Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "attempted-child-murder"

1. Angel (1999–2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption.

Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards

Votes: 75,928

2. Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance

Votes: 164,086 | Gross: $50.02M

3. Malice (1993)

R | 107 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches art, Andy's a college dean. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth

Votes: 27,447 | Gross: $46.04M

4. Walkabout (1971)

GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon

Votes: 27,384 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.

Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman

Votes: 43,994 | Gross: $21.93M

6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Unrated | 83 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas

Votes: 40,524 | Gross: $0.61M

7. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1988)

Unrated | 29 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the lion, Aslan.

Stars: Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook, Jonathan R. Scott, Sophie Wilcox

Votes: 6,512

8. Sometimes They Come Back (1991 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A man and his family return to his hometown, where he is then harassed by teenagers who died when he was a kid.

Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral

Votes: 12,046

9. Streets of Laredo (1995)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Western

Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern railroad baron to track down Joey Garza, a new breed of killer.

Stars: James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Ned Beatty

Votes: 2,305

10. Cloak & Dagger (1984)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra

Votes: 8,386 | Gross: $9.72M

11. Godsend (2004)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned, under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen several years after his rebirth.

Directors: Frank M. Calo, Nick Hamm | Stars: Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Cameron Bright

Votes: 26,488 | Gross: $14.38M

12. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.

Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr

Votes: 47,143 | Gross: $11.64M

13. Bloody Birthday (1981)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny

Votes: 5,688

14. Clownhouse (1989)

R | 81 min | Horror

Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.

Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West

Votes: 5,124

15. Alone in the Dark (1982)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 7,004

16. Cop & ½ (1993)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

After witnessing a murder, a young boy named Devon refuses to testify unless he is given the chance to be a policeman.

Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor

Votes: 9,223 | Gross: $31.89M

17. Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)

R | 105 min | Horror

A fashion photographer exposes his demented childhood and zooms his evil lens on the oldest profession under the moon, in quite possibly the most notorious serial killer film ever made.

Director: Nick Palumbo | Stars: Sven Garrett, Cerina Vincent, Tony Todd, Gunnar Hansen

Votes: 4,504

18. Josh and S.A.M. (1993)

PG-13 | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

After their parent's divorce, 12-year-old Josh and 7-year-old Sam decide to go on an underage road trip. Sick of being ferried between their distant mother and remarried father, Josh and his brother steal a car and set out for Canada.

Director: Billy Weber | Stars: Jacob Tierney, Noah Fleiss, Martha Plimpton, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 1,643 | Gross: $1.53M

19. A Woman's Face (1941)

Passed | 106 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen

Votes: 3,793

20. Hallowed Ground (2007 Video)

83 min | Horror, Thriller

When her car breaks down in a small town, Liz Chambers (Jaimie Alexander) meets journalist Sarah Austin (Hudson Leick), who tells her about the town's bloodthirsty past. A hundred years ago... See full summary »

Director: David Benullo | Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Brian McNamara, Ethan Phillips, Chloë Grace Moretz

Votes: 1,599

21. Inner Sanctum (1948)

Approved | 62 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery

A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Billy House, Dale Belding

Votes: 1,170

22. Jack-O (1995)

R | 88 min | Horror

A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly's family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Latshaw | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Maddisen K. Krown, Gary Doles, Ryan Latshaw

Votes: 1,610

23. Reunion (1994 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

When a woman loses her child, this traumatic event takes her to the edge of sanity. However, the child suddenly appears which is impossible... or is it?

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Peter Strauss, Frances Sternhagen, Courtney Chase

Votes: 189

24. Glass House: The Good Mother (2006 Video)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Young siblings Abby and Ethan are adopted by outwardly perfect parents Eve and Raymond Goode, only to find that that their new guardian's remote mansion is far from the idyllic abode that it initially appears to be.

Director: Steve Antin | Stars: Angie Harmon, Joel Gretsch, Jordan Danger, Bobby Coleman

Votes: 2,829

25. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells

Votes: 533

26. Allah-Rakha (1986)

160 min | Action, Drama

Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is ... See full summary »

Director: Ketan Desai | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Shammi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet Chatterjee

Votes: 180

27. Ram Shastra (1995)

Action, Drama

Ram Sinha doesn't know that he can re-write his destiny by joining the police force, and at the same time make an enemy with a criminal don named Dhonga the Great. Dhonga swears to avenge ... See full summary »

Director: Sanjay Gupta | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Bhatnagar, Aditya Pancholi

Votes: 111

28. Khiladi 420 (2000)

Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

Dev, a conman, gets killed by his wife Ritu, after she learns that the former is a debt-ridden thug who married her only to repay his debts. Her life turns upside down when she meets Anand, Dev's identical twin brother.

Director: Neeraj Vora | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Mahima Chaudhry, Antara Mali, Sudhanshu Pandey

Votes: 2,092 | Gross: $0.03M

29. Ajooba (1990)

178 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power himself but the real crown prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his homeland to avenge his parents as a masked vigilante 'Ajooba'.

Directors: Shashi Kapoor, Gennadiy Vasilev | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sonam

Votes: 1,459

30. Tohfa (1984)

159 min | Drama, Romance

Two sisters fall for the same man. One of them sacrifices her love but she is carrying a secret.

Director: K. Raghavendra Rao | Stars: Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Aruna Irani

Votes: 197

31. Bombay 405 Miles (1980)

164 min | Comedy, Action

Ranveer Singh's family is killed by his adopted brother Veer Singh mistakenly Veer Singh's man kill Sonu daughter of Masterji thinking she is Munni daughter of Ranveer Singh.Kishen a con ... See full summary »

Director: Brij | Stars: Zeenat Aman, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Amjad Khan

Votes: 109

32. Pasivadi Pranam (1987)

140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Madhu (Chiranjeevi) is a painter who becomes a drunkard since his wife is killed immediately after their marriage in an accident. He leads a careless life until a kid (Baby Sujitha) who is ... See full summary »

Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Vijayshanti, Raghuvaran, Tiger Prabhakar

Votes: 420

33. Spree (II) (2015)

70 min | Crime, Horror

Seeking fulfillment, a young drifter forgoes isolation to embark on a year-long murder spree.

Director: Henry Chastain | Stars: Connor Maginnis, Cyrus Westerlund, Noah Dean Davenport, Brett Fike

Votes: 99

34. Tum Haseen Main Jawan (1970)

148 min | Comedy, Romance

Sunil is an army officer, and has had numerous affairs with a number of attractive young women. One day he meets with beautiful Anuradha, and falls in love with her. Anuradha too loves him,... See full summary »

Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Rajendranath Malhotra, Helen

Votes: 114

35. A Modern Thelma (1916)

50 min | Drama

An English aristocrat visiting Norway falls in love with Thelma, daughter of a Viking-like Norse landowner, and this first part is an idyllic story. He marries her and takes her to England.... See full summary »

Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Vivian Martin, Harry Hilliard, William H. Tooker, Albert Roccardi

36. Ghatotkachudu (1995)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A young girl is targetted for murder by greedy relatives, but protected by a second-tier Hindu God!

Directors: S.V. Krishna Reddy, Ranga Rao Kurra | Stars: Kaikala Satyanarayana, Roja, Mohammad Ali, Nikhita

Votes: 123

37. Sambahin ang ngalan mo (1981)

Action, Drama

IN HIS FATHER'S NAME, HONOR, AND MEMORY, HE RELENTLESSLY PURSUES JUSTICE.

Director: Pablo Santiago | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Rosemarie de Vera, Tetchie Agbayani, Eddie Garcia

Votes: 17

38. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: Well Schooled in Murder (2002)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: John Sessions, Lisa Stevenson, Curtis Woodruff, Paul Herzberg

Votes: 575

39. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
Episode: Bad Blood (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Alice learns her father is in Wonderland and they start healing their relationship; young Jafar is distressed by his mother's death.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby

Votes: 265