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 5.2
 142
Blind Turn (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Samantha Holt had the perfect life with a handsome fiancée and a future that couldn’t look brighter. But an unexpected turn on a dark lonely road puts her on a collision course with Bruce Miller, a devoted family man who descends into madness ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, ambiguous ending, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, life is a bitch, danger, confined, family tragedy, car accident, woman in danger, psychological trauma, plot twist, violence ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, boston
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 6.5
 134K
Red Eye (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, woman in danger, airport, villain, hitman, fear, stewardess, strong female character, danger ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, dallas texas, texas
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 6.5
 13K
Hounds of Love (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, sexual torture, teenage girl, abduction, husband wife relationship, murderous pair, danger, domestic violence, murder, extreme, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 80s
Place: australia, oceania
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 6.1
 846
Captive (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological thriller, serious
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, danger, captivity, rescue, journalist, hostage, murder, muslim, religion, military, jungle ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn ...
Style: psychological, touching, sentimental, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, missing person, family drama, children, family relations, kidnapped, family life, parents and children, police detective, family problems, hostage ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: usa, chicago
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 5.9
 46K
Gone (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jill Parrish is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, tricky, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: kidnapping, missing person, serial killer, woman in danger, twists and turns, tough girl, sisters, haunted by the past, revenge, police investigation, danger, paranoia ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa
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 5.9
 36K
P2 (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style: psychological, slasher, scary, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: obsession, survival, psychopath, kidnapping, woman in danger, escape attempt, maniac, danger, stalker, hostage, stalking, torment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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The Skin I Live In (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, sexy, clever ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, kidnapping, twists and turns, rape, skin, revenge, isolation, insanity, sexual perversion, gender bending, abuse, plastic surgery ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 21st century
Place: spain, ancient greece, europe
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 7.5
 5K
The Family (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: This thriller follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge — is he really who he says he is?
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot: missing child, family drama, lie, kidnapping, secret, twists and turns, suspicion, politics, political campaign, teenager, parents and children, loneliness ...
Place: usa
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The Seasoning House (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, planning her escape. Planning her ingenious and brutal revenge.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, revenge, strong violent content, rapist, confinement indoors, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, male nudity, dehumanization, danger, vengeance, escape attempt ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place: balkan, europe
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 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
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 6.9
 189K
The Black Phone (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style: suspense, captivating, slasher horror, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, kidnapping, child abduction, struggle for survival, basement, serial child killer, victim, phone terror, locked in a basement, homicidal maniac, kidnapped, masked killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place: colorado, denver colorado
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The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: serious, tense, brutal, exciting, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, one man army, martial arts, kidnapping, lone hero, assassin, master warrior, organized crime, drug lord, fight scenes, gang, fight ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
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 6.9
 6K
Keane (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mentally ill man searches New York for his missing eight year old daughter. He recreates her steps each day hoping for some clue to her disappearance, until he meets and befriend a woman with a daughter the same age. Could she help him with the ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: kidnapping, mental illness, little girl, missing child, missing person, schizophrenia, self destructing, delusion, life is a bitch, danger, parents and children, drug abuse ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 5.4
 3K
Catch Hell (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce (Ryan Phillippe) 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 ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: kidnapping, actor, kidnapped man, attempted rape, revenge, fight, jealousy, rescue, danger, isolation, survival, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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 4.7
 660
Do You Know Me (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ellie Carter is recently graduated and has it all. While celebrating with friend and boyfriend, she comes across a milk carton with a picture of a missing child that looks a lot like her. As a prank, they call the toll free number and she realizes ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic
Plot: kidnapping, family secret, revelation, secret, kidnapped girl, kidnapped, hostage, father daughter relationship, kidnapped woman, abduction, attempted murder, dysfunctional family ...
Place: san francisco
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 8.1
 800K
Prisoners (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
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 5.9
 39K
Kidnap (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot: kidnapping, strong female lead, abduction, single mother, child in peril, rescue, danger, little boy, missing child, plot twist, female protagonist, determination ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
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Cabin by the Lake (2000)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A screenwriter does research for his new script by actually kidnapping and drowning young girls. He then places them in his "garden" of other dead girls coming back daily to check on them. One girl narrowly escapes and the other bodies are ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, held captive, kidnapping, danger, psychopath, kidnapped, writer's life, woman in danger, river, hostage, abduction, missing person ...
Time: 90s
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 7.3
 546K
Split (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twist ending, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, mental illness, murder, psychopath, psycho, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, insanity, paranoia, serial killer, schizophrenia, violence ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, year 2017
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, america
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 5.6
 6K
Shuttle (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When two friends return from a girls weekend vacation in Mexico, they find themselves stranded at the airport. Trying to get home safely, they board an airport shuttle for the short trip. But once their feet cross the threshold of the shuttle, a ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sex trafficking, kidnapping, human trafficking, captive, held captive, woman in danger, hostage, race against time, voyeur, kidnapped woman, nothing goes right, survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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Summer's Moon (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A demented handyman comes to the rescue of a young woman (Ashley Greene), then imprisons her in his basement.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, brother sister incest, survival, sociopath, sheriff, serial killer, murder, torture, promiscuous daughter, search for father, psychopath, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.6
 3K
Kidnapped (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007. The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, fbi, hostage, kidnapped, twists and turns, private detective, missing person, special agent, confined, hopes, negotiation ...
Place: new york, scotland, usa
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Daniel and Ana (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.
Style: psychological, touching, sincere, erotic, eros ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, shame, forced sex, kidnapping, brother sister sex, brother sister relationship, obsession, family in crisis, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.1
 54K
The Collection (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style: slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, trap, kidnapping, torture, masked killer, sadistic horror, massacre, survival, psychopath, escape, crazy ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.7
 631K
Taken (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, teens, date night ...
Plot: kidnapping, one man army, revenge, vigilantism, human trafficking, secret service, chase, vengeance, cia, father daughter relationship, violence, dark hero ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, north america
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 5.3
 4K
Devil's Pond (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, island, couple relations, newlyweds, danger, isolation, honeymoon, love and romance, wilderness, insanity ...
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Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, serious, independent film ...
Plot: kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, family problems, homecoming, parents and children, hopes, redemption, child abuse, teenage girl, isolation, fish out of water, starting over ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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 5.7
 19K
Pet (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, basement, kidnapping, captivity, stalking, psychopath, locked in a cage, disturbed individual, fear, stalker, animal shelter, obsessive love ...
Place: los angeles
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 5.9
 36K
The Captive (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, surreal, intense ...
Plot: kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, kidnapped, winter, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, child abduction, missing person, investigation ...
Place: canada, ontario canada
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