Movies like The Girl Who Escaped are 1. The Call 2. Cleveland Abduction 3. The Boy Behind The Door and 7 others.
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story is a Lifetime original movie that was released on February 11, 2023, in Canada.
The movie depicts the story of a young woman who not only escapes a serial killer but also takes him down.
This movie is about the abduction of Kara Robinson and the suffering she received while during her captivity in the serial killer’s stay.
Similar stories of abduction are in the movies that are given below where they are held in captivity for a long time too. Almost all of these movies are based on true stories where the victim has suffered many atrocities.
Besides the movies mentioned below, movies like Girl In The Closet and Perfect Addiction also depict a similar story.
10. Split
- Rating: 7.3/10
- Genre: Horror and Thriller
- Cast Members: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula and Betty Buckley
- Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV, Vudu and Stan
Split is a psychological thriller movie directed and written by a reputed M. Night Shyamalan who is known for making original movies with supernatural plots and twisted ending.
The whole movie was filmed at Philadelphia Zoo.
The movie follows the story of Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with dissociative identity disorder who has managed to live with his 23 distinct personalities.
But rather than being in full control of himself, he is controlled by his alter egos. Now, Dennis, one of the alter egos, kidnaps three girls and imprisons them in a secret underground lair beneath the zoo.
9. Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
- Rating: 7.2/10
- Genre: Biography, Crime and Drama
- Cast Members: Katie Douglas, David James Elliot, Rossif Sutherland, Amanda Arcuri and Chris Owens
- Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Disney Plus, Apple TV and Discovery Plus
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey was directed by Jim Donovan, and written by Christina Welsh. The movie is based on the real-life event that actually happened to Lisa McVey.
The movie premiere was attended by the real Lisa McVey Noland.
The movie follows 17-year-old Lisa, who lives with her irresponsible grandmother and her abusive boyfriend Morris Elwood.
Even though she was assaulted with improper touching, her grandmother ignored her pleas.
One night, she is kidnapped by Bobby Long, a serial killer, while coming back from her work. She is assaulted in his car and taken to his home. Now kept captive, she is bounded and blindfolded and is repeatedly exposed to torture.
8. Abducted In Plain Sight
- Rating: 6.8/10
- Genre: Crime and Documentary
- Cast Members: Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg and Karen Campbell
- Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Netflix and Roku Channel
The movie Abducted In Plain Sight covers the story of the kidnapping of Jan Broberg who was a resident of Idaho when she was abducted. She was just 12 years old when she was abducted by none other than her neighbor Robert Berchtold.
This crime documentary movie was directed by Skye Borgman where the movie depicts the abduction that occurred in the 1970s.
The movie includes a real-life individual who has been the victim of the case of the movie.
Jan was abducted not only once but on two occasions showing the obsession of Robert’s lust toward the child of his friend and neighbor. And he won’t stop even if destroys the whole family.
The story was first published in a memoir called Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story by Jan and her mother.
7. The Elizabeth Smart Story
- Rating: 5.9/10
- Genre: Crime and Drama
- Cast Members: Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost, Amber Marshall, Tom Everett and Hannah Lochner
- Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Where To Watch: Paramount Plus, Prime Video, Vudu, Apple TV and Tubi
The movie The Elizabeth Smart Story is based on a real-life story and the book Bringing Elizabeth Home written by Elizabeth’s parents Ed and Lois Smart.
The crime-drama was directed by Bobby Roth and Nancey Silvers was the writer behind the movie. The movie
In the movie, Elizabeth is only a fourteen-year-old girl who lives with her loving family of Mormons. One time, her father brings a handyman and a self-proclaimed prophet called Immanuel for a remodeling job.
A few months later, Immanuel comes and kidnaps Elizabeth at knifepoint. Though her sister saw this, she is too afraid to tell her parents immediately. But once she does, a huge police investigation begins where even her father is suspected of the kidnapping.
6. Abducted: The Carlina White Story
- Rating: 6.6/10
- Genre: Biography, Drama and Mystery
- Cast Members: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Keke Palmer, Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross and Afton Williamson
- Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
- Where To Watch: Hulu, Prime Video, Roku Channel, Lifetime TV, Apple TV and DirecTV
The movie Abducted: The Carlina White Story was released on October 6, 2012.
The director of the movie is Vondie Curtis-Hall who is known for his directing movies such as Romeo + Juliet, Chicago Hope and Falling Down. The scriptwriter for the movie is Elizabeth Hunter.
In the movie, Joy and Carl take their 19-day-old daughter Carlina to Harlem Hospital in New York due to a fever.
Ann Pettway poses as a nurse and runs away along with Carlina. Ann had suffered from a series of miscarriages, leading her to take drastic actions.
When the parents discover their baby missing, they desperately search for their child over the year but bear no success. But the child they are searching for is in Connecticut, which is 45 miles from them.
5. Taken in Broad Daylight
- Rating: 5.4/10
- Genre: Crime, Drama and Thriller
- Cast Members: Sara Canning, James Van Der Beek, LeVar Burton, Diana Reis and Tom Anniko
- Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Vudu, Lifetime and DirecTV
Taken in Broad Daylight was made under the direction of Gary Yates while Charlene Blaine and Kim Delgado were involved in writing the script of the movie.
The movie is based on Anne Sluti from Nebraska who was held for six days.
In the movie, Anne is an American teenager from Nebraska who is running on a track at her high school along with her boyfriend and best friend.
Everything was good. She got an anniversary gift from her boyfriend, her brother arrived after a long time, and she was accepted by a college.
But she is kidnapped by Tony Zappa when she stops at a store, by using force. Now, held hostage, she tries to run but is unsuccessful.
4. The Disappearance of Alice Creed
- Rating: 6.7/10
- Genre: Crime and Thriller
- Cast Members: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston
- Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Vudu, Apple TV and DirecTV
The movie The Disappearance of Alice Creed is about a woman kidnapped by convicts and kept on an island.
In this three-man movie, the criminals Vic and Danny kidnap a woman named Alice Creed, who is the only child of a wealthy family.
They forcibly strip off her clothes and take pictures of her to send the ransom call to her father.
While Vic has gone to make preparations, Danny lets his guard down and is almost shot. But he reveals that he is one of her ex-lovers and tells her he is going to double-cross his mate. In this intricate scheme, she will have to save herself from the ex-lovers.
3. The Boy Behind The Door
- Rating: 5.7/10
- Genre: Horror, Mystery and Thriller
- Cast Members: Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Micah Hauptman and Scott Michael Foster
- Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu and Roku Channel
Kinogo Pictures and Whitewater Films are involved with the production of the movie The Boy Behind The Door.
The horror thriller movie was directed and written by both David Charbonier and Justin Powell. The movie shows the story of two boys who are trying to escape from the captivity of their abductor.
Kevin and Bobby are walking through the woods when they are kidnapped. The boys find themselves in a trunk. Kevin is taken inside the house while Bobby is locked in the car. But somehow, Bobby frees himself.
He tries to run away, but hearing Kevin scream, he tries to rescue him. He finds him in the attic but cannot free him from his chains. Now, a person comes to their place and gives the kidnapper a bundle of cash. Knowing their future, will Bobby rescue his friend?
2. Cleveland Abduction
- Rating: 6.6/10
- Genre: Biography, Crime and Drama
- Cast Members: Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz, Katie Sarife, Samantha Droke and Pam Grier
- Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Where To Watch: Netflix, Vudu and Roku Channel
Cleveland Abduction is based on Michelle Knight’s book Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed.
The movie entails the story of a series of abductions starting with Michelle Knight. She is 21 years old and is a single mother who has just lost custody of her child.
She accepts a ride from her acquaintance Ariel, her schoolmate’s father. But he abducts her and holds her captive.
He kidnaps two more girls and assaults them. As fellow victims, they become friends and treat each other as sisters in their long years of captivity. They are even forced to have a child in captivity. Now, they are waiting for their freedom from their hellhole.
1. The Call
- Rating: 6.7/10
- Genre: Drama and Thriller
- Cast Members: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut and Michael Eklund
- Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Where To Watch: Prime Video, Tubi and Netflix
The Call is about a kidnapped girl and a 9-1-1 operator suffering emotionally from her prior failure.
Jordan Turner, a 9-1-1 operator receives a distress call from a teenage girl fearing for her life in her home. She gives her suggestion to hide, and the phone cuts off. When she calls back, she gives the girl’s location to the intruder. Later it is known that the girl was murdered.
Saddened by the failure, she now only trains a new operator to surface a case of kidnapping call. Determined not to make the same mistake as before, she asks Casey to give her a signal to narrow down the search.
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