Missing boy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant missing boy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, crying, tense, psychological and captivating films and TV shows about / with missing boy, boy, family relations, father son relationship, violence, murder, police officer, missing person, teenager and telephone call plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as missing boy: Don't Talk to Strangers (1994), Nachttocht (1982), The Wrong Son (2018), Loveless (2017), Black Tide (2018), My Son (2017), Antlers (2021), Ideal Home (2018), Stray (2019), Summer of 84 (2018).
Best films
New films
| Strange Harvest (2024) | 6.3 | |
| It (2017) | 7.3 | |
| The Cursed (2021) | 6.2 | |
| The Platform (2019) | 7.0 | |
| I Remember You (2017) | 6.1 |
List of missing boy movies
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, crying ...
Plot:
boy, divorce, kidnapping, manipulation, secret, police investigation, female protagonist, fight, rivalry, police, ex husband ex wife relationship, violence ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
12 year old Thomas ( Abel Claassen) and his quest for friendship and love. He takes rowing lessons and grows rather fond of his teacher...who, according to his mother, is unlike the bully trainers in the other clubs...he really knows how to work ...
Style:
crying
Plot:
man boy relationship, coming of age, homoerotic fight, homoeroticism, bare chested male, friendship between boys, homoerotic friendship, gay interest, teenage boy, sex scene, sexual tension, caught having sex ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
car accident, family problems, family drama, missing person, secret past, suspicion, family secret, deception, family relations, getting home, accident, mysterious disappearance ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Cyprus
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, missing child, disappearance, search party, dysfunctional family, sex scene, broken family, dysfunctional marriage, anger, selfishness, abandoned building, missing boy ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, year 2015, year 2012
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Dany, the Arnault family’s teenage son has disappeared. The case is assigned to François Visconti, a world-weary and disillusioned detective whose wife has just left him. The policeman investigates to find the missing teenager while he is ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, disappearance, police officer, alcoholic, father son relationship, police, forest, mother daughter relationship, investigation, crime scene, danger, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East. His passion for his job has distanced him from his loved ones. He’s been divorced for three years and has since seen his son very little. When the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, touching ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, mountain, ex husband ex wife relationship, aggression, investigation, breaking and entering, kidnapper, missing boy, abduction, cell phone, birthday ...
Time:
year 2017
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49K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
Style:
scary, suspense, slasher, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot:
creature, wendigo, monster, abuse, folk horror, superstition, native american, school bully, killing spree, child neglect, brother brother relationship, evil spirit ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
Style:
sincere, captivating, entertaining, lgbt cinema, dramatic ...
Plot:
gay, gay adoption, gay love, gay couple, gay interest, gay parent, boy, gay relationship, lgbt, lifestyle, male male relationship, father son relationship ...
Place:
santa fe new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Igor is ready for anything for the sake of Polina’s happiness, and in order to compensate for the loss of her son, the couple opens up to a new child. But instead of an ordinary boy from a shelter, a mystical creature that can recreate the ...
Style:
demonic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
memories, evil power, husband wife relationship, anxiety, death of child, family problems, marital problem, adopted son, foster home, family relations, mysticism, foster child ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style:
suspense, retro, disturbing, spooky, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, group of friends, friendship, private investigation, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, basement, murder suspect, surveillance, neighbor, child killer ...
Time:
year 1984, 2010s, 80s
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style:
futuristic, feel good, entertaining, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
time travel, ufo, flying saucer, benign alien, space and aliens, nasa, outer space, space travel, robot, alien, alien abduction, childhood ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1978, 90s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
florida, miami, miami beach, tokyo, japan ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style:
disturbing, breathtaking, art house, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punishment, children, sexual abuse, cruelty, physical appearance, suicide, child abuse, death, small town, authoritarianism, transgression, priest ...
Time:
year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, pre world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, northern germany, europe, italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious ...
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, suspense, enigmatic, costume drama ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
magic, travel, friendship, prophecy, children, child protagonist, talking animal, journey, parallel universe, conspiracy, multiverse, polar bear ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster ...
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, slasher, atmospheric ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
macabre, supernatural, creepy child, murder, serial killer, body horror, gory, isolation, investigation, deadly creature, family in danger, rescue ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, santa monica california, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
Decades ago, teenagers Olaf and Alice disappeared without a trace from the Dutch village Schouwendam. 25 years later a man turns up in town with no memory but a clear resemblance to Olaf. The residents are forced to confront the mysteries of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
dark past, disappearance, cold case, countryside, rural setting, missing boy, undercover, mysterious past, past, village, secret past, memory loss ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved ...
Style:
adult animation, crying, 3d animation, artsy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, date night
Plot:
dog, politician, robot, friendship, resistance, stop motion, boy, protest, morality, mission, dystopia, island ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
werewolf, creature, gypsy, cursed, supernatural, folk horror, scarecrow, curse, revenge from beyond the grave, violence, paranormal phenomena, monster ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 2020s
Place:
france, rome italy
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, maniac, high school, stalking, killer, babysitter, husband wife relationship, babysitting, murder, high school student, nightmare ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Canada, Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, spooky ...
Plot:
supernatural, death, evil, doll, murder, devil, insomnia, violence, curses spells and rituals, danger, old dark house, mansion ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hypnosis, hospital, hypnotist, murder, boy, witnessing a crime, police detective, investigation, danger, nurse, male victim, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: 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:
suspense, inspirational, heartbreaking, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ocean, tsunami, courage, forces of nature, destruction, danger, family in danger, vacation ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, southeast asia, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country ...
Style:
independent film, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, fight, teenage boy, murder, manipulation, terrorism, friendship, school, humiliation, male victim, boy, immigrant ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east, eastern europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A terror chases the souls of Adi and Saman. Ayu knows the reason as to why they are tormented - a sin committed at the most dangerous time of Maghrib Time. What sin have they committed and what will happen to Adi, Saman, Ayu and their village?
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
islam, supernatural horror, child, village, spirit, faith, life is a bitch, village life, mysticism, countryside, problem, genie ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A girl from an asylum is engaged as nurse to a small, spoiled orphan boy, whose uncle has evil designs on him, and who hopes to kill him and cast the blame on the girl.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
kidnapping, danger, law enforcement, confined, dishonesty, nanny, woman in danger, frame up, family relations, child in peril, male protagonist, isolated house ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
Style:
serenity
Plot:
boy, children, rural setting, little boy, courage, adolescence, daily life, coming of age, turtle, grandparents, sibling relationship, slice of life ...
Time:
year 1984
Place:
taiwan, taipei
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
hairy chested man, monster, danger, survival, halloween, youth, deadly creature, teenage life, rivalry, stalking, murder, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.
Style:
slasher, classic horror, gothic horror, grindhouse, anthology ...
Plot:
trapped in a building, haunted, monster, seance, murder, violent content, youth, danger, buddies, supernatural, ghost, estate ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style:
cult classic, cult horror, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, zombie, dark humor, police, supernatural, parasite, fraternity, macabre, monster, gory, survival ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, cynical, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret lover, cruelty, forbidden love, infidelity, horse, adultery, marriage of convenience, neglectful husband, male nudity, secret relationship, forced marriage, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, scary, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
doll, puppet, imaginary friend, murder, mind game, possessiveness, scary doll, exploitation, mannequin, plot twist, canuxploitation, mental disorder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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