Hostage (disambiguation)

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

Hostage or The Hostage may also refer to:

Film and television

• The Hostage (1917 film), a 1917 American silent drama film
• The Hostage (1956 film), a 1956 British crime film
• The Hostage (1967 film), a 1967 American low-budget film starring Don O'Kelly
• Hostage (1974 film), a 1974 Iranian film starring Reza Beyk Imanverdi and Nematollah Gorji
• Hostage (1983 film), a 1983 Australian film based on the true story of Christine Maresch
• Hostage (1988 film), a 1988 American made-for-TV film starring Carol Burnett
• Hostage (1992 film), a 1992 British-Argentinian film starring Sam Neill and James Fox
• Hostage (2005 film), a 2005 American thriller starring Bruce Willis
• Hostage (2014 film), a 2014 Czech-Slovak co-production directed by Juraj Nvota
• Hostage (TV series), a 2025 series starring Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones
• "Hostage" (The Bill), a 1985 television episode
• "Hostage" (CSI: NY episode), a 2008 episode of American TV series CSI: NY
• "Hostage" (The Detectives), a 1993 television episode
• "The Hostage" (Citizen Smith), a 1977 television episode
• "The Hostage", a 1985 episode of the British sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

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 1959 novel by Henry Farrell, basis for the 1967 film
• "The Hostage", a short story by C. S. Forester
• "The Hostage" (ballad), a 1798 ballad by Friedrich Schiller
• The Hostage (novel), a 1984 novel by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
• Hostage, a novel by Elie Wiesel

Music

Albums

• Hostage (Charles Bukowski album), 1994
• Hostage (Rez Band album), 1984

Songs

• "The Hostage" (song), a 1974 song by Donna Summer
• "Hostage" (song), a 2017 song by Billie Eilish
• "The Hostage", a song by Tom Paxton, recorded by Judy Collins on the album True Stories and Other Dreams
• "Hostage", by Mike Oldfield from Earth Moving
• "Hostage", by Queensrÿche from Operation: Mindcrime II
• "Hostage", by Hilary McRae from Through These Walls
• "Hostage", by Sia Furler from 1000 Forms of Fear
• "Hostage", by Chelsea Grin from Eternal Nightmare

People

• Gilmary M. Hostage III (born 1955), United States Air Force general

See also

• Hostages (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Hostage
• All pages with titles containing Hostage