Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "recapture"

1. The Great Escape (1963)

Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson

Votes: 259,774 | Gross: $12.10M

2. The Call (II) (2013)

R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut

Votes: 130,044 | Gross: $51.87M

3. A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Western

Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel leads a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.

Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Reinhard Kolldehoff

Votes: 2,219

4. Escape from Kabul (2022)

73 min | Documentary, History

Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the city.

Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Oari Salahuddin Ayubi, Sofia Flesch Baldin, Joe Biden, William Callen

Votes: 1,137

5. Food of the Gods II (1989)

R | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Horror

A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.

Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Paul Coufos, Lisa Schrage, Réal Andrews, Stuart Hughes

Votes: 1,419

6. The McKenzie Break (1970)

PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, War

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson

Votes: 1,709

7. Deadly Strangers (1975)

R | 88 min | Thriller

Amidst public warnings of a dangerous patient who's escaped from a mental hospital, a young Belle Adams (Hayley Mills) hitches rides on the highway with various assortment of motorists.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Hayley Mills, Simon Ward, Sterling Hayden, Ken Hutchison

Votes: 749

8. Hollywood Cop (1987)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.

Director: Amir Shervan | Stars: James Mitchum, Cameron Mitchell, David Goss, Zuhair Haddad

Votes: 639

9. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, Family, Western

In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 478

10. If You Believe (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child.

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Ally Walker, Tom Amandes, Hayden Panettiere, Meredith McGeachie

Votes: 810

11. Unicornio (2014)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious Community to find love and freedom in the city.

Director: Rodrigo Bellott | Stars: Doug Porter, Eric Robles, Lorena Sugier, Arturo Lora

Votes: 110

12. Terry and the Pirates (1940)

Passed | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Dr. Herbert Lee (John Paul Jones), an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son, Terry (William Tracy), and Terry's pal, Pat Ryan (Jeff York), and ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant, Allen Jung

Votes: 168

13. Mauri (1988)

101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Near the remote East Cape the matriarch lives in her very basic dwelling with real fire in the hearth, where she cooks. We get an insight in the whanau in this saga, where troubles are met ... See full summary »

Director: Merata Mita | Stars: Anzac Wallace, Eva Rickard, James Heyward, Susan D. Ramari Paul

Votes: 102

14. The Battle for Sevastopol (1944)

PG-13 | 43 min | Documentary, Short, War

Produced right after the Red Army threw out the Germans in 1944, this stunning epic of gritty combat action is a most gripping battle documentary. Drawing upon footage from 19 Soviet ... See full summary »

Director: V.N. Beliaev

Votes: 20

15. Newsreel of the Finnish Defence Forces No. 9: Viipuri, Karelia's Lock (1941)

22 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Topo Leistelä, Arvo Lehesmaa, Karl Lennart Oesch, Aarno Tuurna

16. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: Second Sight (1983)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Hobo gives guidance to a dejected, newly blinded equestrian rider.

Director: Alan Simmonds | Stars: London, Randall Carpenter, Bibi Caspari, Lesleh Donaldson

Votes: 9

17. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Heroes and Villains (1995)

Crime, Drama, Family

The hearing impaired Dancing Bandit is arrested when she visits Zach on his birthday. Federal authorities want her trial to be set in Rome, where the jury reaches a surprising verdict.

Director: Richard Masur | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 89

18. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Oubliette (1995)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman experiences a psychic connection with a teenager held captive by a deranged man.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Tracey Ellis, Michael Chieffo

Votes: 4,562

19. Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode: A Way to Grieve (2020)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Drama

Following Marissa's failed break-out attempt, Carmichael accuses her of being involved in both Sonia and Sawyer's deaths and locks her in a cell at The Meadows' Staff Headquarters. ... See full summary »

Director: Ugla Hauksdóttir | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, David Avery

Votes: 814

20. The Musketeers (2014–2016)
Episode: The Good Traitor (2015)

TV-14 | 57 min | Adventure, Drama

Moroccan Tariq Alaman approaches the court with the offer of the formula for a super-strong explosive if the musketeers will help him rescue his daughter Samara from Spanish agents who want... See full summary »

Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Colin Salmon, Marc Warren, Celeste Dodwell, Hugo Speer

Votes: 360