20 best movies like The Abduction of Zack Butterfield (2011)

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Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:53

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:33

    When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:09

    Jacob, a bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker, teams up with his ex-cop neighbor, James, to bring down the assailant. While the two men work together to figure out the thief’s next move, Gabriel, the highly-trained criminal, is one step ahead. When Gabriel kidnaps Jacob’s wife and daughter, Jacob barrels down a path of bloodshed that initiates an explosive counterattack and brings all three men to the breaking point.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A once-abused woman devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the one she must kill to be truly free.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:36

      A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:40

        A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A man must go to extreme lengths to discover what happened to his kidnapped wife and daughter.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Iceland, United Kingdom

        A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A retired lawman works with a new sheriff when a botched Mexican drug deal and a vicious hit man threaten their border town.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk, and the six have 2 hours to decide who gets to live.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea
        Duration02:32

        A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

          When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          After Brooke and her boyfriend Lance have a car accident, Lance’s leg injury requires him to be bedridden with at-home care. When an attractive nurse, Chloe, is recommended to them, she seems perfect for the task. However, when her troubled past comes to light, it becomes apparent to the happy couple that someone is out to destroy their lives.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          After a painful breakup, Leah seems to meet the perfect guy. But she soon discovers his violent side that disrupts her life.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.

          Markimdb: 4.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
          Duration02:00

          A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:21

          Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:46

          When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers (Bacon and Love), the Jennings' (Theron and Townsend) turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Interconnected stories are told entirely through images captured on security cameras in storage rooms, police cars, parking lots, shopping malls and other locations. Store manager Tony has affairs with the women who work under him, high schooler Sherri schemes to seduce teacher Berry, a pedophile stalks his next victim at a mall food court and two thieves go on a killing spree that links to other tales witnessed by the unseen electronic eyes.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          A married woman's affair comes back to haunt her when her obsessed lover infiltrates every part of her life.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          After a one-night stand with her coach, a pressured swimming phenom finds the lives of herself and her loved ones in danger.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          A psychological drama about an unstable man, tormented by nightmares, who seeks help from a shrink but is pushed over the edge into increasingly dangerous, psychotic territory by a relationship he is unable to control.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:19

          Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly sudden emotional shifts. During his quest, he runs afoul of the law and an ongoing murder investigation.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          The beautiful Mrs. Paradine is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband. She hires married Anthony Keane as her lawyer and when he begins to fall in love with her, she encourages him.

          Markimdb: 4.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom. In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason for his ordeal lies in his own past sins and those of his adversary Charlie Strom.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

          Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          Megan Turner, a female rookie cop, gets involved in an armed robbery that goes awry. A witness becomes obsessed with her.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.




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