Movies and TvShows featuring "held-for-ransom" theme.

The Clan is a movie based on a true story about a family in Argentina who kidnaps people for ransom during the 1980s. The film explores the dynamics within the crime family and the aftermath of living under a military dictatorship.

When a ruthless gang threatens a peaceful railroad camp, a sharpshooter, an undercover accountant, and an orphan boy must band together to save the day.

No Deposit, No Return is a family comedy movie released in 1976. The story revolves around two children who are kidnapped by a masked kidnapper and held for ransom. The millionaire father refuses to pay the ransom, leading to a series of comedic misadventures as the children try to escape from their captor.

A television reporter goes on a business trip to Ireland and gets involved in an extramarital affair. When her lover goes missing in a war zone, she must navigate the dangerous world of war correspondents to find him. Along the way, she struggles with her feelings for her widower fiancé and the consequences of her actions.

A rich and famous self-help guru's controversial philosophy of extreme selfishness is put to the ultimate test when his only daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom.

An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.

A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.

A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.

Long John Silver (1954) is set in the 18th century and follows the story of a pirate named Long John Silver and his pirate gang. After a rejected lover seeks revenge, Long John Silver leads his crew on a treasure hunt to find the hidden riches of Treasure Island. Along the way, they encounter dangerous situations, including a mutiny and a shootout on a beach, while using flintlock rifles and pistols. This thrilling movie explores the complex dynamics of male-female relationships in a pirate ship.

An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately becomes self on the search for the disappeared and gets a striving for world domination secret organization.

The film is a black comedy about a group of people who try and work their way out of an unfortunate set of circumstances.

A bill collector working in a tough neighborhood manages to rescue a young socialite from kidnappers.

Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.

Newcomer Torrent wins $500 from Olcott and $500 and a wild horse, by riding the horse, from Engle. Then loses the $1000 to Engle in a poker game. Torrent goes to work for Olcott. Torrent fights with Stark and Stark quits and goes to work for Engle. Rustlers are stealing horses. Carson suspects Olcott and Olcott suspects Carson. Sheriff prevents war between them. Torrent stops wild horse stampede. Starks spills beans on Engle. Torrent kills Engle and wins Patsy Olcott.

A man appears to a female reporter and claims he is the famous kidnapper that has the world astir and promises to turn himself in if she listens to his story. Though she is suspicious of him, she starts to fall more and more into his story.

A drifter/hitman is hired by a local business man to kidnap the local oil baron. The hitman had been reared in squalor, suffering the abuses of his whoring mama. When the baron escapes his assistant must chase him while the hitman takes care of a few loose ends.

Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woman who really loves him.

In Hollywood Flies, a woman is held at gunpoint and forced into a dangerous journey. She must navigate through various crimes, dramas, and survival situations. The story involves a nightclub owner, a road trip, a heist, and the search for stolen money.

When a popular influencer gets kidnapped and held for ransom, she grips the media's attention by helping the criminals rob luxurious mansions.