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

1. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,453,810 | Gross: $128.01M

2. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau

Votes: 60,476 | Gross: $0.29M

3. Frankenstein (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles

Votes: 79,621

4. Mirrors (I) (2008)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Cameron Boyce

Votes: 113,668 | Gross: $30.69M

5. Mikey (1992)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A seemingly sweet and innocent little boy causes murder and mayhem in his new neighborhood and falls for the teenage girl next door.

Director: Dennis Dimster | Stars: Brian Bonsall, Josie Bissett, Ashley Laurence, Mimi Craven

Votes: 3,270

6. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Lim Ji-eun

Votes: 75,059 | Gross: $0.05M

7. The Joy Luck Club (1993)

R | 139 min | Drama

The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin

Votes: 18,219 | Gross: $32.86M

8. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

R | 112 min | Drama

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus

Votes: 36,714 | Gross: $3.25M

9. So Long, My Son (2019)

185 min | Drama

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Mei Yong, Xi Qi, Roy Wang

Votes: 5,265

10. Dementia 13 (1963)

Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller

A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel

Votes: 8,976

11. Turtles Can Fly (2004)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, War

Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Votes: 20,740 | Gross: $0.26M

12. Snow Angels (I) (2007)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Jeannetta Arnette

Votes: 13,148 | Gross: $0.40M

13. House (2008)

R | 88 min | Horror

In rural Alabama, two couples find themselves in a fight for survival. Running from a maniac (The Tin Man) bent on killing them, they flee deep into the woods and seek refuge in a house.

Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Reynaldo Rosales, Heidi Dippold, Michael Madsen, Julie Ann Emery

Votes: 6,108 | Gross: $0.57M

14. Spiral (1998)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi

Votes: 3,971

15. Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)

TV-14 | 87 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror

When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl.

Director: Dominic James | Stars: Maria Bello, Sophie Nélisse, Callum Keith Rennie, Isabelle Nélisse

Votes: 624

16. Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU (2020–2021)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Horror

Keiichi Maebara is in his new home in the peaceful Hinamizawa village, making friends with girls from school. He's here for a big festival. But something about this town seems off, with that fear what dark secrets can this small town hide?

Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Yukari Tamura, Mai Nakahara, Emi Lo

Votes: 773

17. The Crown Jewels (2011)

120 min | Drama

When she's arrested for attempting to murder the son of a factory owner, Fragancia spins a tale of love and betrayal that began in her youth.

Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Bill Skarsgård, Loa Falkman, Noah Byström

Votes: 2,938

18. St. Agatha (2018)

TV-MA | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

In the 1950s in small-town Georgia, a pregnant young woman named Agatha seeks refuge in a convent.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Carolyn Hennesy, Hannah Fierman, Courtney Halverson, Lindsay Seim

Votes: 6,178

19. One Missed Call 2 (2005)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery

A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?

Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Rie Mimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Chisun, Asaka Seto

Votes: 3,624

20. La petite bande (2022)

106 min | Comedy

The adventures of a group of passionate and fearless young children. One girl and four boys.

Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Paul Belhoste, Mathys Clodion-Gines, Aymé Medeville, Colombe Schmidt

Votes: 326

21. Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

Terry and Peter Stillwell enjoy a close friendship with their next-door neighbors Donna and Hank Bolen. Their children have grown up running through each other's houses and both families ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: Michael Tucker, Kevin Dobson, Belinda Montgomery, Karen Austin

Votes: 62

22. The Current (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Family

Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the ... See full summary »

Director: Nikita Zubarev | Stars: B. Bradenton Harper, Quintin Walker, Chaos Bebault, Susan Brava

Votes: 262

23. Valiant Hearts (2021)

92 min | Drama

In August 1942, during World War II, six Jewish children flee the Nazi regime and go to find refuge in Chambord, where the artwork from the Louvre is being stored.

Director: Mona Achache | Stars: Camille Cottin, Maé Roudet Rubens, Léo Riehl, Ferdinand Redouloux

Votes: 90

24. Circle of Eight (2009)

Unrated | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Jessica moves into a loft on the eighth floor of a Los Angeles apartment building called The Dante. The other tenants all seem friendly at first, but when she starts witnessing horrible ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: John Bishop, Kirk Bovill, Ryan Doom, Austin Highsmith Garces

Votes: 2,042

25. Rule Number One (2008)

95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

An action-thriller that follows the events that occur after a man calls the police to let them know of the mysterious presence in his house.

Director: Kelvin Tong | Stars: Shawn Yue, Ekin Cheng, Stephanie Che, Renee Lee

Votes: 788

26. Decalogue (2011)

91 min | Drama

An unemployed man opens a Church to live from the tithes. A teenager sells her body to buy the things her mother cannot buy for her. A young girl, sexually abused by her father, cannot ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Rodriguez | Stars: Miguel Paneke, Armando Naranjo, Bonnie Calean, Harry Marsh

Votes: 48

27. Meidän poikamme (1929)

102 min | Drama

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Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Axel Slangus, Waldemar Wohlström, Olga Leino, Birgit Sergelius

Votes: 42

28. Honeymoon (1956)

93 min | Comedy, Romance

Lyudochka Odintsova, a graduate of the medical institute, the best singer and dancer of the course, wishing to stay in Leningrad, is marrying a Leningrad-based bridge engineer Alexey ... See full summary »

Director: Nadezhda Kosheverova | Stars: Lyudmila Kasatkina, Pavel Kadochnikov, Tatyana Pankova, Pavel Sukhanov

Votes: 111

29. Explosionen av en badring (2020)

10 min | Short, Drama

The dissolution of a family in 10 minutes.

Director: Tommi Seitajoki | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Elmer Bäck, Elwa Höglund, Toni Väisänen

Votes: 65

30. Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode: The Choices We Make (2002)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The crew has visions of people asking them if they believe that anything is possible. This leads to Chuck and Neil confronting a painful memory, Sarah dealing with her son's cancer and Kurt and Angela seeing the future they could've had.

Director: Peter Weller | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva

Votes: 86

31. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Forever (2006)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

A dad kisses his wife and baby goodbye before leaving for work, pukes and returns to find his wife with seizure in the bathtub and the baby under water. Foreman is back but changed.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 2,847

32. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode: Dream Cruise (2007)

TV-MA | 87 min | Horror

Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all.

Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Daniel Gillies, Thom Irvine, Ethan Amis, Maky Soler

Votes: 1,764

33. The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
Episode: Daedalus & Icarus (1991)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus flee from the wicked King Minos with the aid of Daedalus's man-made wings, but will Icarus heed his father's advice?

Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson, Derek Jacobi, Ian Hawkes

Votes: 136

34. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Beat the Devil (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Lightman is convinced that one of his former protégé's students is a sociopath connected to a woman's disappearance, but everyone else is skeptical. Meanwhile, Torres and Loker help a high school teacher who thinks he saw an UFO.

Director: Vahan Moosekian | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 1,058

35. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Shattered (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A delusional and grief-stricken mother, distraught over the botched kidnapping that resulted in the death of the son she was trying to take away from his father, shoots Dr. Warner and creates a hostage situation in the morgue.

Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T

Votes: 928

36. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Episode: Broken Trust (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Police get closer to the killer of a family after a little boy's body is found floating.

Directors: Jean Guy Bureau, Greg Francis, Tracy Johnson | Stars: Bray Poor, Laura Rikard, Cathy Baker, Mark Baker

Votes: 14

37. Mundo de fieras (2006–2007)
Episode: Accidente mortal (2006)

44 min | Drama, Romance

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Directors: Alberto Díaz, Édgar Ramírez | Stars: César Évora, Edith González, Ernesto Laguardia, Gaby Espino

38. 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: 262

39. Midnight Sun (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2016)

54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anders receives information about another murder, and is becoming increasingly concerned about Kahina's whereabouts.

Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Olivier Gourmet, Denis Lavant

Votes: 182