Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "kidnapping", "sting-operation"

1. Red Sparrow (2018)

R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 201,808 | Gross: $46.87M

2. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,214

3. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Jane Leeves, Cherise Bates

Votes: 39,443 | Gross: $17.31M

4. 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: 95,982 | Gross: $74.08M

5. CHIPS (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An inexperienced rookie is teamed up with a hardened pro at the California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles; the newbie officer soon learns his partner is really an undercover Fed investigating a heist which may involve some crooked cops.

Director: Dax Shepard | Stars: Michael Peña, Dax Shepard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rosa Salazar

Votes: 50,754 | Gross: $18.60M

6. Taxi (I) (1998)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.

Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary

Votes: 89,508 | Gross: $0.27M

7. Above the Law (1988)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean

Votes: 34,665 | Gross: $18.87M

8. The Captive (I) (2014)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos

Votes: 35,805

9. Hard Boiled (1992)

R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan

Votes: 54,077

10. Mr. Nice Guy (1997)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry, and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee, Karen McLymont

Votes: 28,844 | Gross: $12.67M

11. Shoot to Kill (1988)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An F.B.I. Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown

Votes: 14,963 | Gross: $29.30M

12. Before We Die (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A police inspector in the organised crime unit disappears after meeting with a mysterious informer.

Stars: Marie Richardson, Adam Pålsson, Magnus Krepper, Malgorzata Pieczynska

Votes: 4,827

13. Code of Silence (1985)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese

Votes: 9,416 | Gross: $20.35M

14. Vice Squad (1982)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna

Votes: 2,911 | Gross: $13.25M

15. Hero and the Terror (1988)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Danny was lucky 3 years ago at the arrest of Terror, a serial killer of young women. Danny's about to be a dad, when Terror escapes prison and is back killing. Will Danny get lucky this time?

Director: William Tannen | Stars: Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran

Votes: 4,434 | Gross: $5.30M

16. Until Death (2007)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles, Mark Dymond

Votes: 10,377

17. The Jackpot! (1991)

102 min | Adventure, Comedy

A secret agent uses his professional skills for tracking his family, and faces the unexpected consequences.

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell, Michel Boujenah

Votes: 1,839

18. Code Name: Dynastud (2018)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action

In the year 2024, homosexuality has been outlawed by an extreme right-wing government. Only one extraordinary man can stop this wave of terror and repression, a superhero for our troubled times.

Director: Richard Griffin | Stars: Michael Varrati, Sissy O'Hara, Chris Torem, Aaron Andrade

Votes: 306

19. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Asian Cut (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy poses as a prostitute to help Crockett and Tubbs catch a serial killer who they suspect is Asian because of the ritualistic way in which he mutilates his female victims.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 300

20. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Baby Blues (1986)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team learns of a baby selling ring when one of the children's mother comes to Miami looking for her child. The trail leads them to a sleazy lawyer. When the lawyer manages to tie up any... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 395

21. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Cuba Libre (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to move on a major Miami dealer and stumble into a runaway paramilitary group with blood in their sights and plans of their own for the deal money.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 360

22. The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990–1993)
Episode: Black at Heart (1991)

Adventure, Family

The daughter of the man, who willed the Black to Alec, has come to take him back to Arabia when her horses are stolen by raiders. When the Black is stolen, Alec blamed the princess, but things are not what they seem.

Director: Jean-Pierre Prévost | Stars: Richard Ian Cox, Virginie Demians, Olivier Granier, Nabil Massad