Movies Like Ransom!

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Ransom

1996·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.5·Bryan Forbes

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Changeling

2008·2h 21m·★ 7.7·Clint Eastwood

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Dirty Harry

1971·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Fear of Rain

2021·1h 49m·★ 6.0·Castille Landon

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

The Black Vampire

1953·1h 30m·★ 7.3·Román Viñoly Barreto

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Dogville

2003·2h 58m·★ 8.0·Lars von Trier

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A Perfect World

1993·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Clint Eastwood

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John Q

2002·1h 56m·★ 7.1·Nick Cassavetes

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The Yakuza

1974·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Sydney Pollack

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Black Phone 2

2025·1h 54m·★ 6.0·Scott Derrickson

Themes: child kidnapping, 1950s

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009·1h 40m·★ 6.7·J Blakeson

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Dead Man's Wire

2026·1h 46m·★ 6.4·Gus Van Sant

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The Way of the Gun

2000·1h 59m·★ 6.6·Christopher McQuarrie

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'R Xmas

2001·1h 25m·★ 5.7·Abel Ferrara

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Extortion

2017·1h 48m·★ 6.2·Phil Volken

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Carol

2015·1h 58m·★ 7.3·Todd Haynes

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