Child Abduction
"child abduction" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Lord of Misrule
Synopsis:
When the daughter of the town's new priest goes missing during the harvest festival, a desperate search begins, uncovering the town's dark history and resurfacing tales of a mysterious, malevolent spirit that demands sacrifice.
Starring:
Ralph Ineson,
Tuppence Middleton,
Matt Stokoe
Plot:
search,
folk horror,
daughter,
young,
paganism,
english countryside,
vicar,
child abduction
...
#2
Five Nights at Freddy's
Synopsis:
Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.
Starring:
Kat Conner Sterling,
Josh Hutcherson,
Elizabeth Lail
Plot:
based on video game,
pizzeria,
restaurant,
animatronic,
security,
supernatural horror,
dinner,
robot,
terror,
scream
...
#3
Hypnotic
Synopsis:
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
Starring:
Alice Braga,
Jackie Earle Haley,
William Fichtner
#4
The Witches
Synopsis:
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?
Starring:
Anjelica Huston,
Jane Horrocks,
Rowan Atkinson
#5
Ransom
Synopsis:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Starring:
Mel Gibson,
Delroy Lindo,
Donnie Wahlberg
#6
Don't Torture a Duckling
Synopsis:
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Starring:
Florinda Bolkan,
Barbara Bouchet,
Tomas Milian
Plot:
giallo,
gore,
sacrilege,
unknown murderer,
murder of a child,
murder,
brutality,
death,
reference to donald duck,
lynch mob
...
#7
No Exit
Synopsis:
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.
Starring:
Dennis Haysbert,
Benedict Wall,
Danny Ramirez
#8
Girl in the Picture
Synopsis:
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
Starring:
Natalie De Vincentiis,
Mark Chinnery,
Sarah French
Plot:
false name,
kidnapping,
false identity,
true crime,
crime documentary,
reenactment,
death,
stripper,
strip club,
hit and run
...
#9
Thor: Love and Thunder
Synopsis:
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
Natalie Portman,
Tessa Thompson
#10
The Witch
Synopsis:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.
Starring:
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Ralph Ineson,
Bathsheba Garnett
Plot:
witch,
goat,
black magic,
isolation,
new england,
forest,
woods,
witchcraft,
sin,
folk horror
...
#11
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Synopsis:
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
Emily Blunt,
Charlize Theron
#12
The Green Mile
Synopsis:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Graham Greene,
Michael Clarke Duncan
Plot:
1930s,
good versus evil,
prison guard,
death row,
accused of murder,
evil,
evil man,
murder,
execution,
healing
...
#13
The Call
Synopsis:
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…
Starring:
Morris Chestnut,
Michael Imperioli,
Michael Eklund
#14
The Black Phone
Synopsis:
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
Starring:
James Ransone,
Madeleine McGraw,
Ethan Hawke
#15
Taken
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
Katie Cassidy,
Olivier Rabourdin
#16
Split
Synopsis:
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 …
Starring:
James McAvoy,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Haley Lu Richardson
#17
Space Sweepers
Synopsis:
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
Starring:
Kim Hyang-gi,
Song Joong-ki,
Kim Moo-yul
Plot:
space pirate,
android,
space opera,
korean,
robot,
oxygen mask,
morgue,
dead girl,
gas mask,
harpoon
...
#18
Snowpiercer
Synopsis:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Octavia Spencer,
Ewen Bremner
Plot:
train,
dystopia,
ice,
tunnel,
based on graphic novel,
revolt,
social commentary,
post apocalypse,
violence,
guilt
...
#19
Safe
Synopsis:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Starring:
Robert John Burke,
James Hong,
Jason Statham
Plot:
triad,
russian mafia,
bodyguard,
gang war,
child,
long haired female,
motor vehicle,
automobile,
car,
north america
...
#20
Rush Hour
Synopsis:
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
Starring:
Tzi Ma,
Tom Wilkinson,
Jackie Chan
Plot:
child kidnapping,
chinese mafia,
gun,
mobster,
organized crime,
triad,
villain,
action hero,
gunfight,
african american
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