Movies About Kidnapping
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- StarsCindy PickettJohn AshtonCorin NemecThe harrowing true account of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped by a perverted pseudo-priest and his lackey during the 1970s. As he gets older, he realizes that he needs to try to make an escape and get back home.
- DirectorGary YatesStarsSara CanningJames Van Der BeekLeVar BurtonThe true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.
- DirectorElisabeth RöhmStarsJudd NelsonStefanie ScottJoely FisherSarah is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsJulia LalondeHenry ThomasMoira KellyA teenage girl is abducted and held in a forest in an underground bunker by a sexual predator.
- DirectorSarah WalkerStarsElizabeth SmartAlana BodenSkeet UlrichPolice launch a high-profile investigation after a teenager (Alana Boden) is abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsAddison TimlinZane HoltzZelda WilliamsIn 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?
- DirectorUlu GrosbardStarsMichelle PfeifferTreat WilliamsWhoopi GoldbergA family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son, is kidnapped and then found nine years later living in the same town where his family had just moved.
- DirectorJim DonovanStarsKatie DouglasLeo PetrusJamie RobinsonOn the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.
- DirectorTerrell LamontStarsKennedy WaiteHolly WestwoodRodney GrierAn art teacher's plans fall apart when he kidnaps a ballplayer's daughter to repay a debt to a ruthless mob boss.
- DirectorDrew MylreaStarsDrew Van AckerAlicia SilverstoneStephen MoyerA father and son, who have been living off grid for 20 years, encounter an outsider who threatens to destroy the utopia they've built.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsMason ThamesMadeleine McGrawEthan HawkeAfter being abducted and locked in a basement, a boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsJames McAvoyClaire FoyTom CullenEdmond Murray searches for answers deep in the Highlands after receiving a frantic call from his ex-wife that their seven-year-old son went missing from a campsite.
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsGuillaume CanetMélanie LaurentOlivier de BenoistThe disappearance of his child sends a man on a dark path to find the truth.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsDaniel J. TravantiJoBeth WilliamsMartha ScottAfter their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead.
- DirectorRobert LiebermanStarsErika ChristensenJesse MetcalfeBill LippincottAn upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
- DirectorHans HerbotsStarsGeert Van RampelbergIna GeertsJohan van AsscheA police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper
- DirectorBaran bo OdarStarsUlrich ThomsenClaudia MichelsenWotan Wilke Möhring13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
- DirectorEriprando ViscontiStarsMichele PlacidoRena NiehausFlavio BucciA teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.
- DirectorRick LancasterStarsBrett HelshamTJ PlunkettLisa GunnA disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as an American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsMorgan FreemanEd HarrisCasey AffleckTwo Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsBrigitte RoüanFrançois CluzetJean-François StéveninOlivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and country veterinarian Serge, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing from France to Africa and nearly destroys his mother, who clings to her remaining child Nadine--and her devoted neighbor Marcel. Several years later, having relocated to the city, the police investigator who handled the case meets a Paris rent-boy whom he believes is the missing Olivier. Once he returns to his rural home, the teenage Olivier tries to assuage his mother's now-entrenched grief and heal the rift between his reunited parents. Meanwhile, he must overcome his brooding adolescent sister's jealousy and doubts about his identity and reconcile his sleazy street life with his picturesque new surroundings. Questions about the tight-lipped Olivier's true motivations continue to crop up, however, threatening to send his mother over the edge for good.
- DirectorDror SorefStarsSimon BakerPaz VegaMichael DeLorenzoIn a Tex-Mex border town, a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsGwen TrevathanWendi Jean LinnGunter ZieglerA shocking story of captivity and survival inspired by actual events.
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsKevin KlineKathleen GatiPaulina GaitanAdriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsGijs Scholten van AschatSylvia HoeksJohanna ter SteegeA laid-off book editor sets out to find his teenage daughter when she and her boyfriend go missing on holiday in Namibia.
- DirectorGuy MosheStarsRon LivingstonChris PennUdo KierIn Cambodia, Holly, a 12 year old Vietnamese girl, encounters Patrick, an American stolen artifacts dealer. The story follows their strong connection and her unrelenting efforts to escape her fate.
- DirectorChris MengesStarsDaniel AuteuilNastassja KinskiKatrin CartlidgeXavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery. He guesses that the lost son is dead and shifts his focus to finding and breaking this lucrative business of child trafficking. He involves a reluctant Nathalie to hunt "the Austrian," the shadowy head of the business. Violence erupts quickly, and Xavier soon has little more to lose.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsJoaquin PhoenixJudith RobertsEkaterina SamsonovA traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
- DirectorRainer KaufmannStarsNadja UhlSenta BergerAnatole TaubmanA commissioner and a public prosecutor become allies in the investigation into a case of child trafficking and child prostitution in Berlin. You are David against Goliath: courageous women who are not afraid to reveal and denounce the criminal structures protected by upper circles in politics and the judiciary, even at the risk of losing their own security. The film shows how easily children can become victims in a world between power and powerlessness, wealth and poverty and what it means for children to go through hell. Fee and Bran are two children from Romania who suffer this fate and who depend on the fact that there are people like Commissioner Wegemann and Public Prosecutor Lessing who are brave enough to look and intervene, even if they take their own risk .
- DirectorRudi LagemannStarsAntonio CalloniOtávio AugustoDarlene GlóriaIn 2002, 12-year-old Maria, living in dire poverty with her family, is sold by her fisherman father to prostitute recruiter Seu Tadeu, who takes her to a low-class brothel in the Amazon region. While she suffers innumerable abuses, Maria only thinks of escaping the horrible conditions she's faced with.
- CreatorMarnie DickensStarsJodie ComerValene KaneRichard Rankin26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. Ivy hasn't been seen for thirteen years; she was kidnapped in 2003 at the age of thirteen.
- DirectorChristopher M. BessetteStarsDermot MulroneyMira SorvinoJohn BillingsleyA couple grieving the loss of their own daughter set out to rescue young girls sold into the sex slave trade.
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsRachel NicholsWes BentleySimon ReynoldsA businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorLuis MandokiStarsKevin BaconCharlize TheronCourtney LoveThe Jennings' fight for their daughters life after she is kidnapped by an experienced gang of thieves.
- DirectorArtie MandelbergStarsPark OverallJason BegheSeth AdkinsA woman is reunited with her kidnapped son after five years; unfortunately she discovers that he has a near-infantile mindset and apparent mental problems. Will she give up on Andrew or try to help him work through the abuse he suffered?
- DirectorDave LindsayStarsJoseph Paul BrancaJohn TerrellAlvaro CortezWhen Lance Wood contacts authorities to tell them of the abduction, torture, rape and murder of gay student Gordon Church, committed by Michael Archuleta, they become suspicious of his own involvement in the case.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsBernadette PetersJohn GloverDan LauriaThe true story of David Rothenberg whose disturbed father set him on fire.
- DirectorMarta BorowskiStarsJaime KingMatt HamiltonJosh CollinsIn 2016 Sherri Papini went for a run and didn't come home. This Northern California missing-person case quickly became a national story--especially after she returned and her story about being abducted wasn't adding up.
- DirectorSimone StockStarsKatie DouglasCara BuonoKristian BruunIt follows Kara Robinson as she survives an abduction and ultimately brings down a serial killer.
- DirectorJacques DoillonStarsClaude HébertMadeleine DesdevisesPaulette LahayeMisfit François kidnaps young Mado and takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. A strange relationship evolves till the police comes upon them.
- DirectorDavid SumnerStarsDaniel AustinBen BarlowAlyssa CorellaA college student passes out at a party and wakes in the bedroom of Edgar, who seems nice but has sinister intentions. As she tries to escape, she finds an heirloom that may help her gain the upper hand against her captor.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsDave BautistaJonathan GroffBen AldridgeWhile vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsPaolo PierobonFausto Russo AlesiBarbara RonchiA Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
- DirectorElizabeth FisherStarsDee AndersonDeanna BoydRae-Leigh BradburyAmber Hagerman's mother details her daughter's shocking murder and shares chilling documentary footage that captures the 9-year-old's final days; Amber's legacy is an alert system that has saved over a thousand children.
- StarsEileen GrubbaBrian GleasonKevin McCorkleIt explores the trials and trauma a family endures when a child is missing and investigates the current crisis of child trafficking, kidnapping, and the long-term damage to the families left behind.
- DirectorRob FrescoStarsTracey GoldJack WagnerMary Page KellerSarah Wheatley is a young woman from a small Oregon town. The last thing she wants to do is go back, but she winds up there anyway with her boyfriend and his two friends, who have been robbing convenience stores across the country.
- DirectorDavid CharbonierJustin PowellStarsLonnie ChavisEzra DeweyKristin BauerAfter Bobby and his best friend Kevin are kidnapped and taken to a strange house in the middle of nowhere, Bobby manages to escape. But then he hears Kevin's screams for help and realizes he can't leave his friend behind.
- DirectorEric LaneuvilleStarsMarkie PostGerald McRaneyJeffrey NordlingA desperate mother becomes detective to solve her 5-year-old daughter's death. The authorities suspect that a member of the family has killed the girl.
- StarsVinette RobinsonKevin McKiddNalini ChettyFollows police detective Chris and his wife, former undercover officer Michelle, whose teenage daughter goes missing.
- DirectorDanny J. BoyleStarsRhonda DentKristina ParasMatt HamiltonA young mother, Rachel, frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah. She went missing after their car crashed outside of a small town in the middle of nowhere. Rachel desperately needs to find her before she's gone forever.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsKellie MartinSharon LawrenceEdward HerrmannA teenage girl sees a photograph of her much-younger self one day in the school cafeteria--on the side of a milk carton. But her beloved parents would never kidnap anyone and there's a deeper mystery ahead.
- CreatorNkechi Okoro CarrollStarsShanola HamptonKelli WilliamsBrett DaltonEach year, over 600,000 people are reported missing in the United States. Gabi Mosely and her crisis management team use unorthodox methods to find the forgotten people.
- DirectorSimone StockStarsSarah DrewCarina BattrickTara YellandA woman finds herself fighting for her daughters when her ex kidnaps them.