Top Movies & TV Shows Similar to Desperate Measures List
- Panic Room - Both involve a character trapped in a tight situation with high stakes.
- Inside Man - Involves a hostage situation with a clever plot twist.
- Taken - Features a parent desperately trying to save their child from kidnappers.
- John Q - Centers on a father's desperate measures to save his son.
- The Negotiator - Involves a police negotiator caught in a hostage crisis.
- Ransom - Revolves around a kidnapping and a parent’s attempt to save their child.
- The Brave One - Features themes of desperation and crime in a personal revenge story.
- Law Abiding Citizen - Focuses on a father seeking justice after a crime.
- A Walk Among the Tombstones - Involves a private investigator looking for kidnapped victims.
- Lethal Weapon - Combines action with personal stakes and character depth.
- Cellular - A man receives a call from a kidnapped woman needing help.
- The Call - Involves a 911 operator trying to save a kidnapped girl.
- The Purge - Builds suspense from high-stakes situations involving families.
- Cape Fear - Involves a man who is desperate to protect his family from a threat.
- The Dark Knight - Features desperate measures taken in response to crime and chaos.
- The Taking of Pelham 123 - Involves a hostage situation on a subway that requires negotiation.
- 24 - A high-stakes series with real-time action centered on saving lives.
- Breaking Bad - Desperation drives the characters to extreme measures.
- Prisoners - Involves a father's desperation to save his kidnapped daughter.
- Fear - Showcases a desperate situation spiraling out of control.
- Murder One - Features high-stakes legal drama with personal connections.
- The Equalizer - Focuses on a protagonist who uses desperate measures to help those in need.
- The Fugitive - Involves a man on the run trying to prove his innocence while under threat.
- Crimson Tide - Involves intense decisions in life and death situations.
- The Negotiator - Features a hostage crisis involving negotiation and personal stakes.
- Saw - Involves desperate characters trying to escape deadly situations.
- Taken 2 - Continues the theme of parental desperation in hostile situations.
- Kidnap - A mother's desperate attempt to rescue her kidnapped son.
- Run - Involves a mother's efforts to protect her daughter from danger.
- Unstoppable - A tense, high-stakes scenario centered on saving lives.
- Die Hard - Combines action and urgency in a hostage crisis scenario.
- The Siege - Involves a city in crisis and the desperate measures taken for safety.
- The Protector - Features a hero who goes to great lengths to save a loved one.
- The Last House on the Left - Involves a desperate parent's quest for justice.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Focuses on crime-related stories involving desperation and justice.
- Dirty John - Involves a woman's tragic encounter leading to desperate measures.
- Fear City - Involves high-stakes decisions in a desperate scenario.
- Man on Fire - Centers around a desperate revenge story involving kidnapping.
- The Shield - Explores morally ambiguous choices in desperate situations.
- The Purge: Anarchy - Engages with themes of desperation during a chaotic event.
- Taken 3 - Continues the theme of desperation in dangerous scenarios.
- Criminal Minds - Focuses on criminal cases involving desperate motivations.
- Hannibal - Involves characters making desperate decisions in thriller scenarios.
- Too Good to Be True - Combines themes of desperation and high-stakes romance.
- Banshee - Involves a man assuming a new identity amidst danger and desperation.
- Mad Max: Fury Road - Features desperate characters in high-stakes survival settings.
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2002 | United States of America | Crime | 299797 | 6.8 | Movie | Released | R |
| 2 |
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2006 | United States of America | Crime | 402328 | 7.6 | Movie | Released | |
| 3 |
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2008 | France | Action | 640421 | 7.7 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 4 |
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2002 | United States of America | Crime | 144933 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 5 |
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1998 | Germany | Action | 156646 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | R |
| 6 |
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1996 | United States of America | Action | 136521 | 6.7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 7 |
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2007 | United States of America | Crime | 63902 | 6.7 | Movie | Released | |
| 8 |
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2009 | United Kingdom | Drama | 323648 | 7.4 | Movie | Released | R |
| 9 |
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2014 | United States of America | Crime | 128014 | 6.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 10 |
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1987 | United States of America | Action | 279449 | 7.6 | Movie | Released | R |
| 11 |
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2004 | United States of America | Action | 106147 | 6.5 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 12 |
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2013 | United States of America | Drama | 130576 | 6.7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 13 |
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2013 | France | Horror | 242657 | 5.7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 14 |
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1991 | United States of America | Crime | 219377 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | |
| 15 |
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2008 | United Kingdom | Drama | 2907970 | 9 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 16 |
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2001 | United States of America | Action | 198347 | 8.4 | Serie | Ended | TV-14 |
| 17 |
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2008 | United States of America | Crime | 2187130 | 9.5 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 18 |
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2013 | United States of America | Crime | 824685 | 8.2 | Movie | Released | |
| 19 |
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1996 | United States of America | Drama | 56195 | 6.2 | Movie | Released | R |
| 20 |
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1995 | United States of America | Crime | 2486 | 8.2 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA |
| 21 |
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2014 | United States of America | Thriller | 428117 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | |
| 22 |
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1993 | United States of America | Action | 322755 | 7.8 | Movie | Released | |
| 23 |
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1995 | United States of America | Action | 124843 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | R |
| 24 |
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2004 | United States of America | Horror | 472789 | 7.6 | Movie | Released | R |
| 25 |
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2012 | France | Action | 325077 | 6.2 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 26 |
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2017 | United Kingdom | Action | 39409 | 5.9 | Movie | Released | R |
| 27 |
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2020 | United States of America | Drama | 98394 | 6.7 | Movie | Released | |
| 28 |
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2010 | United Kingdom | Action | 209259 | 6.8 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 29 |
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1988 | United States of America | Action | 955001 | 8.2 | Movie | Released | R |
| 30 |
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1998 | United States of America | Action | 78753 | 6.4 | Movie | Released | R |
| 31 |
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2005 | Thailand | Action | 39234 | 7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 32 |
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2009 | United States of America | Crime | 101356 | 6.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 33 |
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1999 | United States of America | Crime | 128409 | 8.1 | Serie | Returning Series | TV-14 |
| 34 |
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2018 | United States of America | Crime | 24642 | 7.3 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 35 |
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1984 | United States of America | Crime | 4474 | 5.7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 36 |
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2004 | Switzerland | Action | 394292 | 7.7 | Movie | Released | R |
| 37 |
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2002 | United States of America | Crime | 89420 | 8.7 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 38 |
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2014 | France | Action | 163713 | 6.4 | Movie | Released | R |
| 39 |
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2014 | France | Action | 205861 | 6 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 40 |
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2005 | United States of America | Crime | 222959 | 8.1 | Serie | Returning Series | TV-MA |
| 41 |
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2013 | United States of America | Crime | 280351 | 8.5 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 42 |
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2024 | Ireland | Drama | 637 | 5.6 | Serie | Ended | |
| 43 |
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2013 | United States of America | Action | 127246 | 8.4 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
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2015 | Australia | Action | 1122680 | 8.1 | Movie | Released | R |