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

1. Saw X (2023)

R | 118 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.

Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand

Votes: 74,751

2. The Wonder (I) (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar

Votes: 44,352

3. Lou (I) (2022)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.

Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman

Votes: 33,563

4. Night of the Hunted (2023)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A woman stops at a remote gas station in the middle of the night and becomes the target of a sociopathic sniper with a secret vendetta.

Director: Franck Khalfoun | Stars: Jeremy Scippio, J. John Bieler, Monaia Abdelrahim, Abbe Andersen

Votes: 3,577

5. Festival of the Living Dead (2024)

88 min | Horror

While attending a festival to commemorate the original zombie attack, Ash and her friends encounter the living dead and must fight back or be devoured.

Directors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Stars: Ashley Moore, Andre Anthony, Camren Bicondova, Christian Rose

Votes: 312

6. Suburbicon (2017)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe

Votes: 47,240 | Gross: $5.78M

7. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester

Votes: 19,382 | Gross: $16.32M

8. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror

In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.

Director: Frank De Felitta | Stars: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith

Votes: 8,226

9. A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

To the outside world, Kathy is the very picture of a happy and fulfilled modern woman. She has a beautiful baby boy, a clever, handsome husband and a glamorous, high-powered job. But not ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Redwine | Stars: Lydia Wilson, Rupert Graves, Tuppence Middleton, Luke Roberts

Votes: 154

10. Burning Bright (2010)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A thriller centered on a young woman and her autistic little brother who are trapped in a house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane.

Director: Carlos Brooks | Stars: Briana Evigan, Charlie Tahan, Garret Dillahunt, Meat Loaf

Votes: 7,975

11. Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 11,710

12. Chowchilla (2023)

98 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

Go behind the headlines to explore the strangest mass kidnapping in history, with exclusive interviews from those who lived through it.

Director: Paul Solet | Stars: Alex Isles, Adrianna Acevedo, Taylor Box, Tate McMillan

Votes: 854

13. The Lineup (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche

Votes: 4,432

14. Defiance (1980)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An out-of work merchant seaman single-handedly tames a powerful street gang "The Souls" that has been terrorizing his neighborhood on New York City's Lower East Side.

Director: John Flynn | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Danny Aiello, Rudy Ramos

Votes: 1,406

15. Intruder (2020)

102 min | Mystery, Thriller

Seo-Jin is a popular architect. He suffers from a trauma when his younger sister Yoo-Jin went missing. 25 years after her disappearance, Yoo-Jin comes back to her family. Seo-Jin feels something is not right with Yoo-Jin.

Director: Sohn Won-Pyung | Stars: So Hee-jung, Lee Je-Yeon, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Mal-bok

Votes: 2,192

16. Pellet (2000)

88 min | Drama

Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.

Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón

Votes: 6,979

17. Home Invasion (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller

After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about trying to destroy her life.

Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Haylie Duff, Lisa Sheridan, Jason Brooks, C. Thomas Howell

Votes: 732

18. Lamb of God (2020)

114 min | Drama

Only a few priests and interns remain in a secluded run-down boys religious boarding school in North Argentina in 1961. Arrives Father Martin, who's intentions are not as clear as he claims they are.

Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Santiago Acevedo, Tino Leunda, Matias Benedetti, Emanuel Renzini

Votes: 107

19. They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (1993 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama

In a small California town, three young men decide to make money by hijacking a school bus full of children and demanding a ransom for the safe return of the kids.

Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Karl Malden, Tim Ransom, Travis Fine, Tom Hodges

Votes: 314

20. Yakari, a Spectacular Journey (2020)

TV-G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Little Sioux Yakari sets off to follow the trail of Little Lightning, a mustang. Yakari has a magical encounter with the Great Eagle, his totem animal, who gives him a beautiful feather and the gift of being able to speak with animals.

Directors: Xavier Giacometti, Toby Genkel | Stars: Mia Diekow, Oscar Douieb, Roman Rossa, Oliver Boettcher

Votes: 523

21. Secret Life of A Student (2021 TV Movie)

Thriller

High school teacher Lauren finds her life up side down when her job, the custody of her adopted daughter and even her safety is in danger when an angry student falsely claims to have had an affair with her.

Director: Jason James | Stars: Rhonda Dent, Kaden Connors, Stephen Adekolu, Justyna Bania

Votes: 146

22. Judge Dredd: Superfiend (2014)

TV-MA | Animation, Action, Crime

Six-part web series that presents an alternate take on the origins of Judge Dredd's arch-nemesis - a demonic creature known as Judge Death that sees life itself as a crime. Can Dredd survive a clash with such foe and save his niece?

Stars: Darin De Paul, Marc Graue, Damien C. Haas, Stephanie Sheh

Votes: 411

23. Ya ne vernus (2014)

110 min | Drama

A young woman who grew up in orphanage is longing to be loved, but does not have it in her to love others. Her teenage looks help her while falsely accused of committing a crime to hide in ... See full summary »

Directors: Ilmar Raag, Dmitry Sheleg | Stars: Polina Pushkaruk, Vika Lobachova, Andrey Astrakhantsev, Sergey Yatsenyuk

Votes: 1,109

24. Pollyanna (1920)

TV-G | 58 min | Family, Comedy, Drama

An orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.

Director: Paul Powell | Stars: Mary Pickford, Wharton James, Katherine Griffith, Helen Jerome Eddy

Votes: 510

25. Bootleggers (1974)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Details the lives of two feuding families of bootleggers, the Pruitts and the Woodalls, in rural 1920s and 1930s Arkansas.

Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Paul Koslo, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Jaclyn Smith

Votes: 184

26. Escape from Jupiter (1994– )

30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

At some point in the not too distant future, a mining and research colony is set up on Jupiter's moons, lo.

Stars: Steve Bisley, Arthur Dignam, Justin Rosniak, Daniel Taylor

Votes: 106

27. Frigid (2016)

15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

Exhausted by her newborn, a first-time mother's home becomes a trap as her husband's sinister intentions emerge.

Director: Joe Kicak | Stars: Heli Kennedy, Damon Runyan

Votes: 40

28. Robin (2008)

20 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Hanno Olderdissen | Stars: Mateo Wansing Lorrio, Franziska Jünger, Patrick von Blume, Sybille J. Schedwill

Votes: 34

29. Mickey's Rescue (1934)

18 min | Comedy, Short

On his brother's birthday, a wealthy couple adopts Mickey's kid brother. Mickey and his pals go to the city searching for him.

Director: Jesse Duffy | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Billy Barty, Douglas Scott, Marvin Stephens

Votes: 14

30. The Ex-Convict (1904)

Not Rated | 8 min | Drama, Short

A recently released prisoner struggles to support his family.

Director: Edwin S. Porter

Votes: 232

31. The White Sin (1924)

93 min | Drama, Romance

Smalltown runaway teen Hattie Lou is hired as maid for the Van Gore family, bound for the South Seas on their yacht. On board she falls for the son Spencer, who "marries" her in a mock wedding. A baby and hard times result from the union.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Madge Bellamy, John Bowers, Francelia Billington, Hallam Cooley

Votes: 31

32. La mujer judicial (1990)

91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Mexico, a dangerous but sexy female gang in black tights is hunted down by a sexy but courageous woman detective.

Director: Jesús Fragoso Montoya | Stars: Olivia Collins, Mario Almada, Arturo Peniche, Sergio Bustamante

Votes: 9

33. Strong Against Crime (1996 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary, Crime

Sanford Strong, a veteran of the San Diego Police Department, focuses his survival training on how to survive random acts of violence.

Director: Brian Gadinsky | Stars: Sanford Strong, Michael Bendall, Panya Chheng, Rick Herod

Votes: 8

34. Slunícko na houpacce (1981 TV Movie)

82 min | Drama, Family

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Director: Jirí Adamec | Stars: Marta Vancurová, Jirí Bartoska, Marek Mikulás, Petr Cepek

Votes: 15

35. A Family Affair (2023)

15 min | Short, Horror

A family celebrating Christmas in an isolated cabin in the woods hears a knock at the door. A woman pleads for help, saying her son has gone missing, and soon regret their offer of shelter from the snow storm.

Director: Kyle Mangione Smith | Stars: Wes Cannon, Toby Cleary, Allura Duffy, Mary Hronicek

36. Crack-Up (1934)

16 min | Adventure, Short, Western

Daredevil flyer David flirts with a waitress. An orphan accidentally takes off in a biplane requiring an aerial rescue. The villain reports a fake robbery and turns the orphan in to welfare workers, but a loyal dog saves the day.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Flash the Dog, David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger, William Desmond

Votes: 14

37. We Saw Zebras (2009)

Short

A young girl living with a heroin addict mother escapes into a fantasy world of imaginary friends, but in the process puts herself at serious risk of harm.

Director: Diana Liyanage | Stars: Jason Croot, Marysia Kay, Henrietta Nelson, Constanza Ruff

Votes: 7

38. An Overall Hero (1920)

12 min | Comedy, Short

A little girl and her chimp foil a plot to fix a horse race. When the crooks figure out who spoiled their plan, they set out to get revenge, only to be outsmarted by a kid and a monkey.

Director: William Campbell | Stars: Snooky, Arthur Nowell, Ida Mae McKenzie

Votes: 17

39. The Little Match Girl (1914)

9 min | Short, Drama

A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.

Director: Percy Nash | Star: John East

Votes: 34

40. Four Times Foiled (1920)

20 min | Short, Comedy

An uncle is cheated out of a heritage by his baby nephew. He and his conspirators plot to finish off the interloper.

Director: William Campbell | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Ida Mae McKenzie, Arthur Nowell, Snooky

41. Should a Girl Propose? (1926)

Drama

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Director: P.J. Ramster | Stars: Thelma Newling, Jean Murray, Cecil Pawley, Rex Simpson

42. Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931)

18 min | Comedy, Short

Mickey and his friends are [gasp!] in trouble again. This time, they try washing windows on a skyscraper, putting the gang in all sorts of danger.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Alexander, Billy Barty, Spencer Bell

Votes: 17

43. Due South (1994–1999)
Episode: The Promise (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Fraser and Ray attempt to track down a pair of pickpockets who stole an address book, that leads to everyone from the police to politicians to come after them in a cat and mouse chase with possibly deadly consequences.

Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Beau Starr, Daniel Kash

Votes: 93

44. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
Episode: Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too (1980)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Five little schoolgirls from Vermont ask Magnum to find their missing teacher.

Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 578

45. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Cry Wolf (1966)

TV-G | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Two young Australian boys inadvertently call out International Rescue on a false alert. Soon a second SOS call follows. The boys are probably up to their old tricks - but perhaps there is something more sinister involved

Director: David Elliott | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 140

46. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.3 (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Wendt makes every effort to ensure that Greta changes her statement regarding the attack on Benda. Despite Betty Winter's death, the filming continues. Helga makes a difficult decision.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 636

47. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: The Kids Are Alright (2007)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A strange death reported in the newspaper prompts Dean and Sam to find Lisa Braeden, a woman Dean had a weekend fling with about 8.75 years ago, only to find she has a son turning 8. While ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy, Kathleen Munroe

Votes: 5,873

48. Lisey's Story (2021)
Episode: Under the Yum-Yum Tree (2021)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The bool hunt leads Lisey to a moment from her past, when Scott shared a confession about his family and traumatic childhood.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan

Votes: 553

49. Boy Swallows Universe (2024)
Episode: Boy Gets Chop (2024)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lyle shows Eli and Gus around his workplace and introduces them to his boss, Tytus Broz. Later, a surprise visit to Eli's house leads to trouble.

Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Bryan Brown, Simon Baker, Deborah Mailman

Votes: 431

50. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Episode: Part VI (2022)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Obi-Wan is drawn into a confrontation with Vader, as Luke's fate hangs in the balance.

Director: Deborah Chow | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Vivien Lyra Blair, Kumail Nanjiani

Votes: 23,809