On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.

Garage Olimpo (1999)
Maria is a militant activist in an organisation opposed to the military dictatorship in Argentina. She teaches reading and writing in the shanty towns and lives with her mother in an old and run-down residence. One morning, Maria is carried off, in front of her mother, by a military squad dressed in civilian clothes. The young woman is taken to the Olimpo garage, one of the numerous torture chambers which haunt Buenos Aires to the general indifference of the population. In order to make Maria talk, Tigre, the head of the centre, gives her to one of his best men, Felix.

The Keeper (2004)
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.

Seven Days (2010)
Like many happy people, Bruno Hamel is leading an uneventful life until one afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime.

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978)
Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

Rainbow Kids (1991)
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.

Fortress (1985)
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

Raavan (2010)
A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.

The Sunchaser (1996)
A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009)
In 1950, a young woman named Manikyam was found dead in the village of Paleri. Around 52 years later, Haridas, a private investigator, tries to unravel the truth about her death.

Mother's Milk (2012)
Claude is an easily overlooked statistics professor. After a childhood trauma left him motherless, he formed a dysfunctional craving. To satisfy the depraved hunger, he kidnaps Kim from the park and holds her captive in his basement. As the days pass and Claude’s truths are revealed, her fear slowly turns to comfort and compassion…or does it?

Amsterdam (2022)
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

No Foul Game: Hysteria Raid (2021)
The heavy rain caused the girl Xu Zhiwei to be trapped in a supermarket. Suddenly someone broke in with a gun, and the clerk was dragged away by the "mysterious force" outside the door. The blood gradually spread after the rolling door fell... People in the supermarket were dying constantly, and the hearts of the people were unhappy ancient. When everyone began to doubt each other, Xu Zhiwei stared at the seemingly weak old man in the corner.

Vicki (1953)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (1980)
The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.

Dummy (2020)
Using a faceless doll criminal reenacts a brutal crime. But surprisingly he is not the one being judged. There seems to be an odd one out in the investigative group. The film premiered in the Berlinale Short competition programme.
Operation Blue Eyes (NaN)
In 1963, failing businessman Barry Keenen hatches a plan to kidnap Frank Sinatra, Jr.