20 movies like Bel Canto, ordered by similarity : Buried(2010), Argo(2012), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Captain Phillips(2013), Rabid Dogs(2015), The Negotiator(1998), Everest(2015), Lies We Tell(2017), Cop Car(2015), Killer Assistant(2016), Awaiting(2015), Deadly Pursuit(1988) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
102 Minutes
Julianne Moore Ken Watanabe Tenoch Huerta Sebastian Koch Christopher Lambert Elsa Zylberstein Thorbjørn Harr Olek Krupa Eddie Martinez Melissa Navia Gisela Chipe
opera singer industrialist suspenseful tense south america mansion hostage situation escape rescue 21st century
A world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform for a wealthy industrialist in South America.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|UK|USA|France
2010
94 Minutes
truck driver terrorist man iraqi insurgent hostage suspenseful bleak shocking tense thrilling underground iraq coffin kidnapping terrorism iraq war buried alive race against time desperation
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2013
133 Minutes
Tom Hanks Catherine Keener Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman Faysal Ahmed Mahat M. Ali Michael Chernus Corey Johnson Max Martini Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez
navy seal captain wife seaman hostage gunman dark emotional tense intense somalia coast cargo ship boat airport lifeboat hijacking kidnapping rescue terrorism
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Action
2015
100 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Guillaume Gouix Franck Gastambide François Arnaud Laurent Lucas Gabrielle Lazure Pierre Lebeau Hedi Rian Virginie Ledoyen
gang members hostage child young woman gang leader bleak brash brutal chilling confident dark frenetic frightening gripping intense melodramatic shocking suspenseful tense thrilling
After a bank job goes wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child 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, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2017
109 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Sibylla Deen Harvey Keitel Mark Addy Jan Uddin Reece Ritchie Gina McKee Nicholas Farrell Emily Atack Harish Patel Danica Johnson
billionaire chauffeur mistress sister crime boss family member bleak brash disturbing emotional tense suspenseful united kingdom mansion car club apartment wedding mistresses arranged marriage
A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss' Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Kevin Bacon James Freedson-Jackson Hays Wellford Camryn Manheim Shea Whigham Sean Hartley Kyra Sedgwick Sit Lenh
young boy friend sheriff mysterious man woman hostage brutal disturbing gory intense suspenseful tense united states field road car woods country road rebellion mystery
A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Arianne Zucker Brando Eaton George Stults Natalie Lander Joanne Baron Todd Cahoon Josh Drennen Theodora Greece Catherine Lazo Sierra Love Brett Ryback
magazine editor husband assistant wife daughter babysitter creepy disturbing frightening intense shocking suspenseful tense united states home magazine office secret plans revenge murder revenge
A magazine editor's life and career simultaneously begin to unravel after she takes on a new assistant with secret motives of his own.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Action
1988
109 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Tom Berenger Kirstie Alley Clancy Brown Richard Masur Andrew Robinson Kevin Scannell Frederick Coffin
fbi agent thief guide fiancée jewel thief boyfriend confident engaging suspenseful tense thrilling intense pacific northwest canadian border jewelry shop mountain wilderness city hostage situation extortion
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) and his mountain guide (Tom Berenger) track a killer trying to cross from Washington into Canada.
Drama
USA
1952
77 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Taylor Holmes Barbara Whiting James Williams O.Z. Whitehead Dee Pollock
schizophrenic murderer widow tenant veteran handyman tense suspenseful intense mansion small town home invasion insanity murder hostage situation escape 1910s
A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely war widow.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia
2005
95 Minutes
John Jarratt Nathan Phillips Cassandra Magrath Kestie Morassi Andy McPhee Guy Petersen Jenny Starvall Gordon Poole
friend backpacker bushman killer monster shocking frightening suspenseful tense frightful australia australian outback stranded horror escape murder killer among us murderous rampage escape rescue
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2008
92 Minutes
Geoff Bell Vas Blackwood Robert Boulter Leo Gregory Johnny Harris Tiffany Mulheron Paul Nicholls Shaun Parkes Justin Salinger
bank robber gang leader accomplice hostage police chief mastermind suspenseful tense intense brash engaging spirited london bank robbery greed alibi race against time plot organized crime escape
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. ... See full summary »
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, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
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, Drama
India
2017
105 Minutes
Rajkummar Rao Geetanjali Thapa Yogendra Vikram Singh
man girlfriend roommate employee disheartening eerie frightening gripping striking uneasy mumbai mumbai, india apartment trapped survival isolation escape escape metamorphosis transformation
A man struggles to survive after he unintentionally locks himself up in a high rise devoid of food, water and electricity.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Hong Kong|USA
2016
130 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Kevin Bacon John Goodman J.K. Simmons Michelle Monaghan Michael Beach Christopher O'Shea Rachel Brosnahan Jake Picking Themo Melikidze Alex Wolff
terrorist bomber detective fbi agent fiery intense suspenseful touching boston bombing discovery quest rescue rise 21st century
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.