Child murder movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant child murder movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, serious, psychological and tense films and TV shows about / with child murder, murder, serial killer, murder mystery, murderer, police, murder investigation, investigation, violence and death plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child murder: The Gray Man (2007), The Hunt for a Killer (2020), Who Killed JonBenét? (2016), Every Secret Thing (2014), The Tortured (2010), The Lovely Bones (2009), Harmony Lessons (2013), Gracepoint (2014), Humanity (1999), The Pledge (2001).

List of child murder movies

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 5.9
 2K
The Gray Man (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Early 20th century. Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, child murder, cannibalism, cannibal, investigation, police detective, psychopath, danger, obsession, kidnapping, killer, true crime ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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The Hunt for a Killer (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved ...
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: murder investigation, child murder, true crime, homicide detective, sex crime, serial killer, murder, police procedural, interrogation, rapist, crime investigation, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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Who Killed JonBenét? (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The disturbing true story of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty queen whose murder in her Colorado home remains unsolved.
Style: thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murderer, undercover, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, murder, child murder, killings, secret, who done it, murder investigation, unsolved crime
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town, parents and children, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: colorado
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Every Secret Thing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two ...
Style: disturbing, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: missing child, kidnapped, hostage, teenage girl, suspect, manipulation, police detective, interrogation, child murder, uncover truth, life is a bitch, ex convict ...
Place: baltimore
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 5.4
 8K
The Tortured (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
Style: sadistic, disturbing, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot: torture, kidnapping, bloody violence, child murder, gory, revenge, sadism, child killer, psychopath, homicidal maniac, death of son, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, vermont
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Style: emotional, dark, suspense, psychological, surreal ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: afterlife, serial killer, family drama, murderer, rape, loss of daughter, murder mystery, pedophile, teenage girl, missing child, death in the family, investigation ...
Time: 70s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1973, 2000s
Place: usa, pennsylvania, delaware
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Harmony Lessons (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
Audience: teen drama
Plot: boy, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, village, bullying, social misfits, misfit, vengeance, teenage boy, humiliation, youth gang ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: kazakhstan, asia
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 7.0
 7K
Gracepoint (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style: tense, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder investigation, small town, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, small town life, homicide detective, missing child, social relations, investigation, law enforcement, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 6.8
 5K
Humanity (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 141 min.
Story: When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ...
Style: contemplative, slow cinema, erotic, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: kids
Plot: small town, masturbation, female nudity, female pubic hair, lust, voyeur, sex, orgasm, murder, dead body, strike, rape ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: france, flanders, europe
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 6.8
 67K
The Pledge (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, detective, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, child murder investigation, murder mystery, child murder, small town, plot twist, obsession, promise, psychology, murder investigation ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: turkey, nevada, reno nevada
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, child murder investigation, child murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, vigilante, police, criminal heroes, dead children, sex maniac, dead child ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: stockholm sweden
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Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Drama exploring the story of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, who died on a housing estate in South London in 2000. After leaving Nigeria to embark on a new life in the UK, the young Damilola and his family are full of optimism. Little do they realise ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: boy, murder, death of child, child murder, justice, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, true crime, trial, injustice, police station, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2000
Place: africa, nigeria, london
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Troubled Water (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A man convicted in his teens for killing a child is released on parole. He finds work as a church organist and develops a rewarding relationship with a priest and her young son. However, his caring for the boy catches the attention of his old ...
Style: contemplative, disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot: starting over, redemption, haunted by the past, love and romance, fall in love, loss of son, single mother, child murder, nordic, hipster, music, house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, oslo norway
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 6.3
 34K
The Silencing (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, action thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, hunter, forest, missing person, sheriff, manhunt, murder investigation, missing daughter, investigation, dead girl, small town, disappearance ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: canada, chicago
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 6.4
 76K
Child 44 (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA, Russia, Romania
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, serious, factual ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder mystery, child murder, stalinism, investigation, child murder investigation, murder investigation, politics, fighting the system, betrayal, justice ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place: soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ukraine, berlin germany
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 4.1
 5K
The Traveler (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On a dark Christmas Eve in a small town, the lone Sheriffs on the night shift encounter a mysterious man who goes by the name of Mr. Nobody. As the night progresses, the Sheriffs discover that this isn't just a nobody, but a vengeful killer ...
Style: scary, christmas horror, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: christmas, mysterious character, police detective, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, murder, small town, police station, child murder, cover up, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.0
 926
Doll Graveyard (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally had enough, he forces her to bury them in the backyard. But, after she ...
Style: scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: killer doll, afterlife, puppet, doll, family in danger, vengeance, ghost, bully, murder, gory, teenage life, supernatural ...
Time: 1900s, 21st century
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 6.4
 247
A French Case (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: October 16th 1984: Grégory, a 4-year-old boy goes missing. Hours later, he's found dead in the Vologne River, wrists and ankles bound. For years preceding the murder of little Grégory, the family Villemin was persecuted with phone calls and ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: unsolved crime, murder mystery, cold case, child murder, murder, murder investigation, murderer, homicidal maniac, threat, felony, forensics, jealousy ...
Place: france
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 6.7
 144
Remember (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
TV show
Story: It's a horrific crime scene. A couple and their baby are found savagely murdered in their living room. The bodies are covered in blood, but bear no wounds. The couple's 7-year-old daughter, Madeleine, is miraculously unhurt. But the ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: police detective, husband wife relationship, child murder, family relations, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, evidence, partners against crime, violence, murder investigation, child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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No Tears for the Dead (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Abandoned by his mother shortly after immigrating to America, Gon is raised by the mafia and grows up to become a cold-blooded hitman. Though usually flawless in taking out his targets, Gon makes a terrible mistake of killing an innocent young girl. ...
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, psychological, action thriller ...
Plot: hitman, mafia, murder, gunfight, chase, friendship, child murder, vengeance, remorse, danger, tragic hero, underworld ...
Place: south korea, usa
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The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 245 min.
TV show
Story: The city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, crime investigation, investigation, true crime, deep south, killer, blaxploitation, killing, violent, child, child murder ...
Place: georgia, atlanta georgia
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 6.1
 4K
Sijjin 2 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While maintaining a happy marriage with Adnan Hijri 2-year-old son lost their lives in an accident will be picked up. They had continued to live in the same home are no longer strangers. Hicran on top of it also begins to live that can not be ...
Style: psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: death, revenge, peril, child, demon, loss, supernatural, paranormal, victim, murder, fear, paranormal phenomena ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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 4.9
 187
Bed Number 6 (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Doctor Bianca Valentino is hired to cover the night shift in the ward of a pediatric hospital. She finds herself immersed in an environment that, behind its reassuring image, hides a terrifying secret linked to its past as a children's asylum. ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
Plot: supernatural horror, supernatural ability, macabre, evil, evil force, paranormal phenomena, parents and children, vengeance, child murder, redemption, paranoia, catholicism ...
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Chompy & The Girls (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A troubled woman meets her father for the first time and their encounter goes from awkward to alarming when they witness a man swallow a little girl whole.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, semi serious, humorous, scary ...
Plot: monster, ogre, father daughter relationship, girl, cannibal, youth, brutality, violent, psycho killer, psychopath, murder mystery, murder victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.8
 6K
Forensic (2020)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold case, crime investigation, medical examiner, serial killer, murder, murder mystery, evidence, children, medical examination, forensics, murder investigation, fighting crime ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.5
 3K
ID: INVADED (2020)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Sakaido is a genius detective who can track down any criminal. But when his daughter is murdered, revenge lands him on the other side of the law. Now in prison, he helps the police solve mysteries using a system that invades a person’s identity. ...
Style: anime, disturbing, tense, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: virtual world, murder, surrealism, dark hero, police detective, murder mystery, crime solving, forensics, murder investigation, sleuth, virtuality, twists and turns ...
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Who's Watching Oliver (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a ...
Style: bleak, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: rape, serial killer, murder, emotional abuse, violence, sex maniac, sadistic psychopath, killing spree, mental illness, mother son incest, psychological abuse, dead body ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
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Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Style: suspense, detective, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, profiler, mysterious disappearance, investigation, police, crime investigation, violence, murder, abduction, murder mystery, murder investigation, serial murder ...
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My First Client (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A success-hungry lawyer meets a young sister and brother suffering from domestic abuse and digs into their case.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspense, realistic
Plot: lawyer, murder, police investigation, life is a bitch, death, death of child, child murder, redemption, violence, child, psychology, killer child ...
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