20 movies like Hard Night Falling, ordered by similarity : Rabid Dogs(2015), Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018), Canon City(1948), Black Tuesday(1955), The Threat(1949), Money Monster(2016), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three(1974), Hangfire(1991), Hostage(2005), The Negotiator(1998), Rogue(2020), Drive Hard(2014) ...
Drama, Action
Italy|USA
2019
86 Minutes
Andrea Scarduzio Brice Martinet Natalie Burn Ralph Palka Dolph Lundgren Hal Yamanouchi
interpol agent hostage crime boss gripping gritty raw villa italy hostage situation hostages rescue revenge escape 21st century
After an Interpol operation in Italy, Michael attends a company dinner party when suddenly, the 50 guests are held hostage by 15-20 armed men for $150,000,000 there.
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, 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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
82 Minutes
Scott Brady Jeff Corey Whit Bissell Stanley Clements Charles Russell DeForest Kelley Ralph Byrd
escaped convict prisoner hostage police officer warden brash gripping tense melodramatic canon city, colo. prison house prison break fugitives hostage situation crime escape transformation sacrifice rivalry
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Peter Graves Jean Parker Milburn Stone Warren Stevens Jack Kelly Sylvia Findley James Bell Victor Perrin Hal Baylor Harry Bartell
convict reporter girlfriend hostage police officer priest dark melodramatic gripping prison hideout warehouse cell prison break hostage situation crime money law and order escape revenge
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
66 Minutes
hostage singer detective district attorney escaped convict dark tense chilling gripping folsom state prison california desert shack retribution murder jailbreak hostage situation kidnapping revenge 1940s
Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.
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, 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?
Action
USA
1991
91 Minutes
Brad Davis Kim Delaney Jan-Michael Vincent Ken Foree Lee de Broux George Kennedy James Tolkan Yaphet Kotto Blake Conway Lyle Alzado Lou Ferrigno
national guardsman colonel criminal hostage wife sheriff gritty spectacular wild mexico small town new mexico prison hostage situation prison break secret mission kidnapping showdown crime spree rescue
A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.
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.
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.
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.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
Canada
2014
96 Minutes
John Cusack Thomas Jane Zoe Ventoura Damien Garvey Chris Morris Yesse Spence Andrew Buchanan Jason Wilder
thief retiree race car driver hostage tense thrilling suspenseful united states getaway robbery hostage situation racing adventure escape 2010s
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2019
106 Minutes
Aml Ameen Rhea Seehorn Roxanne McKee Jessica Sutton Akshay Kumar Greg Kriek Andre Jacobs Sven Ruygrok Deon Lotz Joe Vaz
negotiator fbi agent hostage gripping thrilling federal reserve bank new york city hostage situation race against time bank heist pursuit rescue 2010s
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour siege at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
99 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Antonio Banderas Wes Bentley Ellen Barkin Beau Bridges Swoosie Kurtz Randy Travis Christopher Crane Kim Dickens Michael W. Finnell Chad Lindberg
small-time crook murderer hostage waitress redneck con artist offbeat madcap arkansas diner rv open road american south schemes hostage situation on the run exploitation crime rivalry escape
Brother Edgar is a generous entrepreneur of low quality socks who hides behind a self-bestowed cassock to avoid the low level corruption of local sheriffs. He has adopted Morales Pittman, ... See full summary »
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
2011
92 Minutes
Gina Carano Michael Fassbender Ewan McGregor Bill Paxton Channing Tatum Antonio Banderas Michael Douglas Michael Angarano Anthony Brandon Wong Aaron Cohen
agent hostage agency contact father journalist thrilling gripping new york state dublin barcelona, spain diner covert operations double-cross father/daughter relationship rescue chase pursuit revenge 2010s
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
Adventure, History, Drama, Action
Canada|Germany|USA|UK
2014
105 Minutes
Kit Harington Carrie-Anne Moss Emily Browning Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Jessica Lucas Currie Graham Sasha Roiz Jared Harris Kiefer Sutherland Joe Pingue Ron Kennell
slave gladiator daughter merchant senator roman brooding dark gripping thrilling intense pompeii, italy arena house barracks volcano port slavery social standing rescue
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Drama
Canada
1982
93 Minutes
Perry King Timothy Van Patten Merrie Lynn Ross Roddy McDowall Al Waxman Lisa Langlois David Gardner Stefan Arngrim Keith Knight Neil Clifford Erin Flannery
teacher music teacher student security guard rape victim gang member bleak melodramatic sad brutal intense gripping school house stage classroom gangs school band violence revenge
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.
Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Maya Sansa Luigi Lo Cascio Roberto Herlitzka Paolo Briguglia Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Giovanni Calcagno Letizia Bellocchio Maria Luisa Bellocchio Giulio Bosetti Tina Anselmi
kidnapper politician hostage young woman aldo moro prime minister dark tense fascinating rome hideout government building kidnapping political intrigue terrorism fanaticism murder hostage situation quest revenge
The 1978 kidnapping of politician Aldo Moro as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants: a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1955
83 Minutes
doctor drug smuggler husband gang member wife hostage engaging gripping united states laboratory hideout drug smuggling hostage situation murder behavior brain disorder marriage kidnapping discovery pursuit
A doctor is taken hostage by a drug smuggler whom she has diagnosed as psychotic. Her estranged husband has to find her before the smuggling gang find him and kill them both.