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51. The Midnight Man (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
After losing his rare genetic disorder--or the incredible ability--to be impervious to hurt, a hired assassin discovers the direct and immortal beauty of pain.
Director: D.C. Hamilton | Stars: Will Kemp, Brinna Kelly, William Forsythe, Brent Spiner
Votes: 880
52. The King of Masks (1995)
91 min | Drama
In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen
Votes: 3,476 | Gross: $1.10M
53. Perfect Strangers (1984)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Anne Carlisle, Brad Rijn, John Woehrle, Matthew Stockley
Votes: 581
54. Hierro (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her son goes missing, a broken mother returns months later to the island of El Hierro to identify a body. She finds out her son is not the only one missing.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Elena Anaya, Bea Segura, Mar Sodupe, Andrés Herrera
Votes: 3,403
55. Control (2022)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A mother locked inside a stark room is tasked by an unknown voice to complete increasingly complex challenges if she wants to save her daughter's life.
Director: James Mark | Stars: Sara Mitich, George Tchortov, Evie Loiselle, Karen LeBlanc
Votes: 1,043
56. My Uncle the Alien (1996)
PG | 91 min | Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The President's daughter uses her extraterrestrial influence to spare the fate of a children's shelter in Los Angeles.
Director: Henri Charr | Stars: Hailey Foster, Josh Paddock, Sherwin Ace Ross, Beau Richard Hairston
Votes: 251
57. A Quiet Life (2010)
105 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen years, ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Cupellini | Stars: Toni Servillo, Marco D'Amore, Francesco Di Leva, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 2,689
58. My Little Girl Is Gone (2018)
TV-14 | 88 min | Thriller
When single mom Stephanie gets engaged to single dad Jameson she receives an anonymous stalker's threat: "Break off the engagement or I'll kidnap your daughter!" The threats continue and ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Meyerson | Stars: Sarah Lind, Chrishell Stause, Robb Derringer, Betsy Randle
Votes: 286
59. Penny Dreadful (2013)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.
Director: Shane Atkinson | Stars: Oona Laurence, David H. Stevens, Marnie Schulenburg, Rick Zahn
Votes: 260
60. Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
TV-PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin must rescue a young girl from a doomsday cult seeking a book of prophecies hidden by the girl's father, a wealthy US Presidential candidate.
Directors: Takeshi Shirato, Nobuo Tomizawa, Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 937
61. My Stepdaughter (2015)
TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller
Casey tries to create a rift between her father and his new wife, Jill, even as Jill's mother suddenly dies. As Jill begins to put the pieces together, she realizes her stepdaughter may be playing a deadly game.
Director: Sofia Shinas | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Niki Koss, Matt Socia, Ava Acres
Votes: 462
62. Closeness (2017)
118 min | Drama
In the late-1990s squalid town of Nalchik, a poor young Jewish couple is kidnapped and a grievous ransom is demanded, as bitter resentments and cruel dilemmas come to light, magnifying the small community's grave predicament.
Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Darya Zhovner, Atrem Cipin, Nazir Zhukov, Veniamin Kac
Votes: 3,305
63. Stolen Child (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Amanda and John adopt a gorgeous baby girl from Europe. After years of angst and disappointment, they finally adopt the baby they had dreamed about. But something is not quite right and ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Tyler Allen, Tichina Arnold, Barry Barnholtz
Votes: 314
64. Next Stop Murder (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman discusses her family problems with a stranger she meets on a bus, but is horrified when her confidante suggests each of them kill the person making the other's life difficult.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Brigid Brannagh, Allison Lange, Brian Krause, Rosa Blasi
Votes: 217
65. Kaftes diakopes (1976)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A group of friends get involved in a "game" inspired by a writer and kidnap the young daughter of a happy couple for fun. But the girl's father triggers a cycle of vengeance and murder no one could have foreseen.
Director: Andreas Katsimitsoulias | Stars: Lakis Komninos, Olga Politou, Lefteris Giftopoulos, Giannis Kandilas
Votes: 17
66. Gyerekrablás a Palánk utcában (1985)
96 min | Comedy, Family
Lajcsi's parents are divorced, and his mother going to marry a man, whom Lajcsi doesn't like. The boy therefore kidnaps himself with his friends and demand that the boy's father return home from abroad immediately.
Director: Sándor Mihályfy | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Róbert Koltai, Nóra Tábori, Ádám Szirtes
Votes: 86
67. Do You Know This Voice? (1964)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The kidnap of a child goes wrong and the child dies. An old lady is the only witness having heard the disguised voice of the kidnapper from outside a public telephone box. To trap the murderer she tells the press she has seen his face.
Director: Frank Nesbitt | Stars: Dan Duryea, Isa Miranda, Gwen Watford, Peter Madden
Votes: 390
68. Patch Town (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In a world where toys are living beings, a forgotten doll seeks out his former owner during the holiday season in Toronto, while putting himself at odds with the corrupt factory executive who created him.
Director: Craig Goodwill | Stars: Zoie Palmer, Julian Richings, Rob Ramsay, Suresh John
Votes: 524
69. Iqbal, a Tale of a Fearless Child (2015)
87 min | Animation, Family
A little boy, Iqbal, is kidnapped by a carpet dealer who forces him to work in his workshop. With no fear or reproach, he will do everything he can to save himself and his unfortunate friends.
Directors: Michel Fuzellier, Babak Payami | Stars: Bruno Solo, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Victor Quilichini, Jacques Bouanich
Votes: 70
70. Dinosaur Cove (2022)
96 min | Adventure, Family
The discovery of pteranodon eggs turns into a mad dash for adventurous young Riley and his friends to get them to safety and out of nefarious hands.
Director: Daniel Knudsen | Stars: Brayden Eaton, Jared Withrow, Holly Houk, James Pilachowski
Votes: 36
71. 7 from Etheria (2017)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Etheria is the world's most respected showcase of the best new horror, comedy, science fiction, fantasy, action, and thriller films made by emerging women directors.
Directors: Heidi Lee Douglas, Arantxa Echevarría, Martha Goddard, Anna Elizabeth James, Karen Lam, Barbara Stepansky, Rebecca Thomson | Stars: Lovie Ray, Najarra Townsend, Andy Earle, Camillia Monet
Votes: 116 | Gross: $0.00M
72. Everything Will Be Okay (2015)
30 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
Director: Patrick Vollrath | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Julia Pointner, Marion Rottenhofer, Daniel Keberle
Votes: 1,425
73. Coming Home (2012)
91 min | Drama
The girl Gaëlle Faroult is kidnapped at school when she is about eight by Vincent Maillard that imprisons her at the basement of his isolated house but provides everything she needs. Along ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Videau | Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb, Hélène Fillières, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 379
74. Atta Boy (1926)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Monty Milde, a copy boy on a large daily newspaper in New York, dreams of becoming a real reporter. On his birthday, which is April 1st (April Fool's Day), a practical joker tells him he ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Monty Banks, Virginia Bradford, Ernest Wood, Fred Kelsey
Votes: 28
75. Echo (2007)
80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A divorced policeman loses custody of his young son, only to kidnap his boy and retreat to a remote cottage, where his plan soon turns into a nightmare.
Director: Anders Morgenthaler | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Villads Milthers Fritsche, Stine Fischer Christensen, Peter Stormare
Votes: 456
76. Susikoira Roi (2022)
84 min | Adventure
Having recently moved to a new town, Valo is bullied, and also plagued by loneliness. Things change when she rescues an abandoned German Shepherd left for dead. Valo befriends the dog and ... See full summary »
Director: Rane Tiukkanen | Stars: Elina Patrakka, Lilli Kangas, Veikko Marjala, Niilo Sämpi
Votes: 106
77. Mountain Cry (2015)
107 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Set in a remote village, the story begins with the sudden death of a husband and father whose family is new to the village's tight-knit traditional community. In the aftermath of that ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Yang | Stars: Yueting Lang, Ziyi Wang, Jin Guo, Taishen Cheng
Votes: 436
78. Andel Páne 2 (2016)
99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Petronel, an angel, is still working at the Heaven's gates but is confident that he deserves a better function. His everlasting tempter Uriah, a devil, takes up tempting him. All one has to... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Strach | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Jirí Dvorák, Vica Kerekes, Anna Ctvrtnícková
Votes: 611
79. Bashful (1917)
10 min | Comedy, Short
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell
Votes: 294
80. Stop Me Here (2015)
94 min | Drama
Samson Cazalet is a cab driver who finds himself accused of kidnapping the daughter of a woman he drove back to her home. He's abruptly jailed and left alone, heading toward a trial who seems already lost.
Director: Gilles Bannier | Stars: Reda Kateb, Léa Drucker, Gilles Cohen, Erika Sainte
Votes: 244
81. Two Edged Knife (1989)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is cheating on him with his business ... See full summary »
Director: Murilo Salles | Stars: Paulo José, Marieta Severo, José de Abreu, Flávio Galvão
Votes: 196
82. Poliziotti violenti (1976)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Paratrooper officer Altieri and police commissioner Tosi investigate the case of criminals who use modern machine guns that disappeared from an army unit. The investigation leads them to a conspiracy of high military ranks.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato, Silvia Dionisio, Ettore Manni
Votes: 240
83. The Broken Butterfly (1919)
58 min | Drama
Before she parts from him for a while, a woman falls in love with a composer, working on a symphony, who she encounters in the forests of Canada.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Lew Cody, Mary Alden, Pauline Starke, Peaches Jackson
Votes: 214
84. Aberrações de Uma Prostituta (1988)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
The gardener Cabral stumbles with the grave of his boss Dr. Marcio in the garden of his small ranch and tells his discovery to his wife and neighbors. When his boss returns to the ranch, ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Cavalcanti
Votes: 23
85. Roadworthy: The Invisible Children Tour (2011– )
Documentary, Reality-TV
Documenting the adventures of millennial youth, whose desire for individual purpose melds with the corporate purpose of Invisible Children, as they discover that world peace comes with personal sacrifice.
Stars: Jason Russell, Laren Poole, Zach Barrows, Alex Naser-Hall
86. Ella (1946)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Director: Ramón Peón | Stars: Lina Montes, Luis Aldás, Vincent Padula, Eugenia Galindo
87. Prípad Andrey S.
Crime, Thriller | Announced
Director: Jirí Divis | Stars: Vica Kerekes, Jan Tríska, Ivan Franek, Michal Dlouhý
88. Back for Your Life (1996)
Action, Crime
After she and her son were kidnapped by a man who lost his family due to drug traffickers, a woman sympathizes with her kidnapper and finds herself involved in his quest for revenge.
Director: Chris Kin-Sang Li | Stars: Chung-Hua Tou, Sharla Cheung, Kar-Ying Law, Elvis Tsui
89. Michal Kutek i Adam Sobaniec: Wspólna gaducha 2 (2021 TV Special)
106 min | Comedy
Director: Sebastian Filipowski | Stars: Michal Kutek, Adam Sobaniec, Adam Gajda, Kamil Koziel
90. Trick 'r Treat: Sam's Gift - Fan Film (2020 Video)
15 min | Short, Horror
Director: Mike Dunn | Stars: Amy Choi, Samantha Leggett, Tyler Compton, Hannah Grace
Votes: 11
91. Amber (V)
Drama | Pre-production
A man races against the clock, navigating the underbelly of suburbia, in an effort to save his kidnapped child before she is trafficked.
Director: Anthony Bradford | Stars: Christian J. Meoli, Anthony Bradford, Cecilia Gomes
92. Ikari III: The Rescue (1989 Video Game)
Action, Adventure
Two tough guys, Paul and Vince, fight their way through several stages of action to rescue a VIP, but mostly punching and kicking this time.
Votes: 34
93. Yotlungerdal (2015)
26 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An award-winning, black/white, silent short film that details the madcap pursuit of a mythical creature by villagers seeking to retrieve a kidnapped infant.
Director: Wesley Gunn | Stars: Jeffrey Ashkin, Lacy Baxter, Henry Bear, Matthew Benzinger
Votes: 7
94. Forfeit of Grace (2010)
16 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
When a man discovers a kidnapped girl in a secluded motel, he struggles to save her and find redemption for his violent past.
Director: Kane Senes | Stars: Michael Q. Schmidt, Fred Ponzlov, Bill Oberst Jr., Elle Labadie
Votes: 38
95. Stock Exchange (2013)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
Kris, a young father, is ready to do anything to find his daughter lost in the badly organized stock of Kosta's dubious kidnapping corporation.
Directors: Stephane Everaert, Frederic Mosbeux | Stars: Michel Nabokoff, Frederic Mosbeux, Bruce Ellison, Caroline Donnely
Votes: 6
96. Pasiáns (1977)
Student Eva (Jana Bousková) is dashing up a steep slope to try to catch a bus, but she twists her ankle and the bus doesn't wait. There won't be another bus until the next day, and so Eva ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimír Cech | Stars: Jana Bousková, Jan Hrusínský, Radovan Lukavský, Vladimír Brabec
Votes: 15
97. An Overall Hero (1920)
12 min | Comedy, Short
A little girl and her chimp foil a plot to fix a horse race. When the crooks figure out who spoiled their plan, they set out to get revenge, only to be outsmarted by a kid and a monkey.
Director: William Campbell | Stars: Snooky, Arthur Nowell, Ida Mae McKenzie
Votes: 18
98. Four Times Foiled (1920)
20 min | Short, Comedy
An uncle is cheated out of a heritage by his baby nephew. He and his conspirators plot to finish off the interloper.
Director: William Campbell | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Ida Mae McKenzie, Arthur Nowell, Snooky
99. Shinobi (1987 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Fantasy
The Ninja children of the Iga clan were kidnapped by Zeed, a syndication of evil Ninjas and outlaws. Joe Musashi, a master of Ninjutsu amd other martial arts must penetrate single-handedly ... See full summary »
Votes: 201
100. Silverload (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Western
Western horror adventure game about a half-Caucasian and half-Native American bounty hunter in the Old West who's hired by a widower to save his son spirited away by a monster from a once vibrant mining town of Silverload .
Stars: Jay Benedict, David Gillian, James Carroll Jordan, Gina Landor