Walzer, so when ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: wedding, love and romance, family relations, hostage, danger, couple relations, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, battles, rivalry, dark humor, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 4.6
 3K
Kidnap (2008)
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 ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: stockholm syndrome, woman in danger, kidnapping, hostage, chase, vengeance, family relations, rivalry, rescue, danger, confined, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Two Rode Together (1961)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, suspenseful, retro ...
Plot: american indian, rescue, hostage, cowboy, small town, chase, captivity, society, culture clash, chief, old west, civil war ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 1880s
Place: texas, usa
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Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, black comedy, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: truck, supernatural, crazy, gas station, carsploitation, monster, car, hostage, danger, animate object, heroic mission, disaster ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa
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I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized, dark comedy ...
Plot: waitress, kidnapping, gangster, hostage, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, attempted murder, suicide attempt, teenager, mugging ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Ultimate Force (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story: Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS. The programme started on 16 September 2002 and four series were produced.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: military, covert operation, counter terrorism, mercenary, danger, terrorism, special forces, survival, hostage, mission, spy, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 4.6
 12K
First Sunday (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending ...
Style: not serious, humorous, hood, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: friendship, hostage, church, black, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, partner, urban, society, disorder, forceful separation, pastor ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: baltimore
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 4.1
 2K
Detention (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: hostage, rescue, survival, corrupt cop, confined, high school student, dedicated educator, danger, youth, master warrior, teachers and students, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bosnia
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The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Style: scenic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: desert, kidnapping, politics, rescue, hostage, little girl, confined, boy, battle of the sexes, german soldier, sword fight, cavalry ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: morocco, north africa, africa, washington d.c., ottoman empire ...
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 6.4
 58K
Chaos (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, hostage, gangster, police, heist, vengeance, conspiracy, brutality ...
Time: year 2005
Place: seattle, usa
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New Police Story (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, hostage, redemption, partner, police, kung fu, fight scenes, gang, undercover cop, gunfight, rivalry, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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 7.4
 356K
The Rock (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: terrorism, hostage, prison, alcatraz, twists and turns, military, mercenary, car chase, prison escape, gunfight, chemical weapon, swat team ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california, bay area
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 7.6
 395K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police detective, police, criminal, master criminal ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Style: slasher, tense, rough, disturbing, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, sexual abuse, murder, psychopath, violence spree, confined, hostage, journalism, maniac, misogynist, brutality, psychiatrist ...
Time: 60s, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: chicago, usa, dallas texas, texas
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Command Performance (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A Moscow charity concert turns bloody when armed extortionists take the headlining American pop-star, Venus, and the Russian President with his family, hostage. The drummer of a heavy metal warm-up band, an ex-bad ass biker played by Lundgren, and a ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, confined, danger, tough heroes, government agent, american abroad, die hard, heroes, violent content, delivery, rock ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, moscow russia
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Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, rescue, race against time, danger, save the day, politics, secret agent, special agent, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
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 4.2
 2K
Point Blank (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, rescue, danger, race against time, one man army, brother brother relationship, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, escaped prisoner ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
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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
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, hostage, train, save the day, race against time, danger, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 3.7
 921
Crash Landing (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, airplane, terrorist, martial arts, hijacker, disaster, confined, heroic mission, danger, save the day, violence spree ...
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 5.7
 585
Cactus (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery. As time and distance roll by, the ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological, road movie ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, australian outback, abduction, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, road trip, on the road, wilderness, escapades, gambling, danger, death ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: australia
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Nothing to Lose (2008)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Johan has been locked up - wrongly in his opinion - for the murder of his father and little sister. His mother is the only one who can prove his innocence, but he hasn't been able to contact her for years. When he is transferred within the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, hostage, murder, teenage life, delinquent, obsessive quest, confined, mental illness, road trip, court, criminal ...
Place: netherlands, belgium
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 5.6
 952
Mistrial (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, hostage, injustice, legal investigation, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, murder, false accusation, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, rome italy
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 6.3
 22K
Nighthawks (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, harsh, intense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, chase, police officer, master criminal, danger, stewardess, working undercover, fighting crime, murder, police, explosions, violence ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, paris france, manhattan new york city, london
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 5.8
 59K
Firewall (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: State-of-the-art security system creator, Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into Jack's personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, robbery, rescue, family in danger, computer hacker, bank, hacking, blackmail, home invasion, kidnapped, computer ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa, seattle
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