Movie connections for
Ransom (1996)

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Remake of

Ransom! (1956)

References

The Time Machine (1960)
Tengoku to jigoku (1963)
 -  In both movies, the ransom is delivered through the window of a moving train. The kidnapper in "Ransom" speaks of Morlocks and Eloi (From H.G. Wells' Time Machine), where as the kidnapper in "Tengoku to jigoku" describes the life of the working class as "hell" in comparison to the "heaven" of the upper class.
Spoorloos (1988)
Pocahontas (1995)
"Sailor Moon" (1995)
 -  The kidnapper buys VHS for his victim, and one of the tapes he buys is a Sailor Moon tape.

Referenced in

"The Directors: The Films of Barry Levinson (#2.11)" (????)
Silvester Countdown (1997)
 -  A big polish movie poster can be seen.
Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997) (V)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gorgo (#10.9)" (1998)
 -  'Gimme back my son!'
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Ring of Darkness (2004) (TV)
 -  mentioned in the movie
"Getaway: (#15.41)" (2006)
 -  When a story on movie locations in Central Park visits Bethesda Fountain, it mentions that the location has been used by this movie.

Features

Pigs in a Polka (1943)
 -  Characters are watching it on TV
"I Dream of Jeannie" (1965)
"Wheel of Fortune" (1975)

Spoofed in

Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
 -  The scene where the coach pleads to TV cameras while surrounded by money for the return of the dog
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
"South Park: The Passion of the Jew (#8.3)" (2004)
 -  When Mel Gibson yells, "Give me back my money," it is reminiscent of him yelling, "Give me back my son" in Ransom.
Son of the Mask (2005)
 -  Tim says "give me back my son" as Gibson's character did in Ransom.

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