Abduction movies and TV shows – page 2

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 5.0
 131
Family (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Eldon and Cole pick up a hitchhiker, Jean on their father-son trip to find perspective on the back roads of America, they quickly learn that everything is not what it seems. As the road unfolds in front of them, so do their lives begin to ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: abduction, on the road, on the run, fugitives, hidden identity, under the surface, chases and races, parents and children, escaped prisoner, child in peril, prison escape, hitchhiking ...
Time: 21st century
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Persons Unknown (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Persons Unknown is an American mystery drama television series that revolves around strangers who are imprisoned inside a small ghost town. The thirteen-episode summer series premiered on June 7, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. on NBC. On June 30, NBC moved the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, mind bending, offbeat ...
Plot: trapped, group of strangers, mysterious place, captivity, abduction, riddles and clues, confined, experiment, isolation, manipulation, twists and turns, mind game ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
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 6.5
 8K
Cut Off (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, sexy, psychological horror ...
Plot: serial killer, coroner, island, abduction, rape, blizzard, death, clue, kidnapping, violence, murder, riddles and clues ...
Place: germany, berlin germany
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 7.8
 21K
Taken (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 877 min.
TV show
Story: Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war; the Roswell incident transforms Owen ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot: ufo, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien invasion, abduction, alien, supernatural, extraterrestrial, kidnapping, space and aliens, officer, government conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa
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The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Honeymooning in Bavaria, the young couple become stranded and are forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with ...
Style: gothic horror, scary, gothic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: vampire, honeymoon, newlyweds, abduction, castle, rescue, supernatural, good versus evil, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, isolation, hypnosis ...
Time: turn of the century, 1900s, year 1963, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place: europe, england
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 5.4
 14K
Nine Dead (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Style: psychological, surprise ending, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, kidnapping, confined, danger, gory, captivity, group of strangers, riddles and clues, game of death, murder, locked in a room, torture ...
Time: 21st century
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The Wrong Babysitter (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A recent kidnapping has single mom Susan worried about leaving her daughter Christy at home for an out-of-town trip - until neighbor Teri offers to "babysit," looking in on Christy and spending the night. But Susan rushes home when Christy ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, neighbor, mother daughter relationship, problem, female protagonist, nanny, disappearance, lifestyle, family problems, mysterious disappearance, death of husband ...
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Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: hostage, abduction, kidnapping, robbery, captive, family in danger, teacher, struggle for survival, brutality, cruelty, spouse in danger, tragic past ...
Time: 2020s
Place: oceania, new zealand
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 5.5
 470
Out of Hand (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sebastian and Paul are two bored boys about 16 years of age. They drink alcohol, steal - and attend a private school. They can't find a sense of meaning in their present adolescent existence. They abduct Sonja and lock her in an old, abandoned ...
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, tense
Plot: gay, abduction, teenage life, youth, hostage, coming of age, school, friendship, kidnapping, missing person, lgbt, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe, philadelphia, new york
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 7.3
 18K
Trade (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, detective ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapping, slavery, missing child, sexual abuse, sex slavery, child molestation, sexual assault, rape victim, forced prostitution, child rape, rescue ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, mexico city, el paso texas, poland, texas ...
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 5.1
 11K
10x10 (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lewis is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession - revenge - against Cathy. Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempt to extract a dark secret ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: kidnapping, kidnapped woman, locked in a room, abduction, held captive, captive, captivity, missing child, vengeance, danger, violence, murder ...
Place: britain, atlanta georgia
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 6.3
 4K
Love Object (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex doll, abduction, psychopath, obsession, murder, doll, mentally unstable, objects come to life, couples, love affair, love and romance, danger ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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Bound to Vengeance (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young woman, Eve, fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, bloody ...
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, serial rapist, human trafficking, female vigilante, female killer, sex slave, captive, escape, murder, abduction, held captive ...
Time: year 2016
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Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, action packed ...
Plot: abduction, group of criminals, prison, murder, teamwork, liberation, death, gunfight, computer cracker, vengeance, businessman, fight scenes ...
Time: 2010s
Place: latvia, hong kong, los angeles, eastern europe
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 6.2
 9K
Poker Night (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana - you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job - their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, psychological thriller, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mind game, abduction, psychopath, confined, missing person, police detective, kidnapping, isolation, twists and turns, serial killer, gambling, supernatural horror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
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 5.0
 9K
The Owners (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, slasher, dark ...
Plot: abduction, kidnapping, trapped in a building, home invasion, violence, heist gone wrong, danger, survival, captivity, chase, isolation, bad guys win ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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The Book of Revelation (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.
Style: erotic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, serious ...
Plot: sex crime, kidnapping, female rapist, woman rapes man, sexual abuse, sexual humiliation, male rape victim, sex slave, male rape, rape and revenge, fetish, kidnapped man ...
Place: australia
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 3.5
 3K
Awaken (2015)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A random group of people wake up on an Island where they are being hunted down in a sinister plot to harvest their organs.
Style: slasher, captivating, enigmatic, tense, exciting ...
Plot: island, missing person, survival, abduction, female protagonist, amnesia, shooting, jungle, group of strangers, danger, violence, rivalry ...
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 5.0
 6K
Abandoned (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: female protagonist, hospital, danger, race against time, confined, rivalry, uncover truth, investigation, intrigue, doctors and patients, abduction, mind game ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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Acts of Violence (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the ...
Style: disturbing, tense, exciting, intense, action adventure ...
Plot: abduction, human trafficking, vigilantism, brother brother relationship, murder, police, kidnapping, vigilante, criminal, drug, police officer, heist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: cleveland ohio, ohio
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 4.9
 8K
Rupture (2016)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot: human experiment, mutation, body horror, fear, imprisonment, arachnophobia, survival, conspiracy, paranoia, spider, injection, kidnapping ...
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 8.0
 9K
Pagan Peak (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: When a gruesomely staged body is found, propped up on a mountain pass in the Alps close to the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate. For German detective Ellie, this is the first real challenge of her career; her Austrian ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, detective, slasher ...
Plot: murder, danger, society, police investigation, abduction, murderer, violence, brutality, life philosophy, death, snow, blood ...
Place: germany, alps, austria, central europe
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 6.8
 3K
In the Dark (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: In The Dark sees Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring) drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career - just as she begins her journey towards motherhood. Helen is never fazed by a challenge, but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner ...
Style: detective, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, policewoman, child abduction, abduction, police, forensics, police detective, female protagonist, detective inspector, hometown, childhood friend, police corruption ...
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 8.2
 30K
The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
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 5.8
 14K
In Darkness (2018)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot: murder, police, murder investigation, blind woman, criminal underworld, childhood trauma, musician, secret identity, revenge, attempted murder, abduction, bosnian war ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, bosnia
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War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Russia, Japan, Mexico, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, end of the world, survival, disaster, invasion, space and aliens, destruction, creature, evil alien, catastrophe ...
Time: year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, los angeles, boston ...
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The Legend of DarkHorse County (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: As Jon (Shawn Welling / Michael Biehn) and Joy Ford (Tory Tompkins) move into the small town of DarkHorse, mysterious and supernatural occurrences threaten to tear the town apart. Teenage girl abductions and a chain of serial killings force ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Plot: murder mystery, abduction, small town, mythology, doll, serial killer, police, kidnapping, maniac, danger, pursuit, disguise ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In September 2011 writer Michel Houellebecq briefly disappeared off the face of the earth. Wild rumours began circulating on the Internet that he’d been abducted by Al-Qaeda or aliens from outer space. Some Twitter users even expressed relief that ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, deep, contemplative ...
Plot: abduction, unlikely criminals, writer's life, danger, friendship, farce, dark humor, kidnapping, writers, psychology, friends, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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 7.4
 68K
Hijack (2023)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot: airplane hijack, abduction, airplane, flying, investigation, hijacking, hostage situation, terrorist, terror, terrorist attack, problem, pilot ...
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Catch the Fair One (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: missing child, abduction, human trafficking, sex trafficking, female protagonist, sexual abuse, boxing, women, missing sister, mysterious disappearance, private investigation, ex athlete ...
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