On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

Coffin 2

2017

English

3.2

♡ 1

60%

Kipp Tribble Director

Robert Allen Mukes as Buddy

Chuck Saale as Deputy Marshal Phillips

Laura James as Nicole

Kurt Ela as Zeller

Trick is among five hostages trapped together, paralyzed from the neck down. While an FBI agent and former detective race against the clock to find their location, the group tries to figure a way out before their promised execution.

The Clearing

2004

English

5.8

♡ 16

44%

32%

Action

based on a true story

Drama

hostage

husband wife relationship

Pieter Jan Brugge Director

Willem Dafoe as Arnold Mack

Mike Pniewski as Detective Kyle Woodward

Helen Mirren as Eileen Hayes

Diana Scarwid as Eva Finch

When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.

Mark of the Tortoise

6.1

Alfred Vohrer Director

Götz George as Donald 'Don' Micklem

Pinkas Braun as Felix

Hans Clarin as Harry Mason

Hildegard Knef as Laura Lorelli

English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“…

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964

English

7.6

♡ 12

82%

83%

Action

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

husband wife relationship

Bryan Forbes Director

Nanette Newman as Mrs. Clayton

Arnold Bell as Mr. Weaver

Ronald Hines as Policeman Outside Clayton's

Richard Attenborough as William Henry 'Bill' Savage

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.

Artemis Fowl

2020

English

4.3

♡ 102

8%

19%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

Kenneth Branagh Director

Colin Farrell as Artemis Fowl Sr

Sofia Abbasi as Haven City Resident

Arian Nik as Kanker

Hong Chau as Opal Koboi

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

G@me

2003

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Satoshi Isaka Director

Ryûdô Uzaki as

Yukie Nakama as Katsuragi Chiharu

Ryo Ishibashi as Katsuragi Katsutoshi

Naohito Fujiki as Sakuma Shunsuke

A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.

North Sea Hijack

1980

English

6.3

♡ 5

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Andrew V. McLaglen Director

George Baker as Fletcher

Jonathan Newth as Kirk

Barry Andrews as Truck Driver

Philip O'Brien as Webb

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.

Night of the Juggler

1980

English

6.6

♡ 4

93%

manhattan, new york city

Sidney J. Furie Director

Richard S. Castellano as Lt. Tonelli

Barton Heyman as Preacher

Dan Hedaya as Sgt. Otis Barnes

Arthur French as Subway Cop

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Edukators

2004

German

7.4

♡ 7

70%

Hans Weingartner Director

Oliver Bröcker as Aggressiver Globalisierungsgegner

Daniel Brühl as Jan

Stipe Erceg as Peter

Hanns Zischler as Vermieter

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

The Black Windmill

1974

English

6.3

♡ 14

57%

Don Siegel Director

Denis Quilley as Bateson

Murray Brown as Doctor

Michael Caine as Maj. John Tarrant

David Daker as MI5 Man

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.

Unknown

2006

English

6.4

♡ 11

38%

Simon Brand Director

Wilmer Calderon as Detective Molina

David Selby as Police Captain Parker

Paul E. Short as Security Guard

Peter Stormare as Snakeskin Boots

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

Apostle

2018

English

6.3

♡ 70

79%

Gareth Evans Director

Paul Higgins as Frank

Michael Sheen as Prophet Malcolm

Dan Stevens as Thomas Richardson

Paul James as Townsmen Guard

In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.

Snatched

2017

English

4.7

♡ 75

36%

parent child relationship

ransom

tourist

vacation

Jonathan Levine Director

Joan Cusack as Barb

Tom Bateman as James

Raven Goodwin as Lew

Bashir Salahuddin as Morgan Russell

When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter is tested and strengthened while they attempt to navigate the jungle and escape.

Dernier Soleil

5.2

Etienne Constantinesco Director

Adrien De Tomassi as Bad Dogg

Esteban Laroche as Esteban

Loïc Rouault as LoÏc

Wilfried Renson as Wilfried

Somewhere in the north-east of France, Eric, a penniless man who lives in his car, rejects his son Esteban, 10 years old, autistic and living under the care of his uncle. Because of another carelessness of his father, Esteban is kidnapped by two gangsters. Eric, devastated, is determined to do what's necessary in order to raise the ransom. He plunges into the city's ghetto in hopes of saving his son.

Trapped

2002

English

6.1

♡ 14

17%

Luis Mandoki Director

Dakota Fanning as Abby Jennings

Steve Rankin as Hank Ferris

Kevin Bacon as Hickey

Charlize Theron as Karen

When their daughter is abducted by experienced kidnappers, the Jennings turn the tables on their seemingly fool-proof plan.

The Clan

2015

Spanish

6.9

♡ 29

85%

buenos aires, argentina

Crime

Drama

kidnapping

military dictatorship

ransom

Thriller

Pablo Trapero Director

Guillermo Francella as Arquímedes Puccio

Jesús Berenguer as Contempomi

Franco Masini as Guillermo Puccio

Stefanía Koessl as Mónica

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009

English

6.7

♡ 30

81%

J Blakeson Director

Gemma Arterton as Alice Creed

Martin Compston as Danny

Eddie Marsan as Vic

A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

Tough Cop

1976

Italian

6.4

♡ 4

95%

Umberto Lenzi Director

Dana Ghia as Clara

Valentino Macchi as Policeman

Angelo Boscariol as Thug

Benito Pacifico as Tomati's Thug

A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.

Finders Keepers

1984

English

5.3

♡ 4

25%

Richard Lester Director

Jim Carrey as Lane Biddlecoff

Frances Flanagan as Nadine Gardner

John Schuck as Police Chief Norris

Campbell Lane as Stanton-Gilmore

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.

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