Hostage (disambiguation)

A hostage is a person or entity held by a captor.

Hostage or The Hostage may also refer to:

In film and television

• The Hostage (1956 film)
• The Hostage (1983 film), a 1983 Australian film based on the true story of Christine Maresch.
• The Hostage (film), a 1967 film starring Don O'Kelly
• The Hostages, a 1975 British adventure film directed by David Eady
• The Three Hostages (film), a 1977 British television film directed by Clive Donner and based on the John Buchan thriller of the same name
• Under Siege (US) / Hostages (1980 film) (UK) (Traficantes de pánico), a movie directed by René Cardona Jr. (1980)
• Hostage (film), an 1987 American action film directed by Hanro Möhr
• Hostages (film), a 1993 HBO film starring Kathy Bates and Colin Firth, based on the Lebanon hostage crisis
• The Hostage (1998 film), an action film featuring Ted Prior
• Hostage (Ομηρος), a 2005 Greek film starring Stathis Papadopoulos and directed by Constantine Giannaris.
• Hostage (film), a 2005 thriller starring Bruce Willis
• Hostage (TV series), a six-part Irish history documentary television series
• Hostages (1992 TV series), television series
• "The Hostage", an episode of the British sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

In literature

• Hostage (novel), a novel by Robert Crais, basis for the 2005 film
• The Hostage (play), a 1958 play by Brendan Behan
• The Hostage (1959 novel), a novel by Henry Farrell, basis for the 1967 film
• "The Hostage", a short story by C. S. Forester
• "The Hostage" (ballad) (German: "Die Bürgschaft"), a 1798 ballad by Friedrich Schiller
• The Three Hostages, a 1924 novel by John Buchan, basis for the above film
• The Hostage (Yemeni novel) (Arabic: Al-Rahinah), a 1984 novel by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj

In music

• Hostage (album), a 1984 album by Resurrection Band
• "The Hostage" (song), a song by Donna Summer
• "The Hostage", a song by Tom Paxton, recorded by Judy Collins on the album True Stories and Other Dreams
• "Hostage", a song by Mike Oldfield from Earth Moving
• Hostage, an electronic musician from Scotland

Other uses

• Hostages (video game), 1988 video game by Infogrames
• "Hostage" (CSI: NY episode)
• In machine translations from German, a rendering of "Geisel" in names, e.g. "hostage valley" for Geiseltal