25 Best Kidnapping Movies on Netflix
In today’s article, we are bringing you the best kidnapping movies you can find right now on Netflix. Some of the movies on the list are big hits, while others are just underrated gems you need to watch.
Whichever movie you choose, you can’t go wrong, because all these movies are bringing you some of the most famous kidnapping cases of all time. Check out the list below.
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Stuck in Staten Island, married to a loving but inconsiderate husband and living with children who mostly ignore her, 40-year-old Lisa Spinelli teaches kindergarten during the day and becomes increasingly numb. Her source of joy is an evening poetry class on the other side of the bay in Lower Manhattan.
But one day everything changes – Lisa discovers that a five-year-old boy in her class may be the poet she can only dream of being. She becomes fascinated. Could this child be a child prodigy? Mozart? Fascination turns to obsession as Lisa pushes the boundaries to protect the boy from the banal life he knows so well.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
If you loved someone, you can’t just erase them from your life. The manuscript of a novel by her ex-husband Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrives at the address of art gallery owner Susan Morrow (Amy Adams), who asks for her opinion. With the novel comes an invitation to dinner because Edward is coming to Los Angeles soon.
By the way, Susan Morrow’s current marriage is about to break up due to the infidelity of her husband, businessman Hutton Morrow (Armie Hammer), so she becomes obsessed with a novel dedicated to her, the title of which is “Nocturnal Animals” chosen after the nickname Edward gave her.
Reading the novel, which exudes a dark atmosphere, Susan recalls her first meeting with Edward and their relationship, which her mother opposed, believing that Edward was not worthy of her daughter and that, due to his romantic views, he would never achieve any goals.
Secret Obsession (2019)
Newlywed Jennifer (Brenda Song) is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell (Mike Vogel), is just thankful she’s alive and eager to get her home.
As he reintroduces her to their secluded mountain estate, Detective Page (Dennis Haysbert) pursues Jennifer’s assailant – his own daughter went missing and was never found. The same fate now awaits Jennifer, unless someone realizes that her loving caretaker is actually her captor.
Forgotten (2017)
An idyllic and happy family moves into their new house. Not long after, the older son is kidnapped and inexplicably returns after 19 days. No one in the family notices anything strange, except for the younger son, who realizes that his brother, the person he has admired all his life, is actually someone else.
Tallulah (2016)
When her future plans to travel the world fail, Tallulah steals a one-year-old girl and passes her off as her own in order to gain acceptance from her ex-boyfriend’s mother.
Savages (2012)
The plot of the film itself revolves around Ben and Chon (played by Johnson and Kitsch), who are successful in the business of growing marijuana. However, things get even more complicated when the big fish of the smuggling world come to them with a business proposal, who want a share of their profits.
The 2nd (2020)
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead different lives. Andreas has settled down with a beautiful wife and son, while Simon, recently divorced, mostly gets drunk in the local strip club.
But everything changes when they get a task to settle a fight between a couple of drug addicts and thus become involved in a circle of violence and drugs.
Secuestro (2016)
Patricia is a prestigious lawyer whose life turns into a nightmare the day her son Viktor disappears from school without a trace. A few hours later, bruised and covered in sweat, the boy will reappear and say that a man tried to kidnap him, but that he managed to escape.
The police will start an investigation and find the suspect, but due to lack of evidence, he remains at large. Then Patricia, fearing for her son’s life, decides to take justice into her own hands. But the situation will get out of control and lead to unforeseen consequences…
The Frozen Ground (2013)
A film based on the true story of the cruelest Alaskan serial predator, Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a respectable family man who systematically kidnapped more than 24 women over the course of 12 years, and then took them into the wilderness to hunt. He was the hunter, and they were the hunted…
When the principled and dedicated police officer, Sergeant Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage), finds Cindy Paulsen (Vanessa Hudgens), Hansen’s only surviving victim, on the street, she becomes the key to the cooperation that will finally bring Hansen to justice. justice.
The Call (2013)
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator, but when she misjudges a situation and messes up, she’s not sure if she can keep the job. But then the teenager Casey Welson will be kidnapped by an unknown man, and the girl will manage to call 911 and get Jordan.
It is up to the experienced employee to properly assess the situation and do everything to save the girl and bring the kidnapper to justice…
Abducted In Plain Sight (2017)
The documentary covers the kidnappings of Jan Broberg Felt, an Idaho child who was abducted by her neighbor Robert Berchtold in the 1970s on two occasions.
The story was first told in Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story, a memoir published by her and her mother in 2003. It contains interview footage with Broberg Felt.
Extremely Wicked; Shockingly Evil And Vile (2019)
Ted is handsome, smart, charismatic, and gentle. Cautious single mother Liz Kloepfer cannot resist his charm. For her, Ted is the man of her dreams, she soon falls madly in love with him. The first picture is a picture of a perfect couple who have their lives together……until, out of nowhere, their lives fall apart.
Ted is arrested and charged with a series of gruesome murders. Concern soon turns to paranoia – and as the evidence piles up, Liz is faced with the fact that the man she shares her life with is essentially a psychopath.
Close (2019)
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Kidnapping Stella (2019)
The plot revolves around two men, Vic (Clemens Schick) and Tom (Max von der Groeben), who kidnap Stella (Jella Haase), and shows how she tries to escape the clutches of her two masked kidnappers.
Apostle (2018)
The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister, after she has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult that demands a ransom for her safe return…
Lucid Dream (2017)
Dae-ho is a young investigative journalist and single father who has made a few enemies by exposing several corrupt politicians and businessmen. One day, his son is abducted but no ransom is demanded. Dae-ho is convinced it is an act of revenge by one of his enemies who he exposed.
Three years pass and there is no development in the case. Dae-ho then learns of a new form of therapy that allows mental patients to relive important memories through lucid dreams. One of the physicians who administer the therapy is Dae-ho’s old friend, So-hyeon.
Together, they explore Dae-ho’s memories of that fateful day and find a new trail in his lucid dream. Detective Song, who was responsible for the case three years ago, decides to help Dae-ho and So-hyeon uncover new evidence.
When they uncover the prime suspect of the abduction, it turns out that he has been in a coma. Dae-ho then tracks down a mysterious teenager who keeps appearing in all his dreams. This teenager has invented a way to enter the dreams of others. Dae-ho enters the dream of the prime suspect and learns the truth.
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)
The film stars Tuppence Middleton as Abby, a young woman who returns home to Niagara Falls, Ontario, when she inherits a family-owned motel in the city’s Clifton Hill tourist district following her mother’s death, and becomes obsessed with reconstructing inchoate childhood memories of witnessing a kidnapping.
He Never Died (2015)
Jack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can’t contain his violent past.
Extraction (2020)
Tyler Rake is an experienced mercenary who embarks on an extremely dangerous rescue mission. His target? The kidnapped son of a notorious criminal. But in the ruthless world of arms dealers and drug dealers, Tyler will find something he didn’t expect.
Hush (2016)
The baby’s mother has a weak character and poor health. The baby’s father is dark and violent. Baby’s brother is possessive and problematic. Baby is a boy from the correctional facility. Does Baby’s daughter have a chance to break this sad streak, does she have a chance to become a loved, cheerful person?
Tau (2018)
Once a street-smart drifter, Julia (Maika Monroe) is the latest person held captive, a body and a mind to be exploited in a fatal experiment. The only thing standing in the way of her freedom is TAU, the advanced artificial intelligence developed in secret by Alex (Ed Skrein), her sociopathic and enigmatic captor.
TAU is armed with a battalion of drones and robots that automate Alex’s futuristic smart house and laboratory, the walls lined with screens that visually transport it from grassy plains to the depths of space. TAU’s potential is only limited by his understanding of the world he exists in, but TAU is ready for more. Julia, showing resourcefulness and courage, must race against time to bridge the boundaries between man and machine, connect to TAU and win her freedom before she suffers the same fate as the six other subjects who came before her.
Seized (2020)
The son of a former special officer is the victim of a kidnapping, so the special officer starts a fight against three dangerous gangs of organized criminals because he wants to see his son alive and well again.
The Beast (2020)
An unstable veteran tries to rescue his kidnapped daughter and unleashes the beast within himself during his quest. He quickly becomes suspicious himself.
Special Correspondents (2016)
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
The true story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair – iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist – from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
