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Movies Like Spare Parts

If you liked Spare Parts (1979), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by Rainer Erler, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Trapped

    Trapped (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Held hostage in different cities after their daughter is kidnapped by a master extortionist, a desperate couple must find a way to outsmart a seemingly foolproof plot.

  2. 2Vacancy

    Vacancy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

  3. 3The Way of the Gun

    The Way of the Gun (2000)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    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.

  4. 4Unknown

    Unknown (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

  5. 5Ransom

    Ransom (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

  6. 6Alpha Dog

    Alpha Dog (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things…

  7. 7Red Eye

    Red Eye (2005)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she…

  8. 8The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…

  9. 9Point Blank

    Point Blank (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

  10. 10Touch of Evil

    Touch of Evil (1958)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

  11. 11Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures (1998)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who…

  12. 12Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movie

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  13. 13Suicide Kings

    Suicide Kings (1997)

    ★ 6.6/10Also 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. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering…

  14. 14Mercy

    Mercy (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    An ex-military doctor finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the Irish mafia seize control of the hospital at which she works. When her son is taken hostage, she is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened…

  15. 15Inside Man: Most Wanted

    Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.

  16. 16Body Heat

    Body Heat (1981)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

  17. 17The Ambulance

    The Ambulance (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    One minute Josh Baker is meeting the woman of his dreams. The next, he's watching her whisked away by a mysterious ambulance that never arrives at the local hospital. Doubted by the police, Josh is forced to carry on a…

  18. 18Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also tv movie

    A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

  19. 19Dirty Pretty Things

    Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

  20. 20The Last Seduction

    The Last Seduction (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

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