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10 Best Movies Like Hostage

If you loved Hostage, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul....

#2
Switch

Switch

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, ...

#3
Fool for Love

Fool for Love

2010★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Typically you know what you are getting into when you go see a movie billed as "romantic comedy." And often they lack romance or comedy and sometimes both. Not to mention that the ...

#4
Damsel

Damsel

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon....

#5
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hostage for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....