Blood And Oil

The Hostage

November 2024 •English

The series revolves around a couple who live their lives happily with their young daughter, but that happiness did not last long, as it happens unless it was taken into account, as their lives are exposed to an incident in which the family entity is turned upside down, the story is inspired by Kuwait's kidnapping cases of children.

The Day

November 2024 •Dutch

The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes tell exactly the same events, only through the eyes of the criminals inside and their victims.

The Perfect Plan

November 2024 •English

When three friends fall behind in bills and rent, they get caught up in a dramatic tale that leaves them running from dangerous gang lords, angry landlords, and crooked cops. The only way out is to come up with The Perfect Plan.

Snatchback

November 2024 •English

A covert team of skilled operatives undertakes high-risk missions to rescue hostages from perilous locations worldwide, inspired by a real-life intelligence officer.

American Hostage

November 2024 •English

A psychological thriller anthology series focusing on a different hostage case every season.

Kidnap and Ransom

November 2024 •English

Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, who is also executive producer of the series.

Below the Surface

November 2024 •Danish

An early morning in October, 15 people are taken hostage from a subway train. This puts a huge hostage crisis in motion, and it changes Denmark forever.

Greyzone

November 2024 •Danish

When a brilliant drone engineer, Victoria, is taken hostage in her own home, a series of dangerous events are set into motion in this high octane thriller.

Snowdrop

November 2024 •Korean

In 1987, bloodied man Soo-ho jumps into a women's university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong-ro, a female student who fell in love with him at a group blind date, tends to his wounds as the dormitory is ensnared in intense surveillance. As Soo-ho's secrets unravel, he must eventually face the conflict between his heart to Yeong-ro and responsibility to his comrades, as well as to his sibling who awaits him in his home country. What will be of their fate?

Leopard Skin

November 2024 •English

A criminal gang fleeing a botched jewelry heist is forced to hide out in a beach side estate where two women live in seclusion. Their world turns into a tension filled hothouse of secrets, betrayal and desire.

The Glass Dome

November 2024 •Swedish

Behaviorist and criminologist Lejla returns to a small depopulated community somewhere in Sweden. She has dual feelings about the place. Somewhere in the small town, she has been held hostage as a young girl by an unknown perpetrator. But it is also the place where she finally found a home, with the now retired police officer Valter. When Lejla now returns, it doesn't take long before a girl disappears. As Valter and Lejla dig into the disappearance, she is also forced to dig into her own darkness - a place she has long tried to stay away from. Time will show that the whole village is carrying secrets. Could it be that history is repeating itself?

Frozen Mahjong Tiles: Underground Mahjong Battle Record

November 2024 •Japanese

Not a lot of people know that one of the most talented and ruthless Mahjong players in the city is a young high school boy. Kei is a teenager of few words, but his observation skills, unwavering will and experience in the game allows him to survive in a world full of powerful, rich and dangerous characters. Kei is currently hiding a girl named Amina who has entered the country illegally and protecting her from being deported. He spends his days sleeping through class and his nights playing high stakes Mahjong, waiting for when a worthy opponent arrives.

Futmalls.com

November 2024 •Chinese

Strange occurrences afflict a group of people after they purchase items on a shopping website from the future.

The Wrong Mans

November 2024 •English

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.

Iwájú

November 2024 •English

Two friends in a futuristic Nigeria discover secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.

Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

November 2024 •English

Africa on its own terms and in full voice - across Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. Uncovering the energy and ambition of creatives reinventing African music, fashion and film.

Captive

November 2024 •English

Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.

Bob Hearts Abishola

November 2024 •English

A love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while recovering from a heart attack and sets his sights on winning her over.

72 - A Gathering of Champions

November 2024 •English

No Man Left Behind

November 2024 •English

To be trapped behind enemy lines is every soldier’s worst nightmare: a situation they all train for, few experience, and even fewer survive. No Man Left Behind dramatizes the stories of real-life war-heroes whose contribution to the war effort becomes a pure battle for survival against all odds.