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Oliver & Company (1988)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street ...
Style: sentimental, funny, feel good, light, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: orphan, friendship, dog, cat, adoption, pets, kitten, urban setting, alone, canine, tragedy, butler ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: new york, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city, america
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Executive Decision (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, airplane, hostage, rescue, hijacking, terrorist, hand to hand combat, bomb, surveillance, military, special forces, senator ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
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Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, realistic
Plot: urban ghetto life, homecoming, fall in love, engineer, family relations, misfit, ransom, blackmail, unemployment, mother love, urban ghetto, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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 4.2
 262
Betrayed (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, couples, pregnancy, couple relations, dishonesty, blackmail, abduction, ransom, danger, kidnapping, family relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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24 Days (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Style: disturbing, realistic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot: investigation, family in crisis, missing child, family problems, life is a bitch, abduction, ransom, judaism, israeli, kidnapping, police, confined
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, paris france, france
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 6.6
 4K
Ransom (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.
Style: tense, suspenseful, compassionate, brutal, detective ...
Plot: hostage negotiator, criminal, abduction, salvation, violence, partner, police, twists and turns, danger, catastrophe, exodus, badass ...
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 6.9
 14K
The Clan (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When it was first released in Argentina, Pablo Trapero’s film had the highest opening box-office of all time. The key to that success is simply that The Clan is based on one of the most shocking crimes in the country’s history, the Puccio Clan ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot: ransom, murder, abduction, hostage, violence, arrest, family relations, organized crime, family reunited, kidnapping, biopic, political intrigue ...
Time: year 2015, 80s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: asian, kidnapping, female protagonist, ransom, kidnapped, gang, family business, criminal gang, kidnapped woman, satire, ransom demand, businesswoman ...
Place: korea
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 2.4
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Lockdown (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Chaos reigns in Los Angeles when three criminals, led by a psychotic mastermind named McMasters, takes over a police station and threaten to kill everyone in it unless a large ransom is paid. FBI special agent Roger Kinkaid uses his extensive ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, serious
Plot: swat team, armed forces, agent, psychopath, ransom, ransom demand, hostage, fbi agent, criminal, hostage situation, taken hostage, die hard
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The Secret of the Greco Family (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story: A seemingly perfect family secretly kidnaps wealthy people for ransom to maintain their high standard of living and social status. Based on a true story.
Style: captivating, thrilling
Plot: kidnapping, secret, criminal, teamwork, ransom demand, money problems, ransom, family relations, abduction, money
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 2.1
 51
Wedding Ring (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: wedding ring, love and romance, ransom, revenge, search for father, twists and turns, romantic relationship, family relations, theft, romantic friendship, parents and children, betrayal ...
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Over My Dead Body (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The perpetually rational and precise researcher Hyeon-cheol and the rash and reckless Dong-hwa have nothing in common with the exception of a goal to steal a corpse to serve their own twisted agendas. They set off on their bizarre mission and the ...
Style: dark comedy, satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing
Plot: ransom demand, abduction, kidnapping, escapades, nanotechnology, money, corporation, money problems, advanced technology, technology, ransom, experimental technology ...
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Amber Alert (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A 20 year old man takes a bus full of young children hostage in exchange for money to help his sick mother. Meanwhile a detective must over come doubt from family and co-workers while she tries to negotiate with the hostage taker.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot: child hostage, hostage situation, ransom demand, problem, life is a bitch, life insurance, illness, hostage, ransom, money, money problems, insurance ...
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The Ignorance of Blood (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Javier Falcón, Chief of the Sevilla Homicide Division, must solve two different cases in a short time. In the first case he is personally involved. An old friend of his infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell and now the group is trying to recruit ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, kidnapping, law enforcement, danger, terrorism, rescue, ransom, hostage rescue, suitcase of money, child kidnapping, threesome, bare butt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based upon a short story by Leo Tolstoy, two Russian soldiers, Sacha and Vania, are ambushed by Muslim rebels in the grandly forbidding Caucasus and taken prisoner. Although complete understanding never fully emerges, their bittersweet ordeal ...
Style: realistic, bleak, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: pow, war, hostage, russian soldier, prison, violence, soldier, confined, captivity, poverty, islam, prisoner ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 21st century
Place: chechnya, russia, caucasus, soviet union, asia
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 8.2
 72K
Hera Pheri (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: kidnapping, rescue, rivalry, unemployment, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, love and romance, fall in love, gangster, couple relations, buddies, telephone call ...
Time: y2k, 90s
Place: middle east, india, asia
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 5.7
 2K
'R Xmas (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, drug dealer, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, going straight, ransom demand, gangster, drug dealing, friendship, interracial relations, drug abuse, abduction ...
Time: year 1993
Place: new york, usa
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Unconditional Love (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young criminal kidnaps a couple's young son and then blackmails them into committing his crime instead of asking for a ransom.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: psychological abuse, kidnapping, blackmail, criminal, ransom, revenge, adoption, couples, strength, kidnapped child, child abduction
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Soldier's Fortune (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother's ex-husband, a former mercenary, gathers some of his former comrades and goes off to rescue her.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: cheerleader, ransom, kidnapping, terrorism, raid, mercenary, shootout, rambo, wealth, girl, heroes, battles ...
Place: central america
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Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Plot: revenge, inheritance, ransom, murder, man in a wheelchair, blackmail, criminal gang, turtle, knife thrower, female criminal, criminal
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 4.7
 37K
Snatched (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, exciting, light ...
Plot: kidnapping, vacation, women, parent child relationship, tourist, misunderstanding, mother daughter relationship, threat, rescue, escape, struggle for survival, adult filmmaking ...
Time: year 2017
Place: ecuador
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Assault in Paradise (1977)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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.
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Plot: ransom, hostage, serial killer, exploitation, redsploitation, hitman, police officer, city, helicopter, threat, corruption, revenge ...
Place: vietnam, arizona
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Mister Deathman (1983)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.
Style: grindhouse, eurospy
Plot: blaxploitation, spy, car crash, prospector, scientist, kidnapping, ransom, agent, villainess, gadget, female spy, surveillance ...
Time: 70s
Place: south africa, switzerland, pentagon
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Ffolkes (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other ...
Style: political thriller, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, 007, boat, sea, north sea, oil rig, hostage, mercenary, mission, british, oil ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: big ben london, scotland, london
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: entertaining, touching, epic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: runaway, happy ending, youth, kidnapping, politician, memory, storytelling, police, ransom, child, neglect, family relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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Travels with My Aunt (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt"s shady schemes.
Style: retro, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot: sexual freedom, funeral, aunt nephew relationship, prostitution, ransom, stranger on a train, cigar, literary, flashback, painting, butler, train station ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: paris france, istanbul turkey, italy, spain, north africa ...
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Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: fbi, ransom, kidnapping, special agent, gangster, college, beach, cons and scams, space travel, down on your luck, missing person, nasa ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
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 5.7
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Lace II (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
Plot: ransom, identity, father, train conductor, kidnapping, seduction, astronaut, jungle, rebel, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship
Place: asia, thailand
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 7.4
 32K
The Edukators (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Style: political, philosophical, psychological, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rebelliousness, rebellion, debt, rebel, politics, boyfriend, friends, kidnapping, revolution, vandalism, fighting the system, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 1968, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, barcelona
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The Candy Snatchers (1973)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An abused autistic boy is the sole witness to the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Style: disturbing, grindhouse, depressing, controversial, independent film ...
Plot: rape, kidnapping, buried alive, teenage girl, hostage, diamond, diamonds, mute child, psychological torture, stepfather, shooting, schoolgirl ...
Time: 70s
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