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- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsWalter MatthauRobert ShawMartin BalsamFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsBruce WillisWilliam AthertonBonnie BedeliaJohn McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsDavid Alan BascheOlivia ThirlbyLiza Colón-ZayasA real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
- DirectorJan de BontStarsKeanu ReevesDennis HopperSandra BullockA young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
- DirectorStuart BairdStarsKurt RussellHalle BerrySteven SeagalWhen terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAl PacinoJohn CazalePenelope AllenThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsSteven SeagalGary BuseyTommy Lee JonesAn ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsHarrison FordGary OldmanGlenn CloseCommunist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
- DirectorTed DemmeStarsDenis LearyJudy DavisKevin SpaceyA cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsNicole KidmanSam NeillBilly ZaneAfter a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
- DirectorFlorent-Emilio SiriStarsBruce WillisKevin PollakSerena Scott ThomasWhen a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley's own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn't even know or saving his own family.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinMichael VartanWhen former SD-6 agent McKenas Cole with his crew of bandits take over SD-6, Sydney has to forget her previous plan about quitting the agency and has to focus on her mission with Jack to save their colleagues. In the meantime, as he was about to quit his work on a story, Will Tippin gets an unexpected push to continue from the third party.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinMichael VartanVaughn disobeys the CIA in order to infiltrate SD-6 when he receives a desperate plea for help from Dixon. At SD-6, Cole continues his vendetta against Sloane and his search for device in possession of SD-6. Elsewhere, Will continues his work on story.
- DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsClaire DanesRupert FriendNazanin BoniadiThe security breach at the Embassy has far reaching consequences.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffThe Team's Headquarters (Post Office Black Site) is attacked in an effort to assassinate Red (James Spader).
- 2013–202342mTV-148.7 (3.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael W. WatkinsStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffRed is kidnapped by terrorist Anslo Garrick. Will Elizabeth find him? What other secrets will be unveiled?
- DirectorBill EaglesStarsJosh HollowayMeghan OryJohn BillingsleyCybercom is under attack, as an interference with the chip makes Gabriel suffer from amnesia.
- CreatorAlon AranyaJeffrey NachmanoffOmri GivonStarsToni ColletteTate DonovanRhys CoiroA premiere surgeon is blackmailed in a plot to assassinate the president after her family is taken hostage by a rogue federal agent.
- DirectorBryan SpicerStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubPeter MacNicolRussian ire worries the White House, while the Chinese take on CTU, and the damaged circuit board is in surprising hands.
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsWesley SnipesBruce PayneTom SizemoreAn airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.
- DirectorJohn T. KretchmerStarsJeffrey DonovanGabrielle AnwarBruce CampbellMichael and former handler Jason Bly are trapped together in a bank robbery. The pair must work together in order to get out alive
- DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle and Martha are held hostage during a bank robbery and Beckett has to try to get them and the other hostages out.
- DirectorDean DevlinStarsTimothy HuttonGina BellmanChristian KaneWhile Nate and Sophie try to con a corrupt Judge, they are taken hostage during a botched bank robbery.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiA woman desperately attempts to change the outcome of the events of a day she is forced to relive again and again in which her boyfriend explodes a bomb during a failed bank robbery killing everyone inside, including Mulder and Scully.
- CreatorHank SteinbergK.J. SteinbergStarsLourdes BenedictoJohn BillingsleyJessica Ann CollinsNine surviving hostages from a spectacular bank hold-up meet regularly. The memories keep haunting them, in flashbacks that slowly reveal the story. Two surviving perpetrators in jail, who are brothers, and the police, including survivor Nick, also remain focused on its aftermath, which keeps affecting all of them, their loved ones, their colleagues, and others.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsPatrick SwayzeKeanu ReevesGary BuseyAn F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanSecret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad AbdirahmanThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.