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1. Abigail (2024)
R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller
After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, William Catlett
Votes: 37,518
2. Venom (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.
Directors: Piers Haggard, Tobe Hooper | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles
Votes: 3,243 | Gross: $5.23M
3. The Sound of Fury (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 1,980
4. The Wiz Kid (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Bodo is a kid with abnormally high intelligence, a samurai sword toting father and a robotic orangutan. Unfortunately, all this leaves him with a minimum of social skills, so what's a boy ... See full summary »
Director: Gloria Behrens | Stars: Martin Forbes, Gary Forbes, Ulrike Kriener, Heiner Lauterbach
Votes: 153
5. Penny Dreadful (2013)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.
Director: Shane Atkinson | Stars: Oona Laurence, David H. Stevens, Marnie Schulenburg, Rick Zahn
Votes: 260
6. Valari (2013)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
Director: Santhosh Adhithyan | Stars: Andrews King, Vinoth Manimaran, Akin Melnic, Sathish Sathish
Votes: 15
7. 24 Days (2014)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because he's Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 737
8. Soy tu aventura (2003)
110 min | Comedy, Musical
Two bankrupt cousins, who kidnap Luis Aguilé assuming they will get a big ransom and, for clumsiness, end up in a small town where they will live a story that goes beyond the madness of kidnapping.
Directors: Néstor Montalbano, Carola Poceiro | Stars: Luis Aguilé, Luis Luque, Diego Capusotto, Jorge Marrale
Votes: 334
9. 'Til Death (1994)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
El Boy (Bernal) is a street kid who lives with his alcoholic aunt Chenta (Beristain), dreaming of one chance to run away and reach his long-lost friend Mauricio (Bichir) in the border town ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Sariñana | Stars: Demián Bichir, Juan Manuel Bernal, Verónica Merchant, Dolores Beristáin
Votes: 93
10. Dead Heart (2015)
R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The daughter of a businesswoman is kidnapped, but things take a dark turn. A couple's relationship on the rocks because of the woman's erratic behaviour. Two parallel stories that converge in the most unexpected way.
Director: Mariano Cattaneo | Stars: Ariadna Asturzzi, Leandro Cóccaro, Galit Gurovich, Chucho Fernández
Votes: 101
11. The Opera Caper (1967)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short
A Paramount Go Go Toons animated short. Two crooks plan on executing a daring kidnapping of a prominent opera singer in the heart of Paris.
Directors: Shamus Culhane, Ralph Bakshi, Doug Crane | Stars: Dayton Allen, Corinne Orr
Votes: 13
12.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Missing Klink
(1969)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan wants to kidnap Burkhalter and trade him for a captured underground agent and instead finds out that Klink is his hostage.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 241
13.
Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode:
Able to Leap Tall Buildings
(2000)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The detectives are devastated when their scepticism about a woman's paranoid claims lead to a tragic killing.
Director: Russell Burton | Stars: Steve Bisley, Dee Smart, Aaron Pedersen, Brett Partridge
Votes: 16
14.
Perry Mason (2020–2023)
Episode:
Chapter One
(2020)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Perry Mason and Pete Strickland are hired by an attorney to solve a perplexing case: the brutal kidnapping of a one-year-old whose parents were targeted for a $100,000 ransom.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,094
15.
The Cleaning Lady (2022– )
Episode:
El Reloj
(2024)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sick and delusional Thony desperately searches for Arman. In the end she catches up with him, only to lose him again, this time possibly for good.
Director: Catriona McKenzie | Stars: Elodie Yung, Adan Canto, Martha Millan, Eva De Dominici
Votes: 92