Movies like Trapped
If Trapped's mix of ransom, kidnapping and hostage stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Trapped's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Suicide Kings
1997 · Directed by Peter O'Fallon · 106 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, kidnapping, hostage · Also crime and thriller
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend.
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
2009 · Directed by J Blakeson · 100 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, kidnapping, hostage · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
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.
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The Call
2013 · Directed by Brad Anderson · 96 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, psychopath · Also crime and thriller
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue.
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Alpha Dog
2006 · Directed by Nick Cassavetes · 122 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, hostage · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
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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Cellular
2004 · Directed by David R. Ellis · 94 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, telephone · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, psychopath · 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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Ransom
1996 · Directed by Ron Howard · 121 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, hostage
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
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Abigail
2024 · Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: ransom, kidnapping
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.
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Phone Booth
2003 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 81 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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Panic Room
2002 · Directed by David Fincher · 111 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three…
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All the Money in the World
2017 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 132 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also crime and thriller
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
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Hostage
2005 · Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri · 113 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.