Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "missing-mother"

51. Missing Mom (2016)

85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography

Filmmaker Rob McCallum hits the road with his brother Chris Byford in search of their Mom who's been missing for almost 25 years.

Directors: Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris | Stars: Christopher Byford, Robert McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris

Votes: 453

52. Chase the Truth (2023– )

40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five years ago, the police dealt a heavy blow to the "Northwest Wolves" criminal group, but the leader Gu Mulan, the backbone "Lao Qiang", and the undercover agent Lin Ke sent by the police... See full summary »

Stars: Ziqi Wang, Yu Tian, Xiaotong Su, Yuan Du

Votes: 13

53. La maison des bois (1971)

360 min | Comedy, Drama

Realistic chronicle of everyday life during the Great War. A ranger collects in his family several Parisian children refugees because of the conflict. All share the life of the country village, the school, the news from the front.

Stars: Pierre Doris, Jacqueline Dufranne, Agathe Natanson, Hervé Lévy

Votes: 285

54. Nuclear Family (2020)

Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Summertime. Jules, 18 years old, seeks to live a first love, despite his troublesome, excentric mother.

Director: Faustine Crespy | Stars: Louka Minnella, Catherine Grosjean, Lohen Van Houtte, Syrus Shahidi

Votes: 282

55. Moon Phase (2004–2006)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

When Kouhei frees a cute vampire from a castle, she follows him home and starts causing trouble.

Stars: Chiwa Saitô, Hiroshi Kamiya, Monica Rial, Jason Liebrecht

Votes: 281

56. Daddy's Girl (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Mystery

Ten years after her mother's disappearance, a 17-year old girl starts to have disturbing thoughts about the event.

Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: Martin Kemp, Stephanie Leonidas, William Ash, Mickey Hughes

Votes: 105

57. Oseam (2003)

75 min | Animation, Family

Two orphans, Gamie, a young blind girl and her little brother Gil-sun, are taken in by a Buddhist monk. While the shy little girl finds her at ease at the temple, the enthusiastic and ... See full summary »

Director: Baek-yeob Seong

Votes: 744

58. Come Home Raquel (2011)

97 min | Drama

Raquel, a 13 year old living in Queens, NY, struggles to make sense of her life after the deportation of her parents. Things quickly change upon the arrival of a new teacher and the return of her young uncle.

Director: Illapa Sairitupac | Stars: Jamila Velazquez, Naomi McDougall Jones, Arturo Castro, Juan Villarreal

Votes: 42

59. We Once Were Tide (2011)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Set on the Isle of Wight, the film tells the story of Anthony and Kyle, and their last night together as Kyle moves away leaving Anthony to look after his terminally ill mother. Poetic in ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Bradbury | Stars: Alexander Scott, Tristan Bernays, Mandy Aldridge

Votes: 603

60. Un étrange voyage (1981)

95 min | Drama

A man walks a length of railroad track, looking for his elderly mother whom he believes fell from the train at some point. He brings his daughter along.

Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard, Dominique Besnehard

Votes: 216

61. The Key (1987)

76 min | Drama

A young boy is locked into his apartment when his mother goes out and must care for his baby brother and cope with various domestic catastrophes while his grandmother and a neighbor try to locate his mother or the key to the apartment.

Director: Ebrahim Forouzesh | Stars: Amir Mohammad Pourhassan, Mahnaz Ansarian, Abbas Jafari, Emad Taheri

Votes: 315

62. Hear Me (III) (2019)

Short, Drama

A teenage girl struggling with selective mutism works through her traumatic past in order to help her speak.

Director: Kevin M Turner | Stars: Eden Helston, Reggie Ridgway, Kristal Keith, Tara Haner

Votes: 27

63. Le petit roi (1933)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

In an imaginary country, Michel VIII is still a child but he is to reign when his time comes. Revolution threatens and the young monarch's entourage lies to him and even tries to get rid of him.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Robert Lynen, Arlette Marchal, Béatrice Bretty, Jean Toulout

Votes: 72

64. Christmas Crash (2009 Video)

90 min | Drama

An unhappily married couple reconnect after surviving a plane crash.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Michael Madsen, Alexandra Paul, Elyse Levesque, Melanie Papalia

Votes: 209

65. Outcasts (1986)

102 min | Drama, Romance

Ah-Ching, a young student gets cast off by his parents because he is gay. In a public park in Taipei he finds a group of other young gays and joins them to live in the house of a ... See full summary »

Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Yueh Sun, Ming-Ming Su, Hsin Shao, Wei-Hsin Chen

Votes: 78

66. WitchHaven (2017–2018)

Fantasy

Emilia, a young witch fleeing persecution, has been stranded in the present. Five years later on Halloween, a mysterious visitor leaves a clue to her lost mother's whereabouts. Along with ... See full summary »

Stars: Fleur Zanna, Audi Finn, Ric Amaya, Bersabell Melles

Votes: 14

67. G.O.D: Mezameyo to yobu koe ga kikoe (1996 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

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Director: Yuki Denda

Votes: 9

68. Les champs magnétiques (2020)

20 min | Short, Sci-Fi

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Director: Romain Daudet-Jahan | Stars: Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Oscar Pauleau

Votes: 12

69. Telling Nicholas (2002)

85 min | Documentary

A father wonders how to explain to his seven-year-old not only that his mother has died, but also the cruel way in which it happened.

Director: James Ronald Whitney | Stars: Nicholas Lanza, Thanbir Ahmed, Robert Lanza, James Ronald Whitney

Votes: 166

70. Stickin' Together (1978 TV Movie)

73 min | Adventure, Drama

Cuda Weber is a Hawaii beach bum who finds himself the surrogate uncle to five orphaned children and tries to keep them together as a group.

Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Clu Gulager, Sean Roche, Lory Walsh, Sean Marshall

Votes: 24

71. Goldie (1994 Video)

20 min | Short, Family

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Directors: Roswitha Haas, Ludwig Ickert | Star: Rainer Maria Ehrhardt

Votes: 34

72. Yanka y el espíritu del volcán (2018)

85 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A 13 year old girl named Yanka goes in the search for her mother whose been presumed dead in a dangerous forest.

Director: Iván Abello | Stars: Maite Lanata, Ezequiel Volpe, Juan Palomino, Enrique Dumont

Votes: 36

73. Supercar Gattiger (1977–1978)

22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Five race car drivers must use their special vehicles that can be joined to create the Gattiger, a 300 mph unstoppable solar-powered vehicle, to stop the Demon Empire, a crime syndicate that wants the Gattiger.

Stars: Akira Kamiya, Ken'ichi Ogata, Yû Mizushima, Saburô Kamei

Votes: 37

74. Ozhidaya (2008)

8 min | Animation, Short

A young elephant is waiting for his mother coming back home every day. And years after his mother is waiting for him to visit her.

Director: Vera Myakisheva

Votes: 11

75. Ilaw ng kahapon (2014 TV Movie)

Drama

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Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Julia Clarete, Gladys Reyes, Allan K, Dennis Trillo

76. Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland (2010 Video Game)

T | Family, Fantasy

Years after the events of the previous game, Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland, the poor kingdom of Arland has grown into a Republic. Due to the relatively weak Knights class, the ... See full summary »

Stars: Kaori Nazuka, Mai Kadowaki, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yûko Sanpei

Votes: 18

77. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Into Thin Air (1955)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

When a young woman leaves her ill mother in a Paris hotel room and comes back later, she finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny she and her mother were ever there.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Hitchcock, Geoffrey Toone, Alan Napier

Votes: 1,441

78. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode: Brain Child (1979)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

David 'Barnes' meets Joleen, a 16 year old genius who has escaped from an institute where she was being tested to find her mother.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Lynn Carlin

Votes: 180

79. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Debt (2004)

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

The detectives are stumped by cultural barrier when smugglers hold illegal Chinese immigrants captive.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,138

80. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Interface (1993)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Geordi is distracted by the news of the possible loss of his mother while he uses a new remote probe technology to search for a downed spacecraft.

Director: Robert Wiemer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 2,662

81. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Molly Kincaid Story (1963)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

After leaving St. Joseph, Hale tells everyone there are no Indians when in fact two escaped Comanches have stolen horses and shown up at the wagon train's first stop. There, the female wants to kill a man-her cowardly husband.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson

Votes: 115

82. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Homer Alone (1992)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

While Marge spends a couple of days at Rancho Relaxo after she has a breakdown, Bart and Lisa stay with Patty and Selma, and Homer stays at home to take care of Maggie.

Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,464

83. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: Bait (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team must stop a student, holding six classmates hostage, from detonating a bomb.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette

Votes: 911

84. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.728 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Quentin searches for Jenny. Nora has a vision of her mother in flames.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Louis Edmonds, Nancy Barrett, David Selby

Votes: 33

85. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)
Episode: Its Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Brooke buys Karens Cafe, and turns it into a Clothes Over Bro's boutique. Everyone goes to the opening of the store, including Brooke's Manager mother, who has seemed to track her down. Lucas and Peyton cause friction at the opening.

Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz

Votes: 350

86. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Buddy Emilio (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Emilio helps Marco get a job washing bottles after school. Marco's father Pietro buys him a world map and the two bond for the first time in a while.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 23

87. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Day of the Flight of the Hot-Air Balloon (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Marco once again considers going to Argentina. Emilio asks Renato to help Marco get to Argentina after having huge success with his ice cream sales.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 21

88. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Don't Go, Mother (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Nine-year-old Marco is thrilled to go on a family picnic, not knowing that it will be the last one before his mother Anna leaves Italy to work abroad.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Yoshiko Matsuo, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yukiko Nikaidô, Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Votes: 26

89. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Goodbye, Fiolina (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Joy over the group trip to Argentina is cut short when Renato goes back on his word. Marco gives Amedeo a letter for Anna and entrusts him to Peppino.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 20

90. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: I Hate You, Dad (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Marco wants to work to help his mother come home sooner, but his father won't listen.

Director: Isao Takahata | Star: Rocío Garcel

Votes: 22

91. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Marco's Payday (1976)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Marco has an ominous dream about his mother, and he worries when there is no new letter from her.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 22

92. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Marco, Genovese Boy (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A year has passed since Anna left. Marco thinks about becoming a postman after receiving a letter from her on the day his older brother visits home.

Director: Isao Takahata | Star: Rocío Garcel

Votes: 27

93. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Merry Peppino's Band (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Marco's monkey delights onlookers by dancing in the puppet show. Peppino the puppetmaster invites Marco to dinner to show his gratitude.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 21

94. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Mother's Buenos Aires (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Concetta goes out on the streets despite having a cold. Her symptoms worsen, but the family can't afford a doctor. Marco goes to the clinic for help.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 21

95. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Mother's Letter (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Fiorina must put on a show alone because everyone else is ill. Just as she gets safely through it with Marco's help, bad news arrives about Anna.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 21

96. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Small Ocean on the Roof (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Poor Marco can barely see the ocean from his new place. He goes from roof to roof to find a better view and meets Fiorina the puppeteer along the way.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 22

97. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Sorry, Dad (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

When Marco shows Pietro's friend the way to the hospital, he is touched to discover his father testing a new treatment on himself to save a patient.

Director: Isao Takahata

Votes: 21

98. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)
Episode: Sunday in the Port Town (1976)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Marco sets out on his first job to deliver an urgent letter for Gina. A fun day at the beach begins when he finally returns in the afternoon.

Director: Isao Takahata | Star: Rocío Garcel

Votes: 22

99. Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
Episode: Lady in the Lake (2020)

TV-MA | 48 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

On an icy night, police find JoAnn Romain's abandoned car and assume she drowned in a nearby lake by suicide. But her family suspects foul play.

Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: JoAnn Romain, Daniel Jensen, Michelle Romain, Kellie Romain

Votes: 655

100. The Great North (2021– )
Episode: My Fart Will Go On Adventure (2021)

TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

An unexpected guest RSVPs Wolf and Honeybee's wedding.

Directors: Will Strode, Tony Gennaro | Stars: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan

Votes: 226