Top 20 movies like Ransom for Alice!
Top 20 Movies like Ransom for Alice!
- 1. Dirty Harry
- 2. We Own the Night
- 3. Z
- 4. Backdraft
- 5. EDNY
- 6. Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
- 7. Laff Riot
- 8. The Eyes of Charles Sand
- 9. Murder on the Orient Express
- 10. The Sleeping Car Murder
- 11. The Kingdom
- 12. High Noon
- 13. Insomnia
- 14. Clean, Shaven
- 15. Touch of Evil
- 16. JFK
- 17. M
- 18. The Third Man
- 19. Hollywoodland
- 20. Zodiac
1. Dirty Harry
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
It has an average vote of 7.459 on TMDB.
2. We Own the Night
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
It has an average vote of 6.693 on TMDB.
3. Z (Z)
Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.
It has an average vote of 7.829 on TMDB.
4. Backdraft
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
It has an average vote of 6.647 on TMDB.
5. EDNY
A supercharged, brilliant prosecutor leads a team of U.S. attorneys in the Eastern District of New York.
6. Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Laff Riot
Pitch pilot for the scrapped Looney Tunes series.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
8. The Eyes of Charles Sand
A young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
9. Murder on the Orient Express
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
10. The Sleeping Car Murder (Compartiment tueurs)
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
It has an average vote of 6.904 on TMDB.
11. The Kingdom
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
It has an average vote of 6.717 on TMDB.
12. High Noon
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
It has an average vote of 7.677 on TMDB.
13. Insomnia
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
It has an average vote of 6.943 on TMDB.
14. Clean, Shaven
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.
It has an average vote of 6.461 on TMDB.
15. Touch of Evil
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
It has an average vote of 7.772 on TMDB.
16. JFK
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
It has an average vote of 7.602 on TMDB.
17. M (M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder)
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
It has an average vote of 8.09 on TMDB.
18. The Third Man
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
It has an average vote of 7.927 on TMDB.
19. Hollywoodland
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife.
It has an average vote of 6.081 on TMDB.
20. Zodiac
A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.
It has an average vote of 7.521 on TMDB.