Abandoned movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant abandoned movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating and serious films and TV shows about / with abandoned, death, murder, isolation, storytelling, blood, chase, survival, brutality and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abandoned: The Isle (2018), Cast Away (2000), WALL·E (2008), Don't Breathe (2016), The Kid with a Bike (2011), Hell Trip (2018), The Garlock Incident (2012), Peel (2019), That's Life (2005), '71 (2014).
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12K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' ...
Style:
melancholic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
ghost story, island, abandoned, folk horror, scotsman, boat, fear, danger, group of strangers, death, salvation, revenge from beyond the grave ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
scotland
Is relevant?
684K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
1.3M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
Is relevant?
328K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, kidnapping, blind man, murder, breaking and entering, twists and turns, survival, blindness, psychopath, violence, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, california, detroit
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood, kids in trouble, youth, boy, realism, adoption, social problems, life is a bitch, street kid, society, parents and children, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, belgium
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of young tourists arrive at an abandoned lodge in Africa that holds an ominous and deadly secret.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, slasher horror ...
Plot:
survival, abandoned, tourist, nightmare, psychopath, serial killer, vengeance, masked killer, characters killed one by one, death, society, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
On December 16th, 2011, eight people on their way to Las Vegas stopped in the ghost town of Garlock, California. This footage documents what happened.
Style:
scary, road movie, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost town, abandoned, road trip, filmmaking, evidence, city, investigation, youth, who done it, murder, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After his father takes his two brothers and high tails it, Peel is forced to grow up in a state of arrested development. Once his mother dies, he must forge his own path and attempts to find his lost brethren.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, touching, heartfelt ...
Plot:
family reunited, loneliness, social misfits, innocence, abandoned, mother son relationship, coming of age, absent father, family problems, grownups, socially awkward, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Verliebt in Berlin is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, romantic drama, soap opera ...
Plot:
fish out of water, fall in love, disorder, fashion, love and romance, abandoned, rise to the top, physical appearance, fashion industry, underdog, kindness, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young people become lost in the jungle during a river rafting trip and stumble upon a long lost ruin that is home to a host of mysterious monsters.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, creature, human experiment, monster, doctor, abandoned, zombie, jungle, murder, danger, undead, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Style:
suspenseful, political, intense, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, war, survival, ira, military, british soldier, combat, riot, wartime, chase, british military ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971, year 2014
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, britain, belfast, london ...
Is relevant?
206K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, cult classic, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, dystopia, violence, gory, desperation, jungle, cruelty, contests and competitions, satire, social commentary ...
Time:
future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, india, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Style:
touching, sincere, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
family drama, family reunited, boy, parents and children, architect, parenthood, moral dilemma, father son relationship, self discovery, class differences, introspection, life turned upside down ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style:
sincere, sad, uplifting, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay adoption, gay parent, gay, gay couple, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, homosexuality, couples, lgbt, gay slur, male male relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.
Style:
sexy, captivating, rough, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
redemption, youth, working class, father son relationship, parole, father son reunion, starting over, kids in trouble, adulthood, society, danger, single parent ...
Time:
y2k, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot:
survival, shipwreck, desert island, ocean, sea disaster, wise man, wisdom of life, friends, storm, isolation, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
england, fictional island
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Together with his teenage sister and a horde of orphans, young Guy Maddin lazes away his under-stimulated youth on the mysterious island he will someday inherit. In the lighthouse orphanage in which they all live, their every move is watched over by ...
Style:
disturbing, surreal, cerebral, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
human experiment, surrealism, lighthouse, childhood memory, lesbian, island, orphanage, investigation, family relations, parallel world, dying, abandoned ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
canada, romania
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth the loot. By convincing Miranda ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, mental illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, musician, hopes, obsession, child as adult, eccentricity, estrangement, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, lyrical, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gender, transvestism, transsexual, gay, gay interest, drag queen, transvestite, berlin wall, musician, self discovery, gender bending, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, usa, europe ...
Is relevant?
520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Kane Hodder stars in "Abandoned in the Dark", an anthology film comprised of 4 short horror, suspense stories seamlessly connected to one another through extreme tension and gripping real life conflict. Intriguing characters find ...
Style:
anthology, dark fairy tale, psychological horror, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
abandoned, red herring, killing, fear, paranormal investigation, investigation, pop culture, ghost, hacking, technology, death, evil spirit ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Vincent Piquet and Alban Burne, two losers, see their dull lives shattered when, following a misunderstanding, they uncover a conspiracy and find themselves caught up in the world of organized crime. It’s the start of a crazy and chaotic journey ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, abandoned, office, boss, council, friend, cell phone, friendship, breaking up with girlfriend, friends, dark humor, organized crime ...
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young woman tries to find her origins after having been abandoned as an infant at a cemetery wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols, but as she gets closer to answers a malevolent spirit is telling her to leave.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, female protagonist, supernatural horror, abandoned baby, abandoned, supernatural, satanist, secret, undercover, obsessive quest, identity, occult ...
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24K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, teen horror, mystical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, bullying, female protagonist, teenage life, doppelganger, father daughter relationship, embarrassment, plastic surgeon, murder, high school life, macabre, prom ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2012, Atsuya (Ryosuke Yamada) and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, enigmatic, entertaining
Plot:
time paradox, time warp, abandoned, store, advice, letter, magical object, asian, magic, miraculous event, time loop, changing the past or future ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
The beaches of the Baltic Sea are terrorized by a shark. The military manage to destroy it, but the shark returns in spectral form.
Style:
parody, underground film, psychotronic, experimental, humorous ...
Plot:
sea, found footage, creature feature, satire, military, killer shark, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, missing person, strength, blogger, creature ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
russia, kazakhstan, ukraine
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After reading a magazine article about a case of multiple murders 50 years ago, an excited paranormal group sets out to investigate the site where the serial killers lived and where the horrifying crimes occurred. As day turns to night and evidence ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, investigation, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, mass murder, farmhouse, fear, abandoned, characters in danger, violence, demon, deadly creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north dakota
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A single young mom forms an unlikely friendship with author Peyton, after a desperate situation forces her to abandon her child on Peyton's doorstep.
Style:
romantic, sincere, captivating, entertaining, light
Plot:
single mother, child abandonment, custody, parents and children, male female relationship, relationships, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unlikely couple, abandoned, baby, young mother ...
Is relevant?
70
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Ukraine
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
"Snow" is a film for the choice, betrayal and forgiveness between brothers and sons, narrated on the background of the harsh reality in an abandoned place.
Style:
bleak, independent film, atmospheric, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
snow, winter, forgiveness, family drama, brothers, betrayal, choice, moral dilemma, abandoned, isolation, brotherhood, character study ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Thailand gets infected with an epidemic that turns people into zombies that rage around the city. A group of teenage boys gets trapped in a hospital during the zombie outbreak. They will do whatever it takes to survive the hungry and brutal siege.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, survival horror, gang, undead, trapped, hospital, brother brother relationship, bandit, saving a life, zombie survival, gang leader ...
Place:
thailand
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