Loss of son movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant loss of son movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, psychological, realistic, weird, tense and touching films and TV shows about / with loss of son, death, grief, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, death of son, redemption, brutality, hospital and flashback plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as loss of son: The Son's Room (2001), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Door in the Floor (2004), Rogue (2013), The Drowning (2021), The Accidental Tourist (1988), The Greatest (2009), Lilting (2014), Collateral Damage (2002), Changeling (2008).
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List of loss of son movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, depressing, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, loss of son, regret, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, grief, psychology, parents and children, overcoming, redemption, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, erotic, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, unfaithful wife, sex scene, writers, unfaithfulness, masturbation, female nudity, writer's life, dysfunctional family, older woman younger man sex, cheating wife ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
"Rogue" revolves around Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by ...
Style:
tense, serious, erotic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
undercover, police detective, working undercover, murder, haunted by the past, loss of son, criminal heroes, law enforcement, who to trust, torment, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, missing person, missing son, loss of son, mental disorder, family relations, female protagonist, secret identity, secret, investigation, secret past, bereavement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, dysfunctional marriage, depression, eccentricity, grief, travel, writers, loss of son, death of son, loneliness, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, childhood sweetheart, teenage mother, loss of child, family relations, loss of son, crumbling marriage, youth, family problems, death in the family, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, retirement home, male homosexuality, language barrier, homosexual, mourning, mother love, loss of lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Style:
exciting, intense, tech noir, action packed, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, terrorist, vigilante, vigilantism, heroes, one man army, vengeance, firefighter, righteous rage, loss of son, loss of wife ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, washington d.c., south america, latin america, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, sentimental, tense, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, fighting the system, serial killer, trial, missing child, disorder, missing person, police corruption, uncover truth, society, corruption ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2008, year 1935 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, canada, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, conspiracy, twists and turns, missing child, mind game, delusion, alien abduction, memory, grief, paranoia, husband wife relationship, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, spooky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
occult, ritual, black magic, occult ritual, demon, angel, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, female protagonist, folk horror, supernatural, paranormal activity ...
Place:
ireland, wales
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Judge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community's guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, small town life, small town, loss of son, courtroom, family relations, love and romance, looking for love, career woman, social relations, rivalry, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington state, seattle, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Style:
disturbing, detective, touching, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, military, guilt, army investigation, murder investigation, cover up, war crime, veteran, evidence, loss of son, war on terror, trauma ...
Time:
post world war two, year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, tennessee, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
bolivia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Four years after the traumatic events of Halloween in 2018, the nightmare ends as Laurie Strode comes face to face with Michael Myers, once and for all.
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, scary, bloody, tense ...
Plot:
halloween, killing spree, homicidal maniac, serial killer, holiday horror, masked killer, babysitter, radio station, junkyard, radio dj, violence, psycho killer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
illinois
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, teenage life, teenage girl, spider man, alternate universe, love, teenage superhero, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears ...
Style:
tech noir, detective, apocalyptic, exciting, mystic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, technology, murder investigation, dystopia, distopia, mind control, surveillance, police, female assassin, serial killer, secret identity, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, philosophical, homoerotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, obsession, dysfunctional family, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, recovering alcoholic, surgeon, psychopath, blackmail, desperation, dead father, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ancient greece, ireland, columbus ohio
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, depression, small town life, angel, friendship, self discovery, second chance, life philosophy, life changing experience, alternate history ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945, 1910s ...
Place:
new york, america, new york state, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, bad guy wins, home invasion, torture, sadism, torment, family in danger, husband wife relationship, evil wins, violence, holiday horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997
Place:
austria, germany, europe
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, new zealand, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
loss of child, haunted by the past, dead child, missing child, law enforcement, police investigation, dealing with death, uncover truth, corpse, life is a bitch, interrogation, police detective ...
Time:
1950s, year 2009, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A story of two famous actors who used to be a couple. They reunite after the son's death and receive a letter asking them to visit five places at Death Valley, which will make the son reappear.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
death of son, death valley, separated parents, vegetarian, suicide attempt, swimming pool, death, ex husband ex wife relationship, desert, loss of son, mysticism, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
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19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, compassionate, suspenseful, lyrical ...
Plot:
coping, redemption, musician, loss of son, intergenerational friendship, visceral, life philosophy, drinking, parent child relationship, family problems, down on your luck, dealing with death ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bleak, demonic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, monster, scarecrow, mind control, demon, folk horror, legend, loss of son, deadly creature, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Place:
ireland, europe
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47K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and ...
Style:
sad, dramatic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boyhood, friendship between boys, intimacy, childhood, best friend, friendship, suicide, coming of age, teen suicide, ice hockey, friend, loss of son ...
Place:
belgium, france
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