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.