Long lost son movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant long lost son movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, captivating, humorous and semi serious films and TV shows about / with long lost son, family relations, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, rain, murder, flashback, husband wife relationship, friendship and youth plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as long lost son: Olivier, Olivier (1992), The Elder Son (2006), Next of Kin (1984), Track 29 (1988), Wolves (2014), Mahabharat (2013), Jai Kishen (1994), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Rafoo Chakkar (1975), Heart and Souls (1993).

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Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on a true story. The story is set on the sweeping French countryside where Serge Duval (François Cluzet), a veterinarian, lives with his wife, Elisabeth (Brigitte Roüan) and their two young children. One day, their young son Olivier ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy, disturbing ...
Plot: male prostitution, coming of age, family relations, children, missing child, summer, sex crime, older sister, troubled youth, renaissance, criminality, feminist ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, africa, paris france, france, europe
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 5.5
 496
The Elder Son (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Russian clarinetist living in Los Angeles, whose life changes when Bo, looking for a hideout after a botched car heist, passes himself off as Max's long-lost son. Complications ensue when Bo falls in love with his newfound "sister" ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, touching
Plot: incest overtones, unrequited love, brother sister relationship, incest, fall in love, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, long lost son, family life, love and romance, family relations, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 6.9
 1K
Next of Kin (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Twenty-three-year old Peter Foster is an only child who lives at home, where he constantly hears his parents arguing. Because Peter does nothing all day, the family goes to a clinic where a therapist videotapes them. After Peter watches his tape, he ...
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot: adoption, dysfunctional family, lonely, pretense, family relations, long lost son, psychosomatic illness, practical joke, brother sister relationship, birthday party, diary, heart attack ...
Time: 80s
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 5.8
 2K
Track 29 (1988)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to ...
Style: erotic, grindhouse, non-linear, surreal, mind bending ...
Plot: obsession, incest, mysticism, hitchhiker, adoption, haunted by the past, surrealism, extramarital affair, small town, teenage life, pregnancy, parents and children ...
Time: 80s
Place: north carolina
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 5.3
 10K
Wolves (2014)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge ...
Style: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scenic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, lycanthropy, good versus evil, adoption, murder, female nudity, rivalry, deadly creature, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, paternity revealed ...
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 9.0
 11K
Mahabharat (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, epic
Plot: mythology, hinduism, king, indian mythology, female warrior, ambition, feud, vengeance, greed, betrayal, throne, rivalry ...
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 4.7
 687
Jai Kishen (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Inspector Pratap Singh is killed, while one of his son's, Kishen, goes missing, and the other, Jai, loses his vision. His wife is the only witness to his brutal death at the hands of three criminal dons. Years later, Kishen and Jai have both ...
Plot: blind man, blindness, blind character, revenge, murder, crime boss, mother son reunion, brother brother reunion, villain, single mother, police inspector, premarital sex ...
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The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, action adventure, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: schoolboy, excalibur, teenage protagonist, medieval, boy hero, magic, friends, magician, eclipse, legend, destiny, chivalry ...
Time: middle ages, future, medieval times
Place: cornwall, britain, london
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 6.7
 302
Rafoo Chakkar (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story: After witnessing a murder, musicians Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) dress as women and flee with a girl band to avoid the killers' wrath. Soon, Dev falls for fellow bandmate Reetu (Neetu Singh), but his disguise makes it impossible for ...
Plot: gangster, train, hotel, crime boss, cross dressing, murder, kidnapping, disguise, friend, friendship, musician, dirty old man ...
Place: kashmir
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Heart and Souls (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: afterlife, angel, ghost, supernatural, fear of commitment, imaginary friend, love, friendship, redemption, reincarnation, life philosophy, happy ending ...
Time: year 1959, 90s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: san francisco
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Love Never Dies (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Set 10 years later, the Phantom has escaped from Paris to New York where he lives amongst the joyrides and freak shows of Coney Island. He has finally found a place for his music to soar, all that is missing is his love Christine Daaé. In a bid to ...
Style: gothic, sentimental, stylized, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: tragic hero, destructive relationship, love triangle, longing, haunted by the past, couples, disfigurement, unfulfillment, phantom of the opera, live performance, broadway, theater ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, paris france, usa, france, new york
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 4.9
 145
Dalva (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When she was a teenager, a woman got pregnant and wound up giving up the baby up for adoption. Now, 30 years later, she sets out to find her now-grown child.
Plot: horse ranch, horse, adoption, child abuse, hung over, family relations, goose, half sister, social worker, half brother, historian, incest ...
Place: san francisco, nebraska
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Malevolence 3: Killer (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Martin Bristol returns to where it all began: the home where he was kidnapped from. But he is not the boy who disappeared over 10 years ago. Tortured and abused at the hands of his psychotic captor Graham Sutter, Martin is damaged beyond repair. ...
Style: slasher, suspense, tense
Plot: bereavement, serial killer, murder, disappearance, kidnapped, kidnapping, psycho killer, murder investigation, abduction, serial murder, murderer, homicidal maniac ...
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Trolls World Tour (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in ...
Style: sweet, fairy tale, colorful, feel good, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: singing, friendship, dancing, salvation, happiness, worm, troll, culture clash, happy ending, talking animal, destiny, country music ...
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 4.7
 23K
Capone (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Style: factual, captivating, psychological, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: gangster, excrement, mafia, al capone, dementia, violence, syphilis, husband wife relationship, balloon, blood, male protagonist, criminal ...
Time: 1940s, year 1933, year 1931, 19th century, 1890s ...
Place: florida, usa, minneapolis minnesota, cleveland ohio, brooklyn new york city ...
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Splitting Heirs (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, absurd, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lawyer, british, monty python, farce, indians, inheritance, disorder, dishonesty, switching roles, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 60s
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 7.0
 2K
Wild Palms (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.
Style: disturbing, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, dystopian future, mind control, fictional reality, uncover truth, society, manipulation, love interest, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, evil corporation ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Kindar the Invulnerable (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An evil bandit kidnaps a sultan's son and raises him but finds the son has magic powers.
Style: independent film, period drama
Plot: peplum, warrior, camel, myth, arabian nights, mythology, bare chested male, fall in love, sword fight, superhuman powers, battles, belly dancing ...
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 298
Summer of Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The presence of a malicious stranger threatens to destroy the peace and harmony of a vacationing executive's family life.
Plot: 666, witch, occult, deeply disturbed person, long lost son, secret, photographer, vacation, father son relationship, suicide, flashback, cycling ...
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Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, mistaken identity, prostitution, looking for love, comedy of errors, lifestyle, friendship, infidelity, disorder, couple relations, fall in love, gay couple ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, madrid, europe
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Long Flat Balls (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Six guys from Norway go on a trip to Germany to cheer on Norway in the world Championship of football. But it isn't easy to put their normal life aside, not even for football.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, captivating, buddy comedy ...
Plot: farce, buddies, disorder, goofy hero, misfit, workplace, workplace situations, employer employee relationship, overweight, friendship, fight, fat man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 3K
Unmade Beds (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Axl wants to find his long-lost father and rediscover his past. Vera just wants to forget hers as she tries to move on from heartbreak. Their stories come together in the melting-pot of 21st century London.
Style: humorous, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: immigrant, starting over, haunted by the past, society, search for father, self discovery, family relations, couples, friendship, bookstore, human relationship, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
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 7.0
 3K
Stalin (1992)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Hungary, USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
Style: political, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, communism, politician, josef stalin, dictatorship, propaganda, intrigue, paranoia, stroke, european history, world war, international relations ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s, year 1917 ...
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia
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Angel of Death (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets of the Old Town in time-honored ritual. But for one celebrant this Holy Week is different. For him Semana Santa is a time to ...
Style: slasher, psychological, serious, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, sexual abuse, fascism, danger, mind game, investigation, psychopath, clergy, rivalry, woman in danger, who done it, murder ...
Place: spain, europe
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
Style: light, exciting, intense, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: supernatural ability, good versus evil, chosen one, coming of age, time travel, heroic mission, mythology, young heroes, supernatural, transformation, boy, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 17th century
Place: england
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 57K
The Majestic (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Style: feel good, sentimental, inspirational, touching, period piece ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: small town, mistaken identity, writers, writer's life, amnesia, happy ending, justice, life philosophy, hollywood, memory loss, memory, parents and children ...
Time: 1950s, year 2001, 20th century, 50s, year 1951
Place: california, usa
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The Emerald Forest (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when ...
Style: anthropological, retro, disturbing, thought provoking, exciting ...
Plot: jungle, tribe, adoption, environmental, coming of age, amazon rainforest, sex trafficking, pagan, survival, kidnapping, culture clash, treasure hunt ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: brazil, south america, latin america
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 32K
City Island (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections ...
Style: feel good, emotional, witty, independent film, funny ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, teenage boy, audition, eccentric family, character study, warden, family life, family problems, prison, nothing goes right, family relations, island ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 36K
Admission (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Strait-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised ...
Style: humorous, funny, emotional, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: college, adoption, relationships, life philosophy, parents and children, parenthood, singleness, female protagonist, love and romance, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school ...
Time: year 1995, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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The Autumn Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, couples, family problems, family life, family in crisis, rich and poor, parents and children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston, england, usa, europe, harvard university
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