Movies like Operator
If Operator's mix of daughter, hacker and police stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Operator's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Sound of Freedom
2023 · Directed by Alejandro Monteverde · 131 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, child kidnapping · Also action and drama
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
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A Perfect World
1993 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: hostage, child kidnapping · Also drama and thriller
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Alpha Dog
2006 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 122 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, hostage · Also drama 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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Salt
2010 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 100 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, hostage · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy.
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 165 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department.
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Missing
2023 · Directed by Nicholas D. Johnson · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also drama and thriller
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape.
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John Q
2002 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also drama and thriller
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it.
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21 Bridges
2019 · Directed by Brian Kirk · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
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Traitor
2008 · Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff · 114 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also drama and action
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · Directed by Len Wiseman · 128 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also action and thriller
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.
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Eagle Eye
2008 · Directed by D.J. Caruso · 118 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also thriller and action
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met.
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Rendition
2007 · Directed by Gavin Hood · 120 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also drama and thriller
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention…