Movies Like Kidnap
If you liked Kidnap (2017), a action and thriller movie directed by Luis Prieto, 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.
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The Runner (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and actionMaia Marten, a brilliant London lawyer, has her life shattered by a single call on her morning run: her son has been taken. To get him back, she must keep running, obey every ruthless command, and trust no one-each…
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End of the Road (2022)
★ 6/10Also thrillerRecently widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when a murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.
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The Tall Man (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerWhen her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
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Panic Room (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerTrapped 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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STRAW (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerWhat will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
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Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also thrillerAfter his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
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Last Seen Alive (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerAfter Will Spann's wife suddenly vanishes at a gas station, his desperate search to find her leads him down a dark path that forces him to run from authorities and take the law into his own hands.
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Breaking In (2018)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerShaun 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…
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Protector (2026)
★ 8.4/10Also action and thrillerNikki'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.
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Commando (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerJohn Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way…
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Unhinged (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerRachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of…
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The Call (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerJordan 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. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…
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Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerSam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
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Drop (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerViolet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as…
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No Good Deed (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerTerri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him…
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA 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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Room (2015)
★ 8/10Also thrillerHeld 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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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerThe recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…
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She Rides Shotgun (2025)
★ 7/10Also action and thrillerNewly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a…