Top 40 Hostage Movies


30 Última Parada 174, 2008

Última Parada 174

A chronicle of a real-life bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that occurred on June 12, 2000.

Director: Bruno Barreto
Writer: Bráulio Mantovani
Starring: Michel Gomes, Chris Vianna, Marcello Melo Jr.

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29 Money Monster, 2016

Money Monster

In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today’s fast-paced, high-tech global markets.

Director: Jodie Foster
Writers: Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore, Jim Kouf
Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell
Budget: $27 000 000
Box office: $93 282 000

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28 All the Money in the World, 2017

All the Money in the World

Rome, 1973. Masked men kidnap a teenage boy named John Paul Getty III. His grandfather, Jean Paul Getty, is the richest human in the world, a billionaire oil magnate, but he’s notoriously miserly. His favorite grandson’s abduction is not reason enough for him to part with any of his fortune. All the Money in the World (2017) follows Gail, Paul’s devoted, strong-willed mother, who unlike Getty, has consistently chosen her children over his fortune. Her son’s life in the balance with time running out, she attempts to sway Getty even as her son’s mob captors become increasingly more determined, volatile and brutal. When Getty sends his enigmatic security man Fletcher Chace to look after his interests, he and Gail become unlikely allies in this race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money..

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: David Scarpa, John Pearson
Starring: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg
Budget: $50 000 000
Box office: $56 996 000

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27 15 Minutes Of War (L’Intervention), 2019

L'Intervention

In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus was taken hostage at the Somali border. The GIGN is sent on the spot. After 30 hours of tension, a rescue operation is organized.

Director: Fred Grivois
Writers: Ileana Epsztajn, Fred Grivois, Jérémie Guez
Starring: Alban Lenoir, Olga Kurylenko, Sébastien Lalanne
Box office: $476 000

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26 Hostage, 2005

Hostage

When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley’s own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn’t even know or saving his own family.

Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Writers: Doug Richardson, Robert Crais
Starring: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster
Budget: $52 000 000
Box office: $77 944 000

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25 A Hijacking (Kapringen), 2012

Kapringen

The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates.

Director: Tobias Lindholm
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim
Budget: DKK15 500 000
Box office: $414 000

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24 Skirt Day (La journée de la jupe), 2008

La journée de la jupe

An average school teacher is about to fall into a big depression due to threats and humiliation she gets from schoolers. Nobody of her coworkers is interested in this situation, and they are not going to help. Once, after a horrible fight with one of the students, she gets a real gun. Now everyone is under her control, though the situation is still completely uncontrollable…

Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Writer: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Denis Podalydès, Khalid Berkouz
Budget: €1 600 000

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23 The Taking of Pelham 123, 2009

The Taking of Pelham 123

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Director: Tony Scott
Writers: Brian Helgeland, John Godey
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro
Budget: $100 000 000
Box office: $150 166 000

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22 Non-Stop, 2014

Non-Stop

Bill Marks, a former cop dealing with his daughter’s death by drinking, is now a federal air marshal. While on a flight from New York to London, Marks gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is transferred to an offshore account, someone will die every 20 minutes. Can he find the terrorist in time and save everyone?

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Ryan Engle, John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach
Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy
Budget: $50 000 000
Box office: $222 809 000

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21 The Call, 2013

The Call

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 then teenager Casey Welson is abducted and calls 911. Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to try to help Casey escape and also to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Richard D’Ovidio, Nicole D’Ovidio, Jon Bokenkamp
Starring: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut
Budget: $13 000 000
Box office: $68 572 000

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