Most Popular Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Movies and TV Shows

1. The Politician (2019– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama

Payton Hobart, a student from Santa Barbara, has known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States. But first he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School.

Stars: Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Julia Schlaepfer

Votes: 15,566

2. It (I) (2017)

14A | 135 min | Horror

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis

Votes: 438,401 | Gross: $327.48M

3. The Sixth Sense (1999)

14A | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams

Votes: 889,693 | Gross: $293.51M

4. Everything, Everything (2017)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.

Director: Stella Meghie | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera

Votes: 31,155 | Gross: $34.00M

5. Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

82 min | Documentary, Crime

In this documentary, the murder of Deedee Blanchard by her daughter Gypsey Rose is explored, as well as the circumstances leading up to the event.

Director: Erin Lee Carr | Stars: Jim Arnott, David Blanchard, Dee Dee Blanchard, Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Votes: 7,214

6. The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

PG | 108 min | Mystery, Thriller

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul

Votes: 13,164

7. Frágiles (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

At her new job in a rundown children's hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random, mysterious attacks.

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones

Votes: 15,437

8. Gypsy's Revenge (2018 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

The story of the mother and daughter relationship of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard.

Director: Jesse Vile | Stars: Dee Dee Blanchard, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Rod Blanchard, Aleah Woodmansee

Votes: 237

9. 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: 2,363

10. A Child's Cry for Help (1994 TV Movie)

110 min | Drama

A recently-widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. A loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that something is wrong and theorizes that... See full summary »

Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Pam Dawber, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Lisa Jakub

Votes: 223

11. Donovan Slacks (2007)

96 min | Drama, Romance

A 1920s hospital patient (re)discovers the terrible secret of his past - determined to break free and win the woman he loves, the man silenced all his life leads an uprising against the government.

Director: Kivmars Bowling | Stars: Ashley Penrose, Lisa Payne, Frank Tucker, Pam Irving

Votes: 16

12. The Quietest Sound (2006)

75 min | Drama

Two unseen detectives turn on a camcorder to record their conversation with Elizabeth (Catherine E. Johnson), whose 4-year-old daughter, Chloe (Eleanor Koster) is missing. For 75 minutes ... See full summary »

Director: James Vculek | Stars: Catherine E. Johnson, Michael Tezla, Chris Carlson, Nicholas Koster

Votes: 25

13. Nurses Who Kill (2016– )
Episode: Beverley Allitt (2016)

43 min | Documentary, Crime

The series begins by examining the case of Allitt, a nurse on the children's ward of a hospital in Lincolnshire. She poisoned a string of young patients under her care over the course of 59 days in 1991, murdering four.

Director: Chris Jury | Stars: Angie Adler, Andrew Bryan, Ethan Taylor, Paul Jones

Votes: 21

14. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Beverley Allitt: The Angel of Death (2012)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

Former colleagues, relatives of victims, and police share their thoughts and reminiscences of the nurse who came to be known as the "Angel of Death".

Directors: Tim Williams, Greg Goff | Stars: Christopher Slade, Michelle Billingsley, Stuart Clifton, David Crampton

Votes: 8

15. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Broken Bond (1998)

G | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

When a two-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital suffering from brain seizures and breathing difficulties, doctors could not find the cause of his illness. Then the boy's sister provided ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Randell Alexander, Thomas Bennett, Terry Collins

Votes: 38

16. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: Forever on the Mind (2005)

68 min | Crime, Drama

Henry defends a nurse accused of murdering an elderly patient who added her to his will two day before his death. Unfortunately, she's determined to speak out and clear her name no matter what Henry says.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Jennifer Ellison, Emma Pierson, Mark Dexter, Tim Berrington

Votes: 18

17. Law & Order (1990–2010)
Episode: Precious (1994)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A false kidnapping claim leads to the prosecution of a married couple after detectives discover that three of their infants have died under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 155

18. Betoolot (2014– )
Episode: Pressure Chamber (2015)

Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Adam Sanderson | Stars: Magi Azarzar, Sasson Gabai, Alon Aboutboul, Roy Nik

19. Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997– )
Episode: Sad Mother (1998)

23 min | Crime

For twenty five years a woman receives the sympathy of family and friends for the tragic sudden deaths of each of her five small children. Can good forensic science expose bad medical science to solve an unthinkable crime?

Directors: Alan Goluboff, Alan Gough, Richard Meech | Stars: Graham Greene, Karen Waddell, Domenico Fiore, Heather Hodgson

20. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: Tapped Out (2020)

18A | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

While preparing to star in a school play about Oedipus, Steve is shocked to discover that Francine is secretly still feeding him breast milk, so she tricks him into thinking that he can't function without it. Chaos ensues.

Directors: Rodney Clouden, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 131

21. Wire in the Blood (2002–2009)
Episode: The Colour of Amber (2007)

14A | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When an 11-year old girl is seen being dragged into a car kicking and screaming, the police issue an Amber alert. As the minutes and hours pass by, they know their chances of rescuing the ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Hoar | Stars: Antoinette Carr, Montserrat Roig de Puig, William Key, Robson Green

Votes: 188

22. The Detour (2016–2019)
Episode: The Sister (2019)

21 min | Adventure, Comedy

Nate and Robin head to Ithaca expecting to find their daughter but find a new family member instead.

Director: Brennan Shroff | Stars: Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll

Votes: 86