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Movies Like A Few Days in the Sun

If you liked A Few Days in the Sun, a thriller movie directed by Mauro Mueller, 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. 1Captive

    Captive (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.

  2. 2Drawn Together

    Drawn Together (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Marfil, daughter of a powerful Spanish businessman, sees her life in New York turned upside down when she is kidnapped and released without explanation. Her father hires Sebastian Moore as bodyguard and, forced to…

  3. 3Proof of Life

    Proof of Life (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is…

  4. 4All the Money in the World

    All the Money in the World (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also 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.

  5. 5Trapped

    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.

  6. 6Protector

    Protector (2026)

    ★ 8.4/10Also thriller

    Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

  7. 7Boy Missing

    Boy Missing (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    When her son's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.

  8. 8Blackwater Lane

    Blackwater Lane (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…

  9. 9Facing El Chapo

    Facing El Chapo (2026)

    ★ 8.8/10Also thriller

    Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

  10. 10Breaking In

    Breaking In (2018)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to…

  11. 11Death Wish

    Death Wish (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

  12. 12Point 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.

  13. 13Panic Room

    Panic Room (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    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…

  14. 14Union Station

    Union Station (1950)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a…

  15. 15Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to…

  16. 16Extortion

    Extortion (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.

  17. 17A Working Man

    A Working Man (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to…

  18. 18Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  19. 19Dogville

    Dogville (2003)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

  20. 20Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

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