Movies and TvShows featuring "girl-in-danger" theme.

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the place while they are having at it, and she is barely able to leave the bed and hide before her sex-partner is killed. She never sees the intruder's face herself. In the aftermath, the terrified lass finds herself with a sympathetic female state-appointed attorney (since she's the obvious suspect) and together, they try to track down the murderer.

Running Scared is a British television children's drama serial produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC 1 in 1986, based on the Bernard Ashley novel and is set in Woolwich with the Woolwich Ferry featuring in a key scene. A gritty series, Running Scared deals with a teenage girl, Paula, whose life is put at risk when she uncovers evidence that could put a local criminal gang leader behind bars. The series is notable for its use of the then recently released Kate Bush pop song Running Up That Hill as its main theme tune.

When a Polish merchant marine is accused of murder, a young tomboy befriends him and helps uncover the truth, testing their loyalty and challenging the local police.

After the death of their parents, a young inventor and his siblings live alone in their family's house. The inventor creates a machine that can communicate with the dead, but it opens a portal for a supernatural entity to enter their home. The family must battle the force and uncover the secrets of the house before it destroys them.

A group of West Point cadets, led by Edgar Allan Poe, stumble upon a horrifying finding during a training exercise in upstate New York. This discovery lures them into a long-forgotten community, where they must uncover dark secrets and confront supernatural forces.

When Chelsea meets up with her estranged childhood best friend, Milla, she's unprepared for the events that follow. Milla, who is now a webcam girl briefly catches Chelsea on camera during one of her shows. Unbeknownst to her, Chelsea has now been exposed to a watcher who becomes obsessed and will stop at nothing to have her to himself.

In a post-apocalyptic world, two sisters are forced to live together inside a mosquito net. As they face the end of the world, they must also navigate their own complicated relationship and overcome their differences in order to survive.

A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.

Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters. Part of the PBS series "From the Brothers Grimm." Winner Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Ages 10 and above.

Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, thinking she is the reason, meets a handsome leading man and joins up with him but, before long, he discovers 'she ain't a trouper' and she is soon performing with 4th-class acts in Tank Town America

Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped. When he is unable to meet their request, they take Maria away. The Black Hand is the earliest surviving gangster film.

Lost on the back roads of rural America, Charlie stumbles upon a child abduction and must fight his lack of courage in order to save her life. Charlie soon realizes that not only is he being watched, but time is running out.

A father lifts his daughter into the air, but she is then kidnapped by a thief. The father searches for his missing daughter, encountering various obstacles along the way. He eventually rescues her and they share a heartwarming reunion.

In this slapstick comedy, a man and his bride move into a new neighborhood and hilarity ensues as they try to become friendly with their neighbors while dealing with various mishaps.

There's a haunting in the house. However, things are not what they seem. Marian soon finds out that the haunting in the household is more familiar than she thinks.

When Hayley's dad, who has just been dumped by her mum, is too hungover to join in her games, she gets into a dangerous adventure of her own making.

Tree Hugger is a magical realism drama that follows the story of a teenage girl who discovers her ability to communicate with a mystical tree. As she explores this new connection, she experiences the ups and downs of adolescence and learns important life lessons.