Movies and TvShows featuring "kidnapping-plot" theme.

Bitva Extrasenov (Битва Экстрасенсов), Battle of the Psychics, is a Russian-language TNT (ТНТ) TV show based on Britain’s Psychic Challenge. Each season starts with 8-13 participants selected for their superior psychic abilities, but tries to expose them as frauds. Tasks in the beginning of the series are relatively simple, such as revealing the contents of a sealed box or what lies behind an impenetrable screen, and progressively become more difficult. One participant judged to be worst is eliminated each week, but all participants advance to the next round if the panel is unable to come to a decision.

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom under the shorter title 'Marlowe, Private Eye' and on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's titular character, and was the first drama produced for HBO.

Lt. Frank Drebin, who works at the White House, uncovers a plot to kidnap a scientist advocating solar energy, involving his ex-girlfriend's new lover.

After a pregnant woman loses her husband in a train accident, she is mistaken for his wealthy family's long-lost daughter-in-law and is taken in by his family. As she navigates this new life filled with luxury and romance, she must also deal with her troubled past and the consequences of her false identity.

Sam Stone, a businessman in Santa Monica, plans to kill his wife Barbara for her fortune. However, his kidnapping plot takes an unexpected turn when Barbara is kidnapped by a couple who demand a ransom. Chaos ensues as Sam tries to navigate the situation and multiple misunderstandings occur.

Susie Searches follows an awkward college student who sees a chance to increase her popularity and elevate her little-known true-crime podcast by unraveling the mystery behind the vanishing of a fellow classmate. In her pursuit, she unearths unexpected truths and puts her amateur detective skills to the test.

In Zeta One, a female alien invader kidnaps men for a repopulation scheme. With elements of sexploitation and erotica, the movie follows a seductive alien as she carries out her mission, playing poker and engaging in violent and sexual behavior in a matriarchal society. The plot involves spies, fake mustaches, and a game of poker, with plenty of undressing and stripping scenes. The movie also features a secret mission, seductive women, and shots of bare feet.

In Heartbreak Hotel, a 17-year-old fan girl kidnaps an Elvis Presley impersonator and brings him to her small town to help her win a talent show. Along the way, they form an unlikely bond and learn valuable lessons about love and family.

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driver as hostages. However, the bravery and the wit of the old driver could spoil their plan for the perfect crime.

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters

Abdullah has to fight oppression and torture as he tries to bring up the boy as a hindu where the majority are muslims.

A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. The Russian is working with shady businessman Marek and they plan to kidnap the professor and make it look as though he has defected to the Soviet Union.

A spoiled Hollywood actress struggles back to civilization after the crash of her private jet botches a kidnap attempt, leaving her stranded in the jungle with her irritating assistant and her inept hijacker pilot.

A lost film considered one of Japan's first Tokusatsu films. The effects were done by Fuminori Ohashi, who claims to have been a modeling consultant for Godzilla 1954 (this claim is disputed by modeler Eizo Kaimai and art staff member Shinji Hiruma). The film's synopsis published in the March 1938 issue of Kinema Junpo indicates that the "Kong" featured in this film was not actually a giant monster.

A hero in a robbery comes up against a crime boss and the crooked guardian of the girl he loves

In part two of this silent two-part film, an ape nicknamed King Kong by its master has kidnapped the daughter of a wealthy man as part of a revenge plot by one of his lackeys. The conclusion of the story from Edo ni arawareta Kingu Kongu: Henge no maki (1938).