| Capernaum (2018) | 8.4 | |
| Trainspotting (1996) | 8.1 | |
| Ray & Liz (2018) | 6.7 | |
| Antlers (2021) | 5.9 | |
| Snow Angels (2021) | 7.0 |
Child neglect movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant child neglect movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, bleak, serious, emotional and disturbing films and TV shows about / with child neglect, coming of age, family relations, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, child abuse, children, girl, childhood and youth plots mostly in Drama, Family and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Sweden and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child neglect: Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001), Crows (1994), Capernaum (2018), Low Tide (2012), What Maisie Knew (2012), Nobody's Daughter (1976), Jet Boy (2001), Autumn Sonata (1978), Kid-Thing (2012), Ray & Liz (2018).
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List of child neglect movies
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia who was still in diapers, barely able to ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
abuse, disability, mistreatment, child abuse, life is a bitch, human spirit, self discovery, family problems, doctors and patients, society, hopes, social misfits ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
A thin child of about 10, nicknamed "Crow" because she mimics the bird, has no friends and rejects a teacher's hug. At home, she is left on her own, her mom locks her out while entertaining a lover or is asleep. One morning, Crow sees ...
Style:
surreal
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
children, little girl, woman, coming of age, childhood, magic realism, nudity, child kidnapping, young girl, daydreamer, child abduction, nude bathing ...
Place:
poland
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122K
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style:
sad, social, depressing, rough, cynical ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, neglected child, child abuse, low lives, child neglect, child protagonist, starving child, child labor ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east, nebraska, sarajevo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live separate lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. The boy’s solitude is both a source of freedom and a cause for grief. His explorations slowly bring to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, small town, parents and children, family problems, youth, society, single parent, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, realism, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
childhood, divorce, child, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, custody battle, marriage, family in crisis, family problems, crumbling marriage, starting over, crumbling relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In an apartment a single and psychotic mother locks in herself and her daughter. Here, the demons are in control. Ti can hear her mother talking to the demons, and she sees her changing and confined face. But the demons that the mother speaks with ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, malnutrition, abusive mother, child abuse, child neglect, social services, begging, isolation, parent child relationship, single mother, fighting illness ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An orphan girl suffers abuse from her adoptive parents.
Plot:
child abuse, orphan, adoption, child rape, coming of age, children, slavery, poisoning, love, torture, brutality, fire ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, gay, boyhood, orphan, child neglect, boy, teenage boy, teenager, teenage prostitution, lgbt teen, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, UK, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional ...
Style:
art house, depressing, emotional, philosophical, intense ...
Plot:
marriage, autumn, dysfunctional family, mother daughter estrangement, child neglect, pianist, intimacy, reconciliation, classical music, family relations, musician, women ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Style:
sad, crying
Plot:
adoption, foster parent, children, foster child, neglected child, child care, mother and daughter, love, youth, poverty, poor family, christmas carol ...
Place:
iowa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Austin, 10-year-old Annie tears around on her BMX bike, hurls dough at cars, and smashes things up with her baseball bat. Her father, a goat-farmer-cum-demolition-derby driver, does little parenting. Annie has no friends her age, ...
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, bleak, poignant, grim ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, female protagonist, dysfunctional family, loneliness, isolation, moral ambiguity, preteen, character study, neglect, small town, unhappiness ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, art house, intense, disturbing ...
Plot:
child neglect, brother, poverty, working class, family drama, dysfunctional family, social realism, biopic, autobiography, intimate, trauma, slice of life ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
birmingham alabama
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story:
Two days before Christmas, while Sweden is paralyzed by a heavy snowstorm, five-week-old baby Lukas inexplicably disappears from his home. Experienced police officer Alice thinks that something is not right in the parents' stories.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, deaf child, social realism, child neglect, murder investigation, police, winter, partner, heroes, police investigation, investigation, murderer ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Over 30 years of social development and changes, it tells the story of the five children of the Qiao's family, Yicheng, Erqiang, Sanli, Simei, and Qiqi, supporting and relying on each other during the difficult years.
Style:
family saga, captivating, entertaining, exciting, dramatic ...
Plot:
child neglect, self sacrifice, family life, family values, perseverance, family drama, resilience, family bonds, brothers, family relations, large family, siblings ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 70s, 2000s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, imagination, heroin, mental illness, drug addiction, surrealism, addiction, abandoned house, imaginary friend, mentally challenged, death by overdose, talking doll ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, austin texas, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after each other when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
Style:
sincere, psychological, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
youth, children, single parent, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, when the parents are away, family in crisis, sister sister relationship, single mother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, aunt niece relationship, little girl ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seoul
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193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, sex, sexual perversion, sex addict, sexuality, nymphomaniac, explicit sex, lust, sexual relations, nudity, sex scene, erection ...
Time:
year 2013, 20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: Denmark
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Fear of Silent hill is a movie based mostly on the life of the abused 14-year old girl Alessa, who on some times become friends with the young girl Alma Wade who in some ways is very ...
Style:
psychological horror, dark, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
little girl, supernatural, trauma, abuse, child neglect, teenage girl, rape, child abuse, life is a bitch, violence, adolescence, oppression ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A life of a mother and her two children breaking down quietly without showing any events happening out of their house. The film is about a child neglect and a corruption of the belief, motherhood exists in all female, based on a true incident ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, bleak, slow cinema ...
Plot:
parents and children, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, child neglect, realism, domestic drama, family relations, mother child relationship, social problems, single parent, mother issues ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.
Style:
sad, tense, suspenseful, grindhouse, period piece ...
Plot:
child abuse, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, family drama, trauma, emotional abuse, child neglect, female protagonist, social issues, character study, domestic violence, social realism ...
Time:
year 1970
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A female detective investigates the case of a young mother whose infant left behind has died.
Style:
melancholic, grim, tense, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
female detective, lesbian, abandoned baby, lgbt, lesbian relationship, crime investigation, child neglect, female protagonist, family drama, loneliness, ethical dilemma, negligence ...
Place:
south of france, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother ...
Style:
sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
trans woman, transgender, transsexuality, motherhood, family drama, desire for fame, character study, lgbtq, relatives, relationships, instinct, transsexual ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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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: Family, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The orphan boy Heintje lives with his aunt, who neglects him badly. He much prefers to be with the racing stable owner Teichmann and his horses. While Teichmann is in Switzerland, Heintje is put in a youth home by his aunt, but manages to escape ...
Style:
tear jerker, sentimental, uplifting, period piece, feel good
Plot:
child protagonist, family values, orphan, happy ending, family drama, heartwarming, innocence, child neglect, father figure, empathy, children, adoption ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two trouble-causing brothers, who in the second generation after World War II Germany live, are in the center of this German made for TV movie. The movie makes a subject out of their everyday lives and the helpless attempt for them to build a normal ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, grim, melancholic, tense
Plot:
coming of age, immigration, social worker, youth, brothers, poverty, integration, social realism, drug, desperation, theft, tragedy ...
Place:
munich germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A portrait of Rita, who claims that her mother was never a mother for her. Rita gives birth to her own five children and forces her mother to take the role of a mother.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
prison, single mother, motherhood, female protagonist, family drama, poverty, social realism, character study, children, moral ambiguity, working class, redemption ...
Place:
germany, belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
"Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
true crime, trial, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, obsession, legal, dedicated lawyer, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, childhood, dream, countryside, young girl, loneliness, teenage life, asthma, imaginary friend, orphan, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia, england, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
This is a made for tv adaptation of Barbara Robinson's novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H stars as Grace Bradley who inherits the job of running her church's Christmas pageant when the woman who usually does it ...
Style:
christmas classics, christmas special
Plot:
christmas, naughty child, firefighter, fire, bully, change of heart, holiday, christmas season, dysfunctional family, child neglect, juvenile delinquent, petty theft ...
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