Movies about captives

Movies about captives
List of the best movies about captives selected by visitors to our site: 3096 Days, Split, Girl in the Basement, Trade, Bad Samaritan, All the Money in the World, Cellular, Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey, Prisoners, The Call.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryGermany
Duration01:51

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:27

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
Duration02:00

A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:39

A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
Duration02:08

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.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:34

    A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryCanada

    From the producer behind “Girl in the Box” and “Girl in the Bunker,” comes the disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:32

      Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryItaly

      The anomalous heat wave overwhelms everything, forcing everyone to reverse the pace of life: only during the hours of darkness it is possible to work, move, survive. And it is precisely in the middle of the night that Samantha emerges from the darkness that had swallowed her. A thirteen year old kidnapped and long held prisoner, Sam is now suddenly free and, traumatized and wounded, is hospitalized in a hospital room. Next to her, Dr. Green (Dustin Hoffman), an extraordinary profiler. Green in fact does not hunt monsters in the outside world, but in the minds of the victims. Because it is inside the memories of Sam that the clues able to lead to the capture of his jailer are hidden: the Man of the Labyrinth. But Dr. Green is not the only one chasing the monster. There is also Bruno Genko (Toni Servillo), a private investigator with an unexpected talent.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.

      Markimdb: 8.6
      Genredrama, adventure
      CountryJapan
      Duration03:22

      A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryRussia
      Duration02:00

      During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:21

      Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryDenmark
      Duration01:24

      Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East who is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:50

        A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Luxembourg
        Duration02:26

        Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryFrance, USA, Turkey, United Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
        CountryRussia

        Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountrySpain, USA
        Duration02:00

        A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryJapan
        Duration01:50

        A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:13

        In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic
        Duration01:50

          Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:50

            A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
            CountryGermany, France
            Duration04:02

            Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

            Markimdb: 5
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom

            A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is chopped off and she's thrown into a mental home where no one believes she is a mermaid.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

              Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrefantasy, adventure, family
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:26

              Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

              Markimdb: 5.1
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:40

              Lewis is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession - revenge - against Cathy. Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempt to extract a dark secret from her past.

              Markimdb: 5.6
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:19

              In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
              Duration02:09

              A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genredrama, biography, history
              CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:05

              A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA

              After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:47

              Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryBelgium

              In 1997, the Belgian public was in shock when judge Koen A. was convicted for the S&M relationship with his wife. Although their life was destroyed by the verdict, Koen and his wife Magda remain together today. The film is a story about dark sexuality and true love, told from the lover's unique point of view

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryRussia
              Duration01:30

              A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrecomedy, musical, music, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:44

              Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountrySpain, USA
              Duration02:23

              A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genrecomedy, adventure, family, crime
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:43

              The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
              Duration01:56

              Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrethriller, crime
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:33

              A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

              Markimdb: 4.2
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
              CountryGermany, USA

              A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:43

              This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure
              CountryChina, Hong Kong
              Duration01:59

                In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrehorror, fantasy
                CountryGermany, France
                Duration01:10

                Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.




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