Shows Like Hostages

If you liked Hostages (2013), a drama series, here are 20 shows 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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SkyMed (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Life, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying…
2
Heartbeat (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere, an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her…
3
The Prisoner (1967)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
4
Chicago Hope (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago…
5
Malpractice (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama
Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo…
6
Temple (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Talented and successful surgeon Daniel Milton has his world shattered when his wife Beth develops a fatal degenerative disease. After conventional treatment options run out, Daniel partners with the lonely yet…
7
The Resident (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also drama
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
8
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is…
9
Parenthood (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
10
The Endgame (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A high-stakes thriller about Elena Federova, a very recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who even in captivity orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists, and Val Turner…
11
Saving Hope (2012)
★ 7/10Also drama
When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris…
12
Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
13
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
14
Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
15
The Crow Girl (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
16
PULSE (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
A group of ER residents navigate medical crises and personal drama amid a divisive allegation at their Miami hospital.
17
The Twilight Zone (1985)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist…
18
Coroner (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
19
The Hardy Boys (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
When Frank and Joe Hardy arrive in Bridgeport, they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives. In doing so, they stumble upon something much more sinister - something only the…
20
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred…