20 movies like The Lead, ordered by similarity : The China Syndrome(1979), Female Agents(2008), Split(2016), Operator(2015), The Terminator(1984), The Guilty(2018), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Cold Hell(2017), Gone Girl(2014), Road Games(2015), Midnight Special(2016), Mean Dreams(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2020
90 Minutes
Perrey Reeves Kim Shaw Gord Rand Kristin Booth Bruce Dinsmore Marc Bendavid
kidnapper boss lover camera operator colleague tv reporter thrilling intense suspenseful office newsroom street home tv station set-up fame obsession career aspirations suspicion kidnapping
Prodigal scientist and technology entrepreneur, Dr Faust, seeks to emulate Gods ability to create life. He sells his soul to the devil in order to realise his greatest ambition - to create the world's first super-human.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1979
122 Minutes
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2008
120 Minutes
Sophie Marceau Julie Depardieu Marie Gillain Déborah François Moritz Bleibtreu Maya Sansa Julien Boisselier Vincent Rottiers Volker Bruch Robin Renucci
frenchwoman resistance fighter british officer geologist ss officer german officer thrilling engaging suspenseful intense gripping emotional france london germany airplane hospital world war ii danger saving the world
London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2016
117 Minutes
James McAvoy Anya Taylor-Joy Betty Buckley Haley Lu Richardson Jessica Sula Izzie Leigh Coffey Brad Henke Sebastian Arcelus Neal Huff
schizophrenic psychiatrist kidnapper teen girl police officer parent chilling dark intense parking lot basement room office tunnel car kidnapping multiple personalities danger stress survival
Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Luke Goss Obin Olson Mischa Barton Ving Rhames Michael Paré Maurice Chevalier Julie Guevara Walter Hendrix III Tony Demil
kidnapped child kidnapper operator estranged wife husband police officer police officers tense suspenseful thrilling city united states call center kidnapping ransom emergencies saving the day saving the town 911 calls crime
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela (Mischa Barton), and her estranged husband Jeremy (Luke Goss), a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1984
108 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Lance Henriksen Rick Rossovich Bess Motta Earl Boen Dick Miller Shawn Schepps Bruce Kerner
good guy woman android murder victim roommate cyborg gory suspenseful intense tense thrilling los angeles alternate reality police station club city apartment motel room violence robots time travel
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
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.
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
2017
92 Minutes
Violetta Schurawlow Tobias Moretti Robert Palfrader Sammy Sheik Friedrich von Thun Murathan Muslu Nursel Köse Ercan Kesal Verena Altenberger Susanne Gschwendtner Edis König
taxi driver young woman turkish woman killer murder victim investigator engaging thrilling bleak suspenseful intense emotional taxi vienna street murder danger suspicion fear murder case
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
UK|France
2015
95 Minutes
Andrew Simpson Joséphine de La Baume Frédéric Pierrot Barbara Crampton Féodor Atkine Pierre Boulanger Susanna Cappellaro Edward Hogg
hitchhiker couple drifter killer kidnapper brutal creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling france french countryside car house bedroom mystery kidnapping hitchhiking murder escape
The sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector in rural France.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Greece
2016
111 Minutes
Michael Shannon Joel Edgerton Kirsten Dunst Jaeden Martell Adam Driver Sam Shepard Bill Camp Scott Haze Sean Bridgers Dana Gourrier Paul Sparks
father son cult member young boy army officer tense thrilling on the run road army base family home car government building united states escape cult father/son relationship special power government secrets running away
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2016
105 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Sophie Nélisse Bill Paxton Colm Feore Vickie Papavs Joe Cobden Ryan Blakely George Buza
boy teenager girl corrupt cop abusive father love interest romantic interest thrilling engaging tense suspenseful united states money escape on the run romance love young love desperation adventure
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Ben Foster Elle Fanning Lili Reinhart María Valverde Beau Bridges Adepero Oduye Robert Aramayo Jamel Chambers
mob enforcer mob boss hit man assassin captive runner brash brooding brutal emotional dark raw galveston, texas house car hotel pool beach on the run mob
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2011
85 Minutes
Kevin Sorbo Derik Wingo Bruce Davison Johnny Alonso Sunny Doench Patrick Barnitt Kipp Tribble Derik Wingo Moksha McPherrin Andrena Senola Johnson Luke Barnett
wealthy man wife lover kidnapper victim thrilling suspenseful shocking engaging gripping intense house kidnapping money fear affair marriage danger adventure love
Jack Samms' evening started normal enough. But then the mysterious masked stranger, known as Trick, pays him a visit. Within minutes, Jack is faced with a ticking clock after Trick reveals ... See full summary »
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
France|Belgium
2017
108 Minutes
Marine Vacth Jérémie Renier Jacqueline Bisset Dominique Reymond Myriam Boyer Jean-Edouard Bodziak Jean-Paul Muel Pascal Aubert
young woman psychologist twin lover patient partner bleak disturbing engaging gripping intense suspenseful paris therapist's office home city love psychiatry paranoia hallucinations
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
63 Minutes
George Sanders Lynn Bari James Gleason Allen Jenkins Helen Gilbert Ward Bond Anne Revere Hans Conried
detective escaped convict inspector sidekick ex-girlfriend reporter melodramatic thrilling suspenseful new york city office club graveyard street murder investigation blackmail deception missing persons ransom unlikely allies
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2014
99 Minutes
Jack O'Connell Paul Anderson Sean Harris Richard Dormer Barry Keoghan Martin McCann Charlie Murphy Sam Reid Killian Scott David Wilmot Jack Lowden
british soldier recruit alien daughter wife british officer suspenseful gripping intense shocking northern ireland alley street home behind enemy lines irish republican army new recruits separation dangerous job isolation
In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
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, Action, Adventure
USA|China|Hong Kong|Austria|UK|Morocco
2015
131 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jeremy Renner Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Ving Rhames Sean Harris Alec Baldwin Simon McBurney Jingchu Zhang Jens Hultén
spy operative terrorist team leader agent boss charming confident cool warehouse subway street car party office spying secret life terrorism teamwork truth
Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.