Loss of child movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant loss of child movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, suspense, weird, realistic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with loss of child, husband wife relationship, death, family relations, storytelling, grief, vengeance, flashback, police investigation and hospital plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as loss of child: Rabbit Hole (2010), Meadowland (2015), Feathers in My Head (2003), The Lovely Bones (2009), Pieces of a Woman (2020), The Girl in the Park (2007), The Door in the Floor (2004), Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Son's Room (2001), Half Light (2006).
Best films
New films
| Dollhouse (2025) | 6.6 | |
| UNTAMED (2025) | 7.1 | |
| The Mother (2022) | 6.4 | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) | 7.5 | |
| Rob1n (2025) | 3.6 |
List of loss of child movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, captivating, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
missing child, loss of child, self harm, disappearance, kidnapping, drug use, hot and sexy, lonely, lost child, family relations, extramarital affair, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre (Francis Renaud) and his wife Blanche (Sophie Museur) live a quiet but happy life in their small Belgian town. But their world is shattered when their young son goes missing. In the aftermath of the family tragedy, the couple's own ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, poignant, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
female nudity, female pubic hair, reality vs fantasy, loss of child, coming of age, hallucination, insanity, missing child, grief, parenthood, character study, family tragedy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgium, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Style:
dark, emotional, psychological, suspense, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, pedophile, murder mystery, rape, loss of daughter, teenage girl, missing child, death in the family, family drama, loss of family member, murderer ...
Time:
70s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1973, 2000s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, delaware
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the Ioss of her baby.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
couples, loss of child, midwife, home birth, birth, grief, pregnancy, dog, grieving, extramarital affair, marriage, illicit affair ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
missing person, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, loss of child, obsession, haunted by the past, loss of daughter, social misfits, isolation, family relations, misfit, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alternately tragic and comic, an exploration of the complexities of love in both its brightest and darkest corners. Adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year, the film is set in the privileged beach community of East ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, erotic, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, unfaithful wife, sex scene, writers, unfaithfulness, masturbation, female nudity, writer's life, dysfunctional family, older woman younger man sex, cheating wife ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, depressing, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, loss of son, regret, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, grief, psychology, parents and children, overcoming, redemption, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, lighthouse, murder, death of child, woman in danger, mentally unstable, death, female protagonist, danger, loss of child, death in the family ...
Place:
scotland, london, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, childhood sweetheart, teenage mother, loss of child, family relations, loss of son, crumbling marriage, youth, family problems, death in the family, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, sentimental, tense, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, fighting the system, serial killer, trial, missing child, disorder, missing person, police corruption, uncover truth, society, corruption ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2008, year 1935 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, canada, seattle
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Luz Cuevas baby daughter Delimar disappeared in 1997 after their house caught fire during a party, The police reported that she was killed in the fire. However, Cuevas suspects that she was kidnapped and that the fire was staged by an outsider. Six ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, hispanic
Plot:
missing child, child abduction, missing daughter, loss of child, mother daughter reunion, husband wife relationship, baby, father son relationship, ex convict, house fire, mother daughter relationship, baby born ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
children, psychopath, death, evil child, manipulation, murder, problem child, killer child, deception, disbelieving adult, parents and children, brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, asia, japan, new england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
afterlife, heaven and hell, redemption, life & death, life philosophy, heaven, destiny, metaphysics, hell, love, fantasy world, female artist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
cuba
Is relevant?
66K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demon, devil, antichrist, killer child, murder, evil child, devil worship, 666, prophecy, parents and children, black magic, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, rome italy, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police investigation, murder, loss of child, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, family problems, psychopath, police corruption, addiction, parents and children, dishonesty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland
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253K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style:
mind bending, clever, gloomy, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, tragedy, drug addiction, drug addict, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, grief, redemption, drug, loneliness, drug abuse, loss ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, persia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style:
sexy, twist ending, erotic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drowning, sex scene, blindness, serial killer, haunted by the past, hallucination, death of daughter, supernatural, psychic, grief, loss of child, marriage ...
Time:
70s, near future, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
italy, venice, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
loss of child, haunted by the past, dead child, missing child, law enforcement, police investigation, dealing with death, uncover truth, corpse, life is a bitch, interrogation, police detective ...
Time:
1950s, year 2009, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, brutal, suspenseful, political thriller, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, violence, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, vigilantism, fighting the system, investigation, corruption, riddles and clues, political corruption, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man convicted in his teens for killing a child is released on parole. He finds work as a church organist and develops a rewarding relationship with a priest and her young son. However, his caring for the boy catches the attention of his old ...
Style:
contemplative, sincere, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, fall in love, love and romance, loss of son, single mother, child murder, nordic, prison life, troubled, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, oslo norway
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, disturbing, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
loss of child, couples, love story, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, husband wife reunion, ex couple relations, family reunited, family relations, marital problem ...
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11K
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named "Kandisha".
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
abuse, ghost, lawyer, investigation, supernatural, loss of child, murder, nobody believes, supernatural power, genie, arab, black ...
Time:
14th century, 21st century
Place:
middle east, morocco, africa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style:
brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, female warrior, female protagonist, female vigilante, female assassin, justice, dark heroine, revenge killing, one woman army, corruption, mercilessness ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
Style:
sad, psychological, touching, social, suspense ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, male male relationship, brotherhood, mysterious past, loss of child, life is a bitch, breast cancer, stepfather stepson relationship, twin brother, child abuse, schizophrenic, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
70s, 2020s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, connecticut
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110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Style:
southern gothic, sexy, sexual, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
military, murder, american south, voyeur, mental illness, stallion, adultery, voyeurism, sexuality, gay, stalking, boxing match ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
long island, georgia
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