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1. Carnival Row (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A human detective and a fairy rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city's uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.
Stars: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant
Votes: 82,599
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Votes: 69,839 | Gross: $10.25M
3. Sleepless (III) (2017)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Gabrielle Union
Votes: 34,340 | Gross: $20.78M
4. Zoolander 2 (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell
Votes: 75,738 | Gross: $28.85M
5. All the Money in the World (2017)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris
Votes: 91,225 | Gross: $25.11M
6. 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: 4,492
7. House (1985)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll
Votes: 30,064 | Gross: $19.44M
8. Man Down (I) (2015)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In a post-apocalyptic America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, accompanied by his best friend and a survivor.
Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara
Votes: 11,129
9. Black Sabbath (1963)
Approved | 97 min | Horror
Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon
Votes: 13,970
10. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 9,435 | Gross: $6.49M
11. Meet the Applegates (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby
Votes: 2,626 | Gross: $0.49M
12. The Family Vice (1975)
90 min | Comedy
Giosuè, a noble industrialist of the spaghetti of the Venetian province is about to die and his half-sister, Magda, his wife, Ines, and daughter, Suzie, the result of an old flirtation of ... See full summary »
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Juliette Mayniel, Nieves Navarro
Votes: 332
13. The Black Windmill (1974)
PG | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Votes: 3,359
14. Dismissed (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Director: Benjamin Arfmann | Stars: Kent Osborne, Dylan Sprouse, Rae Gray, Alycia Delmore
Votes: 8,014
15. Missing (2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a woman's son goes missing under suspicious circumstances, she will do anything it takes to find him.
Stars: Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis, Adriano Giannini, Nick Eversman
Votes: 9,664
16. Don't Talk to Strangers (1994 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After Jane's first marriage collapses, she and her new husband Patrick Brody attempt to build a new life and move to a new state. However, her ex-husband follows them with a view to revenge.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Shanna Reed, Terry O'Quinn, Keegan MacIntosh
Votes: 789
17. Dillinger and Capone (1995 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dillinger survived assassination and is living a quiet farm life with his family in 1940, but Al Capone, recently freed from prison, need his help for one last score.
Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 695
18. Call-center (2020)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the 12th floor of the Moscow skyscraper, is the office of the call center "Online Store for Adults." One morning, as usual, having come to work, twelve people who are in the office ... See full summary »
Stars: Pavel Tabakov, Yuliya Khlynina, Vladimir Yaglych, Sabina Akhmedova
Votes: 802
19. The King of Masks (1995)
91 min | Drama
In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen
Votes: 3,476 | Gross: $1.10M
20. 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
21. Hidden in Plain Sight (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller
A woman tries to escape her murderous ex by living in hiding with her child.
Director: Stacia Crawford | Stars: Victoria Barabas, Gino Anthony Pesi, Jake Allyn, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 908
22. The Stranger Within (1990 TV Movie)
100 min | Thriller
A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Kate Jackson, Chris Sarandon, Clark Sandford
Votes: 410
23. Closeness (2017)
118 min | Drama
In the late-1990s squalid town of Nalchik, a poor young Jewish couple is kidnapped and a grievous ransom is demanded, as bitter resentments and cruel dilemmas come to light, magnifying the small community's grave predicament.
Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Darya Zhovner, Atrem Cipin, Nazir Zhukov, Veniamin Kac
Votes: 3,305
24. The Big Game (1973)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two soldiers of fortune are hired by an aging scientist to protect him and his invention, a radar-like mind-control device capable of forcing soldiers to fight. A rival organization kidnaps his son to get the machine.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Stephen Boyd, France Nuyen, Ray Milland, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 159
25. Counterforce (1988)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
A team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.
Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Jorge Rivero, George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Isaac Hayes
Votes: 176
26. The Miami Story (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, John Baer, Adele Jergens
Votes: 378
27. Death of Hitch-Hikers (1979)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
A truck driver Charvát returned from prison six months ago. His colleagues know his past, but in front of his landlady and her 10-year-old son, Charvát comes across as a man of integrity ... See full summary »
Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Vilém Besser, Marek Perepeczko, Zdenek Buchvaldek, Jana Janeková
Votes: 147
28. Despido procedente (2017)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy
A successful spanish executive living in Argentina, gets stalked by and faces a series of undesired situations created by a man he gives wrong directions to, after almost running over him with his car.
Director: Lucas Figueroa | Stars: Imanol Arias, Darío Grandinetti, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Solá
Votes: 1,036
29. The Ninja War of Torakage (2014)
94 min | Action
A former Ninja must outplay his former Mastress and an evil lord to free his family from certain death.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Yuria Haga, Tatsuki Ishikawa, Ryohei Kuroyanagi, Ryô Matsuura
Votes: 196
30. Innocent Blood (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
James Park, a retired undercover detective, faces his worst nightmare when his young son Cody is kidnapped by a mysterious criminal connected to his dark past.
Directors: D.J. Holloway, Sun W. Kim | Stars: Jun Kim, C.S. Lee, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, Justin Chon
Votes: 100
31. Princ Mamánek (2022)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Jan Budar | Stars: Borek Belfin, Bolek Polívka, Adam Halas, Jan Sevecek
Votes: 106
32. John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles (1998 Video Game)
Adventure, Horror, Mystery
The ghost of your father has kidnapped your son and placed him somewhere inside the asylum where your father used to work, now set to become a museum. As you search the asylum, you ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Sack | Stars: Henry Strozier, Marty McDonough, Andrew Bulkin, Kathleen Bober
Votes: 17
33. Hannah and the Dog Ghost (1981)
29 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Beginning with an abstract explaining ghost dogs, a woman tells a story of an abduction of a widow's son by an evil Fiddle Man with powers of Satan, and how a dog that might contain the spirit of her husband saves them both.
Director: Ken Harrison | Stars: Vickie Washington, Derek Betts, Ray Geller, Anna Harrison
Votes: 14
34. Great Rescue (2012)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1932, as Korea is occupied by Japan, Chu Fucheng, an important figure in the city of Jiaxing, China, is asked to help in hiding exiled Korean nationalist Kim Gu.
Directors: Jian Mao, Bo Xu | Stars: Winston Chao, Shuangbao Wang, Yanlin Dong, Chengxun Cui
Votes: 13
35. Nelud, ili V rayu zapreshchena okhota (1990)
152 min | Crime, Mystery
Criminals kidnapped the son of the chairwoman of the city administration. Feelings of helplessness and fear follow. A series of checks, mocking calls, humiliating requests for help to colleagues in the "shadow business" goes on and on.
Director: Yuri Ivanchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Boris Nevzorov, Sergey Nikonenko, Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Votes: 20
36. Back for Your Life (1996)
Action, Crime
After she and her son were kidnapped by a man who lost his family due to drug traffickers, a woman sympathizes with her kidnapper and finds herself involved in his quest for revenge.
Director: Chris Kin-Sang Li | Stars: Chung-Hua Tou, Sharla Cheung, Kar-Ying Law, Elvis Tsui
37. Angustia (1991 TV Movie)
64 min | Drama
Director: Luis Alberto Lamata | Stars: Maricarmen Regueiro, Nohely Arteaga, Aristides Aguiar, Carlos Cámara Jr.
38.
Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode:
The Swords of Wayland
(1984)
TV-PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The village of Uffcombe is getting nightly visits from strangely disguised riders, called "The Hounds of Lucifer" by locals, who kill and drag away terrified villagers. The riders have also... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Dallas Adams, John Abineri, Michael Praed, James Donnelly
Votes: 198
39.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Price of Death
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of kidnappers preys on middle-class families. Based in Reno, they identify men who have won money gambling, then kidnap their children. Junior, one of the kidnappers, convinces his ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, John Larch
Votes: 36
40.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
All That Glitters
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill goes to the Cotswolds in pursuit of a little boy, Stephen, who has been kidnapped by the surly locals. The boy is the illegitimate son of aspiring politician Michael Hornsby, a fact ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Bradford, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe, Eric Thompson
Votes: 55
41.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Edge of the Knife
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix is hired by successful heart surgeon Cameron McKenzie, whose young son was apparently kidnapped by someone who looked exactly like the doctor, driving a car that also looked exactly ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Hagmann | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Fritz Weaver, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 135
42.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
Barter
(1988)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Harried housewife Ruthie receives a visit from bizarre salesman Klaatzu, whose mechanical device may help her shut out the sound of her son Nicky's constant drum-playing... in a way that Ruthie never imagined.
Director: Christopher T. Welch | Stars: Jack Carter, Jill Jaress, Michael Santiago, Miguel Alamo
Votes: 213
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.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
Rise of the Narco Army
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
The story of how one drug lord created Mexico's first narco army, unleashing a cartel feared by all.
Director: Minna Sedmakov | Stars: Daniel Fuentes, Ioan Grillo, Arturo Fontes, Michael Chavarria
Votes: 25
45.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Pay Up
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of violent kidnappers capture Robert Dunbrook's son just before he is scheduled to testify to a grand jury against his father, and the CSI team is rocked by a tragedy.
Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap
Votes: 359
46.
Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode:
Question and Answer
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's Michael's birthday, but he and Sam are busy performing a dangerous "reverse interrogation" to find the location of a kidnapped boy.
Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless
Votes: 558
47.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Mob: The Mafia Meth King
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
The rise and fall of Philadelphia mobster 'Long John' Martorano, who builds a meth empire worth 500 million dollars, told for the first time by those closest to him.
Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Jimmy DeGregorio, George Martorano, George Anastasia, Louis Pichini
Votes: 9
48.
The Cleaning Lady (2022– )
Episode:
The Crown
(2022)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Needing a way out, Thony tries to make a deal with Garrett to save herself and help Arman, but Arman doesn't trust any promises made by the FBI. A sting operation is hatched, but Arman's distrust leads it off course.
Director: Milan Cheylov | Stars: Elodie Yung, Adan Canto, Oliver Hudson, Martha Millan
Votes: 318
49.
Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode:
Judgement
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the Machine produces the number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge of an uncooperative POI who has too many enemies.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson
Votes: 3,712
50.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Cops & Robbers
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Castle and Martha are held hostage during a bank robbery and Beckett has to try to get them and the other hostages out.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 1,829