20 movies like The Negotiator, ordered by similarity : Gone Girl(2014), The Guilty(2018), Widows(2018), Seven(1995), Money Monster(2016), Sicario(2015), The Nile Hilton Incident(2017), Inside Man(2006), Gurgaon(2017), Wazir(2016), The Stoneman Murders(2009), Anatomy of a Murder(1959) ...
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.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark
2018
85 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Jessica Dinnage Omar Shargawi Johan Olsen Jacob Hauberg Lohmann Katinka Evers-Jahnsen Jeanette Lindbæk Larsen Simon Bennebjerg Laura Bro
police officer ex-cop woman kidnapper villain suspect suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping intense emotional denmark police station kidnapping emergencies investigation murder danger fear
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
128 Minutes
Viola Davis Colin Farrell Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Erivo Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Jacki Weaver Robert Duvall Liam Neeson Garret Dillahunt
police officer widow thief driver crime boss thug emotional tense thrilling uneasy gripping gutsy chicago house shooting gallery funeral warehouse gym heist loss
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
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
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Germany|Denmark|Morocco|France
2017
107 Minutes
Fares Fares Mari Malek Yasser Ali Maher Slimane Dazi Ahmed Selim Mohamed Yousry Hania Amar Tareq Abdalla Nael Ali Ger Duany Emad Ghoniem
police officer maid politician dark thrilling tense sultry cairo hotel city egypt crime justice cover-up murder politics uprising discovery pursuit underdog
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
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, Crime, Drama
India
2017
107 Minutes
Akshay Oberoi Pankaj Tripathi Aamir Bashir Ragini Khanna Shalini Vatsa Srinivas Sunderrajan
young man young woman father real estate agent boxer gripping thrilling intense india city house bungalow office big family real estate confusion quest pursuit 2010s
Based on true event this story revolves around kidnapping of Preeto which family has come to know from midnight call. The tales revolves as to how they family will be able to track Preeto..
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
102 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Farhan Akhtar Aditi Rao Hydari Neil Nitin Mukesh John Abraham
young man young woman husband wife crippled man chess grandmaster gripping thrilling shocking intense emotional moving india city house bungalow police station death of child fight for justice unlikely friendship
A grief-stricken cop and an amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2009
95 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Arbaaz Khan Vikram Gokhale Rukhsar Rehman Veerendra Saxena Ashraful Haque
police officer murderer criminal family member gritty gripping intense house police station murder investigation police work quest pursuit mystery 1980s
In 1980s Bombay, a serial killer starts targeting homeless street dwellers, whilst a suspended police officer attempts to solve the case.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1973
124 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Hal Holbrook David Soul Mitchell Ryan Felton Perry Robert Urich Kip Niven Tim Matheson
inspector vigilante rogue lawman police chief criminal police officer dark tense thrilling san francisco police station street vigilantism serial murders corruption police brutality investigation dirty harry mystery pursuit
San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante Police Officers who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Belgium|France
2016
113 Minutes
Adèle Haenel Jean-Pierre Dardenne Olivier Bonnaud Jérémie Renier Louka Minnella Christelle Cornil Nadège Ouedraogo Olivier Gourmet Pierre Sumkay Yves Larec Ben Hamidou
doctor intern mysterious girl murder victim detective family member brooding emotional intense belgium office france apartment police station car mystery guilt search intimidation determination
A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1993
127 Minutes
Harrison Ford Tommy Lee Jones Sela Ward Julianne Moore Joe Pantoliano Jeroen Krabbé Andreas Katsulas Daniel Roebuck L. Scott Caldwell
surgeon marshal widower wife gripping thrilling suspenseful chicago train mystery conspiracy murder escape pursuit quest 1990s
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2003
136 Minutes
Sushmita Sen Sushant Singh Rajesh Khera Dinesh Lamba Tushar Dalvi
police officer businessman criminal actress daughter bleak disturbing intense suspenseful thrilling india police station house bungalow gruesome murder murder investigation serial murders quest pursuit mystery
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Malvika Chauhan battles time to obtain & solve the clues to solve the various murders occurring in the city.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1966
107 Minutes
James Mason Simone Signoret Maximilian Schell Harriet Andersson Harry Andrews Kenneth Haigh Roy Kinnear Corin Redgrave
secret agent inspector wife victim widow tense intricate london office household investigation murder suicide deception espionage mystery quest 1960s
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2003
105 Minutes
Denzel Washington Eva Mendes Sanaa Lathan Dean Cain John Billingsley Robert Baker Alex Carter Antoni Corone
police chief wife mistress football player medical examiner detective tense gripping suspenseful florida police station motel household framed for murder betrayal cancer race against time arson theft mystery
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.
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.