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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, realistic, suspense, tense and psychological films and TV shows about / with child in peril, murder, danger, chase, death, blood, kidnapping, violence, family relations and vengeance plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Mexico and other countries.
2013
TOP 10 movies tagged as child in peril: Julia (2008), Autumn Blood (2013), Glass House: The Good Mother (2006), Grandmother's House (1988), Man on Fire (2004), Domestic Disturbance (2001), The Impossible (2012), Safe (2012), Kidnap (2017), Armed and Innocent (1994).
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7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Mexico, Belgium
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Style:
psychological, suspense, stylized, dark comedy, neo noir ...
Plot:
insanity, missing child, mental illness, child in peril, character study, life is a bitch, twists and turns, crime gone awry, anger, pursuit, friendship, addiction ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
france, england, europe, mexico, tijuana mexico ...
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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:
rape, teenage rape, child in peril, youth, orphan, social relations, isolation, coming of age, family relations, danger, vengeance, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alps
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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:
child in peril, adoption, abusive mother, orphan, psychopath, danger, mentally unstable, family relations, youth, isolation, siblings relations, cruelty ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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, family affairs, plot twist, twists and turns, woman with a gun, murder mystery, orphan, grandparents, dark secret, missile, family secret ...
Place:
california
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416K
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, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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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, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
child in peril, amateur detective, divorce, boy, investigation, disbelieving adult, father son relationship, witness, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
maryland, san francisco
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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
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
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41K
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, child in peril, rescue, kidnapped, single mother, abduction, danger, little boy, missing child, police station, child kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, an eleven year old boy left home alone, kills two intruders in self defense. He and his family then try to cope with the boy's anguish and the dead intruders' friends who want revenge.
Plot:
child in peril, boy, child protagonist, father son relationship, youth, home alone, trauma, nightmare, little boy, revenge, burglar, intruder ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, murder, family in danger, psychopath, insanity, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, serial killer, eccentricity, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thomas, the son of a millionaire lives a fairly isolated existence, in a mansion in rural France. His father hires a widowed woman to take care of things while he is away. The maid's son, Charles moves in as well, and the two parents hope that ...
Style:
sentimental
Plot:
boy, coming of age, lgbt teen, child in peril, governess, traumatic childhood, boyhood, homoeroticism, rivalry, children, forest, castle ...
Place:
brittany
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313K
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, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, isolation, cat and mouse, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, security system, twists and turns, child in peril, locked in a room, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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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:
realistic, serious, suspense, intense, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, mafia, boy, court, suicide, brother brother relationship, witness protection, surveillance, child in peril, district attorney, lawyers and clients, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new orleans, tennessee, usa, memphis, san francisco
Is relevant?
285
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:
psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot:
child in peril, teenage boy, coming of age, parents and children, vengeance, teenage life, family relations, adoption, abduction, brother brother relationship, crime investigation, psychologist ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things take an unexpected turn - and ...
Style:
slasher, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
child in peril, evil robot, television studio, violence, hostage, robot, characters killed one by one, serial killer, dark humor, survival, robot as menace, struggle for survival ...
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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, suspense, disturbing, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
child in peril, child, farmer, hostage, moral dilemma, brother sister relationship, child's point of view, dark secret, loner, farm, children, teenager ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Is relevant?
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:
semi serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sensitive
Plot:
lawyer, legal, child in peril, closeted homosexual, law firm, friendship, society, rivalry, father son relationship, social worker, dysfunctional family, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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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 ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
conspiracy, autism, assassin, fbi, murder, child in peril, secret service, boy, fbi agent, assassination, witness protection, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, bangkok thailand, south dakota
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the 1400's, Rumpelstiltskin is imprisoned inside a small jade figurine. In modern-day Los Angeles, the recently widowed wife of a police officer, with baby in tow, finds her way into a witch's shop and purchases a certain figurine, ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, slasher, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
gory, child in peril, legend, chase, danger, woman in danger, creature, monster, kidnapping, salvation, villain, magical creature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
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:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Is relevant?
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:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
youth, child in peril, child as adult, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, isolation, family in crisis, danger, family problems, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
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, controversial, suspenseful, slasher horror, scary ...
Plot:
clown, child in peril, home invasion, circus, childhood trauma, brother brother relationship, evil clown, killer clown, boy, old dark house, chase, bully ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Style:
gothic, suspense, suspenseful, dark, intense ...
Plot:
haunted house, creature, child in peril, deadly creature, supernatural, old dark house, parents and children, danger, monster, supernatural horror, hearing voices, little girl ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 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, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, evil man, child in peril, child, killer child, psychopath, missing child, serial killer, danger, confined, hostage, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woods, urban legend, youth, danger, murder, chase, child in peril, friendship, high school, psychopath, young heroes, siblings relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, year 1953, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It’s a warm and dry summer. Dan, Tom and Victor, three inseparable adolescents, take advantage of the last day of school to wander in the countryside. They jump with joy when they discover an abandoned old film studio, whose many corridors and ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer clown, psychopath, teenage life, child in peril, friendship between boys, evil clown, vengeance, danger, youth, witnessing a crime, small town, clown ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style:
action thriller, breathtaking, action packed, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, president, white house, save the day, treason, hostage, conspiracy, nuclear threat, head of state, child in peril, siege ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, pentagon, north america ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style:
apocalyptic, bleak, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, child in peril, father daughter relationship, forest, girl, survival, immunity, virus, epidemic, distopia, post apocalyptic, fight ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
persia
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Years later, a weird mark appears on the boy's chest and Diane and Liu share their dreadful nightmares. Diane is ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, demonic, entertaining ...
Plot:
child in peril, adoption, translator, curses spells and rituals, adopted son, scientist, murder, police, danger, bear, boy, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mongolia, france, europe, siberia
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