Movies like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star (2015)
The best movies like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star (2015) are Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021), Husbands in Action (2026) and A Time to Remember (2021). If Mission: Kidnap the Top Star hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Killer (2022)7.6/10 from 445 votes
- NewestHusbands in Action (2026)Released 2026
- In KoreanHostage: Missing Celebrity (2021)Also in Korean
Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021)
A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's held for ransom by a gang of demented thugs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHusbands in Action (2026)
A detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Time to Remember (2021)
Woo-jin is Korea's top star - every item he wears and uses are always a hot potato and gets sold out overnight. He is especially famous for remembering all his fan names. He seems to be just perfect, but there is one big secret that nobody knows - he cannot forget but only remember things. Woo-jin is forced to relive painful moments over and over again, feeling the same amount of anguish each time. One day, Woo-jin encounters a woman named Hae-soo, who suffers from the opposite pain from him: her memory resets every 30 days.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHead Over Heels (2001)
Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like this12.12: The Day (2023)
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCleveland Abduction (2015)
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe World of Suzie Wong (1960)
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Upon being fired, a desperate guy kidnaps a daughter of his former boss. Two angels are sent to Earth to check if love is possible in this case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPortrait of a Beauty (2008)
Yun-jeong, a skilled painter, disguises herself as a man in court to continue her family's legacy. Circumstances become difficult when her relationship with Kang-mu draws jealousy from the others.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOriginal Sin (2001)
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer (2022)
While his girlfriend is away on a trip, retired assassin Bang Ui-kang is tasked with looking after her friend's 17-year-old daughter. After a street attack, Bang Ui-kang becomes embroiled in a murder investigation and dangerous trafficking gang.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Sassy Girl (2008)
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNovocaine (2025)
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntold Scandal (2003)
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMood of the Day (2016)
A train ride brings two unlikely souls together as Bae, a committed partner of a serious 10-year relationship, sees her world turned upside down by the charming playboy Kim. Seated together on a business trip from Seoul to Busan, the two find themselves on an adventure to remember.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisObsessed (2014)
A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Darkest Minds (2018)
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTuff Turf (1985)
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star?
The closest matches to Mission: Kidnap the Top Star are Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021), Husbands in Action (2026) and A Time to Remember (2021). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mission: Kidnap the Top Star?
Start with Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021), the closest match to Mission: Kidnap the Top Star.
What is the highest-rated movie like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star?
The Killer (2022), rated 7.6/10 by 445 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star?
Husbands in Action (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Mission: Kidnap the Top Star?
Yes: Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021), Husbands in Action (2026) and A Time to Remember (2021).
How are movies similar to Mission: Kidnap the Top Star chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mission: Kidnap the Top Star, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.