Movies like Message Man
If Message Man's mix of assassin, kidnapping and hostage stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Message Man's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, brutality · Also crime and thriller
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · Directed by John Carpenter · 91 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: brutality · Also thriller and action
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
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Avengement
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 88 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also crime and action · From the same decade (2010s)
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
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Ninja Assassin
2009 · Directed by James McTeigue · 99 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also action and thriller
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
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The Hit
1984 · Directed by Stephen Frears · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also thriller and crime
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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Polar
2019 · Directed by Jonas Åkerlund · 118 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: assassin · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2010s)
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.