stockholm syndrome
28 movies and shows
Twelve Monkeys
Fri, 29 Dec 1995
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Fri, 23 Jan 2015
A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Fri, 27 Apr 2007
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
All of a Sudden
Fri, 14 Jun 1996
An erotic mystery in which two couples engage in multiple layers of passion, betrayal and murder.
Kinki
Sat, 06 Dec 2014
A teacher is sexually involved with an underage student. She visits her father's home and discovers a boy who's been kept as a sex slave. The teacher continues harboring the boy out of fear and begins to feel sexually attracted to him.
Highway
Thu, 13 Feb 2014
Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
The Raspberry Reich
Thu, 01 Apr 2004
Gudrun has modeled her amateur German terrorist group after the 1970s Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang). She attempts to imitate her heroes by kidnapping the son of a wealthy industrialist and hopes to negotiate leftist demands from the father. When Gudrun’s not spouting leftist verses (including during a hilariously brilliant fuck session), she’s trying to convince her all-male gang to abandon their heterosexuality, which she believes is the result of mass delusion.
Stockholm
Fri, 12 Apr 2019
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Bank Robber's Serenade
Sun, 13 Dec 2015
A gangster has fallen head-over-heels in love with a cashier and holds up the bank regularly so that he can see her. He decides to take the plunge and kidnap his sweetheart, in order to reveal his love for her. His clumsy declaration in his balaclava is a far cry from the traditional candle-lit dinner...
The Nameless
Fri, 08 Oct 1999
The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts
Bad Hostage
Thu, 13 Jun 2024
In a investigation into the pernicious origins of Stockholm Syndrome, a thrilling family story intersects with a dramatic bank robbery in Sweden (1973) and the famous kidnapping of Patty Hearst (1974).
Connection
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
A kidnapped woman will be freed on one condition: She must convince her kidnapper that his life is worth living.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Mon, 22 Jan 1990
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.
In Order of Disappearance
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”
The Kidnapping
Thu, 30 Dec 1976
Inspired by the famous Patty Hearst case, this thriller centers around a young woman who's kidnapped and brainwashed by a crime ring and ends up succumbing to Stockholm Syndrome.
Berlin Syndrome
Thu, 20 Apr 2017
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Swept Away
Wed, 18 Dec 1974
A spoiled rich woman and a brutish Communist deckhand become stranded alone on a desert island after venturing away from their cruise.
Kiss the Girls Goodbye
Wed, 01 Jan 1997
A hitchhiking teenager, Dawn, accepts a ride from a demented sadist, Karl, who drugs her and holds her prisoner in a secret room. The perverted man then kidnaps Dawn’s best friend before going on a murderous rampage. Finally Dawn escapes her psychotic enslaver only to find herself emotionally damaged and in need of the release that only Karl can bring.
Night Killer
Fri, 03 Aug 1990
Melanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Krueger-esque mask and claw. Despite having seen the killer's face, Beck has blocked it from her memory. Becoming suicidal, she tries to kill herself on the beach but is saved by Axel, another rapist sleazeball who keeps her locked in his hotel room. All this builds to a mind blowing conclusion.
Citizen Tania
Sun, 01 Jan 1989
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst, but Patty is all-too-willing to join them, in this strange docudrama by renowned artist Raymond Pettibon.