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1. Man on Fire (2004)
R | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 389,995 | Gross: $77.91M
2. True Lies (1994)
R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Votes: 281,272 | Gross: $146.28M
3. Commando (1985)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells
Votes: 175,089 | Gross: $35.10M
4. Rush Hour (1998)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 295,056 | Gross: $141.15M
5. A Friend of the Family (2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend."
Stars: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Anna Paquin
Votes: 6,886
6. The Mother (2023)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes
Votes: 47,296
7. Lou (I) (2022)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman
Votes: 33,561
8. Fire and Ice (1983)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon
Votes: 12,654 | Gross: $0.76M
9. Don't Breathe 2 (2021)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Horror
The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him.
Director: Rodo Sayagues | Stars: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young
Votes: 71,692 | Gross: $32.64M
10. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins
Votes: 33,886
11. Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg
Votes: 22,273
12. Stolen (2012)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston
Votes: 46,461 | Gross: $0.30M
13. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
PG | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy
Votes: 13,980 | Gross: $12.23M
14. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper
Votes: 21,187
15. 22 Bullets (2010)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
Director: Richard Berry | Stars: Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marina Foïs
Votes: 36,442
16. The Saint (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Adam Rayner, Eliza Dushku, Ian Ogilvy, James Remar
Votes: 6,947
17. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
G | 95 min | Horror
Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene
Votes: 10,274
18. Extra Ordinary (2019)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.
Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty
Votes: 11,553
19. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 15,287
20. The Yakuza (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman
Votes: 10,460
21. The Chain (V)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Pre-production
A mother finds herself trapped in a terrifying kidnapping chain.
Director: Edgar Wright
22. 6 Bullets (2012)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Charlotte Beaumont
Votes: 15,845
23. Scarecrows (1988)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.
Director: William Wesley | Stars: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn
Votes: 5,656
24. The Factory (V) (2012)
R | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Director: Morgan O'Neill | Stars: John Cusack, Dallas Roberts, Vincent Messina, Jennifer Carpenter
Votes: 11,801
25. A Deadly Adoption (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Drama, Thriller
A distanced couple decide to take in a seemingly innocent pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her unborn child. However, there is more to a book than its cover.
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Lowndes, Alyvia Alyn Lind
Votes: 3,771
26. Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two Canadian detectives, one from Ontario and the other from Quebec, must work together when a murdered victim is found on the Ontario-Quebec border.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Michel Beaudry, Patrice Bélanger, Pierre Boudreau, Sarain Boylan
Votes: 13,160
27. Hard Cash (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Sara Downing, Vincent Laresca
Votes: 3,539
28. Cut Off (2018)
132 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars Eidinger, Fahri Yardim
Votes: 7,682
29. Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991 TV Movie)
M | 90 min | Crime, Drama
The true story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania, USA. A mountain man kidnaps the 17-year-old, his chilling ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: David Morse, Megan Follows, Dion Anderson, Tom Atkins
Votes: 567
30. Lowlife (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.
Director: Ryan Prows | Stars: Nicki Micheaux, Mark Burnham, Jon Oswald, Ricardo Adam Zarate
Votes: 2,651
31. Mutant Action (1993)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas
Votes: 5,787
32. Alpha Code (2020)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut
Votes: 1,109
33. Endangered Species (1982)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 1,173 | Gross: $1.47M
34. Steak (2007)
82 min | Comedy
George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At ... See full summary »
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Jonathan Lambert, Vincent Belorgey
Votes: 2,896
35. Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas
Votes: 2,400
36. A Mother on the Brink (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over a year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Kelly Thiebaud, Matt Hamilton, Lina Renna, Phillip Mitchell
Votes: 239
37. Easy Prey (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A young girl with Stockholm Syndrome becomes a companion for a dangerous man posing as a photographer to pick up his victims.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Gerald McRaney, Sean McCann, Susan Hogan, Kate Lynch
Votes: 244
38. Her Own Destiny (2004–2005)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The baby daughter of a mother of five from a poor background is kidnapped, and the mother fights to get her back; as time passes, she rises to a better life with her remaining children.
Stars: Susana Vieira, Renata Sorrah, José Wilker, José Mayer
Votes: 892
39. Amnesiac (2014)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A misery-esque tale of a man who wakes up in bed after an accident, suffering from memory loss. He begins to suspect that his wife isn't really his real wife and soon finds himself a prisoner in the house.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Olivia Rose Keegan, Shashawnee Hall
Votes: 3,916
40. Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Western
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 television series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken... See full summary »
Director: Charles Correll | Stars: James Arness, Richard Kiley, Amy Stoch, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 466
41. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes, Alan Curtis, Robin Askwith
Votes: 267
42. Miami Heat (2021)
TV-MA | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Spetsnaz agent relies on his old skills to save his beloved daughter, who has been kidnapped while working in South Beach.
Directors: Fabio W. Silva, Zack Matthews | Stars: Oleg Prudius, Shannon Murray, Gabriela Wong, Olivier Richters
Votes: 1,213
43. My Little Girl Is Gone (2018)
TV-14 | 88 min | Thriller
When single mom Stephanie gets engaged to single dad Jameson she receives an anonymous stalker's threat: "Break off the engagement or I'll kidnap your daughter!" The threats continue and ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Meyerson | Stars: Sarah Lind, Chrishell Stause, Robb Derringer, Betsy Randle
Votes: 286
44. Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Moira Kelly, Amanda Tapping, Kacey Rohl, David Cubitt
Votes: 791
45. Anonymous Rex (2004 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Failed TV pilot about an alternate present day reality where a dinosaur society secretly co-exists with humans using futuristic cloaking technology. Two dinosaur private detectives investigate a murder connected to a strange dinosaur cult.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Sam Trammell, Daniel Baldwin, Stephanie Lemelin, Tamara Gorski
Votes: 958
46. Web of Desire (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An ambitious E.R. doctor puts her career and family at risk when she succumbs to the desires of an online confidant.
Director: Mark Cole | Stars: Dina Meyer, Adrian Hough, Claudette Mink, William B. Davis
Votes: 281
47. Vanished Without a Trace (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Biography, Drama
A woman (Long) simply refuses to accept the kidnapping of her 13 year old daughter (Berman) and relentlessly pursues the villain's capture.
Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Shelley Long, William R. Moses, Jennifer Jostyn, Joshua Peace
Votes: 361
48. Macabre (1958)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
Director: William Castle | Stars: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott
Votes: 1,404
49. The Red Maple Leaf (2016)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.
Director: Frank D'Angelo | Stars: James Caan, Kris Kristofferson, Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 4,570
50. Dead Rising 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Thriller
In the rise of a new zombie outbreak, the new hero Chuck Greene has to help his daughter survive this zombie nightmare.
Stars: Peter Flemming, Allyson Armstrong, Robyn Ross, Benita Ha
Votes: 2,144