Movies like Michael
If Michael's mix of kidnapping, cellar and young boy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Michael's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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3096 Days
2013 · Directed by Sherry Hormann · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also a German drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
2018 · Directed by Jim Donovan · 87 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · From the same decade (2010s)
On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped.
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Room
2015 · Directed by Lenny Abrahamson · 118 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · From the same decade (2010s)
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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Cleveland Abduction
2015 · Directed by Alex Kalymnios · 88 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · From the same decade (2010s)
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
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The Yakuza
1974 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 112 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping
When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
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Hard Candy
2006 · Directed by David Slade · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: pedophile
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night.
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
2009 · Directed by J Blakeson · 100 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.