Highest-Rated Movies about 'Negotiator', Sort by Popularity

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Inside Man (2006), The Negotiator (1998), All the Money in the World (2017), Pups (1999), Proof of Life (2000), Albino Alligator (1996), Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Negotiator movies.

#1. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Storyline: Four seemingly-unrelated men board subway train Pelham 1:23 at successive stations. Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey and Mr. Brown are heavily armed and overpower the motorman and novice conductor to take control of the train. Between stations they separate the front car from the remainder of the train, setting passengers in the back cars and the motorman free. The four demand $1 million ransom within exactly one hour for the remaining eighteen hostages, including the conductor. If their demands are not met in time or their directions are not followed precisely, they will begin to shoot hostages dead, one every minute the money is late. Wisecracking Lt. Zach Garber of the transit police ends up being the primary communicator between the hijackers and the authorities, which includes transit operations, his own police force, the NYPD, and the unpopular and currently flu ridden mayor who will make the ultimate decision of whether to pay the ransom. Unknown to Garber, what may be working on ...

Plot Keywords: criminal, police officer, negotiator, hostage, mayor, cheeky, chilling ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#2. Inside Man (2006)

Storyline: Composed and meticulous, the soft-spoken and ingenious bank robber, Dalton Russell, has orchestrated the perfect heist--shortly, the Manhattan bank at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway along with dozens of hostages will be his to command. Try as he might, the rough hostage negotiator, Keith Frazier, is always one step behind the criminal mastermind--and what is more disheartening--the institution's silver-haired founder, Arthur Case, recruits the intelligent problem-fixer, Madeline White, to retrieve something of paramount importance. However, the thieves seem to procrastinate intentionally, when they should be rushing into action. Will Arthur and Madeline get what they want this time?

Plot Keywords: detective, bank robber, hostage, banker, negotiator, broker, tense ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#3. The Negotiator (1998)

Storyline: In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.

Plot Keywords: negotiator, police officer, hostage, con artist, wife, embezzler, tense ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#4. All the Money in the World (2017)

Storyline: Rome, 1973. Masked men kidnap a teenage boy named John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer). His grandfather, Jean Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), is the richest human in the world, a billionaire oil magnate, but he's notoriously miserly. His favorite grandson's abduction is not reason enough for him to part with any of his fortune. All the Money in the World (2017) follows Gail, (Michelle Williams), Paul's devoted, strong-willed mother, who unlike Getty, has consistently chosen her children over his fortune. Her son's life in the balance with time running out, she attempts to sway Getty even as her son's mob captors become increasingly more determined, volatile and brutal. When Getty sends his enigmatic security man Fletcher Chace (Mark Wahlberg) to look after his interests, he and Gail become unlikely allies in this race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money..

Plot Keywords: billionaire, kidnapped child, kidnapper, mother, negotiator, grandfather, gripping ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#5. Pups (1999)

Storyline: Two teens impulsively decide to rob a bank, a la Bonnie and Clyde. Quickly they find themselves in over their heads as they are forced to take a bank full of hostages and the FBI are at the door. Hostages include a heroin addicted Gulf War vet, the pesky bank manager, a gruff old man, a calm bank employee, and a helpful young woman. The head FBI man must sort through the psychology of all the participants to try to keep the events from escalating. Underlying in all of this is the pure adolescence of the two who initiate the trouble.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

Plot Keywords: teen boy, teen girl, negotiator, bank employee, brooding, tense, california ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#6. Proof of Life (2000)

Storyline: Americans Alice and Peter Bowman have traveled from third world country to third world country working on humanitarian projects. They are currently in Tecala, a country nestled in the Andes, as Peter, an engineer, has been hired by QUAD Carbon, an oil company - the moral "enemy" - to lead a project to construct a dam to prevent what is the constant flooding in the country. Alice and Peter eventually learn that QUAD Carbon cares nothing about the dam, which is just a smoke-screen to get an oil pipeline approved and built. Despite loving each other, they have had problems in the marriage of late because of being in Tecala, where Alice has not been able to find her place, and needing to deal with the aftermath of Alice's recent miscarriage. On his way to work one day, Peter, along with a group of others, are random kidnap victims of left wing guerrillas, the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT), whose reason for being has changed from a political agenda to a monetary one, primarily getting ...

Plot Keywords: engineer, wife, revolutionary, negotiator, guerrilla, ex-soldier, gripping ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#7. Albino Alligator (1996)

Storyline: Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to get hold of the situation inside.—Danny Paikov <deepee@netvision.net.il>

Plot Keywords: bank robber, bartender, hostage, police officer, negotiator, arms dealer, brutal ...

Movie Details Click Here!

#9. Kentucky Rifle (1956)

Storyline: A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Unfortunately the Indians know about it, and give the occupants an ultimatum: either the rifles or their lives.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: wagon master, passenger, american indian, pioneer, repairman, negotiator, tense ...

Movie Details Click Here!