Best Hostage Movies & TV Series

The 196 best-rated hostage movies and TV series on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Live Free or Die Hard 2007 ★ 6.6
Three Fugitives 1989 ★ 6.7
Hostage: Missing Celebrity 2021 ★ 6.8
Monos 2019 ★ 6.6
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 2013 ★ 6.6
JCVD 2008 ★ 6.6
The Sugarland Express 1974 ★ 6.6
Dragged Across Concrete 2019 ★ 6.6
City Hunter 1993 ★ 6.6
The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 ★ 6.6
Suicide Kings 1997 ★ 6.6
That Darn Cat! 1965 ★ 6.6
Rome, Armed to the Teeth 1976 ★ 6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2013 ★ 6.6
Prisoner of the Mountains 1996 ★ 6.6
Funny Games 2008 ★ 6.6
The Ref 1994 ★ 6.6
The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 ★ 6.5
Dead Man's Wire 2026 ★ 6.5
Mother's Day 2010 ★ 6.5
Eagle Eye 2008 ★ 6.5
Bellman and True 1987 ★ 6.5
5150 Elm's Way 2009 ★ 6.5
Leopard Skin 2022 ★ 6.4