20 best movies like The Maddening (1996)

List of the best movies like The Maddening (1996): No One Lives, Dance with the Devil, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Taken 3, Keys to Tulsa, Otis, Into The Lion's Den, Truth or Consequences, N.M., Operator, Time Lapse.

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Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:26

    A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Spain
    Duration02:05

    She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.

    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, crime
    CountryFrance, USA, Spain
    Duration01:49

    Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:56

    Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA

    After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish FBI agents and take matters into their own hands. But the Lawsons' revenge plan hits a snag when Otis's unusual brother enters the picture.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Bored with their own town, three gay men decide to take a trip into the countryside. A blind date with a local turns out to be a bad decision as the man reveals himself to be a perverse psychopath that intends to do them great harm.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:57

    When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing they do know is if they fail to discreetly collaborate with one another - they will be solely responsible for facilitating the biggest crime in the city's history. Now they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives - save the city - or save their daughter.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryMexico, USA

    Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:23

    Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, family, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wrist watch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
    Duration02:01

    Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

    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: 2.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA

    Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters—or she may never see her child again.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada, France, Portugal, Italy
    Duration01:45

    Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

    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: 6.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg
    Duration01:48

      A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA

      Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and uncertain resolution.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      In Nightscape, an emotionally guarded drifter, Kat (Galesh), crosses paths with a phantom car responsible for a wave of supernatural violence. The drifter must learn to trust again if she is to end a lifetime of bad luck and help her new found companions survive the growing chaos and carnage.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA, Argentina, France
      Duration01:31

      When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrethriller
      CountryGermany, France, Mexico, Bolivia, USA

      A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
      Duration02:18

      A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      After a brutal injustice occurs on a Native American reservation, a son must find redemption for the actions of his past. Road to Paloma is the beautiful journey of two bikers traveling across America's vast west. While Native American Wolf (Jason Momoa) is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash (Robert Mollohan), a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.

      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: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      A mall security guard -- and former federal agent -- crosses paths with a drug kingpin's enforcer after he saves a woman from danger.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA

      Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist; the intention is to help her overcome her phobia, an intense fear of cars. Unexpected events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryFrance, Canada

      After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:07

      A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Netherlands
      Duration01:26

      Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that supposedly contain magical powers. Boy's solitude is interrupted when a Hollywood jet-set couple who are travelling across the desert become stranded after their car breaks down. The couple are rescued by Boy, who then holds them prisoner because of his desire for the woman and his ambition to create a better world with her.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      A family on a road trip is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in their car.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryMexico, USA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:31

      Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:01

      After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
      CountryUSA, Argentina
      Duration01:43

      Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Husband and wife doctors Paul and Kim Jordan need a drastic change. Distraught by the inexplicable death of their baby, Paul (C. Thomas Howell) convinces Kim to abandon their American lives and join a medical mission in Thailand. It seems to be just the distraction they need, until the day Paul is kidnapped by human traffickers who need a surgeon to operate on their wounded leader. Kim is left alone in a strange country, trying desperately to find her husband with no proof of what happened. While captive on the gangs' secluded island, Paul is caged with Malcolm Andrews (John Rhys-Davies), an Englishman being held for ransom. With nothing to do but talk, the two men quickly clash over philosophy, as Malcolm relies on a bold faith in God and Paul believes no god would allow these evils to happen in the world. Paul takes another hit when he finds his patient's condition much worse than he can handle on his own in such primitive conditions... Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:34

        A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:24

        Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, France

        California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:25

        The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA

        A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, including the deputy, is convinced that the boy friend committed the murder and ran away with the girl. This sets up a chase of the convicts by the boy friend and of the boy friend by the police.




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