Dead Man's Wire

6.5

2026

106 mins

CrimeDramaThriller

In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.

Dog Day Afternoon

Year : 1975Rating : ⭐ 7.9

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Inside Man: Most Wanted

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.3

An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Hostage

Year : 2005Rating : ⭐ 6.4

When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.

All the Money in the World

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.5

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

Breaking

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

STRAW

Year : 2025Rating : ⭐ 7.7

What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.

Inside Man

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 7.4

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

Swordfish

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 6.3

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

The International

Year : 2009Rating : ⭐ 6.3

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

Collision

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 5.8

Over the course of one fateful day, a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord.

The Negotiator

Year : 1998Rating : ⭐ 7.1

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

Fargo

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 7.8

Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of control.

Butterfly on a Wheel

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

Hacker

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 6.3

Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank

The Desperate Hours

Year : 1955Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

Cellular

Year : 2004Rating : ⭐ 6.4

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.

Panic Room

Year : 2002Rating : ⭐ 6.8

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Donnie Brasco

Year : 1997Rating : ⭐ 7.5

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

The Place Beyond the Pines

Year : 2013Rating : ⭐ 7.0

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

The Betrayed

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 5.9

Kidnappers force a young mother to recover money stolen by her shady husband.