Kidnapped wife movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant kidnapped wife movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense and independent film films and TV shows about / with kidnapped wife, kidnapping, husband wife relationship, danger, murder, chase, fight, violence, police and rescue plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Spain, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as kidnapped wife: Chain Gang Women (1971), Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997), My Dangerous Wife (2016), Pursuit (2022), Unstoppable (2018), News of a Kidnapping (2022), The Good and the Bad (1976), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Dillinger and Capone (1995), The Vector File (2002).

List of kidnapped wife movies

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Chain Gang Women (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A shackled murderer (Michael Stearns) and marijuana offender (Robert Lott) escape from a Georgia chain gang.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, tense, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: rape, trophy wife, exploitation, voyeurism, voyeur, peeping tom, erotica, female nudity, sexual assault, sex with a stranger, older man younger woman relationship, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kansas, 1868. A wagon train is attacked by a band of Lakota Sioux led by the young and athletic warrior Tokalah. The attractive, red haired Anna Brewster-Morgan and her friend Sarah White are on this wagon train too. When Tokalah noticed a terrified ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: native american, interracial romance, native american white relationships, american indian, native american attack, captive woman, stockholm syndrome, indian attack, squaw, captivity, moral dilemma, held captive ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: kansas
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My Dangerous Wife (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The wife had only wished for one thing, and one thing only... But when she realized that her wish would not come true, she began plotting a dreadful revenge on her husband. Married to a beautiful wife from rich family and running his own café ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense
Plot: infidelity, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, kidnapped wife, family problems, attempted murder, ransom demand, marital problem, abduction, relationship problems, marriage, dysfunctional marriage ...
Place: japan
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 2.8
 1K
Pursuit (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Detective Breslin crosses paths with Calloway, a ruthless hacker desperate to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by a drug cartel. When Calloway escapes police custody, Breslin joins forces with a no-nonsense female cop to reclaim his prisoner. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
Plot: drug cartel, kidnapped wife, drug dealer, rescue, manhunt, police investigation, fight, police, wife, gay, kidnapping, hacker ...
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 6.6
 5K
Unstoppable (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Dong-chul and Ji-soo are a happily married couple. One day, Dong-chul comes home to find his house in disarray and his wife missing.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: explosions, house, gang, bandit, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, gang of outlaws, gangster, kidnapped wife, abduction, organized crime, virus ...
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News of a Kidnapping (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Colombia
Duration: 321 min.
TV show
Story: The early 90s, Colombia. The government tries to combat drug trafficking with extradition laws. Maruja Pachón and Beatriz Villamizar - the wife and sister of congressman Alberto Villamizar - are kidnapped by the Extraditables. The police begin a ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: organized crime, drug cartel, kidnapped wife, police investigation, crime investigation, drug traffic, criminal, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, runaway, drug lord, sleuth ...
Place: colombia
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The Good and the Bad (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: From 1935 to 1945, the happiness of a couple turns to sadness when their Traction Avant auto is used by the gang des Tractions Avant.
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: police officer, resistance, world war two, occupied france, nazism, hooligan, wartime life, dishonesty, heist, on the run, politics, obsessive quest ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 1930s, year 1945, year 1940 ...
Place: paris france
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, betrayal, murder, surveillance, conspiracy, spy, adulterer, voyeur, undercover, paranoid, voyeurism ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: california, los angeles
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Dillinger and Capone (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. ...
Style: realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, master criminal, fighting crime, missing person, kidnapping, law enforcement, manhunt, crime gone awry, obsessive quest, rivalry, folk hero, criminal heroes ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1940
Place: chicago
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The Vector File (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A geo-political thriller where Gerry Anderson finds that sometimes, everybody really is out to get you. Gerry's daughter, Mattie, accidentally prints out a DNA code that in the wrong hands can end the human race. The chase is on - the Russians, ...
Style: bleak, futuristic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, terrorism, undercover, introspection, danger, estrangement, save the world, heroes, law enforcement, on the run, race against time, heroic mission ...
Place: new zealand
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 6.3
 28K
Cat's Eye (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an ...
Style: scary, anthology, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: life & death, cat, monster, supernatural, revenge, multiple storylines, demon, child in peril, girl, cure, transformation, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped psycho-killer invades Girard's home, killing Danny's ...
Style: scary, disturbing, tense, absurd, grindhouse ...
Plot: mutant, experiment gone awry, disorder, psychopath, misfit, danger, mentally challenged, mental illness, rivalry, countryside, murder, chase ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
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 3.5
 1K
Alpha Code (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Johana (Denise Richards), a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie (Randy Couture) a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin (Bren Foster), and with help of Bowie’s ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: ufo, alien, businessman, scientist, erased memory, countryside, investigation, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, mistaken identity, multiple deaths, memory loss ...
Place: central europe, prague
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The ...
Style: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: seductive behavior, family relations, friendship, teacher, professor, medicine, lawyer, divorce, teenager, youth, destiny, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 2017
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Blood in the Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, action thriller, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, prison, police officer, female nudity, assassination, revenge, vigilante, woman with a gun, blackmail, conspiracy, danger, heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, alps, paris france ...
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 5.8
 20K
Life of Crime (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Style: sexy, independent film, suspense, ironic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, mistress, adultery, character study, relationships, dysfunctional family, ransom, hostage, cons and scams, trophy wife, attempted rape ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, bahamas
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 6.4
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Loving You (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Hong Kong detective has a change of heart after taking a bullet in the head.
Plot: kickass, extramarital affair, police, brain damage, cop, shootout, woman in jeopardy, husband wife reconciliation, brain injury, husband wife relationship, love triangle, car bomb ...
Place: china, hong kong
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Vigilante Diaries (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Vigilante Diaries is a high octane action-adventure film featuring 90's movie heroes, explosive action, and international espionage. The film revolves around a team of black-ops agents turned crime-fighters, led by a brooding anti-hero, ...
Style: intense, suspense, tense, semi serious
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, woman with a gun, rescue, terrorism, gangster, mission, torture, electric shock, female domination, tough law enforcer, spy ...
Place: armenia, russia, scotland
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 6.0
 59K
Automata (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style: futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, dystopia, androids and robots, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, distopia, cyborgs, robot human relationship, ecology, dystopian future, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, near future, year 2014, 2010s, 2040s ...
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One Foot in Heaven (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make it go bankrupt and purchase its land at a low cost. Bull is ...
Style: freeze frame, feel good, urban fantasy
Plot: lottery, taxi driver, car crash, money, chase, voyeur, boy, hospital, father daughter relationship, female nudity, father son relationship, car chase ...
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Raiders of the Sun (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and ...
Style: apocalyptic, independent film
Plot: post apocalypse, bondage, dystopia, distopia, village, martial arts, biological warfare, midget, traitor, love interest, democracy, fistfight ...
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 6.2
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Soft Skin (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and ...
Plot: housewife, kidnapped wife, sex scene, female protagonist, kidnapping, unhappy wife, fake kidnapping, cheating wife, wannabe, wife, female captive
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 6.9
 6K
Soldier Blue (1970)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, bleak, controversial ...
Plot: native american white relationships, native american, native american attack, soldier, massacre, village, survival, military, fall in love, wild west, society, opposites attract ...
Time: 1860s, 1870s, 19th century
Place: persia, usa, colorado
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a ...
Style: stylized, colorful, epic, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: jazz, ancient, mistrust, duty, martyr, monk, long distance relationship, suspicion, gossip, blues, imaginary, exile ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s
Place: india, san francisco, asia
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The Stalking Moon (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman and her half-breed son recently rescued from indians, and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father is a feared and murderous Apache ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apache territory, escapades, rescue, old west, half breed, farm, tough heroes, heroes, danger, left to die, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: new mexico, arizona, usa
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 6.5
 50K
The River Wild (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, scary ...
Audience: kids
Plot: wilderness, survival, river, hostage, family in danger, rafting, danger, kidnapping, nature, boat, criminal, rescue ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, montana, usa
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Into the West (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 552 min.
TV show
Story: Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style: epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: native american, american indian, wild west, indian war, old west, native american attack, tribe, native american white relationships, wagon train, interracial relations, friendship, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: south dakota
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 4.8
 36K
Double Team (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: He's a one-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world. They Don't Play by the Rules. You're either on their side...or in their way. America's top counter-terrorist usually works alone...this time he's got ...
Style: intense, suspenseful, stylized, action packed, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, heroes, heroic mission, danger, uninhibited rivalry, good versus evil, martial arts, chase, buddy cop, terrorist, virtual reality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: antwerp, rome italy, france, switzerland, belgium ...
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 7.1
 6K
7 Boxes (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Paraguay, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, hispanic ...
Plot: chase, danger, petty criminal, chases and races, gang, teenage life, youth, twists and turns, teenage boy, heist, teenager, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paraguay, latin america
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 6.2
 474
Black Fox (1995)
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
Plot: native american white relationships, modern western, apache, modern west, gunfight, black, interracial relations, hostage, indian war, heroes, lone wolves, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: texas
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