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Plot Summary:
Kidnappers making a ransom demand dial a wrong number & reach a struggling actor instead. He decides to cut himself in for some of the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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Code Name: Diamond Head (1977)
Plot Summary:
A failed Quinn Martin pilot for a series starring a Hawaii-based government counter intelligence agency run by the indomitable Aunt Mary. In this, his only adventure, Diamond Head has to prevent the evil Tree from stealing a deadly nerve toxin gas and selling it to foreign powers. To help Diamond Head is the Dragon Lady and Zulu.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, tv series pilot
Similar in 77%
Savoy (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sergey Gusev, a thirty years old engineer from Moscow is kidnapped and forced to work in a mine.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Open Season (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco
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Mercenary (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman who's wife is killed by kidnapers. So he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnapers. There's only one catch, he wants to go with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense
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High-Rise Rescue (2017)
Plot Summary:
An emotionally gripping family action drama about a mother who will do whatever it takes to save her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Soldier's Fortune (1991)
Plot Summary:
A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother's ex-husband, a former mercenary, gathers some of his former comrades and goes off to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Tripwire (1989)
Plot Summary:
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo (David Warner) hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists' scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest (Terence Knox). During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight it into a personal vendetta. So, DeForest must fight not only to save the world, but for his only remaining family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Night of the Juggler (1980)
Plot Summary:
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, hood, grim, cult film
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Never Let Go (2015)
Plot Summary:
A whiplash thriller in the lean, mean TAKEN tradition from Howard J. Ford, Director/Co-Writer, of the past FrightFest favourites THE DEAD and THE DEAD 2: INDIA. Former FBI agent, now single mother Lisa Brennan, takes a holiday to escape an unhappy love affair and painful family memories. But in a heartbeat is not only faced with a daughter kidnapped by human traffickers, but also faces murder charges and must keep one step ahead of the foreign police. Fasten your seatbelts for spectacular twists, startling turns and breathless suspense in a jolt-a-minute journey no mother should go on!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco, Spain, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film
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The Gladiator (1986)
Plot Summary:
A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Art of Deception (2019)
Plot Summary:
After uncovering the CIA’s ruthless master plan for world domination by gaining complete mind control over the entire population, top scientist Joseph Markham is ultimately left with a choice: save the lives of billions…or the life of his wife, who has been kidnapped, interrogated, and brutally tortured but continues to viciously fight for her life. As a nationwide manhunt ensues, deadly assassins pursue, and one man’s decision will determine the fate of the world. Art of Deception is about a fight for life, love and world dominance.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark
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Reprisal (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jacob, a bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker, teams up with his ex-cop neighbor, James, to bring down the assailant. While the two men work together to figure out the thief’s next move, Gabriel, the highly-trained criminal, is one step ahead. When Gabriel kidnaps Jacob’s wife and daughter, Jacob barrels down a path of bloodshed that initiates an explosive counterattack and brings all three men to the breaking point.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: intense, tense, serious, suspense, entertaining
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Extortion (2017)
Plot Summary:
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, colorful, feel good, colourful, low-budget
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The Alternate (2000)
Plot Summary:
The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems like a great idea until the leader of the black ops decides he can make it away with the ransom money himself, but one of his team has other ideas.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
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Man on Fire (1987)
Plot Summary:
An ex-CIA agent is hired to protect the daughter of a rich American family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, neo noir, independent film, detective, fast
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Trapped (2002)
Plot Summary:
When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers (Bacon and Love), the Jennings' (Theron and Townsend) turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, scary, clever, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense thriller, tear jerker
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Red Ridge (2006)
Plot Summary:
Red Ridge chronicles the scandalous true events currently taking place in small towns along the Texas/Mexico border. Innocent young women are being kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery and prostitution. Like the independent films Monster and Boys Don't Cry, Red Ridge exposes the darkest side of man's inhumanity to man with shocking clarity and spine chilling horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Man of Vendetta (2010)
Plot Summary:
One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo Young Soo, who now does not believe in God and leads a completely secular life, receives a call. Hye Lin is still alive and is with the kidnapper. Joo Young Soo’s resolute attempt to rescue his daughter begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, serious
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tension, erotic, road movie, sexy
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Mother's Day (2023)
Plot Summary:
Nina, a former NATO special operations agent living in hiding, has to use all her deadly skills to rescue her son who has been kidnapped by ruthless gangsters. Finding Max is a double opportunity for her. A chance to feel the adrenaline rush again, and an opportunity to get back into the life of the son she had to abandon years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Airport '77 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a small hole at the front is flooding the plane and 2 daring rescues must be put into action because everyone is trapped 200 feet underwater.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, cult classic, rough, bleak, fast
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Juggernaut (1974)
Plot Summary:
A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, rough, realistic, serious, fast, detective, tension, exciting, tense
Similar in 81%
Avalanche (1978)
Plot Summary:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, psychotronic, suspense, independent film, road movie, sexy, humorous
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The Saratov Approach (2013)
Plot Summary:
An inspirational true story. On what seemed like any other day, Elders Travis Tuttle (Corbin Allred) and Andrew Propst (Maclain Nelson) are approached by Nikolai (Nikita Bogolyubov) to teach a friend. But then the missionaries experience the unimaginable - they are kidnapped, beaten, and held for ransom. While their families, friends, and the world pray for their safe release, Tuttle and Propst are tested physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Ukraine
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, spiritual
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Rapt (2009)
Plot Summary:
A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, contemplative
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Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, rough, realistic
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Proof of Life (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, tense, romantic, realistic, sentimental, entertaining, action packed
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White House Down (2013)
Plot Summary:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political, breathtaking
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Black Water (2018)
Plot Summary:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, tense, cult classic, surprise ending, independent film
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Waist Deep (2006)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful, social, crime drama, independent film, rough, serious