If You Liked The Negotiator, Watch These Next
Finished The Negotiator (1998) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Negotiator, most of them are action, crime, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
2.Inside Man: Most Wanted(2019)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
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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3.Inside Man(2006)
7.4CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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5.The Outfit(2022)
7.1CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
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6.Next of Kin(1989)
5.9ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
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7.The Package(1989)
6.1ThrillerActionAlso thriller and action
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
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8.My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done(2010)
6.1CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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9.Salt(2010)
6.4ActionMysteryThrillerAlso action and thriller
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead…
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10.The Fugitive(1993)
7.5ActionThrillerDramaAlso action and thriller
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
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11.The Rookie(1990)
5.9ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his…
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12.21 Bridges(2019)
6.8CrimeActionDramaAlso crime and action
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.
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13.Above the Law(1988)
6.1ActionCrimeMysteryAlso action and crime
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
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14.Running Scared(2006)
7.0ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
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15.Backdraft(1991)
6.7DramaThrillerActionAlso drama and thriller
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
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16.Judgment Night(1993)
6.5ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.
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17.The Desperate Hours(1955)
7.0CrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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18.Rampage: Capital Punishment(2014)
6.0ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
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19.Capone(1975)
5.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by…
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20.Blindfire(2020)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the person responsible while examining his own accountability and the ingrained racism which brought him to…
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