Missing mother movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant missing mother movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing, touching, realistic and melancholic films and TV shows about / with missing mother, family relations, teenager, friendship, female nudity, father daughter relationship, blood, suspense, dancing and parents and children plots mostly in Drama, Mystery and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as missing mother: The Unwanted (2014), Oseam (2003), Happy Death Day (2017), Farewell Amor (2020), Come Home Raquel (2011), Arang and the Magistrate (2012), Curon (2020), A Season in France (2017), Misty (1976), The Impossible (2012).
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local girl, with whom she becomes romantically involved. Their relationship ignites the wrath of the ...
Style:
touching, psychological, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
lesbian, father daughter relationship, vampire, missing mother, murder, mother daughter relationship, secret, love, twists and turns, supernatural, female protagonist, woman in danger ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and dynamic little Gil-sun soon starts to disturb this quiet place. ...
Style:
anime, psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
buddhist monk, buddhist temple, brother sister relationship, missing mother, blind child, little boy, children, buddhist, blind man, blindness, orphan, search for mother ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
Style:
surprise ending, slasher, twist ending, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, college, college student, mystery killer, murderer, repeated event, dying repeatedly, murder, masked killer, alternate timeline, surprise birthday party ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, romantic, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
emigration, father daughter reunion, jealousy, loneliness, father daughter relationship, love, missing mother, friendship, immigration, family relations, female friendship, absent husband ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, africa, usa, tanzania, angola ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Raquel, a 13 year old living in Queens, NY, struggles to make sense of her life after the deportation of her parents. Things quickly change upon the arrival of a new teacher and the return of her young uncle.
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, uncle niece relationship, broken family, missing mother, new teacher, teenager, loneliness, children, coming of age, second chance, middle school, missing father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Arang and the Magistrate is a 2012 South Korean historical television drama, starring Lee Joon-gi, Shin Min-ah and Yeon Woo-jin. The period horror-romance is based on the folklore of Arang, who died unjustly and returns as a ghost in order to reveal ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, humorous
Plot:
ghost, supernatural power, amnesia, immortality, afterlife, undead, supernatural, interspecies romance, murder, death, grim reaper, nobleman ...
Place:
korea
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4K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
When their mother mysteriously vanishes shortly after they all arrive in her hometown, teen twins discover secrets behind the village’s tranquil facade.
Style:
light, suspenseful, bleak, exciting, dark ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
disappearance, old mansion, village, fear, supernatural, dark secret, curse, evil force, mysterious past, missing woman, dark past, missing mother ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
Plot:
illegal alien, interracial couple, illegal immigrant, eviction, single father, dead mother, migrant, goldfish, funeral, french teacher, missing mother, interracial relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
africa, paris france
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98
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece.
Style:
erotic, folk tale
Plot:
lesbian incest, sex between cousins, erotica, lesbian sex, group sex, small town, beach, girl, accidental incest, female nudity, artist, male nudity ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
motivational, heartbreaking, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, courage, suspense, tsunami, forces of nature, destruction, hopes, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style:
sad, surreal, touching, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
poverty, magic realism, climate change, children, global warming, father daughter relationship, childhood, community, child protagonist, coming of age, flood, single father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa, tokyo
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999
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Link and his brother flee their abusive father and embark on a journey where Link discovers his sexuality and rediscovers his Mi’kmaw heritage.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, road movie, queer cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, teenager, travel, family problems, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, brothers, parents and children, family relations ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series dramatizes the life story of Mexican superstar singer Luis Miguel, who has captivated audiences in Latin America and beyond for decades.
Style:
captivating, intense, touching, realistic, romantic
Plot:
singer, fictional biography, fame, musician's life, rising to stardom, friendship, longing, social relations, historical figure, friendship gone bad, love and romance, award ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
ghost, death, secret, rape, child abuse, lust, twists and turns, family secret, dark secret, superstition, adultery, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid, europe, barcelona ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
Plot:
mother son relationship, absent mother, family relations, estranged mother, family problems, search for mother, birth mother, life is a bitch, parents and children, mother and son, forgiveness, being followed ...
Place:
north korea, korea
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely young boy feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary friend, monster, husband wife relationship, supernatural, autism, suspense, cell phone, family relations, loneliness, hallucination, demon, parents and children ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, feminist film
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
single mother, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, police investigation, serial killer, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes, disorder, love, gladiator, judiciary ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca's friends contend with their own romantic ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, satirical, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
vampire, prom, vampire human love, werewolf, supernatural, vampire slayer, youth, satire, true love, teenage life, disaster, mentor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a remote corner of England's Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping - very erotically - her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, scary, atmospheric, campy ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, monster, surrealism, dark humor, dangerous attraction, archaeologist, transformation, cult, obsession, nude, temple ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on the book written by author Pai Hsien-yung and first published in 1983 in Taiwan. A-Qing, a young student is discovered during sex by a night watchman, young A-Qing is beaten and expelled from home by his violent abusive father. In a public ...
Plot:
gay, bus, dying, sex, violence, tango, brother brother relationship, birthday, money, police, fire, death ...
Place:
new york, taipei, china, manhattan new york city, taiwan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to ...
Plot:
liar, adoption, lie, inheritance, waitress, prison warden, therapist, search for mother, diner, women's liberation, foster child, missing mother ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
British television film starring Martin Kemp
Style:
enigmatic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, teenage girl, murder suspect, childhood memory, father daughter relationship, 17 year old, investigation, mysterious disappearance, family secret, suspense, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
england, london
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287
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. In the story, a four year old boy (Mohammed Aladpoush) is left at home with his baby brother while his mother goes out shopping. She has told him to give the baby his ...
Style:
erotic
Plot:
boy, child protagonist, absent mother, catastrophe, strong female lead, baby boy, cell, missing mother, family relations, smell, missing woman, trapped ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style:
sad, disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, promise, friendship, terminal illness, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, new life, addiction, gay, cancer, self destructing ...
Time:
year 1983, year 2000, year 2013
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, intense, absurd, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, suicide, coming of age, caught having sex, tomboy, wedding ceremony, homosexual, obesity, sexuality, gay slur, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, tokyo, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A husband, wife and their two daughters take a Christmas break at a lodge in the woods. There's evident tension between the couple. He's pulled by attention to his corporation and negotiations about a merger. Even on their vacation ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, plane crash, lost in the woods, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, air disaster, character change, family relations, self discovery, coping, transformation, struggle for survival ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An emotionally troubled teenager gets into a passionate relationship with the older French woman working in his father's house.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sexy
Plot:
female nudity, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, love affair, love, sex scene, family relations, love and romance, unlikely couple, fall in love, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, slasher, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
orphan, teenage girl, killer child, suspense, underage sex, poisoning, murder, friendship, father, child, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
canada, maine
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, sincere
Plot:
road trip, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, single parent, single father, dysfunctional family, on the road, youth, father son relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, missouri, oklahoma
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Brothers Danny and Zak, 15 and 13 & 3/4 are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent out the ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, brother brother relationship, teenager, teenage life, coming of age, drug dealer, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, when the parents are away, friends, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
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