| Salty Sea (2014) | 6.8 | |
| Nobody Knows (2004) | 8.0 | |
| Capernaum (2018) | 8.4 | |
| Alias Maria (2015) | 6.3 | |
| Daughter of Rage (2022) | 6.2 |
Mother child separation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mother child separation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, emotional and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with mother child separation, female protagonist, family relations, mother daughter relationship, woman, betrayal, parents and children, life is a bitch, murder and family drama 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 mother child separation: Nanny Dearest (2023), Long Lost Son (2006), Sarah's Key (2010), Shirley (2011), In Safe Hands (2018), Escape From Raqqa (2019), Without a Trace (1983), Sophie's Choice (1982), Never Let Go (2015), Daughter of the Wolf (2019).
Best films
New films
| Alias Maria (2015) | 6.3 | |
| Two Lives (2012) | 7.1 | |
| The Sapphires (2012) | 7.1 | |
| We Are Brothers (2014) | 6.2 | |
| Therese (2012) | 6.1 |
List of mother child separation movies
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After receiving fertile eggs from a donor, Rebecca and Caleb are finally able to have a child and start a family. Several years later, a strange woman appears in their life, and is oddly drawn to their daughter. The egg donor has returned–and she ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female stalker, deception, mother child separation, bereavement, family problems, artificial insemination, social problems, con game, motherhood, con woman, female protagonist, loss of family member ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fourteen years after her son and estranged husband were presumed lost at sea, Kristen believes she glimpses them in the background of a friend's recent vacation video.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
youth, dishonesty, family relations, parents and children, twists and turns, family problems, kidnapping, heartache, faked death, mother son reunion, mother child separation, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, caribbean, california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being send to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother ...
Style:
emotional, sexy, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, jewish family, nazism, shoah, separation from family, occupation, death, guilt, suicide of mother, investigation, journalism, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 1942, 20th century, 2000s, year 2010, 1940s ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, paris france, france, new york, middle east ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
rags to riches, family relations, interracial relations, nightclub, baby, musician's life, rising to stardom, ambition, youth, artists and showbiz, society, parents and children ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
wales, england, glasgow scotland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
adoptive mother, newborn baby, social services, motherhood, foster home, baby, unwanted pregnancy, hospital, society, divorced woman, parents, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
brittany, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paris, spring 2015. Faustine travels to Syria with her little son to join ISIS; but, once in Raqqa, she soon realizes the hell she is gotten herself into. Her husband Sylvain quickly understands that the French government is powerless to help him, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
escape, border crossing, activist, attempted escape, life risking, mother child separation, rescue mission, risk, airport, islam, military, isis ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
syria, paris france, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the case of young New Yorker Etan Patz, who disappeared in the early 1980s, this film casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who make her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
missing person, missing child, kidnapping, single parent, family life, parents and children, family problems, law enforcement, life is a bitch, death in the family, father son relationship, little boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york, connecticut
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity ...
Style:
depressing, sad, serious, heartbreaking, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, against humanity, nazi, concentration camp, relationships, writers, wartime life, passion, melancholy, obsession, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1982, 1930s, year 1947 ...
Place:
poland, new york, middle east, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco, Spain, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A whiplash thriller in the lean, mean TAKEN tradition from Howard J. Ford, Director/Co-Writer, of the past FrightFest favourites THE DEAD and THE DEAD 2: INDIA. Former FBI agent, now single mother Lisa Brennan, takes a holiday to escape an unhappy ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, independent film
Plot:
organized crime, kidnapping, rescue, on the run, mother daughter relationship, conspiracy, one against many, race against time, female protagonist, betrayal, corruption, parenthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns home from her tour in the Middle East due to her father's passing and to claim her inheritance. Her son is then kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang led by a mysterious figure known only as ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, cliffhanger, action thriller ...
Plot:
strong female lead, kick-butt women, abduction, kidnapping, revenge, parents and children, showdown, mother love, motherhood, woman with a gun, female protagonist, struggle for survival ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicaragua, today. Eleven-year-old María lives with her mother Lilibeth on the edge of an immense rubbish dump. Their future depends on selling a litter of purebred puppies to a local gang member. When the deal falls through, Lilibeth has to move to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, poignant ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, 11 year old girl, junkyard, search for mother, female protagonist, coming of age, child protagonist, poverty, social realism, mother child separation, forceful separation, separation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nicaragua, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two brothers were separated in childhood at an orphanage, only to find each other as adults 30 years later. But right after their reunion, their birth mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, suddenly disappears. So Sang-yeon and Ha-yeon ...
Style:
captivating, light, entertaining, road movie, melancholic
Plot:
shaman, family reunited, brothers, brother brother relationship, family relations, mother child separation, twins separated at birth, religious differences, relationships, brother brother reunion, adoption, dementia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, motivational ...
Plot:
child abuse, deportation, social worker, against the odds, uncover truth, fighting the system, injustice, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, rebellion, family reunited ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, australia, europe, south australia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mar Salgado is a story of a woman who had 2 twins and thought they died after the were born, but it couldn't be more far from truth, and now 16 years later she'll try to find them.
Style:
soap opera, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
motherhood, missing child, family drama, mother child separation, female protagonist, secret, life is a bitch, twins separated at birth, twins, family secret, secrets, family relations ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The devastating disappearance of a young girl haunts her grieving family in this fact-based tale feature debut from filmmaker Dionysius Zervos. Hungering for some quality alone time with her new boyfriend, Ray (Costas Mandylor), single mother ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, family tragedy, family drama, disappearance, loss, beach, grief, missing child, marooned, separation from family, separation, mother and daughter ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
The series centres on midwife Grace and her passionate colleagues at an unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital. A fierce advocate for her pregnant mothers-to- be, Grace's dubious work/life balance is about to get even ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, compassionate, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, midwife, motherhood, relationships, pregnant woman, mother child relationship, family problems, mother daughter relationship, mother daughter reunion, changing lives, childbirth, family relations ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Dahil May Isang Ikaw is a Philippine primetime drama series that aired by ABS-CBN starring Lorna Tolentino, Gabby Concepcion, Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales, John Estrada, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Karylle and Sid Lucero. The show marks the reunion of ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, family saga, tear jerker, telenovela
Plot:
life is a bitch, homeless, irony of fate, life, street kid, relationships, street life, mother child separation, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, childhood trauma, love triangle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko (Maki Horikita) has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes while she works part time in a manga store, she lives with her older, ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, crying, manga
Plot:
mother, mother daughter relationship, single mother, lie, brother sister relationship, parent child relationship, mother child separation, sick woman, sick mother, parents and children, relationships, comeback ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
trial, haunted by the past, undercover, family life, hidden truth, dishonesty, stasi, testimony, whodunit, lawyer, female protagonist, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 2012, year 1990, year 1969
Place:
germany, east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
female soldier, military, military base, haunted by the past, military life, family relations, single parent, parents and children, sex scene, hot and sexy, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother son reunion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, new mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster parents to have it restored to her.
Plot:
harassment, mother child separation, end of love, child abduction, missing child, stalker, moral dilemma, husband wife conflict, motherhood, pet dog, dysfunctional couple, mother son reunion ...
Time:
60s
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married Japanese nobleman, Count Kentaro Kurihama, and bears him a ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, melancholic, historical romance, poignant ...
Plot:
female protagonist, forbidden love, adultery, war zone, character study, social isolation, bittersweet, identity crisis, illicit affair, betrayal, survival, aristocracy ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
japan, scotland
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Style:
serious, realistic, period piece, costume drama, sad ...
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, marriage of convenience, dull life, suburban life, unfulfillment, female protagonist, bourgeoisie, women in society, depression, envy, deception, forbidden love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Oh! My Lady is a romance comedy TV Drama in Seoul Korea under SBS Network. It was first aired on March 22, 2010. It is a romantic comedy about a top star who finds himself living with his manager, a 35 year old woman who is trying to earn money to ...
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
romantic relationship, single mother, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance, mother child relationship, employer employee relationship, relationship problems, actor, new job, love story, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul, korea
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Middle Ages. He is rescued by children who are part of a childrens' crusade, on their way to rescue Jeruzalem. During the trip Dolf finds out the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, epic, serious, stylized
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time travel, youth, young heroes, heroes, heroic mission, young lovers, danger, rivalry, rescue, escapades, crusader, teenager ...
Time:
13th century, middle ages, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, holy land
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story:
A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, captivating, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
american history, civil war, free will, twin brother, brother vs brother, brothel, post civil war, brothel madam, evil woman, femme fatale, fraternal twins, patricide ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
hawaii, monterey california, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
female protagonist, kidnapping, child kidnapping, family bonds, protective parent, domestic abuse, domestic violence, motherhood, abduction, marital problem, kidnapped child, family relations ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, clever, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, vengeance, revenge, false accusation, buried alive, wrongful conviction, courtroom, murder, women's prison, perfect crime, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, seattle, southern usa, georgia, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Morocco
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Style:
captivating, epic, exciting, scenic, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
medieval, knight, crusader, monastery, crusade, knights templar, nordic, sword fight, cavalry, ancient, religion, heroes ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place:
eastern europe, morocco, middle east, europe, jerusalem ...
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