better hope you got enough ransom money
yeah how much money was that welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
kidnapping movies they’re going to take
you for this list we are looking at the
most memorable or popular films that
focus on the purposeful abduction or
kidnapping of individuals as the main
plot do you have anything to say to the
kidnappers yeah watch your butt
however we’re excluding films like old
boy in which the victim is released
early on in the story number 10 Raising
Arizona my name is H I’m McDonough call
me hi we’re starting off this dark list
with a mostly light-hearted entry you go
right back up there and get me a toddler
I need a baby hi they got morning handle
oh honey I don’t you come back here
without buddy no one expected the story
of a childless couple looking to kidnap
children to be comedic at all especially
coming from the Coen brothers as one of
the follow-ups to their very dark and
twisted debut Blood Simple he’s
beautiful yeah he’s awful damn good I
think I got the best one little did the
world know that they would go on to
become dark comedy kings I’ve been
taking these Huggies and whatever cash
you got though Nicolas Cage is brilliant
turned as an ex-con who just wants to be
a daddy makes this classic look more
like a roadrunner cartoon than a crime
caper this is still one of the best
kidnapping comedies of the late 80s son
you got a penny only our head drop fast
number nine misery my name is Annie
Wilkes every artist loves meeting his or
her biggest fans but famous author Paul
Sheldon will soon wish he had you’ll
never realize what a rare treat you’ve
given me after being rescued from a car
crash and nursed back to health ish by
the fanatic Annie Wilkes he realizes she
clearly has no plans of letting him go
she can’t be dead misery Chastain cannot
be dead her ransom demands that he write
a new novel for her and bring back the
beloved character that he’d previously
killed off
yeah Kathy Bates in a career-making role
gave the world a psychotic movie villain
that could only have come from the mind
of Stephen King I’m his number one fan
I’ve got all his books every sentence he
ever put down number eight Gone Baby
Gone
being Lyla McCready and this was
kidnapped three days ago adapted from a
Dennis Lehane novel Ben Affleck’s
directorial debut shocked the world with
its unflinching view of the Boston
underbelly and it’s all too realistic
portrait of a world shattered by drugs
gangsters and corrupt detectives its
kidnapping I don’t see a note you see a
note no no no we’re investigating a
missing children’s case here kidnapping
has nothing to do with it Affleck draws
out brilliant performances from his
little brother Casey Morgan Freeman and
an oscar-nominated Amy Ryan as they are
searching for a missing child
I think missing recruiters hoping we
could help with the neighborhood aspect
of this investigation yeah people you
know with cops feds and private
detectives going around in circles do
not expect to find any good guys here as
the lines between doing your duty and
doing what’s right are constantly
blurred you put a gun on me you better
use it number seven
The Silence of the Lambs
Monni what more can be said about this
masterpiece multi Oscar winner career
defining performances era-defining
horror masterpiece if poor jodie foster
knew what was coming she probably would
have kept running you spook easily
Starling hot yet sir
the FBI was desperate and without a plan
when they drastically sent rookie
Clarice Starling to interview the
infamous Hannibal the cannibal Lecter
for help in catching the at-large serial
killer Buffalo Bill if I help you
Clarice
Toby turns with us too quid pro quo I
tell you things you tell me thing this
results in a maniacal battle of wits as
the clock ticks no I came because I
wanted to people will say we’re in love
why the rush
Buffalo Bill has just kidnapped his
latest victim a senator’s daughter did
you nurse Catherine yes off what did you
breastfeed her now wait a minute yes I
did tough Indianapolis doesn’t Oh son of
a bitch number six man on fire top
professionals try to kidnap your
daughter I’ll do the best I can but the
service of the own bar with the pain
this action thriller stars Denzel
Washington as a drained former CIA
officer and US Marine with plenty of
issues who becomes a bodyguard for hire
you’re crazy you even look the puffs my
state I couldn’t go out of course
annoyed with having to be subjected to
protecting a spoiled nine-year-old of a
businessman he soon opens up and takes a
liking to the kid that is until she is
abducted by a kidnapping ring in Mexico
responsible is de la la sequester’s
Kasota amici es una activity’ del
creaming organza the second adaptation
of AJ quenelles novel man on fire may
have been violent but it features some
incredible chemistry between Washington
and Dakota Fanning as his kidnaps charge
and was a box-office hit OK the next 10
seconds Lucille smiles first
you smiled already see you deal number
five suicide kings I’ve gotta be careful
method also the 90s had an ungodly
amount of dark comedies many of them
about abductions and kidnappings gone
wrong I know you have no reason to trust
me but let me walk see my cattle from
the lease my word you got it
ad Christopher walk into your comedy of
errors and create 90s gold in this
action comedy four friends kidnap a
crime boss in order to get a hefty
ransom to pay off the kidnappers that
took one of their sisters Oh a plan my
way
I give my friend that go ahead tell him
where we are
with the plot is twisted is that
obviously things are gonna go a bit
wrong man I can plan everything you
remember
and I fern I hear from you and ah ah
good shit we fucked up all right add a
psychotic Denis Leary a couple of
severed fingers and some witty banter
and you get a what not to do
instructional video for the MTV
generation number for ransom the whole
world now knows my son Sean Mullan was
kidnapped for ransom three days ago Mel
Gibson’s follow-up to his mega hit
Braveheart became one of the biggest
successes of the year and if Mel
Gibson’s career as well this is your
ransom a remake of the 1950s crime drama
ransom begins as a mundane and typical
kidnapping story as the obvious target
of a millionaire son is taken from under
his parents noses and a large ransom is
demanded he’ll never say one dollar of
this money because no ransom will ever
be paid for my son not one dime not one
penny instead I’m offering this money as
a reward on your head but it quickly
becomes a thrilling game of
cat-and-mouse as desperate father Tom
Mullen turns to the FBI and creates a
media frenzy well there you have it
Rosana
shocking turn of events the ransom has
turned into a two million dollar bounty
excellent storytelling and a chilling
performance by Gibson cement this a
great thrill ride
I have several iron men in a house
possible kidnap situation repeat
possible kidnap situation number three
The Vanishing aka spool oohs left
vehicon love it
what can poor Rex do when his girlfriend
just disappears in broad daylight in the
middle of a busy gas station he’s made
it clear that he will do anything to
find her or at least to learn what
happened to her what starts off as a
thrilling drama about a man grieving
over his abducted partner becomes one of
the most stressful and tense cinematic
experiences ever
when her kidnapper offers to show him
exactly what he did sure penny as you
play they play Co Co C knife character
shows C Bhupati a ketose when that book
was young carefully prepare for a
surprising unexpected and blood-curdling
ending you will never forget which by
the way is completely diluted in the
1993 Hollywood remake
number two take it Merrill’s brown-nose
nice to meet you Brian Mills he has a
set of skills we all wish we had and he
is not afraid to use him if you’re
looking for ransom I can tell you I
don’t have money but what I do have are
a very particular set of skills the
movie that cemented Liam Neeson as not
just your dad’s action hero taken took a
more Jason Bourne action approach to the
revenge thriller as we follow the
unlikely idiots who decide to kidnap an
American tourist in Paris who just so
happens to be the daughter of a retired
CIA operative you need to give me what I
need or this switch will stay on until
they turn the power off for like a
payment on the bill writer Luc Besson is
no stranger to action films but like his
star Liam Neeson he seems to be getting
better with age it wasn’t personal it
was all personal to me before we let our
topic go here are a few honorable
mentions onion don’t you presume this
goes on top sure hate you love my
daughter’s been kidnapped
see they’re gonna kill her if I don’t
kill the government I don’t want to do
that all right let’s talk to security
no can’t talk this Katie they’re
involved you got about as much chance of
stampeding that herd is you have a
finding them girls alive by raiding into
them I say we do it my way Ethan and
that’s an order yes sir
but if you’re wrong don’t ever give me
another what worries me is that you
would stop looking for mice why should
we be looking for someone we’ve already
found because you have no valid peers
identity has been confirmed by the best
minds in the field of child
identification
this is 1314 additionally in the first
search 47 Carroll Street possible
kidnapping victims on friends yeah
number one Fargo and I tell you what
from his footprint he looks like a big
fella as we come full circle back to the
Coen brothers we have the best movie
about the worst attempted kidnapping in
history well yeah scathingly hilarious
and at times beyond gruesome and gloomy
this multiple oscar-winning masterpiece
follows poor miserable Jerry as his plot
to stage his wife’s kidnapping screw the
hired criminals out of the shared ransom
and stick it to his wealthy
father-in-law falls quickly to the
wayside
having a very determined and very
pregnant police chief on your trail
doesn’t help either you mind if I sit
down carrying quite a load here anything
that could go wrong does go wrong in
Fargo and here you are
and it’s a beautiful day do you agree
with our list
oh yeah Betsy yeah which kidnapping film
is your favorite this was awful damn
good though for more exciting top 10s
published every day don’t forget to
subscribe to watchmojo.com end a story
yeah how much money was that welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
kidnapping movies they’re going to take
you for this list we are looking at the
most memorable or popular films that
focus on the purposeful abduction or
kidnapping of individuals as the main
plot do you have anything to say to the
kidnappers yeah watch your butt
however we’re excluding films like old
boy in which the victim is released
early on in the story number 10 Raising
Arizona my name is H I’m McDonough call
me hi we’re starting off this dark list
with a mostly light-hearted entry you go
right back up there and get me a toddler
I need a baby hi they got morning handle
oh honey I don’t you come back here
without buddy no one expected the story
of a childless couple looking to kidnap
children to be comedic at all especially
coming from the Coen brothers as one of
the follow-ups to their very dark and
twisted debut Blood Simple he’s
beautiful yeah he’s awful damn good I
think I got the best one little did the
world know that they would go on to
become dark comedy kings I’ve been
taking these Huggies and whatever cash
you got though Nicolas Cage is brilliant
turned as an ex-con who just wants to be
a daddy makes this classic look more
like a roadrunner cartoon than a crime
caper this is still one of the best
kidnapping comedies of the late 80s son
you got a penny only our head drop fast
number nine misery my name is Annie
Wilkes every artist loves meeting his or
her biggest fans but famous author Paul
Sheldon will soon wish he had you’ll
never realize what a rare treat you’ve
given me after being rescued from a car
crash and nursed back to health ish by
the fanatic Annie Wilkes he realizes she
clearly has no plans of letting him go
she can’t be dead misery Chastain cannot
be dead her ransom demands that he write
a new novel for her and bring back the
beloved character that he’d previously
killed off
yeah Kathy Bates in a career-making role
gave the world a psychotic movie villain
that could only have come from the mind
of Stephen King I’m his number one fan
I’ve got all his books every sentence he
ever put down number eight Gone Baby
Gone
being Lyla McCready and this was
kidnapped three days ago adapted from a
Dennis Lehane novel Ben Affleck’s
directorial debut shocked the world with
its unflinching view of the Boston
underbelly and it’s all too realistic
portrait of a world shattered by drugs
gangsters and corrupt detectives its
kidnapping I don’t see a note you see a
note no no no we’re investigating a
missing children’s case here kidnapping
has nothing to do with it Affleck draws
out brilliant performances from his
little brother Casey Morgan Freeman and
an oscar-nominated Amy Ryan as they are
searching for a missing child
I think missing recruiters hoping we
could help with the neighborhood aspect
of this investigation yeah people you
know with cops feds and private
detectives going around in circles do
not expect to find any good guys here as
the lines between doing your duty and
doing what’s right are constantly
blurred you put a gun on me you better
use it number seven
The Silence of the Lambs
Monni what more can be said about this
masterpiece multi Oscar winner career
defining performances era-defining
horror masterpiece if poor jodie foster
knew what was coming she probably would
have kept running you spook easily
Starling hot yet sir
the FBI was desperate and without a plan
when they drastically sent rookie
Clarice Starling to interview the
infamous Hannibal the cannibal Lecter
for help in catching the at-large serial
killer Buffalo Bill if I help you
Clarice
Toby turns with us too quid pro quo I
tell you things you tell me thing this
results in a maniacal battle of wits as
the clock ticks no I came because I
wanted to people will say we’re in love
why the rush
Buffalo Bill has just kidnapped his
latest victim a senator’s daughter did
you nurse Catherine yes off what did you
breastfeed her now wait a minute yes I
did tough Indianapolis doesn’t Oh son of
a bitch number six man on fire top
professionals try to kidnap your
daughter I’ll do the best I can but the
service of the own bar with the pain
this action thriller stars Denzel
Washington as a drained former CIA
officer and US Marine with plenty of
issues who becomes a bodyguard for hire
you’re crazy you even look the puffs my
state I couldn’t go out of course
annoyed with having to be subjected to
protecting a spoiled nine-year-old of a
businessman he soon opens up and takes a
liking to the kid that is until she is
abducted by a kidnapping ring in Mexico
responsible is de la la sequester’s
Kasota amici es una activity’ del
creaming organza the second adaptation
of AJ quenelles novel man on fire may
have been violent but it features some
incredible chemistry between Washington
and Dakota Fanning as his kidnaps charge
and was a box-office hit OK the next 10
seconds Lucille smiles first
you smiled already see you deal number
five suicide kings I’ve gotta be careful
method also the 90s had an ungodly
amount of dark comedies many of them
about abductions and kidnappings gone
wrong I know you have no reason to trust
me but let me walk see my cattle from
the lease my word you got it
ad Christopher walk into your comedy of
errors and create 90s gold in this
action comedy four friends kidnap a
crime boss in order to get a hefty
ransom to pay off the kidnappers that
took one of their sisters Oh a plan my
way
I give my friend that go ahead tell him
where we are
with the plot is twisted is that
obviously things are gonna go a bit
wrong man I can plan everything you
remember
and I fern I hear from you and ah ah
good shit we fucked up all right add a
psychotic Denis Leary a couple of
severed fingers and some witty banter
and you get a what not to do
instructional video for the MTV
generation number for ransom the whole
world now knows my son Sean Mullan was
kidnapped for ransom three days ago Mel
Gibson’s follow-up to his mega hit
Braveheart became one of the biggest
successes of the year and if Mel
Gibson’s career as well this is your
ransom a remake of the 1950s crime drama
ransom begins as a mundane and typical
kidnapping story as the obvious target
of a millionaire son is taken from under
his parents noses and a large ransom is
demanded he’ll never say one dollar of
this money because no ransom will ever
be paid for my son not one dime not one
penny instead I’m offering this money as
a reward on your head but it quickly
becomes a thrilling game of
cat-and-mouse as desperate father Tom
Mullen turns to the FBI and creates a
media frenzy well there you have it
Rosana
shocking turn of events the ransom has
turned into a two million dollar bounty
excellent storytelling and a chilling
performance by Gibson cement this a
great thrill ride
I have several iron men in a house
possible kidnap situation repeat
possible kidnap situation number three
The Vanishing aka spool oohs left
vehicon love it
what can poor Rex do when his girlfriend
just disappears in broad daylight in the
middle of a busy gas station he’s made
it clear that he will do anything to
find her or at least to learn what
happened to her what starts off as a
thrilling drama about a man grieving
over his abducted partner becomes one of
the most stressful and tense cinematic
experiences ever
when her kidnapper offers to show him
exactly what he did sure penny as you
play they play Co Co C knife character
shows C Bhupati a ketose when that book
was young carefully prepare for a
surprising unexpected and blood-curdling
ending you will never forget which by
the way is completely diluted in the
1993 Hollywood remake
number two take it Merrill’s brown-nose
nice to meet you Brian Mills he has a
set of skills we all wish we had and he
is not afraid to use him if you’re
looking for ransom I can tell you I
don’t have money but what I do have are
a very particular set of skills the
movie that cemented Liam Neeson as not
just your dad’s action hero taken took a
more Jason Bourne action approach to the
revenge thriller as we follow the
unlikely idiots who decide to kidnap an
American tourist in Paris who just so
happens to be the daughter of a retired
CIA operative you need to give me what I
need or this switch will stay on until
they turn the power off for like a
payment on the bill writer Luc Besson is
no stranger to action films but like his
star Liam Neeson he seems to be getting
better with age it wasn’t personal it
was all personal to me before we let our
topic go here are a few honorable
mentions onion don’t you presume this
goes on top sure hate you love my
daughter’s been kidnapped
see they’re gonna kill her if I don’t
kill the government I don’t want to do
that all right let’s talk to security
no can’t talk this Katie they’re
involved you got about as much chance of
stampeding that herd is you have a
finding them girls alive by raiding into
them I say we do it my way Ethan and
that’s an order yes sir
but if you’re wrong don’t ever give me
another what worries me is that you
would stop looking for mice why should
we be looking for someone we’ve already
found because you have no valid peers
identity has been confirmed by the best
minds in the field of child
identification
this is 1314 additionally in the first
search 47 Carroll Street possible
kidnapping victims on friends yeah
number one Fargo and I tell you what
from his footprint he looks like a big
fella as we come full circle back to the
Coen brothers we have the best movie
about the worst attempted kidnapping in
history well yeah scathingly hilarious
and at times beyond gruesome and gloomy
this multiple oscar-winning masterpiece
follows poor miserable Jerry as his plot
to stage his wife’s kidnapping screw the
hired criminals out of the shared ransom
and stick it to his wealthy
father-in-law falls quickly to the
wayside
having a very determined and very
pregnant police chief on your trail
doesn’t help either you mind if I sit
down carrying quite a load here anything
that could go wrong does go wrong in
Fargo and here you are
and it’s a beautiful day do you agree
with our list
oh yeah Betsy yeah which kidnapping film
is your favorite this was awful damn
good though for more exciting top 10s
published every day don’t forget to
subscribe to watchmojo.com end a story
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