Below the Surface

Snatchback

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

Standoff

2006

The series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships.

American Hostage

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

Captive

2016

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

The Glass Dome

2025

When her friend's daughter goes missing, criminologist Lejla joins the search — and must confront the haunting trauma of her own childhood abduction.

Take My Word For It

2002

The story follows the lead characters through their experiences as members of the Police Negotiation Cadre (PNC). The PNC is a volunteer unit of the Hong Kong police force specializing in negotiations with terrorist members, partakers of local violence, and individuals contemplating suicide. The whole series is dotted with both large and small cases handled by the story's heroes and heroines.

The Nine

2006

Nine people are caught in a bank robbery gone wrong and endure a 52-hour hostage standoff that will leave more than one person dead. They will be forever affected and intertwined because of it.

The Perfect Plan

2019

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.