Best Kidnapping

Miss Bala is a 2011 Mexican crime drama directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The film follows Laura Guerrero, a young woman aspiring to compete in a beauty pageant who is inadvertently thrust into the violent world of drug cartels after witnessing a shooting. Starring Stephanie Sigman, the narrative explore...

God Save the Child is a 1974 detective novel by Robert B. Parker and the second book featuring Boston private investigator Spenser. Spenser is hired after Kevin Bartlett, a teenager from the fictional Massachusetts community of Smithfield, disappears and a ransom demand follows. The investigation ex...

Hostages is an Israeli political thriller television series created by Rotem Shamir and Omri Givon that premiered in 2013. The plot centers on a prominent Israeli surgeon whose family is kidnapped, with the captors demanding that she assassinate the Prime Minister during a routine surgical procedure...

The Final Deduction is a 1961 detective novel by Rex Stout featuring private investigator Nero Wolfe and his assistant and narrator, Archie Goodwin. Wolfe is hired after the wife of a wealthy man receives a kidnapping demand accompanied by unusual instructions concerning the ransom. The case develop...

The Three Hostages is a 1924 thriller by Scottish author John Buchan and the fourth novel featuring Richard Hannay. Set after the First World War, it follows Hannay's effort to locate three abducted people whose disappearance is connected to an international criminal organization. The novel combines...

Proof of Life is a 2000 thriller centered around the negotiation of a hostage’s release. The film draws upon real-world accounts of kidnapping and ransom situations, specifically inspired by journalistic reports and the work of a kidnap consultant. It explores the complexities involved in securing t...

The Good Girl is a 2014 psychological thriller novel by Mary Kubica, notable for its non-linear narrative and exploration of a complicated kidnapping case in Chicago.

This 2016 domestic thriller by Canadian author Shari Lapena follows a couple whose baby goes missing during a dinner party next door, exposing their hidden secrets.

James Foley's 1990 American neo-noir adapted from Jim Thompson's 1955 novel, starring Jason Patric as a troubled ex-boxer drawn into a kidnapping conspiracy.

Union Station is a 1950 American crime film noir by Rudolph Mate, starring William Holden in a kidnapping thriller set around Chicago's rail terminal.

The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American rescue drama made for Biograph, notable as D. W. Griffith's first film as a director.

Shari Lapena's 2016 Canadian domestic thriller centers on a couple whose infant vanishes during a dinner party next door, generating suspense through multiple unreliable perspectives.

This 1997 crime-comedy stars Alicia Silverstone as a wealthy heiress who fakes her own kidnapping, only to be accidentally stolen away by a professional car thief.