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Hostages & Terrorism: 229 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Murder On Flight 502Murder On Flight 502 (1975)
Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Robert Stack, Farrah Fawcett, Fernando Lamas…
A cheesy yet effective '70s disaster flick that terrified viewers when it first aired as an American TV movie. A passenger is murdered on board a…
RosebudRosebud (1975)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Peter Lawford…
Preminger's penultimate film is sadly a mess. Members of the Palestinian Liberation Army kidnap five heiresses in order to bring attention to their…
Terrorists, TheTerrorists, The (Ransom) (1974)
Dir. Caspar Wrede
Feat. Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Jeffry Wickham
Improbable thriller with Connery as a Norwegian colonel charged with liberating a plane full of hostages in the "country" of Scandinavia.
Candy Snatchers, TheCandy Snatchers, The (1973) Aro Favourite
Dir. Guerdon Trueblood
Feat. Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza
An unheralded gem of the 70's exploitation 'golden age', this subversive yet taut and surprisingly controlled abduction thriller concerns the brutal…
State of SiegeState of Siege (1972)
Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, Maurice Teynac
Influenced by the rise to power of Uruguay's 1970s dictatorship, Costa–Gavras's gritty drama follows the kidnapping and interrogation of U.S.…
Straw DogsStraw Dogs (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
With dir. Sam Peckinpah in top form, this powerful study of male territorial instincts pushed out the boundaries of movie violence in the…
TargetsTargets (1967) Recommended
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Bogdanovich
The influential first feature from a young Peter Bogdanovich, that effectively contrasts the story of a retiring horror actor (played by Boris…
High and LowHigh and Low (1963) Aro Favourite
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…
Little Soldier, TheLittle Soldier, The (Petit soldat, Le) (1963)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Michel Subor
Unheralded Godard sidebar has Michel Subor attempting to assassinate an Algerian sympathizer – if he can resist the charms of left–winger…

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