Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-kidnapper"

1. Prisoners (2013)

R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo

Votes: 813,526 | Gross: $61.00M

2. Misery (1990)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

After 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.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen

Votes: 236,647 | Gross: $61.28M

3. Gretel & Hansel (2020)

PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw

Votes: 34,171 | Gross: $15.35M

4. Greta (2018)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry

Votes: 38,242 | Gross: $10.52M

5. An American Crime (2007)

R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy, Romy Rosemont

Votes: 37,078

6. I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

R | 106 min | Horror, Thriller

When Katie innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into a nightmare of rape, torture and kidnapping. Now, she will have to find the strength to exact her brutal revenge.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom, Yavor Baharov, George Zlatarev

Votes: 32,976 | Gross: $0.00M

7. The Baby (1973)

PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor

Votes: 4,497

8. Antebellum (2020)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

Directors: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz | Stars: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston

Votes: 29,904

9. Intruders (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only problem.

Director: Adam Schindler | Stars: Rory Culkin, Leticia Jimenez, Jack Kesy, Timothy McKinney

Votes: 14,292

10. We Summon the Darkness (2019)

R | 91 min | Horror, Music, Thriller

Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party.

Director: Marc Meyers | Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth

Votes: 11,942

11. If Looks Could Kill (1991)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy

Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.

Director: William Dear | Stars: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett

Votes: 7,716 | Gross: $7.79M

12. The Devil's Honey (1986)

R | 83 min | Mystery, Thriller

A young woman abducts and subjects a doctor whom she holds responsible for the death of her boyfriend to acts of sexual torture.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Brett Halsey, Corinne Cléry, Blanca Marsillach, Stefano Madia

Votes: 1,677

13. Satanic Panic (2019)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life - and her tips - when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.

Director: Chelsea Stardust | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin, Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine

Votes: 6,881

14. A Thursday (2022)

128 min | Drama, Thriller

Naina, a playschool teacher, takes 16 students hostage. Rattling the police and the leaders, her demands send shockwaves through the country.

Director: Behzad Khambata | Stars: Yami Gautam, Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dhupia, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 25,654

15. The Coed and the Zombie Stoner (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When a nerdy sorority girl falls in love with a zombie, it's only a matter of time before a zombie apocalypse is unleashed on campus. The sorority girl discovers that weed is the cure--now ... See full summary »

Director: Glenn Miller | Stars: Catherine Annette, Grant O'Connell, Jamie Noel, Aaron Caleb

Votes: 1,587

16. The City of the Dead (1960)

PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor

Votes: 8,557

17. Deadtime Stories (1986)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

"Deadtime Stories" is a 1986 horror anthology, where a babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.

Director: Jeffrey Delman | Stars: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume

Votes: 2,579 | Gross: $2.75M

18. Tam Lin (1970)

PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Mystery

An older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Based on an ancient Scottish folk song.

Director: Roddy McDowall | Stars: Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 743

19. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller

One day, Frances Austen, a rich but lonely woman, invites a young man from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him stay there--and has no intention of ever letting him leave.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton, David Garfield

Votes: 2,293 | Gross: $1.06M

20. Chastity Bites (2013)

TV-MA | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

In the early 1600s, Countess Elizabeth Bathory slaughtered more than 600 young women, believing that if she bathed in the blood of virgins, she would stay young and beautiful forever. Still... See full summary »

Director: John V. Knowles | Stars: Allison Scagliotti, Francia Raisa, Louise Griffiths, Eddy Rioseco

Votes: 1,056

21. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 2,545

22. Erotiki teleti (1977)

90 min | Crime, Romance

A wealthy seductress enlists the help of two friends in a simple job that will set them all up for life. But everyone knows there's no such thing as a foolproof plan.

Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Hristos Nomikos, Maria Konsta, Yiorgos Gintis, Samantha Romanou

Votes: 101

23. Nukitsamees (1981)

75 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

A brother and sister called Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while picking strawberries and are captured by an evil forest hag, who uses the two kids as slave labor - Kusti is put to work... See full summary »

Director: Helle Karis | Stars: Egert Soll, Anna-Liisa Kurve, Ülari Kirsipuu, Ines Aru

Votes: 521

24. Isabelle (2011)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

A famous actress finds herself captured by a morbidly deranged paintress.

Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Halina Reijn, Tineke Caels, Wim Opbrouck, Barbara Sarafian

Votes: 826

25. Sest cerných dívek aneb Proc zmizel Zajíc? (1969)

82 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by ... See full summary »

Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Lubomír Lipský, Zuzana Savrdová, Iva Janzurová, Zdenek Rehor

Votes: 39

26. Revenge! (1971 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A deranged mother avenges herself against the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Shelley Winters, Stuart Whitman, Bradford Dillman, Carol Eve Rossen

Votes: 182

27. Brutal Bridesmaids (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jessica is about to get married and enjoy the best day of her life but one of her five bridesmaids is trying to sabotage her wedding day.

Director: Stanley Rowe | Stars: Zoila Garcia, Amanda Tavarez, Karlee Eldridge, Jamie Fritz

Votes: 203

28. Abducted (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller

When 7-year-old Jocelyn Shaker is mysteriously abducted from a resort in the Colombian rainforest, her rich Colombian stepfather and American mother are accused of being involved.

Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Kamar de los Reyes, Luis Fernando Hoyos, Marcela Mar, Kathleen Rose Perkins

Votes: 334

29. Appartement à vendre (2015)

12 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A female real estate agent shows an apartment to two young men. The visit should have been like any other one, but the men have other expectations.

Director: Jeanne Tachan | Stars: Julie Méjean, Aurélien Gilles, Sydney Karsenti

Votes: 51

30. Midnight Death (2018)

11 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

A young girl tries to escape a house of horrors where a demented mother and her seven year old vampire daughter are keeping her captive.

Director: Deanna Rashell | Stars: Deanna Rashell, Rachel Ryals, Katie Monds, Heather Rhea

Votes: 7

31. JustUs (2011)

6 min | Short, Horror

In JustUs, a woman captures the man responsible for the rape and murder of her sister and eleven other women when he's released from custody on a technicality.

Director: Lori Bowen | Stars: Travis Weston Garner, Sage Hall, Kristin Mellian, Aaron Pushkar

32. Prezident Blaník (2018)

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Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Marek Daniel, Halka Tresnáková, Mirek Topolánek, Jirí Drahos

Votes: 310

33. Tanecek pres dve pekla (1982 TV Movie)

57 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A comedy fairy tale full of songs takes us to the 'First Category Hell', inhabited by mischievous female devils, and the 'Second Category Hell' with male devils. And it is here that the ... See full summary »

Director: Jirina Pokorná-Makoszová | Stars: Nada Konvalinková, Pavel Trávnícek, Karolína Slunécková, Jitka Molavcová

Votes: 14

34. Marek Ztracený: To se mi líbí (2018 Music Video)

4 min | Comedy, Music

Popular singer experiences Stockholm syndrome while being kept a prisoner by his psychopathic female fan.

Director: Matej Ríha | Stars: Marek Ztracený, Marek Frycák, Nikol Stíbrová

Votes: 18

35. Obzalovaná (1969 TV Movie)

65 min | Drama

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Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Jana Hlavácová, Václav Voska, Jirina Stepnicková, Martin Ruzek

Votes: 10

36. Pam Rabbit: Mom, I'm Lost (2021 Music Video)

3 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

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Director: Pam Rabbit | Stars: Pam Rabbit, Samuel Barcík, Cenek Chleboun, Denisa Grossová

37. Hana Barbara: New Era (2017 Music Video)

4 min | Music, Thriller

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Director: Michal Wronka | Star: Hana Barbara

Votes: 18

38. LinaKaro: Honey (2018 Music Video)

5 min | Music

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Directors: Stepán Bárta, Krystof Mácha | Stars: Karolína Pribylová, Krystof Volf

Votes: 16

39. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Hello and Goodbye (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Paros represents a widow suing a newsman for allowing her husband to kill himself as the cameras rolled. Meanwhile, Mullaney maintains a hospital bedside vigil for his dying father. Morales... See full summary »

Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 23

40. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Parent Trap (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Rollins represents a man who is fighting to keep his pregnant girlfriend, put in a coma after a car accident, on life-support so their unborn child can be brought to full-term. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 29

41. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Kidnappers target a millionaire to pay the ransom for their victim, a young girl from a poor family. The criminals are a husband who's failed at everything he's tried and a still-ambitious ... See full summary »

Director: Alex March | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Jan Sterling

Votes: 76

42. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Gone Fishing (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Peter and an old friend with a grudge go on a fishing trip but end up being captured by a psychotic feral woman who lives like a hermit in a secluded cabin in the nearby forest.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox

Votes: 14

43. Jak si nepodelat zivot (2019)
Episode: Beze stopy (2019)

73 min | Comedy, Drama

Karel, according to his habit, is spending this winter in the woods and in abandoned cabin settlements. He doesn't steal, doesn't destroy, he has worked out a system to survive with the ... See full summary »

Director: Vít Karas | Stars: Ondrej Vetchý, Marika Soposká, Václav Svarc, Vít Gajdos

Votes: 30

44. Medium (2005–2011)
Episode: The First Bite Is the Deepest (2009)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Cynthia Keener returns, asking Allison to help find a missing friend of hers. Allison is also asked by a real estate mogul to help find his missing wife.

Director: Patricia Arquette | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva

Votes: 188

45. Horror Bizarre (2012– )
Episode: Lieberman (2012)

9 min | Short, Horror

A raped girl meets her rapist again under different circumstances.

Director: Raymond Dullum | Stars: Caroline Andersen, Nicholas Bakken, Geir Børresen, Silje Færseth

46. CSI: Cyber (2015–2016)
Episode: Selfie 2.0 (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cyber team investigates the abductions of young women whose social network pages are being kept up to date. Also, Ryan helps Trish McCarthy (Rosanna Arquette) cope with the death of Trish's sister, Ryan's former psych patient.

Director: Eagle Egilsson | Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol, Shad Moss

Votes: 312

47. Perception (2012–2015)
Episode: Run (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Moretti goes missing on the day of her wedding, Pierce and Donnie set out to find her. A dangerous person from Pierce's past abducts Kate.

Director: Kenneth Biller | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith

Votes: 216