Movies like American Hangman (2019)
The best movies like American Hangman (2019) are Catch Hell (2014), Don't Breathe (2016) and Feedback (2019). If American Hangman hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSplit (2017)7.3/10 from 18,821 votes
- NewestOn the Line (2022)Released 2022
Catch Hell (2014)
Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Breathe (2016)
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFeedback (2019)
A radio host is kidnapped on air and forced to tell secrets about his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisExtortion (2017)
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOperator (2015)
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives: save the city — or save their daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Call (2013)
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this10x10 (2018)
Lewis is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession – revenge – against Cathy. Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempts to extract a dark secret from her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape Room (2017)
Six friends test their intelligence when an escape room they participate in takes a dark and twisted turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBuried (2010)
As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Den (2013)
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKidnap (2017)
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSplit (2017)
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Captive (2014)
Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPhone Booth (2003)
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSurvival Box (2019)
The gripping story of a handful of high school kids trapped in a wealthy Philadelphia family's backyard bunker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Acts of Violence (2018)
When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNine Dead (2010)
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape Room (2019)
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Safe for Work (2014)
An unsuspecting office worker, Tom Miller, becomes trapped in his office building with a demented killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisExam (2009)
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn the Line (2022)
A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who's kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Escape Room (2018)
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Hunter (2019)
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPanic Room (2002)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRapid Eye Movement (2019)
A publicity seeking radio DJ is driven to the edge of insanity when he attempts to break the 11 day world record for staying awake-under the threat of a deranged caller who will kill him if he falls asleep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Escape Room (2017)
Four friends who partake in a popular Los Angeles escape room find themselves stuck with a demonically possessed killer. They have less than an hour to solve the puzzles needed to escape the room alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrand Piano (2013)
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crash (2017)
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrapped (2002)
Held hostage in different cities after their daughter is kidnapped by a master extortionist, a desperate couple must find a way to outsmart a seemingly foolproof plot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like American Hangman?
The closest matches to American Hangman are Catch Hell (2014), Don't Breathe (2016) and Feedback (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after American Hangman?
People who watched American Hangman most often go on to Catch Hell (2014), Don't Breathe (2016) and Feedback (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like American Hangman?
Split (2017), rated 7.3/10 by 18,821 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like American Hangman?
On the Line (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like American Hangman?
Yes: Catch Hell (2014), Don't Breathe (2016) and Feedback (2019).
How are movies similar to American Hangman chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside American Hangman, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.