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Kanopy
88
7.9
/94145/
79
/3604/
78
/2225/
4.3
/282556/
99
/230/
92
/197/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
MGM Plus
87
8.2
/144582/
80
/2584/
81
/2292/
4.2
/124072/
100
/49/
95
/774/
cc age 8+

The Kid (1921)
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
poster
83
7.9
/467697/
77
/19365/
75
/11770/
3.8
/1181110/
99
/146/
72
/1318882/
92
/30/
cc age 7+

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
poster
83
7.6
/231121/
75
/7296/
73
/4515/
3.8
/287941/
91
/116/
85
/4861/
90
/10/
cc age 8+

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
poster
Hoopla
82
7.3
/2749/
72
/99/
70
/69/
3.9
/11822/
97
/69/
86
/10/
85
/16/

Identifying Features (2020)
Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10547/
78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20700/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/18364/
73
/300/
74
/315/
4.0
/24765/
85
/26/
91
/244/

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
poster
82
7.8
/81063/
75
/1389/
74
/1104/
4.2
/80094/
85
/146/
79
/1747/
84
/34/

The White Ribbon (2009)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
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Netflix
82
7.8
/380846/
77
/10292/
76
/6195/
4.0
/1010957/
93
/270/
86
/6760/
84
/43/
cc age 14+

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
poster
Netflix
81
8.0
/264691/
81
/14370/
80
/6846/
3.9
/356709/
84
/268/
91
/1551/
69
/45/
cc age 13+

Lion (2016)
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
poster
80
7.2
/5127/
68
/110/
66
/79/
3.8
/10476/
96
/26/
78
/119/
87
/10/

Medium Cool (1969)
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
IMDb 25
7.4
/298520/
72
/15007/
72
/2804/
3.6
/2466927/
93
/393/
85
/3227/
81
/48/
cc age 17+

Weapons (2025)
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/45054/
69
/973/
72
/861/
3.8
/110596/
92
/53/
84
/878/
81
/15/
cc age 14+

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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Hulu
79
7.2
/98640/
71
/1810/
69
/1151/
3.6
/40452/
90
/212/
76
/4993/
83
/32/
cc age 17+

Crazy Heart (2009)
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.8
/296815/
78
/15341/
79
/8746/
4.2
/2516823/
91
/275/
74
/17853/
80
/40/
cc age 9+

Coraline (2009)
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
poster
78
7.4
/169767/
72
/4114/
72
/3042/
3.6
/143451/
87
/180/
86
/12143/
74
/33/
cc age 15+

The Orphanage (2007)
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
poster
Netflix
78
7.7
/310424/
76
/17014/
74
/5610/
3.8
/327691/
87
/250/
90
/1665/
73
/44/
cc age 17+

Wind River (2017)
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.4
/74985/
73
/1950/
72
/1317/
3.8
/86166/
93
/121/
89
/2319/
78
/31/

The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.4
/52522/
73
/2410/
73
/769/
3.8
/41490/
95
/119/
78
/1066/
77
/27/

The Imposter (2012)
In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
poster
FilmBox+
78
8.2
/917140/
81
/25031/
81
/12712/
4.3
/1978889/
81
/248/
87
/5973/
70
/53/
cc age 18+

Prisoners (2013)
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
poster
77
7.9
/86471/
74
/1453/
75
/1238/
4.0
/58337/
82
/49/
88
/2060/
69
/14/
cc age 13+

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.5
/92012/
75
/2761/
75
/1844/
4.0
/190051/
76
/87/
87
/3249/
75
/23/

Lady Vengeance (2005)
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
poster
Netflix
76
7.3
/25127/
73
/1428/
71
/279/
3.6
/39395/
96
/24/
85
/37/
cc age 15+

Girl in the Picture (2022)
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
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Fandango at Home Free
76
6.9
/256480/
70
/13107/
75
/5626/
3.3
/1361927/
81
/272/
88
/1722/
65
/38/
cc age 16+

The Black Phone (2022)
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
poster
76
7.3
/193388/
74
/6953/
71
/3237/
3.5
/353609/
88
/80/
79
/5537/
79
/16/
cc age 13+

Poltergeist (1982)
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.0
/6459/
70
/146/
64
/97/
3.7
/8780/
90
/10/
83
/197/

Clean, Shaven (1995)
Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly sudden emotional shifts. During his quest, he runs afoul of the law and an ongoing murder investigation.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.1
/109897/
71
/6439/
73
/1344/
3.7
/854116/
89
/268/
79
/524/
75
/40/
cc age 16+

Bring Her Back (2025)
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
IMDb 88
7.3
/685510/
74
/34517/
72
/20033/
3.5
/2550939/
85
/391/
84
/6102/
69
/49/
cc age 15+

It (2017)
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/786/
65
/14/
70
/12/
3.5
/295/
90
/41/
77
/14/
72
/10/

Siddharth (2013)
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.9
/15930/
67
/482/
66
/280/
3.4
/15020/
100
/14/
76
/339/

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
poster
74
7.1
/77150/
70
/1589/
67
/1063/
3.5
/16844/
73
/160/
77
/5187/
65
/37/
cc age 17+

In the Valley of Elah (2007)
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
poster
74
6.8
/58861/
71
/2453/
69
/1342/
3.4
/110524/
94
/50/
70
/2062/
78
/25/
cc age 9+

The Witches (1990)
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?
poster
fuboTV
76
73
7.3
/11163/
72
/247/
72
/199/
3.9
/18455/
86
/14/
77
/165/
77
/11/

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
poster
73
6.8
/6065/
66
/99/
60
/76/
3.6
/3849/
82
/60/
70
/323/
79
/23/

Keane (2004)
William Keane is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus station, compulsively replaying the events of that fateful day, as if hoping to change the outcome.
poster
72
7.3
/159405/
73
/4003/
70
/2261/
3.9
/297926/
91
/65/
85
/4576/
69
/23/
cc age 14+

Raising Arizona (1987)
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/29622/
67
/1463/
66
/806/
3.4
/70187/
89
/198/
71
/149/
76
/37/
cc age 15+

Lady Macbeth (2016)
Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
72
7.1
/9449/
68
/286/
70
/183/
3.5
/6725/
92
/13/
76
/182/
77
/15/

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.3
/2733/
66
/299/
63
/90/
3.4
/4006/
93
/67/
62
/17/
71
/16/

Catch the Fair One (2022)
A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
poster
Disney Plus
71
6.9
/54847/
74
/2508/
69
/912/
3.3
/30215/
85
/33/
76
/2631/
64
/13/
cc age 10+

Flight of the Navigator (1986)
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
poster
Kanopy
80
70
7.5
/3229/
72
/75/
69
/66/
3.8
/5228/
93
/46/
85
/54/
91
/4/
cc age 9+

Little Fugitive (1953)
After a prank makes Joey Norton believe he killed his older brother, he runs away from home and spends the day at Coney Island while his brother tries to find him before their mother gets home.
poster
79
70
7.3
/5243/
73
/116/
69
/100/
3.9
/6641/
100
/13/
84
/39/

Taking Off (1971)
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
poster
74
70
7.2
/6437/
75
/261/
68
/110/
3.4
/5881/
75
/8/
87
/732/
cc age 5+

The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $100,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling ring!
poster
70
6.7
/37178/
67
/892/
68
/677/
3.5
/49970/
84
/19/
66
/942/

Dark Water (2002)
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
poster
MUBI
69
7.3
/24821/
72
/456/
72
/446/
3.9
/32119/
78
/27/
90
/818/
56
/15/

Betty Blue (1986)
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
poster
Peacock Premium
69
5.9
/82558/
61
/4989/
60
/1704/
3.0
/320465/
84
/335/
72
/1272/
72
/54/
cc age 16+

Candyman (2021)
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
poster
Kanopy
75
69
7.0
/24544/
74
/1161/
70
/599/
3.5
/9334/
100
/6/
69
/17/

A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.9
/92736/
70
/2465/
66
/1308/
3.3
/45747/
70
/113/
70
/2244/
67
/30/
cc age 16+

Stir of Echoes (1999)
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
poster
69
6.7
/108646/
69
/3836/
67
/1743/
3.7
/259508/
79
/82/
64
/3012/
61
/15/
cc age 16+

Candyman (1992)
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.


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