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Movies that feel likeA Hijacking (2012)

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

If you loved A Hijacking, the closest films we have are A Wednesday! (2008), Animals (2026) and Tunnel (2016). All three share A Hijacking's tense and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Sleepless Night (2011).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tobias Lindholmtensecontemplative
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A Wednesday!
2008 · dir. Neeraj Pandey
★ 8.1drama · thriller

Tense where it counts, contemplative underneath

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

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Animals
2026 · dir. Ben Affleck
★ 7.4thriller · dramaNetflix

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%★ 6.8thriller · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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The Hater
2020 · dir. Jan Komasa
🍅 87%★ 7.1drama · thrillerRent or buy

Tense thriller in both cases

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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Breaking Surface
2020 · dir. Joachim Hedén
🍅 100%★ 6.1drama · thrillerPrime Video

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

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The Place
2017 · dir. Paolo Genovese
★ 7drama · thriller

Thriller in the same key

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
★ 6.3thriller · drama

Both are drama through and through

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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The Coldest Game
2019 · dir. Łukasz Kośmicki
🍅 17%★ 6.2drama · thriller

Thriller approached the same way

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

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Loving Adults
2022 · dir. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
★ 6.5thrillerNetflix

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The difference: Trades the stillness of A Hijacking for an angle of its own

The thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband’s affair — and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.

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Fall 2: Deadpoint
2026 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 53%★ 5.7thrillerRent or buy

Both working the same thriller territory

On a perilous climb across Thailand's Mount Kwan, two climbers become trapped thousands of feet above the ground, where vertigo-inducing heights, sheer exposure, and impossible odds turn every moment into a fight for survival.

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Sleepless Night
2011 · dir. Frédéric Jardin
🍅 97%★ 6.6drama · thriller

Both know what they want from drama

Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.

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Red Dot
2021 · dir. Alain Darborg
🍅 75%★ 5.5thriller · dramaNetflix

The drama is handled with the same confidence

On a hiking trip to rekindle their marriage, a couple find themselves fleeing for their lives in the unforgiving wilderness from an unknown shooter.

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