Child in peril movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant child in peril movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, realistic, psychological thriller and tense films and TV shows about / with child in peril, murder, danger, family relations, blood, kidnapping, deadly, violence, death and teenager plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child in peril: Bastard (2012), Domestic Disturbance (2001), Spiderwebhouse (2015), Glass House: The Good Mother (2006), Grandmother's House (1988), Hard to Kill (1990), Kidnap (2017), Bereavement (2010), Man on Fire (2004), Tom & Thomas (2002).

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 6.4
 264
Bastard (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: child abduction, coming of age, kidnapping, teenage boy, child in peril, parents and children, teenage life, vengeance, teenager, adoption, family relations, abduction ...
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Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot: child in peril, murder, divorce, investigation, amateur detective, disbelieving adult, witness, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems, boy ...
Time: year 2001
Place: maryland
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 6.2
 185
Spiderwebhouse (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When 12-year-old Jonas’ mother leaves to “fight her demons”, he steps up as head of the household, becoming the unofficial guardian to his younger siblings. With food and money running out, the children retreat into a world of their own where, ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: youth, child in peril, child as adult, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, isolation, family in crisis, family problems, life turned upside down, family relations, danger, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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Glass House: The Good Mother (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, mysterious ...
Plot: adoption, child in peril, orphan, psychopath, mentally unstable, danger, abusive mother, family relations, youth, siblings relations, isolation, cruelty ...
Place: usa
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Grandmother's House (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When their father dies, Lynn and her younger brother David have to move in with their grandparents. Their mother died already when they were young, so they were told. One morning a dead man is found near their new home. A friend tells David, that ...
Style: slasher, surprise ending, pastoral, scary, slasher horror ...
Plot: child in peril, teenager, twists and turns, plot twist, woman with a gun, psychosis, grandmother grandson relationship, chase, murder, sheriff, swimming, hospital ...
Place: california
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 5.8
 32K
Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
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 5.9
 39K
Kidnap (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot: kidnapping, strong female lead, abduction, single mother, child in peril, rescue, danger, little boy, missing child, plot twist, female protagonist, determination ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
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 5.0
 8K
Bereavement (2010)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable ...
Style: slasher, scary, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, evil man, child, psychopath, missing child, serial killer, confined, danger, child in peril, hostage, killer child, isolation ...
Time: 80s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1989
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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 7.7
 387K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, exciting, emotional ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, vengeance, vigilante, cia, vigilantism, friendship, mercenary, lone hero, redemption, justice, child in peril ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, mexico city, latin america
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 6.6
 1K
Tom & Thomas (2002)
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young boy thinks he's got a lookalike around him, but nobody believes him. Then, he meets Thomas and they switch homes.
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: twins, child in peril, youth, imaginary friend, family life, on the run, orphan, adoption, mistaken identity, christmas, interracial, airport ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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 6.7
 135K
Ransom (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, reward, child in peril, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, ransom, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york
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 5.5
 7K
Citadel (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Citadel tells the story of widower and single father Tommy Cowley, a man inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since the day his wife was attacked. He was unable to protect her. He lives in Edenstown, the council estate from hell. Here he finds himself ...
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: agoraphobia, child in peril, murder, survival, killer child, danger, parents and children, haunted by the past, evil child, fear, home invasion, zombie ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: britain, ireland
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 7.4
 6K
The Guardian (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: lawyer, legal, law firm, child in peril, friendship, rivalry, society, father son relationship, social worker, dysfunctional family, law, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pittsburgh
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 6.8
 295K
Panic Room (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style: suspense, tense, neo noir, suspense thriller, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: home invasion, trapped, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, cat and mouse, locked in a room, crime gone awry, disorder, confinement indoors, millionaire, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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 5.4
 5K
Clownhouse (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, bleak, controversial ...
Plot: clown, escaped mental patient, murder, child in peril, brother brother relationship, circus, chase, evil clown, halloween, boy, killer clown, serial killer ...
Time: 80s
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 5.3
 2K
Autumn Blood (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: teenage rape, rape, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, child in peril, coming of age, family relations, teenage life, vengeance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alps
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 4.8
 15K
Shut In (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, twist ending, clever ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: held captive, single parent, boy, isolation, stepmother, murder, missing child, child in peril, doctor, little boy, obsession, nightmare ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
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American Fable (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a wealthy man hostage in their abandoned silo in order to save their suffering farm, she befriends the captive in secret. As the truth unfolds about who he ...
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: farmer, psychopath, child, hostage, moral dilemma, brother sister relationship, dark secret, child's point of view, child in peril, farm, children, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
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 4.7
 456
Code 11-14 (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An FBI agent went to Australia with his family to capture a serial killer. When Australian Police captured the main suspect, he and his family went back to USA. Unfortunately the REAL serial killer also went back to USA in the same airplane with the ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: serial killer, family relations, psychopath, airplane, family in danger, investigation, special agent, family problems, false arrest, parents and children, murder, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Edge of Winter (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: winter, wilderness, cold weather, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, mentally unstable, divorced parents, child in peril, snow, survival, parent child relationship, snowstorm ...
Place: ontario canada, canada
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 7.0
 250K
Orphan (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: adoption, orphan, killer child, murder, serial killer, fear, female psychopath, mysterious character, twists and turns, family in danger, insanity, murderer ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, estonia
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 5.1
 4K
The Curse (1987)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes family farm, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority ...
Style: lovecraft, serious, suspenseful, bleak, enigmatic ...
Plot: farm, child in peril, meteorite, contamination, infection, space and aliens, chaos, escapades, supernatural, danger, child abuse, religious fanatic ...
Time: 80s
Place: tennessee
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Brothers of the Wind (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt those closest to him. Lukas suffers at the hands of a father who has withdrawn since the loss of ...
Style: touching, entertaining, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: eagle, human animal relationship, wild animal, animal, father son relationship, bird, child in peril, freedom, free spirited, free spirit, friendship, relationships ...
Time: 60s
Place: alps
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style: offbeat, fairy tale, atmospheric, gothic, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: children, orphan, death in the family, steampunk, danger, siblings relations, child in peril, book, happy ending, young heroes, child, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place: peru
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 6.7
 73K
The Client (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is ...
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, touching ...
Audience: family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, mafia, boy, witnessing a crime, lawyers and clients, conspiracy, investigation, witness protection, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, tennessee, memphis, usa
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 4.7
 2K
Countdown (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot: countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, bomb, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, criminal, violence, mercilessness ...
Time: year 2016
Place: seattle
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 6.3
 141K
Lights Out (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and ...
Style: dark, scary, creepy, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental illness, ghost, supernatural, paranormal, macabre, darkness, child in peril, brother sister relationship, depression, violence, monster, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, alien, creature, survival horror, deaf, silence, survival, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, near future
Place: new york, usa, new york state, atlantic ocean, america
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At the Devil's Door (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, bleak, grindhouse ...
Plot: supernatural, investigation, danger, 666, haunted, child in peril, missing person, supernatural horror, demonic possession, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, house, flash forward ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, year 1987, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.1
 77K
Mercury Rising (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, neo noir ...
Plot: autism, conspiracy, assassin, secret service, murder, child in peril, fbi, boy, assassination, witness protection, twists and turns, spy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago, bangkok thailand, south dakota
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