title: Ransom (disambiguation)
text: # Ransom (disambiguation)
  
  Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.
  
  Ransom or The Ransom may also refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Ransom (surname)
  * Ransom (given name)
  
  ## Places
  
  * Ransom, Illinois, U.S.
  * Ransom, Kansas, U.S.
  * Ransom, Kentucky, U.S.
  * Ransom, Minnesota, U.S.
  * Ransom County, North Dakota, U.S.
  * Ransom Township (disambiguation)
  * Ransom House (disambiguation), various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
  
  ## Books
  
  * Ransom (Cleary novel), a 1973 novel by Jon Cleary
  * Ransom (Duncan novel), a 1966 novel by Lois Duncan
  * Ransom (Garwood novel), a 1999 novel by Julie Garwood
  * Ransom (Malouf novel), a 2009 novel by David Malouf
  * Ransom (Steel novel), a 2004 novel by Danielle Steel
  * Ransom Trilogy or The Space Trilogy, a 1938–1945 series of novels by C. S. Lewis
  * Ransom, a 1985 novel by Jay McInerney
  
  ## Film and television
  
  * The Ransom (1915 film), a lost silent drama
  * Ransom (1928 film), a lost American silent film
  * Ransom!, a 1956 American film starring Glenn Ford
  * Ransom (1974 film), a UK film starring Sean Connery
  * The Ransom (1977 film), an American thriller film starring Oliver Reed
  * Ransom (1996 film), an American remake of the 1956 film, starring Mel Gibson
  * Ransom (TV series), a 2017 Canadian TV series
  * "The Ransom", a 1970 episode of Hawaii Five-O
  * "The Ransom", a 1967 episode of The Invaders
  * "The Ransom", a 1966 episode of Mission: Impossible
  
  ## Music
  
  * "Ransom" (Pendulum song), by Australian band Pendulum
  * "Ransom" (Lil Tecca song), by American rapper Lil Tecca
  * "Ransom", a song by Avion 1986
  * The Ransom (EP), a 2004 EP by Cartel, or the title song
  * "The Ransom", a song by Escape the Fate from There's No Sympathy for the Dead
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * USS Ransom (AM-283), a U.S. Navy minesweeper during World War II
  * Ransom School for Boys, a school in Florida that in 1975 merged with a girls' school to become Ransom Everglades
  