| Extortion (2017) | 6.2 | |
| Kidnap (2017) | 5.9 | |
| Man on Fire (2004) | 7.7 | |
| Cactus (2008) | 5.7 | |
| Deja Vu (2006) | 7.1 |
Kidnapped movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant kidnapped movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with kidnapped, kidnapping, survival, hostage, violence, abduction, murder, psychopath, captivity and chase plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
810
TOP 10 movies tagged as kidnapped: Private Obsession (1995), A Friend of the Family (2022), I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017), 3096 Days (2013), The Girl Next Door (2007), The Dark Hours (2005), Room (2015), Abigail (2024), Berlin Syndrome (2017), Lessons in Love (2013).
Best films
New films
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
First-class fashion model Emanuelle Griffith is missing. Richard Tate knows exactly where she is and plans to keep her there until she knows her place: subordinate to men. But Emannuelle is waiting for her chance to turn his obsession. That one ...
Style:
psychosexual thriller, erotic, independent film
Plot:
kidnapped, sex scene, striptease, voyeur, erotica, private detective, female protagonist, dog, female nudity, held captive, male star appears nude, escape ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend." The Brobergs — devoted to their faith, family, and community — were ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
kidnapped girl, family relations, kidnapped daughter, kidnapped, kidnapping, eccentric family, undercover, family problems, kidnapped child, pedophile, abduction, cheating wife ...
Time:
70s
Place:
idaho
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, factual, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapped, abduction, captivity, rape, teenager, captive, violence, brutality, running for your life, abused child, kidnapping, investigation ...
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
Style:
realistic, saga, rough, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, child abuse, psychological torture, rape, abduction, basement, life is a bitch, violence against women, pedophile, missing child, stockholm syndrome, kidnapped ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
germany, austria
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, abduction, kidnapped, true crime, rape, child abduction, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicide detective, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychological, frightening, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, violence, victim, physical abuse, cruelty, helplessness, abuse, childhood, unsettling ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, new york, america, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. ...
Style:
suspense, dark, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
surrealism, kidnapped, game, obsession, vengeance, doctors and patients, mind game, psychopath, hostage, home invasion, torture, blood ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
477K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, sad, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, kidnapped, captive, room, mother son relationship, child born of rape, female protagonist, child protagonist, rape, boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia, canada
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of criminals kidnaps a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, ...
Style:
gothic, mystic, mystical, detective, dark comedy ...
Plot:
ballerina, violence, evil child, monster, kidnapping, blood, child vampire, vampire, rat, father daughter relationship, kidnapped, elevator ...
Place:
new york, mexico, africa, costa rica, ireland ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Style:
suspense, sexy, erotic, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
obsession, trapped, captive, psychopath, stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, kidnapped, missing person, held captive, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, attempted escape, man hits a woman ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
oceania, berlin germany, germany, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story is about a woman who is abducted and forced to watch footage of captives getting molested. She doesn't know whether the sexual torture is amateur porn, or if these are sex crimes caught on tape. As she is exposed to more of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
abduction, rape, sexual abuse, kidnapping, captivity, violence, voyeurism, violent, kidnapped, victim, graphic violence, kidnapper ...
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After Sabrina is abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with other innocent women for the amusement of unseen spectators. Each of these reluctant warriors has something to lose, but only one will remain when the game ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight to the death, revenge, brutality, death, fight, kidnapping, captivity, violence spree, punched in the face, woman in danger, against the odds, female martial artist ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An English historian travels to Morocco to work on a study of the painter Delacroix. He hears of a rare series of engravings and embarks on a search for them that takes him through the mysterious streets of the ancient medina. He becomes obsessed ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, surreal, crying, erotic ...
Plot:
bondage, voyeurism, female whipping, voyeur, dead woman, eroticism, bdsm, fetish, ghost, dreaming, suicide, hallucination ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A home invasion irrevocably changes the lives of all involved in ways neither victims nor perpetrator could have imagined
Style:
erotic, sexy, eros, disturbing, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
home invasion, sex scene, psychopath, violence, bdsm, brutality, husband and wife, hostage, torture, kidnapping, couple relations, research ...
Is relevant?
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:
enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
family secret, businessman, revelation, secret, kidnapped, kidnapped girl, kidnapping, hostage, father daughter relationship, kidnapped woman, abduction, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
san francisco
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, colorful, feel good
Plot:
extortion, kidnapped, hostage, ransom, danger, evil man, nothing goes right, captivity, police, island, ocean, ship ...
Place:
caribbean, bahamas
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Laura, in order to save her relationship from falling apart, goes to Sicily, where she meets Massimo. A dangerous man, the head of a mafia family, kidnaps her and gives 365 days to love him.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
sex, sex scene, erotica, dangerous attraction, passion, sexual relations, lust, rich man poor woman, oral sex, strong sexual content, captive woman, stockholm syndrome ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
sicily, warsaw poland, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A diabolical woman runs a dangerous brothel for missing girls.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, bleak, suspense
Plot:
kidnapping, sexploitation, missing girl, exploitation, brothel, missing person, kidnapped, violence, drug, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
41K
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, child in peril, rescue, kidnapped, single mother, abduction, danger, little boy, missing child, police station, child kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, child abduction, phone terror, basement, serial child killer, victim, small town, locked in a basement, escape attempt, psycho killer, murder, kidnapped ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
Is relevant?
110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, ransom, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, wealthy family, danger, couple relations, abduction, criminal, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe, berlin germany
Is relevant?
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, human trafficking, captive, sex slave, captivity, voyeur, woman in danger, hostage, race against time, nothing goes right, expedition, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style:
disturbing, harsh, bleak, brutal, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, true crime, torture, captivity, murder, threat, dysfunctional family, children, court, courtroom drama, domestic violence, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 60s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman and her daughter charter a sail boat while on spring break only to discover the captain has plans to make sure they never return home.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, struggle for survival, survival, family problems, island, sea adventure, male female relationship, abduction, kidnapped, mother daughter relationship, family relations, relationship problems ...
Place:
florida
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against ...
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
sex scene, backwoods, serial killer, skinny dipping, hitchhiking, kidnapped, female nudity, kidnapping, dead man, automobile, psycho killer, composer ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young woman (Sandra Bullock) mysteriously disappears, sending her boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) on a years-long quest to find her. Not even a new love (Nancy Travis) can keep him from his obsessive search. All the while, the calculating ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missing person, obsession, kidnapping, kidnapped, psychopath, buried alive, spider, killer, slow burn, serial killer, hostage, missing girl ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, washington state
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, depressing, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, masked killer, torture, high school, deathtrap, bullying, confined, misfit, social misfits, kidnapped, murder, sadism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After the tragic disappearance and presumed death of her tech mogul husband, Samantha Hastings decides to escape from her fancy hi-tech house in Silicon Valley and move to a rustic and cozy tiny house, completely isolated from the prying eyes of the ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychotronic, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapped, husband, nightmare, isolation, isolated place, isolated house, house, woman in danger, woman, privacy invasion, claustrophobia ...
Is relevant?
51K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
