Touchez pas au grisbi

1954

French

♡ 10

liberation of hostage

noir

paris, france

ransom

Jacques Becker Director

Marilyn Buferd as Betty

Jeanne Moreau as Josy

Jean Gabin as Max dit Max le Menteur

Dominique Davray as Une prostituée

Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.

Reset

2017

Chinese

5.3

♡ 206

50%

Hong-Seung Yoon Director

Damien Furtado as American Doctor

Craig Smith as American Researcher

Wallace Huo as Cui Hu

Jason Taylor as US Company Cadre

In 2025, a scientist on the verge of making a major discovery related to time travel is suddenly put in peril when a rival kidnaps her young son and demands a hefty ransom: her entire research.

Nobel Son

2007

English

6.1

♡ 15

25%

Randall Miller Director

Eliza Dushku as City Hall

Danny DeVito as George Gastner

Bill Pullman as Max Mariner

Mary Pat Gleason as Ruby

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.

The Entitled

2011

English

6.1

♡ 15

41%

parent child relationship

ransom

Thriller

Aaron Woodley Director

Devon Bostick as Dean Taylor

Anthony Ulc as Frank

Martin Doyle as Manager

Ray Liotta as Richard Nader

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.

Hijacked

2012

English

3.8

♡ 9

9%

Action

billionaire

central intelligence agency (cia)

Brandon Nutt Director

Tiffany Dupont as Olivia Rousseau

Randy Couture as Paul Ross

Holt McCallany as Rostow

Jay Huguley as Tim

A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.

The Saratov Approach

2013

English

5.5

♡ 4

67%

87%

Action

based on a true story

Garrett Batty Director

Rocky Myers as Agent Miller

Corbin Allred as Elder Tuttle

William Rubio as News Anchor

Bart Johnson as Senator Smith

An inspirational true story. On what seemed like any other day, Elders Travis Tuttle (Corbin Allred) and Andrew Propst (Maclain Nelson) are approached by Nikolai (Nikita Bogolyubov) to teach a friend. But then the missionaries experience the unimaginable - they are kidnapped, beaten, and held for ransom. While their families, friends, and the world pray for their safe release, Tuttle and Propst are tested physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually.

The Ransom

1977

English

5.1

♡ 7

Richard Compton Director

John Ireland as Chief Haliburton

Oliver Reed as Nick McCormick

James Mitchum as Tracker

Stuart Whitman as William Whitaker

A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.

Union Station

1950

English

6.8

♡ 7

63%

Rudolph Maté Director

George Lynn as Detective Moreno

Barry Fitzgerald as Inspector Donnelly

Jan Sterling as Marge Wrighter

Trevor Bardette as Patrolman

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

King's Ransom

2005

English

4.4

♡ 13

2%

Jeffrey W. Byrd Director

Nicole Ari Parker as Angela Drake

Jay Mohr as Corey

Regina Hall as Peaches Clarke

Millie Tresierra as Woman

Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.

Savannah Smiles

1982

English

7.1

♡ 9

89%

Pierre De Moro Director

Donovan Scott as Boots

Lynn Borden as Carol Collier

Philip Abbott as Chief Pruitt

Fran Ryan as Farmer Wilma

The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.

All You Ever Wished For

2018

English

4.6

♡ 19

29%

Barry Morrow Director

Remo Girone as Don Rossi

James Remar as Gordon Hutton

Roberto Nobile as Prospero

Ángela Molina as Signor Corvo

A young New York fashion executive's trip to Milan takes a bad turn when he is kidnapped and whisked off to an Alpine village to be held for ransom money. Little does he (or his three abductors) know that the small, rustic cottage they end up spending the night in is under a gypsy love spell. Or that when they awaken, they will be Smitten! by the first living soul that meets their eyes.

Suicide Kings

1997

English

6.9

♡ 38

34%

Peter O'Fallon Director

Jay Mohr as Brett Cambell

Christopher Walken as Carlo Bartolucci / Charlie Barret

Sean Whalen as Widowmaker

Barry Del Sherman as Window Washer

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

The Son of the Sheik

1926

English

6.5

♡ 7

80%

George Fitzmaurice Director

Rudolph Valentino as Ahmed / The Sheik

Earl Gordon Bostwick as Bit Part

Agnes Ayres as Diana - Wife of the Sheik

Bynunsky Hyman as Mountebank

Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.

Teresa's Tattoo

1994

English

4.5

♡ 5

50%

Julie Cypher Director

Melissa Etheridge as Hooker

Jonathan Silverman as Rick

Kiefer Sutherland as Roadblock Officer

Sean Astin as Step-Brother

Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows, she has been drugged, kidnapped, made a redhead, tattooed, and wearing leather?!? Her captors seem to be the most inept crooks ever. They seem to have a plan, if only she could figure out why it involves her.

The Pinch

2018

English

3.9

♡ 9

Ashley Scott Meyers Director

Sokrates Frantzis as Emory

Ian Lauer as Jim Hasslup

Gunner Wright as Rob

Emory Jason Hofferman as Tristan

When a low level mobster is nearly rubbed out by the boss, he decides to take the bonus he was promised by force, so he kidnaps the boss and demands a hefty ransom.

Juggernaut

1974

English

6.6

♡ 10

83%

Richard Lester Director

Kenneth Cope as Bridgeman

Kenneth Colley as Detective Brown

Richard Harris as Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon

Anthony Hopkins as Supt. John McCleod

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Inspired by real events.

Don't Touch the Loot

1954

French

7.7

♡ 8

liberation of hostage

noir

paris, france

ransom

Jacques Becker Director

Lino Ventura as Angelo Fraiser

Marilyn Buferd as Betty

Jeanne Moreau as Josy

Dominique Davray as Une prostituée

Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.

The Candy Snatchers

1973

English

6.4

♡ 14

83%

Guerdon Trueblood Director

Ben Piazza as Avery

Leon Charles as Boss

Tiffany Bolling as Jessie

Christopher Trueblood as Sean Newton

A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.

Ruthless People

1986

English

6.9

♡ 20

93%

Jim Abrahams Director

Bill Pullman as Earl

Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters

Phil Hartman as Newsreader

Danny DeVito as Sam Stone

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.