If You Liked Ransom, Watch These Next

Finished Ransom (1996) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Ransom, most of them are action, thriller.

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19 titles · updated 3rd October 2026

1.Trapped(2002)
6.2CrimeThrillerAlso thriller
When their daughter is abducted by experienced kidnappers, the Jennings turn the tables on their seemingly fool-proof plan.
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2.Hostage(2005)
6.4ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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3.The Entitled(2011)
6.2ThrillerCrimeAlso thriller
Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage…
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4.Inside Man: Most Wanted(2019)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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5.Palmetto(1998)
6.0CrimeMysteryThrillerAlso thriller
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if…
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6.The Way of the Gun(2000)
6.4ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and thriller
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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7.Close Range(2015)
6.5ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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8.'R Xmas(2001)
6.2DramaCrimeThrillerAlso thriller
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
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9.Sleepless(2017)
5.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnap Downs’ teenage son T. In one sleepless night, Downs will have to rescue his son, evade an…
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10.The Tall Man(2012)
6.0HorrorMysteryThrillerAlso thriller
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
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11.Get Fast(2024)
5.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
When The Thief’s partner is kidnapped after stealing millions in cash from a merciless drug lord named Nushi, he reluctantly teams up with an angst-ridden orphan to rescue him. Nushi enlists her most trusted hitman, The Cowboy, a lovable charmer who’s quick with his guns, to track down the Thief. Guns, cars, and…
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12.Breaking In(2018)
5.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on…
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13.Proof of Life(2000)
6.2ThrillerActionDramaAlso thriller and action
When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with…
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14.Cash Out(2024)
6.2ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member of his crew, Decker, takes the team down and reveals she’s an undercover Interpol agent. Heartbroken, Mason escapes and retires from the life of crime until his younger brother Shawn is out of his league taking on a…
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15.Close(2019)
6.0ActionAdventureThrillerAlso action and thriller
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
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16.The Marine 6: Close Quarters(2018)
6.8ActionAlso action
Jake Carter and another former Marine, Luke Trapper, join forces to rescue a young kidnapped girl from a gang of international criminals.
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17.All the Money in the World(2017)
6.5CrimeHistoryThrillerAlso thriller
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
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18.The Betrayed(2008)
5.8CrimeDramaMysteryAlso thriller
Kidnappers force a young mother to recover money stolen by her shady husband.
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19.Protector(2026)
8.4ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.
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