American Hostage

About American Hostage

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

MGM+'s American Hostage is a crime series. Jon Hamm leads the cast as Fred Heckman, Giovanni Ribisi as Tony Kiritsis, Kristoffer Polaha as Dick Hall, and William Jackson Harper as Ben Hairston.

It has run to one season of 8 episodes since September 2026. It is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under based on podcast, hostage, news report, and anthology. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus. It carries a TV-MA rating.

Dr. Death, The Act, and DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story make useful companions to American Hostage, all filed under psychological thriller.