Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "kidnapped-daughter"

1. Man on Fire (2004)

R | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell

Votes: 390,000 | Gross: $77.91M

2. True Lies (1994)

R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton

Votes: 281,277 | Gross: $146.28M

3. Commando (1985)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells

Votes: 175,092 | Gross: $35.10M

4. Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 295,057 | Gross: $141.15M

5. A Friend of the Family (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend."

Stars: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Anna Paquin

Votes: 6,886

6. The Mother (2023)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes

Votes: 47,298

7. Lou (I) (2022)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.

Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman

Votes: 33,561

8. Fire and Ice (1983)

PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon

Votes: 12,654 | Gross: $0.76M

9. Don't Breathe 2 (2021)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Horror

The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him.

Director: Rodo Sayagues | Stars: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young

Votes: 71,695 | Gross: $32.64M

10. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins

Votes: 33,886

11. Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)

TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary, Crime

The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.

Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg

Votes: 22,273

12. Stolen (2012)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston

Votes: 46,461 | Gross: $0.30M

13. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

PG | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.

Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy

Votes: 13,982 | Gross: $12.23M

14. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper

Votes: 21,187

15. 22 Bullets (2010)

Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Director: Richard Berry | Stars: Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marina Foïs

Votes: 36,442

16. The Saint (2017 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Adam Rayner, Eliza Dushku, Ian Ogilvy, James Remar

Votes: 6,947

17. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

G | 95 min | Horror

Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene

Votes: 10,274

18. Extra Ordinary (2019)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame.

Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman | Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty

Votes: 11,553

19. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.

Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti

Votes: 15,289

20. The Yakuza (1974)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman

Votes: 10,460

21. The Chain (V)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Pre-production

A mother finds herself trapped in a terrifying kidnapping chain.

Director: Edgar Wright

22. 6 Bullets (2012)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Charlotte Beaumont

Votes: 15,846

23. Scarecrows (1988)

R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.

Director: William Wesley | Stars: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn

Votes: 5,656

24. The Factory (V) (2012)

R | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

Director: Morgan O'Neill | Stars: John Cusack, Dallas Roberts, Vincent Messina, Jennifer Carpenter

Votes: 11,801

25. A Deadly Adoption (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 84 min | Drama, Thriller

A distanced couple decide to take in a seemingly innocent pregnant woman in hopes of adopting her unborn child. However, there is more to a book than its cover.

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Lowndes, Alyvia Alyn Lind

Votes: 3,771

26. Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two Canadian detectives, one from Ontario and the other from Quebec, must work together when a murdered victim is found on the Ontario-Quebec border.

Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Michel Beaudry, Patrice Bélanger, Pierre Boudreau, Sarain Boylan

Votes: 13,160

27. Hard Cash (2002)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.

Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Sara Downing, Vincent Laresca

Votes: 3,539

28. Cut Off (2018)

132 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars Eidinger, Fahri Yardim

Votes: 7,682

29. Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991 TV Movie)

M | 90 min | Crime, Drama

The true story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania, USA. A mountain man kidnaps the 17-year-old, his chilling ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: David Morse, Megan Follows, Dion Anderson, Tom Atkins

Votes: 567

30. Lowlife (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

Director: Ryan Prows | Stars: Nicki Micheaux, Mark Burnham, Jon Oswald, Ricardo Adam Zarate

Votes: 2,651

31. Mutant Action (1993)

93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas

Votes: 5,787

32. Alpha Code (2020)

97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.

Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut

Votes: 1,109

33. Endangered Species (1982)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.

Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton

Votes: 1,173 | Gross: $1.47M

34. Steak (2007)

82 min | Comedy

George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At ... See full summary »

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Jonathan Lambert, Vincent Belorgey

Votes: 2,896

35. Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western

A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.

Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas

Votes: 2,400

36. A Mother on the Brink (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over a year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.

Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Kelly Thiebaud, Matt Hamilton, Lina Renna, Phillip Mitchell

Votes: 239

37. Easy Prey (1986 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

A young girl with Stockholm Syndrome becomes a companion for a dangerous man posing as a photographer to pick up his victims.

Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Gerald McRaney, Sean McCann, Susan Hogan, Kate Lynch

Votes: 244

38. Her Own Destiny (2004–2005)

50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The baby daughter of a mother of five from a poor background is kidnapped, and the mother fights to get her back; as time passes, she rises to a better life with her remaining children.

Stars: Susana Vieira, Renata Sorrah, José Wilker, José Mayer

Votes: 892

39. Amnesiac (2014)

TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A misery-esque tale of a man who wakes up in bed after an accident, suffering from memory loss. He begins to suspect that his wife isn't really his real wife and soon finds himself a prisoner in the house.

Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Olivia Rose Keegan, Shashawnee Hall

Votes: 3,916

40. Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Western

James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 television series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf (Joe Lara) who has taken... See full summary »

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: James Arness, Richard Kiley, Amy Stoch, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 466

41. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)

R | 85 min | Comedy

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes, Alan Curtis, Robin Askwith

Votes: 267

42. Miami Heat (2021)

TV-MA | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A retired Spetsnaz agent relies on his old skills to save his beloved daughter, who has been kidnapped while working in South Beach.

Directors: Fabio W. Silva, Zack Matthews | Stars: Oleg Prudius, Shannon Murray, Gabriela Wong, Olivier Richters

Votes: 1,213

43. 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

44. Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Moira Kelly, Amanda Tapping, Kacey Rohl, David Cubitt

Votes: 791

45. Anonymous Rex (2004 TV Movie)

Unrated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Failed TV pilot about an alternate present day reality where a dinosaur society secretly co-exists with humans using futuristic cloaking technology. Two dinosaur private detectives investigate a murder connected to a strange dinosaur cult.

Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Sam Trammell, Daniel Baldwin, Stephanie Lemelin, Tamara Gorski

Votes: 958

46. Web of Desire (2009 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An ambitious E.R. doctor puts her career and family at risk when she succumbs to the desires of an online confidant.

Director: Mark Cole | Stars: Dina Meyer, Adrian Hough, Claudette Mink, William B. Davis

Votes: 281

47. Vanished Without a Trace (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Biography, Drama

A woman (Long) simply refuses to accept the kidnapping of her 13 year old daughter (Berman) and relentlessly pursues the villain's capture.

Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Shelley Long, William R. Moses, Jennifer Jostyn, Joshua Peace

Votes: 361

48. Macabre (1958)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

Director: William Castle | Stars: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott

Votes: 1,404

49. The Red Maple Leaf (2016)

Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.

Director: Frank D'Angelo | Stars: James Caan, Kris Kristofferson, Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino

Votes: 4,570

50. Dead Rising 2 (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Thriller

In the rise of a new zombie outbreak, the new hero Chuck Greene has to help his daughter survive this zombie nightmare.

Stars: Peter Flemming, Allyson Armstrong, Robyn Ross, Benita Ha

Votes: 2,144