Hostage Movies

A high school student rallies his classmates into rebelling violently when the administration refuses to take responsibility for the suicide of one...

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the...

Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed....

Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. ...

A young lawyer is kidnapped and held hostage in the middle of the ocean by a man with a vendetta against her father.

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation...

Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in...

The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14...

In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from...

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?

A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret...

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier...

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her...

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked...

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

A female Secret Service agent goes against protocol to save the U.S. president from an assassination attempt. She is reassigned to protect the...