Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ward-of-the-state"

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 495,230 | Gross: $102.52M

2. From Hell (2001)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 164,304 | Gross: $31.60M

3. A Promise (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray

Votes: 4,520

4. I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama

Regina Louise, an abandoned black child, is placed in a home where she demonstrates anger issues. Jeanne Kerr, a white counselor, empathizes with her and they form a bond which leads to a ... See full summary »

Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Angela Fairley, Sherri Saum, Monique Coleman

Votes: 567

5. South Central (1992)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama

A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.

Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham, Vincent Craig Dupree

Votes: 6,723 | Gross: $1.37M

6. Born Innocent (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

A young girl runs away from her abusive family and ends up in a girls' juvenile detention center, where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.

Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Linda Blair, Joanna Miles, Allyn Ann McLerie, Mary Murphy

Votes: 1,191

7. Any Day Now (I) (2012)

R | 98 min | Drama

In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.

Director: Travis Fine | Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher

Votes: 6,575 | Gross: $0.20M

8. Sally (2000)

R | 79 min | Drama, Romance

An imaginary dream woman is the object of desire for a drifter and an escaped mental patient.

Director: David Goldsmith | Stars: Michael Weston, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Goldsmith, Fatmir Haskaj

Votes: 235

9. My Sweet Killer (1999)

R | 78 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A psychotic man stops taking his medication and goes on a killing spree after having bloody visions.

Director: Justin Dossetti | Stars: Kirk Harris, Jack Rubio, Clifton Collins Jr., Art Chudabala

Votes: 385

10. Troe protiv vsekh (I) (2002– )

44 min | Drama, Romance

After their father is lost at sea and their mother falls into a coma, three young siblings struggle against all to hold their family together.

Stars: Galina Polskikh, Natalya Antonova, Yuriy Chursin, Olga Arntgolts

Votes: 28

11. Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime (2017)

47 min | Documentary

A chronicle of the life of Marilyn Monroe, told through some of her most personal possessions as they are put up for auction.

Director: Patrick Reams | Stars: Lois Banner, Ellen Burstyn, Amber Butchart, Sarah Churchwell

Votes: 59

12. Northern Neighbors (1941)

Approved | 9 min | Short, News

This Variety View short visits Canada to witness the training of pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the famous fisherman's paradise in Ontario. A visit is paid to Niagara Falls, ... See full summary »

Directors: Thomas Mead, Joseph O'Brien | Stars: Ed Herlihy, The Dionne Quintuplets, Allan R. Dafoe, Annette Dionne

13. The Guardian (2001–2004)
Episode: Mothers of the Disappeared (2002)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Friendly gay judge Stanton, who once let Nick off with community service, is promoted to federal judge, but a heart attack soon kills him. Nick minds Stanton's dog, Burton remembers his ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Charles Malik Whitfield

Votes: 125

14. The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Lockdown Mayhem (2020 Podcast Episode)

56 min | News, Talk-Show

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Star: Ben Shapiro

15. OBF (2020– )
Episode: Why France Hides Countries Outside Its Borders (2021)

13 min | Documentary

France still (2021) lays claim to hundreds of islands around the world with even more time zones than Russia making France a global empire. It also means that the Euorpean Union extends ... See full summary »

Star: Oliver Bahl

16. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode: I Remember Her Now (2017)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The body of a 15-year-old girl is found crushed in an abandoned building after she runs away from a treatment center for troubled girls. Voight sends Halstead undercover as a guard to work ... See full summary »

Director: David Rodriguez | Stars: Jason Beghe, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer, Patrick John Flueger

Votes: 592