Movies like Colonia
If Colonia's mix of kidnapping, 1970s and cult stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Colonia's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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All the Money in the World
2017 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 132 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, 1970s · Also history and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
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.
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3096 Days
2013 · Directed by Sherry Hormann · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also a German drama · From the same decade (2010s)
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
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Death and the Maiden
1994 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 103 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: chile, pinochet regime
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 · Directed by Uli Edel · 149 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also a German drama
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader.
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Munich
2005 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 164 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also drama and history
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September.
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015 · Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez · 122 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s · Also drama and history · From the same decade (2010s)
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand.
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Cleveland Abduction
2015 · Directed by Alex Kalymnios · 88 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · From the same decade (2010s)
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.