Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "failed-kidnapping"

1. Along Came a Spider (2001)

R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

When a senator's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Michael Wincott, Monica Potter, Dylan Baker

Votes: 96,154 | Gross: $74.08M

2. Full Circle (2023)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.

Stars: Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Jim Gaffigan, Timothy Olyphant

Votes: 7,056

3. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz

Votes: 40,210 | Gross: $0.48M

4. Maryland (2015)

Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility in Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.

Director: Alice Winocour | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant

Votes: 6,740 | Gross: $0.01M

5. Beyond the Limit (1983)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo

Votes: 1,549 | Gross: $6.00M

6. Enteng and the Shaolin Kid (1996)

Action, Comedy

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Director: Danilo Cabreira | Stars: Vic Sotto, Jacky Shix, Alou Gonzales, Charito Solis

Votes: 15

7. Street Crimes (1992 Video)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama

Two cops, one with a gun and one with his fists, risk everything to make the neighborhood crime and drug free by taking down the most powerful street lord.

Director: Stephen Smoke | Stars: Dennis Farina, Michael Worth, Patricia Zehentmayr, James T. Morris

Votes: 252

8. Padre se busca (2022)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A man tries to recover the sperm he had donated in times of need. But he finds out that three women may be already carrying his baby.

Director: Tito Rodríguez | Stars: José Guillermo Cortines, Veronica Montes, Juan Carlos Pichardo Jr., Hony Estrella

9. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: 19:19 (1997)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Lara joins Frank and Watts in their search for a busload of missing children abducted by a disturbed young man obsessed with fulfilling a biblical prophecy.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 322

10. Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998)
Episode: Show Me Your Weenis! (1998)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross lead an ensemble cast that performs an anything-goes montage of offbeat, off-kilter sketches brimming with edge and energy.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, John Moffitt | Stars: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, John Ennis, Jill Talley

Votes: 130

11. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode: Hard Men (1978)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dour Scots sergeant Davy Freeth arrives from Glasgow in pursuit of three villains who, he claims, have come to kidnap somebody, but he will say no more, even when one of them is found dead.... See full summary »

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, James Cosmo, James Warrior

Votes: 131

12. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode: Episode #45.27 (2023)

TV-PG | News, Talk-Show

Seth Doane explores how original works of art, worldwide, are returned to their home countries; Mo Rocca visits the cast of CBS' daytime hit, "The Young and the Restless", to talk about the... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Pauley, Lee Cowan, John Blackstone, Rita Braver