Bad Hostage (2024)
An examination of the concept of Stockholm syndrome and the realities of women's experiences during and after being held hostage.
Hostage (2005)
Convoluted double hostage thriller with a skinny ex-action hero losing the plot.
Hostages (2022)
November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the US embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event which would last for 444 days.
Hostage To The Devil (2016)
A documentary about Irish priest Father Malachi Martin and his crusade battling the devil from the release of The Exorcist movie through to his suspicious death in 1999.
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