Hostage (disambiguation)
# 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
* "The Hostage", a 1985 episode of the British sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
* "Hostage" (CSI: NY episode), a 2008 episode of American TV series CSI: NY

## 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

## People

* Hostage (electronic musician) (born 1977), Scottish electronic music producer
* Gilmary M. Hostage III (born 1955), United States Air Force general
