Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hostage-exchange"

1. Chief of Station (2024)

97 min | Action, Thriller

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Petrovski

Votes: 1,547

2. Cloak & Dagger (1984)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra

Votes: 8,480 | Gross: $9.72M

3. Contagion (2011)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow

Votes: 316,691 | Gross: $75.66M

4. Game Night (I) (2018)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.

Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan

Votes: 256,481 | Gross: $69.18M

5. Savages (I) (2012)

R | 131 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro

Votes: 134,703 | Gross: $47.38M

6. Appaloosa (2008)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons

Votes: 64,849 | Gross: $20.21M

7. Getaway (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Thriller

To save his kidnapped wife, Brent Magna must drive at the orders of a mysterious man.

Director: Courtney Solomon | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Paul Freeman

Votes: 25,296 | Gross: $10.49M

8. Passenger 57 (1992)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Alex Datcher

Votes: 50,825 | Gross: $44.07M

9. Priceless (II) (2016)

PG-13 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A widower who's lost custody of his daughter finds himself unable to hold down a job. He agrees to drive a truck cross-country, no questions asked, but when he discovers the nature of his cargo, he is faced with a life-changing decision.

Director: Ben Smallbone | Stars: Joel Smallbone, Bianca A. Santos, David Koechner, Jim Parrack

Votes: 4,164 | Gross: $1.50M

10. Last Man Standing (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken

Votes: 61,092 | Gross: $17.60M

11. The Way West (1967)

Approved | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright

Votes: 3,597

12. Kaminey (2009)

Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The desperate lives of two estranged twin brothers converge over missing drugs, politics, racial prejudice, corrupt cops and an unplanned pregnancy.

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deb Mukherjee, Shivkumar Subramaniam

Votes: 18,164 | Gross: $1.29M

13. Caravan to Vaccares (1974)

PG | 98 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But... See full summary »

Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi

Votes: 447

14. Night People (1954)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke.

Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam

Votes: 1,519

15. Revolver (1973)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Italian prison warden is forced to exchange a French criminal for his kidnapped wife, but they soon find themselves on the trail of a larger conspiracy.

Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli

Votes: 2,393

16. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western

Texan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Tol Avery

Votes: 3,241

17. Roja (1992)

137 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.

Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arvind Swamy, Madhoo, Pankaj Kapur, Nassar

Votes: 13,745

18. Chakravyuh (2012)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.

Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, Kabir Bedi, Kiran Karmarkar, Arjun Rampal

Votes: 3,426

19. Caged Fury (1983)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama

North American and Asian women are brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers in an evil Filipino POW camp

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Bernadette Williams, Jennifer Lane, Taaffe O'Connell, Catherine March

Votes: 193

20. Malos Padres (2023)

94 min | Comedy

Two scheming friends are brought over to face a paternity problem related to an inheritance. But neither knows who's the real father.

Director: Jose Ramon Alama | Stars: Ana Maria Arias, Ovandy Camilo, Ramón Emilio Candelario, El Mayor Clásico

Votes: 89

21. Mafia Junction (1973)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Superbitch uses her body to deceive and manipulate men to get what she wants.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham, Patricia Hayes, Ettore Manni

Votes: 374

22. The Company Man (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action

Ernest Gray is a bookstore owner who lives peacefully with his daughter. When a crew of mercenaries attacks, his real identity of an ex-CIA agent is blown. Control 5, who betrayed him ten years ago, is on his trail again.

Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Matthias Hues, Don Stroud, Bryan Genesse

Votes: 94

23. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In order to buy himself more time Jack puts Victor and Andre in contact via Mason with a hospitalized Alexis Drazen. Palmer becomes involved with a campaign staffer. Tony and Nina learn that Kim has been recaptured.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,721

24. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: Day 3: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack and Tony clash as they wait for the time of hostage exchange with Saunders. Senator Keeler confronts President Palmer about the Milliken cover-up while Wayne initiates a secret operation against Sherry.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth

Votes: 1,355

25. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: Rats Like Cheese (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

When Mr. Freeze kidnaps a baseball player to make Batman surrender himself in exchange for his revenge, the Caped Crusader agrees to do so.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 610

26. Hot Pursuit (1984–1985)
Episode: Portrait of a Lady Killer (1984)

Action, Drama, Thriller

Jim and Kate abduct Mrs. Modrian after luring her by exhibiting a painting of Kate posing as her lookalike. The couple use a drug to put the woman under hypnosis so they can draw out some ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Kerrie Keane, Eric Pierpoint, Michael Preston, Dina Merrill

27. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode: The Chase (1969)

TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi

A gang of rebels are attacking the Secret Police headquarters. Inspector Kobick needs the help of the Little People promising their freedom if he catches them. However, he keeps Betty in ... See full summary »

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall

Votes: 57

28. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
Episode: Castles in Space (1967)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Will meets a princess who is escaping two bounty hunters, yet Will gets kidnapped instead.

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen

Votes: 194

29. McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
Episode: The Face of Murder (1972)

TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mac's ex-pug pal Freddie O'Neale becomes a target for murder after he claims he can identify The Dutchman, a notorious jewel thief whose face is unknown to the police and to the posh San Francisco social set whose treasures he plunders.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck, Nancy Walker

Votes: 139

30. Oz (1997–2003)
Episode: A Game of Checkers (1997)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a visit with his sons, Schillinger realizes he needs to get paroled. He convinces McManus to let him return to Em City with the condition that he leaves Beecher alone. Beecher comes ... See full summary »

Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker

Votes: 2,804

31. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Power of Albion (1986)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Rumours are spreading through Nottinghamshire, that Robin Hood is back from the dead with a vengeance and that the band of outlaws once again operates in Sherwood Forest. Suspecting that ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Mill | Stars: Jason Connery, Ray Winstone, Mark Ryan, Phil Rose

Votes: 121

32. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Witch of Elsdon (1984)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The beautiful Jennet of Elsdon rejects the amorous advances of the Sheriff's steward, Sir Guy of Gisburne, and is as a consequence accused of witchcraft by Sir Guy and imprisoned in the ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: John Abineri, David Goodland, Nickolas Grace, Michael Praed

Votes: 187

33. The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode: Three Hours to Kill (1973)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama

A police Captain is taken to the hospital and needs surgery. A woman who blames him for locking up her boyfriend urges his brother to help her take over the operating room and demand her ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson

Votes: 28

34. Sliders (1995–2000)
Episode: Love Gods (1996)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a world where the vast majority of men have succumbed to a deadly virus, the male Sliders find themselves arrested and put into service as breeders at a re-population center.

Director: John McPherson | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 336

35. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Enterprise Incident (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An apparently insane Capt. Kirk has the Enterprise deliberately enter the Romulan Neutral Zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy.

Director: John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Joanne Linville

Votes: 3,922

36. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: Knockout (1977)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Several I.A.D.C. agents are being targeted for abduction by a terrorist organization. Diana Prince manages to escape as Wonder Woman, but Stever Trevor is not so lucky. Trying to safeguard ... See full summary »

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Jayne Kennedy

Votes: 204

37. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: End Game (1995)

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

Mulder is forced to make an impossible choice, when the alien bounty hunter gives him an ultimatum - Scully's life for Samantha's.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Steven Williams, Peter Donat

Votes: 5,057

38. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: The Erlenmeyer Flask (1994)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Deep Throat tips Mulder to a critically important case involving a missing fugitive and the cloning of extraterrestrial viruses.

Director: R.W. Goodwin | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Lindsey Ginter, Anne DeSalvo

Votes: 6,133

39. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #1.13 (1976)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.

Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 25

40. The Tribe (1999–2003)
Episode: Episode #2.16 (2000)

TV-PG | 26 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Ebony makes Bray a proposition, while Trudy is forced to join the Chosen. Will she ever see her friends again?

Director: John Reid | Stars: Caleb Ross, Dwayne Cameron, Meryl Cassie, Michelle Ang

Votes: 19

41. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Old Friends (2007)

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

Michael's brother is back in town, and he involves him in the search for a friend's daughter for less than pure motives. Elsewhere, an agent with a grudge comes after Michael.

Director: David Solomon | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 778

42. NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)
Episode: A Bloody Brilliant Plan (2019)

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

The NCIS team reluctantly aligns with two former criminals from England, Ricky Dorsey and Frankie Bolton, after a powerful arms dealer kidnaps Ricky's daughter in an attempt to obtain a dangerous weapons system.

Director: Terence Nightingall | Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa

Votes: 361

43. Deadwind (2018–2021)
Episode: Vaihtokaupat (2020)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The police go on a frantic hunt for Iida while Henna struggles with a dangerous situation. A profile of the kidnapper comes into focus.

Director: Rike Jokela | Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Sari Havas, Rosa Honkonen

Votes: 225

44. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Rescue (2021)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In a bid to save Diana and Teddy, the members of Task Force Agila clash with Art's men. Amid the skirmish, Lily makes a move to finally get rid of the bone in her throat. Soon, all hell ... See full summary »

Directors: Albert Langitan, Coco Martin, Malu Sevilla, Mark Kevin A. De Vela, Jeffrey Sonora | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Marc Abaya, Angel Aquino

45. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Front Man (2010)

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

When the daughter of a man Neal once robbed, is kidnapped and the kidnapper is a man whom Neal worked with and betrayed, will only deal with Neal. So the FBI agent in charge of the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Smith | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Natalie Morales

Votes: 932

46. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Vatos (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Rick, Glenn, Daryl and T-Dog come across a group of seemingly hostile survivors whilst searching for Merle. Back at camp, Jim begins behaving erratically.

Director: Johan Renck | Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden

Votes: 16,970

47. Sherlock (2010–2017)
Episode: The Great Game (2010)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mycroft needs Sherlock's help, but a remorseless criminal mastermind puts Sherlock on a distracting crime-solving spree via a series of hostage human bombs through which he speaks.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs

Votes: 29,526

48. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode: Close to Home (2022)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

Magnum and Higgins are sent on a deadly mission inside a high security correctional center when a ruthless criminal abducts Katsumoto and his ex-wife, Beth.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 556

49. Bloodlands (2021–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tom falters on the tightrope between his investigation and illicit pursuit of the gun and the gold, as it all threatens to come tumbling down.

Director: Audrey Cooke | Stars: James Nesbitt, Charlene McKenna, Lorcan Cranitch, Victoria Smurfit

Votes: 173

50. Gotham Knights (2023)
Episode: Bad to Be Good (2023)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

Turner and the Knights turn their attention to a possible connection to the Court of Owls. Meanwhile, Duela and Carrie answers about The Talon from Eunice and Rebecca turns to Harvey for help after fearing her life is in danger.

Director: Avi Youabian | Stars: Oscar Morgan, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Ziraili Robinson, Fallon Smythe

Votes: 859