Movies like Breakdown
If Breakdown's mix of california, chase and ransom stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Breakdown's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Hitcher
1986 · Directed by Robert Harmon · 98 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, highway, road trip · Also action and thriller
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking…
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The Way of the Gun
2000 · Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · 119 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, kidnapping, desert · Also action and crime
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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Fargo
1996 · Directed by Joel Coen · 98 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, kidnapping · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy…
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Charley Varrick
1973 · Directed by Don Siegel · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: new mexico, desert · Also crime and thriller
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob.
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Alpha Dog
2006 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 122 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: california, kidnapping · Also crime and thriller
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way.
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The Truman Show
1998 · Directed by Peter Weir · 103 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, deception · From the same decade (1990s)
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
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The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024 · Directed by Francis Galluppi · 90 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: diner · Also crime and thriller
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no…
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Den of Thieves
2018 · Directed by Christian Gudegast · 140 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: donut · Also crime and thriller
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve…
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U Turn
1997 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 125 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: desert · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle.
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Psycho
1960 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 109 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso thriller and mystery
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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The Usual Suspects
1995 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 106 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso crime and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million…