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poster
MGM Plus
79
7.6
/40235/
75
/1116/
74
/593/
4.1
/70598/
98
/45/
88
/929/
68
/4/

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.1
/59387/
70
/1385/
68
/929/
3.6
/122698/
82
/89/
83
/857/
78
/14/

Hard Eight (1997)
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.3
/41399/
74
/893/
69
/626/
3.6
/20279/
85
/98/
80
/1005/
76
/22/

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
7.5
/94595/
73
/2716/
73
/1982/
3.9
/327032/
73
/40/
83
/1792/
69
/10/

Funny Games (1997)
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.3
/165486/
74
/4737/
71
/2276/
3.6
/69519/
75
/57/
79
/2721/
62
/24/
cc age 15+

The Negotiator (1998)
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
poster
81
68
8.7
/13284/
83
/126/
76
/58/
4.0
/4375/

Balkan Spy (1984)
Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, Ilija Čvorović falls into deep paranoia which leads to an absurd and destructive chain of events.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.5
/101172/
68
/3419/
63
/1649/
3.0
/47087/
83
/30/
62
/2070/
58
/17/

Under Siege (1992)
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.
poster
69
64
6.7
/6163/
69
/153/
69
/168/
3.7
/8016/
79
/19/
65
/167/
63
/7/

Breaking News (2004)
After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.
poster
73
63
6.0
/13754/
65
/1098/
65
/117/
3.0
/19445/
100
/8/
88
/12/
cc age 16+

Little Bone Lodge (2023)
During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.
poster
71
62
6.9
/4689/
69
/116/
66
/109/
3.5
/3322/
83
/292/

Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.
poster
61
6.5
/53443/
67
/1231/
64
/928/
3.3
/32373/
64
/39/
52
/877/
63
/32/
cc age 13+

The River Wild (1994)
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
60
7.6
/5415/
76
/138/
70
/72/
3.6
/2796/
100
/11/
72
/1/
69
/4/

Held for Ransom (2019)
HELD FOR RANSOM tells the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organization ISIS along with several other foreign nationals including the American journalist, James Foley. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with James, and the nightmare of the Rye family back home in Denmark as they try to do everything in their power to save their son. At the center of this crisis, we find hostage negotiator, Arthur, who plays a pivotal role in securing Daniel’s release.
poster
Netflix
58
5.6
/9038/
65
/1437/
63
/374/
2.4
/6073/
62
/41/
cc age 15+

Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
poster
Kanopy
68
57
6.8
/3493/
64
/94/
68
/97/
3.5
/3493/
72
/48/

Hitch Hike (1977)
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
poster
57
7.1
/151838/
73
/4178/
71
/2527/
3.5
/76446/
26
/133/
78
/4497/
30
/33/
cc age 16+

John Q (2002)
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
55
7.5
/2433/
69
/20/
75
/33/
3.9
/2715/
100
/10/
88
/14/

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
poster
The Roku Channel
55
6.6
/27082/
70
/778/
64
/363/
3.3
/13203/
41
/17/
66
/661/
46
/20/

Toy Soldiers (1991)
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
poster
Netflix
70
54
7.5
/3316/
74
/256/
75
/66/
3.6
/4677/
57
/5/
cc age 15+

Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022)
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.
poster
The Roku Channel
53
5.7
/17230/
61
/480/
58
/281/
2.9
/11090/
62
/13/
32
/175/
50
/21/

Cadillac Man (1990)
Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.
poster
64
48
6.8
/17302/
64
/215/
67
/215/
3.0
/2207/
50
/6/
78
/2/

Attack (2022)
With the Parliament under siege, India’s first super soldier Arjun Shergill is tasked to get hold of the terrorists in time, save the Prime Minister from their clutches and stop a dirty bomb from exploding and destroying Delhi.
poster
48
5.6
/30366/
61
/895/
57
/592/
2.8
/9228/
17
/35/
27
/294/
41
/27/

Metro (1997)
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
poster
Hulu
42
5.4
/55152/
60
/1683/
53
/993/
2.5
/19462/
15
/134/
33
/1362/
35
/31/
cc age 14+

I Spy (2002)
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
poster
65
38
6.4
/2367/
64
/38/
67
/54/
3.4
/927/

Strawberry in the Supermarket (2003)
An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother.
poster
78
37
7.3
/312/
71
/8/
69
/8/
92
/12/
91
/13/
73
/11/

The Fall of Fujimori (2006)
A character-driven, political-thriller documentary that explores the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimoris decade-long reign of Peru: His meteoric rise from son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his self-coup that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary.
poster
35
4.1
/79245/
49
/2491/
46
/1569/
2.2
/50623/
11
/45/
20
/3144/
34
/21/
cc age 14+

Street Fighter (1994)
Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
poster
Netflix
47
34
5.4
/1285/
57
/262/
62
/109/
2.5
/2356/
29
/7/
33
/4/
cc age 14+

Non Negotiable (2024)
Hostage negotiator Alan Bender is called to rescue the president from a kidnapping, only to find himself also mediating to save his wife and marriage.
poster
Hoopla
50
21
5.5
/1171/
51
/16/
54
/24/
3.0
/888/
31
/17/

Five Minutes to Live (1961)
A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.
poster
65
19
6.6
/1297/
66
/14/
65
/18/
65
/8/

Off Screen (2005)
March 11th, 2002. John R. takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. John R. demands to speak with the Philips head of Sound&Vision. His goal is to warn people about a large-scale fraud, aimed at brainwashing consumers by means of widescreen TV sets. In the film, we find out about John's preliminary frustrations, his bizarre encounter with Philips head of Sound&Vision Gerard Wesselinck, their impossible friendship, rivalry and John's armed attempt to force the executive to do penance in public.
poster
AMC
51
17
5.7
/517/
50
/8/
53
/14/
3.2
/804/
29
/33/

Rock All Night (1957)
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.
poster
55
17
5.8
/1331/
58
/26/
52
/24/
3.2
/346/
47
/6/

There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overhear the plan and escape to get the millions for themselves. Who will get the money?
poster
62
13
6.7
/437/
55
/11/
58
/11/
3.4
/568/

Conference (2020)
Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.
poster
52
10
6.2
/742/
50
/3/
58
/16/
40
/1/

Ring of Fire (1961)
In Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
poster
54
10
5.7
/262/
50
/6/
48
/10/
3.2
/534/

Under Siege (1980)
A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a wealthy industrialist taking him and his family hostage.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
9
4.8
/735/
43
/33/
55
/12/
2.8
/306/
14
/2/

Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
poster
54
9
4.0
/203/
61
/13/
50
/4/
2.9
/472/
60
/10/

Twin Dragon Encounter (1986)
Identical twin brothers on vacation are faced with an unexpected battle when their getaway spot is invaded by mercenaries. Using their martial arts expertise, the twins wage war against the invaders in order to free their kidnapped girlfriends.
poster
?
6.5
/9/

El Comité (2006)
A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.
poster
?
5.3
/71/
34
/5/
40
/1/

Money (1989)
One day, Carmen Müller realizes that her husband Werner has been unemployed for months and has accumulated debts of 80,000 DM in their bank account. She comes up with a plan to rob her bank. When the branch manager and neighbor Lothar Fuchs, whom Carmen has always envied for his beauty and wealth, recognizes her, she takes him hostage. In their hideout in the Allgäu, the banker falls in love with the housewife, just as Werner and Fuchs' mistress Gabriele grow closer. The quartet form an alliance and defraud the bank together. Having come into money so suddenly, the Müllers don't feel comfortable either and secretly distribute their fortune around the neighborhood.
poster
61
?
6.1
/204/
45
/2/
77
/7/

Vadh (2002)
A leading psychologist's much younger wife begins an extramarital affair with his close friend. When the doctor finds out, he plots revenge, which puts himself, his wife, his close friend and his brother in mortal danger.
poster
47
?
3.7
/129/
51
/10/
53
/17/

Les Charlots en délire (1979)
Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.
poster
54
?
5.7
/179/
60
/2/
38
/6/

Day of Violence (1977)
Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.
poster
?
5.1
/39/
56
/3/

Black Terrorist (1985)
A marauding band of black terrorists hold the inhabitants of a tiny desert settlement hostage. They murder most of the settlers, but spare a beautiful white woman and her young son. She escapes in a hale of gunfire, then enlists the aid of a machine gun toting soldier of fortune to free her child.
poster
60
?
5.9
/132/
62
/4/
60
/5/

La toma de la embajada (2000)
Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took place during those two months of captivity.
poster
58
?
6.5
/297/
48
/5/
62
/12/

Outlaw! (1999)
The movie is based on the autobiography of Horst Fantazzini. Son of an anarchist, he was known in Northern Italy as “the gentleman bandit” because he robbed banks without violence, with only a toy gun. After many convictions and jailbreaks, in the summer of 1973 he's being held in Fossano, Piedmont when he tries to escape again. This time things get messy and he has to use a real gun and take two prison guards as hostages.
poster
65
?
5.7
/194/
80
/1/
59
/4/
3.2
/234/

Death Stalk (1975)
The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The husbands break free from their bonds and raft down the river in hopes of rescuing their wives.


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