20 movies like Johnny 100 Pesos, ordered by similarity : Die Hard(1988), Money Monster(2016), The Negotiator(1998), The Hitch-Hiker(1953), The Belko Experiment(2016), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974), Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018), Charade(1963), Elevator to the Gallows(1958), Inside Man(2006), Skyscraper(2018), Bad Karma(2011) ...
Mystery & Thriller
Chile|Mexico
1994
90 Minutes
Armando Araiza Patricia Rivera Willy Semler Luis Gnecco Armando Silvestre Paulina Urrutia Sergio Hernández Luis Alarcón
teen boy thug hostage journalist criminal police officer gritty suspenseful santiago, chile video store office building hostage situation money laundering heist media circus journalism escape underdog fall 1990s
A young low-class student gets involved with the wrong people and takes part in a non successful video rental robbery.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia Reginald VelJohnson Alexander Godunov Paul Gleason William Atherton Hart Bochner
police officer hostage terrorist rival wealthy man thrilling gritty suspenseful intense office los angeles car elevator christmas party skyscraper robbery party christmas showdown explosion
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
George Clooney Julia Roberts Jack O'Connell Dominic West Caitriona Balfe Giancarlo Esposito Christopher Denham Lenny Venito Chris Bauer Dennis Boutsikaris Emily Meade
tv personality hostage producer employee police chief reporter brooding emotional intense television studio dressing room stage command center street office investment loss hostage situation anger money
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
1998
138 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kevin Spacey David Morse Ron Rifkin John Spencer J.T. Walsh Regina Taylor Siobhan Fallon Hogan Paul Giamatti
negotiator police officer hostage con artist wife embezzler tense gripping thrilling intense chicago police station house office building street big city hostage situation embezzlement framed for murder police corruption
In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
71 Minutes
hitchhiker sociopath victim hostage escaped convict creepy suspenseful chilling california mexico car hostage situation manhunt serial murders survival pursuit escape 1950s
Two fishermen pick up a psychotic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2016
90 Minutes
John Gallagher Jr. Tony Goldwyn Adria Arjona John C. McGinley Josh Brener Michael Rooker Sean Gunn Melonie Diaz Abraham Benrubi David Dastmalchian Owain Yeoman
office worker colleague manager swat officer brutal chilling disturbing gritty shocking suspenseful office command center storage closet experiments death game hostage situation survival escape fall mystery
In a twisted social experiment, eighty Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1974
104 Minutes
Walter Matthau Robert Shaw Martin Balsam Héctor Elizondo Earl Hindman James Broderick Dick O'Neill Lee Wallace Tom Pedi Beatrice Winde Jerry Stiller
criminal police officer negotiator hostage mayor cheeky chilling gritty suspenseful brash new york city subway hijacking crime city life pursuit rescue 1970s
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico
2018
122 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Isabela Moner Jeffrey Donovan Catherine Keener Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matthew Modine Shea Whigham Elijah Rodriguez Howard Ferguson Jr. David Castañeda
attorney father hostage drug enforcement agent drug trafficker fbi agent brash gutsy gripping gritty unrestrained mexican-american border mexico office house car truck drug cartel drug trade revenge
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
114 Minutes
Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn Walter Matthau James Coburn George Kennedy Ned Glass Jacques Marin Paul Bonifas Dominique Minot Thomas Chelimsky
widow boyfriend thief police officer cool suspenseful charming paris french alps ski resort office hideout street crime heist investigation money world war ii mystery pursuit
Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
90 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Jean Wall Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Lino Ventura Elga Andersen Micheline Bona Félix Marten Robert Balpo Nicolas Bataille
industrialist wife lover thug police officer suspenseful sultry dark melodramatic paris office elevator motel apartment murder plot infidelity marriage schemes botched crime forbidden love
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2006
129 Minutes
Denzel Washington Clive Owen Jodie Foster Willem Dafoe Chiwetel Ejiofor Kim Director Christopher Plummer Florina Petcu Jay Charan Bernie Rachelle
detective bank robber hostage banker negotiator broker tense suspenseful bank new york city cell heist investigation deception stand-off hostages quest mystery rivalry 2000s
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Hong Kong
2018
102 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Neve Campbell Chin Han Roland Møller Noah Taylor Byron Mann Pablo Schreiber McKenna Roberts Noah Cottrell Hannah Quinlivan Adrian Holmes
fbi agent hostage veteran wife child criminal thrilling suspenseful confident tense gripping skyscraper office basement elevator apartment frame-up fire rescue family
A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Australia
2011
87 Minutes
Ray Liotta Dominic Purcell Andy McPhee Vanessa Gray Brad McMurray Aaron Pedersen Robyn Moore Ty Hungerford Carmel Rose Jordanna Allen
reformed criminal criminal robber drug addict girlfriend drug dealer gritty thrilling suspenseful intense brutal emotional on the run motel convenience store crime scene united nations flat on the run crime
Reformed criminal gets blackmailed into doing one last job when former partner crawls out of the woodwork.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
98 Minutes
Claire Foy Josh Leonard Jay Pharoah Juno Temple Amy Irving Polly McKie Myra Lucretia Taylor Gibson Frazier Aimee Mullins Colin Woodell
stalker woman patient nurse doctor mother disheartening uneasy eerie creepy brooding suspenseful psychiatric ward hospital office apartment park funeral stalking psychiatry
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany
2005
113 Minutes
Bruce Willis Kevin Pollak Ben Foster Jonathan Tucker Marshall Allman Michelle Horn Jimmy Bennett Tina Lifford Kim Coates Serena Scott Thomas Robert Knepper
sheriff hostage accountant wife criminal daughter tense rousing emotional gripping california los angeles small town office road hostage situation police work crime kidnapping starting over
When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley's own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn't even know or saving his own family.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
South Africa|UK
2020
90 Minutes
Megan Fox Jessica Sutton Philip Winchester Lee-Anne Liebenberg Calli Taylor Greg Kriek Adam Deacon Brandon Auret Sisanda Henna
mercenary hostage rebel soldier thrilling suspenseful spectacular gutsy fiery rousing africa mission saving the day hostage situation rescue adventure escape 2020s
O'Hara is a mercenary leading a squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in remote part of Africa. Unfortunately the mission goes wrong and the team are stranded, forced to survive against the local rebels.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Jordan|Qatar|Iran
2016
84 Minutes
Narges Rashidi Avin Manshadi Bobby Naderi Ray Haratian Arash Marandi Behi Djanati Atai Hamid Djavadan Soussan Farrokhnia
iranian citizen husband mother daughter evil spirit neighbor creepy disturbing intense tehran, iran apartment store bedroom car office iran--iraq war evil spirits danger fear survival
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Mystery & Thriller
France
2001
118 Minutes
Vincent Cassel Emmanuelle Devos Olivier Gourmet Olivia Bonamy Olivier Perrier Bernard Alane David Saracino Pierre Diot Serge Boutleroff
young woman secretary deaf woman colleague criminal bully engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping emotional office bullying corporate office life danger deafness relationships criminals discovery
She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
2016
80 Minutes
Ashley Bell Pat Healy Alan Ruck James Hébert Michael Villar Larry Fessenden Darby Stanchfield Bob Bancroft Andy Greene Graham Skipper
vietnam vet hostage sheriff bank robber serial killer sniper thrilling suspenseful frightening compound desert stranded evil murderous rampage hostage situation heist 1970s
A psychotic sniper (Pat Healy) terrorizes a bank robber (James Landry Hébert) and his hostage (Ashley Bell) in the California desert.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|UK
2012
120 Minutes
Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan Clea DuVall Scoot McNairy Rory Cochrane Christopher Denham Kerry Bishé
cia agent specialist hostage revolutionary ambassador wife brutal tense suspenseful thrilling tehran, iran cia office canada united states airplane protest iran hostage crisis on the run political intrigue schemes
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.