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Movies: Best "held hostage" Movies


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Plane(2023)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 924 votes)

After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.

Adventures in Babysitting(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 276 votes)

When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.

Suddenly(1954)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 15min | Crime, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 44 votes)

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

The French Detective(1975)

1h 31min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 42 votes)

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?

Five Minutes to Live(1961)

1h 20min | Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.

Directed by Bill Karn - With Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forrester, Pamela Mason, Vic Tayback, Ron Howard, ...

Punk Vacation(1990)

1h 34min | Crime, Action, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

A peaceful California town is shaken after the brutal murder of diner owner by a gang of vicious punks. When the daughter of the slain man attempts to avenge her father’s death, she’s held hostage by the gang resulting in an epic battle between punks and rednecks.

Rock All Night(1957)

1h 2min | Crime, Music, Drama
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids.

Bullet Scars(1942)

59min | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.

Hostage for a Day(1994)

1h 35min | Comedy, TV Movie
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Warren Kooey is a man who's tired of his current life; a witch of a wife, a boss who complains about everything he does and looses his lifesavings (stolen by the wife). He has only one thing on his mind: Alaska.

Faceless After Dark(2023)

1h 26min | Horror, Thriller

Following her breakout success in a killer clown horror flick, Bowie finds herself held hostage by an unhinged fan determined to recreate the film's fatal plot.

The Bigfoot Trap(2023)

1h 25min | Thriller, Horror, Drama
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A journalist's life is changed forever when he's locked inside of a bigfoot trap by an insane sasquatch hunter.

Corridor 12(2019)

10min

A man takes five people hostages on a supermarket.

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The Green Goddess(1930)

1h 13min | Adventure
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India.

At Granny's House(2015)

1h 23min | Thriller
2.1/5 (with 5 votes)

A typical Midwest house. A sweet little old lady. When a caretaker moves in to help out, Granny's House becomes a macabre place of death - and love.

Rescue Force(1990)

1h 22min | Action
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Terrorists strike, an American agent is executed, and our ambassador and his daughter taken hostage. Sounds like a job for Steel's Angels, a crack anti terrorist outfit led by Lt.Col. Steel (retired Lt. Col. Us Army Special Force and much decorated Vietnam war hero) and fronted by some of the sexiest commando's ever to pick up a submachine gun. State-of-the-art weaponry, rockets, fighter planes and action climax that rivals anything on film make RESCUE FORCE a must see for action film fans everywhere.

Directed by Charles Nizet - With Richard Harrison

StalkHer(2015)

1.5/5 (with 3 votes)

An obsessive prowler Jack (Jarratt) breaks into the home of his victim Emily (Fairfax). Finding himself wounded then tied to a chair, Jack soon realises he underestimated his intended prey as the two engage in a night long tête-à-tête.

Mutant on the Bounty(1989)

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The crew of an interplanetary commercial freighter beams aboard a now horribly mutated saxophone player who has been adrift in space for over twenty years. He starts to get along with the crew, and very close with an alluring journalist. But that's when two criminals are beamed aboard, taking the ship hostage.

Before Dawn(2023)

A man and his family must escape a horde of blood-thirsty infected people while being held hostage by a group of criminals in a small country town.