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Five Minutes to Live (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A gang of bank robbers terrorize a small town by knocking on doors and then killing whoever answers.
Style: suspense, neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: home invasion, hostage, bank, robbery, extramarital affair, killer, flashback, twins, underground, crime gone awry, gangster, kidnapping ...
Time: 60s
Place: las vegas
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 6.4
 730
Sud (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A bunch of hopeless unemployed occupy a polling place during general election in Italy to protest and report the mafia affairs of Mr. Cannavacciuolo. He is candidate and is setting up a fraud to be elected anyway. Lucia, his daughter, is taken as ...
Plot: hostage situation, election day, mobster, voting, carabinieri, kidnapping, election, mafia, gun
Time: 90s
Place: southern italy, italy
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Breaking News (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: media, police, hostage, chase, on the run, police investigation, shootout, siege, journalism, gang, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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 6.6
 1K
Off Screen (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: March 11th, 2002. John R. takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. John R. demands to speak with the Philips head of Sound&Vision. His goal is to warn people about a large-scale fraud, aimed at ...
Style: serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: skyscraper, dishonesty, confined, rivalry, mentally unstable, vengeance, hallucination, television, hostage, hostage situation, conspiracy, blood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, amsterdam, holland, netherlands
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 6.6
 25K
Toy Soldiers (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, bloody, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: terrorism, boarding school, high school, siege, preparatory school, terrorist, father son relationship, friendship, hostage, childhood, violence, redemption ...
Time: 20th century, future, year 1991, 90s
Place: usa, new jersey, colombia, virginia, florida
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Operation Red Sea (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ex special forces, chinese army, ship, nuclear, law enforcement, terrorism, war, military, save the day, arms dealer, group of criminals, stereotypes ...
Place: somalia, china, morocco
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The Kill Point (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A small group of military veterans sets out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go awry, they're forced to take more than a dozen hostages from all walks of life, including a wealthy and powerful businessman's daughter.
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: veteran, society, robbery, criminal heroes, rivalry, crime gone awry, threat, bank, deal, siege, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, pennsylvania
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Bala Ko... Bahala Sa 'yo (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Story: Jeric Raval is Dias Del Fuego. An anti-organized crime cop who does the beat with a dark side of the law demeanor. The kind that loves to fight fire with fire and that which keeps the violent underworld under check. After being meted an indefinite ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: police officer, syndicate, extortion, organized crime, tough cop, criminal gang, partners against crime, bandit, crime boss, gang, forensics, criminal ...
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 4.9
 287
ATF (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) carry out a clandestine mission within another militia operation ...
Style: tv series pilot
Plot: nypd, law enforcement, federal agent, car bomb, government, religious cult, hostage situation, militia, arrest, terrorist, swat team, brother sister relationship ...
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 3.3
 578
Active Stealth (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Crime, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aircraft carrier, drug lord, fighter plane, alien, navy, pilot, rescue, missile, revolutionary, helicopter, revolution, hostage situation ...
Time: 90s
Place: central america
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The Hostage Tower (1980)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Criminal takes hostages on the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Style: action thriller
Plot: hostage situation, hostage, vengeance, millionaire, money, female nudity, bomb, revenge, criminal, ransom, fistfight, undercover agent ...
Place: europe, france, paris france
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 7.8
 19K
Flashpoint (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: swat, police, rescue, law enforcement, hostage negotiator, policewoman, race against time, saving a life, danger, confined, threat, team ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Held for Ransom (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: HELD FOR RANSOM tells the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organization ISIS along with several other foreign nationals including the American journalist, James Foley. The film ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, social
Plot: isis, terrorist, hostage, kidnapping, terrorism, captivity, captive, islam, hostage negotiator, ransom demand, war photographer, hostage situation ...
Time: year 2014, year 2013
Place: syria, denmark, turkey, antwerp, new hampshire ...
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Daylight Robbery (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, airport, isolation, gang, cons and scams, rivalry, chase, police officer, siege, hostage situation, escapades, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, london, europe, england, monaco
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Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
Style: serious, exciting, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting the system, hostage, psychopath, siege, chaos, vigilantism, vengeance, revolution, losing-it hero, media, danger, hostage situation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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Below the Surface (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense
Plot: hostage, hostage negotiator, ransom demand, captive, hijacker, hijacking, subway, nordic, gang, terrorism, criminal, criminal gang ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: europe, denmark, scandinavia, atlantic ocean, copenhagen
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 6.7
 23K
Kopps (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the ...
Style: funny, suspenseful, slapstick, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: small town, friendship, hostage situation, nothing goes right, swat, law enforcement, workplace, save the day, workplace situations, dull life, small town sheriff, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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 6.6
 2K
The Divide (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter with Yann, an angry and injured demonstrator, will shatter each ...
Plot: lgbt, lgbtq, woman, politics, night, lesbian, medical examiner, anger, police violence, lesbian couple, hostage situation, class differences ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france
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 6.6
 42K
The Informer (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, organized crime, police, prison gang, violence, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, danger, brutality, ex convict, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 7.7
 11K
Blind Chance (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Style: cerebral, philosophical, political, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot: train, butterfly effect, politics, philosophy, existentialism, art, dialogue, destiny, time travel, female nudity, communism, love ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, near future
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, libya
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 7.1
 293K
Dredd (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style: futuristic, intense, neo noir, cyber, apocalyptic ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, post apocalypse, one man army, dystopia, distopia, brutality, organized crime, dystopian future, violent, judge, lone hero, police ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future, distant future
Place: usa, america
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Revenge of a Blonde (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An upstanding provincial reporter becomes presenter of the TV news on a commercial network owned by an influential Italian businessman. He soon outgrows his family and neglects them terribly. Investigating a fascist terrorist cell, the ...
Plot: television crew, unfaithful husband, anger, family relations, mother daughter relationship, interview, husband wife relationship, hostage situation, scorpion, abduction, nude painting, tv host ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, paris france
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 3.5
 8K
Ticker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, reluctant partners, chase, hostage, save the day, master criminal, daring rescue, police investigation, unlikely partners, confined, danger, investigation ...
Place: san francisco, usa
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 686
T-Force (1994)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the 21st Century, cybernetic research has developed advanced robots with human traits, whioch are widely used in the service industry. They have also been turned into cyber cops with a licence to kill....
Style: futuristic, suspense, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terminator, cyberpunk, apocalypse, cyborgs, terrorism, tough heroes, chaos, battles, one man army, heroes, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time: future
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Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom. Ever seen the show "Survivor" and wished they would just start killing each other?? Series 7 literally gives its contestants the guns. The film is not ...
Style: disturbing, harsh, suspenseful, cult classic, mockumentary ...
Plot: survival, found footage, manipulation, contests and competitions, death, danger, rivalry, ambition, group of strangers, fictional reality show, manhunt, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.0
 878
The Ruffian (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.
Plot: raft, gold mine, canoe, flashback, truck, lake, mountain, brawl, hostage situation, waterfall, practical joke, sunken treasure ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, montreal
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 4.5
 264
Downtime (1997)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Former police psychologist Rob (Paul McGann) helps to save young Chrissy (Susan Lynch) when she is about to commit suicide by jumping of 21st-story balcony with her 4-year-old son Jake. When he persuades her to go on a date, they are trapped with ...
Style: independent film
Plot: elevator, child in peril, unemployment, helicopter, gang, hostage situation, old man, british, psychologist, apartment building, police, little boy ...
Place: northern england
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 3.4
 1K
Antibody (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a terrorist with an implanted nuclear detonator gets shot, a team of scientists must defuse the bomb by miniaturizing themselves and going into his bloodstream. His organism's antibodies start to mass against them.
Style: suspenseful, serious, bleak, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, timebomb, nuclear bomb, undercover, destiny, heroes, race against time, space and aliens, danger, biopunk, monster, interracial ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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21 Hours at Munich (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, mossad, olympics, military, judaism, israeli, politics, athlete's life, media, confined, violence spree ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: europe, germany, munich germany, west germany
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...and justice for all. (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
Style: suspense, realistic, disturbing, cynical, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, fighting the system, legal, court, justice, corruption, rape, trial, hotshot lawyer, law ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, baltimore, maryland
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