Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dead-body-of-a-child"

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: 1,457,592 | Gross: $128.01M

2. Mortal Kombat (2021)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Director: Simon McQuoid | Stars: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim

Votes: 190,103 | Gross: $42.20M

3. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney

Votes: 319,981 | Gross: $73.34M

4. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Unrated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller

During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

Votes: 128,644 | Gross: $5.10M

5. Prom Night (1980)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin

Votes: 20,938 | Gross: $14.80M

6. Crimes of the Future (2022)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman

Votes: 40,734

7. Hostel: Part II (2007)

R | 94 min | Horror

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel and discover the grim reality behind it.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart

Votes: 96,026 | Gross: $17.61M

8. The Toxic Avenger (1984)

R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.

Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion

Votes: 32,180

9. Dead Silence (2007)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree

Director: James Wan | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman

Votes: 101,887 | Gross: $16.81M

10. Saw III (2006)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Jigsaw abducts a doctor in order to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen named Jeff through a brutal test.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh

Votes: 212,477 | Gross: $80.24M

11. Clown (2014)

R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize that it's cursed.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Andy Powers, Laura Allen, Peter Stormare, Christian Distefano

Votes: 26,320 | Gross: $0.06M

12. The Orphanage (2007)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera

Votes: 163,641 | Gross: $7.16M

13. Piranha (1978)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 24,725 | Gross: $6.00M

14. Trick 'r Treat (2007)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes

Votes: 104,646

15. Devil's Knot (2013)

Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, James Hamrick

Votes: 23,861

16. How I Live Now (2013)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird

Votes: 31,969 | Gross: $0.06M

17. Far from Home (1989)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage girl and her father driving cross-country become stranded when their car runs out of gas in a remote Nevada desert town and they're forced to stay in a dilapidated trailer park where a serial killer lurks.

Director: Meiert Avis | Stars: Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, Karen Austin

Votes: 2,344

18. Jude (1996)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

In late 1800s England, Jude plans to go to the city and attend university but marries early and becomes a stonemason. When his wife leaves, he moves to the city, where he befriends his liberal cousin Sue.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths

Votes: 11,120 | Gross: $0.41M

19. When They Cry (2006)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

The story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.

Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Yukari Tamura

Votes: 6,488

20. The Believers (1987)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia

Votes: 8,113 | Gross: $18.75M

21. 7 Days (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.

Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette

Votes: 8,647

22. Antibodies (2005)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte

Votes: 9,041

23. Devoured (2012)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Lourdes is a young woman that works at night cleaning a restaurant. All the money she made is for her son that lives in her hometown with her mother. We know very little about Lourdes son, ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Olliver | Stars: Marta Milans, Kara Jackson, Bruno Gunn, Tyler Hollinger

Votes: 1,755

24. Doomwatch (1972)

PG | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates

Votes: 1,179

25. Korczak (1990)

Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, War

The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala

Votes: 1,596

26. Sons of Ramses (2022)

98 min | Drama

A mastermind manipulator who runs a successful fortune-telling business has his life turned upside down with the arrival of a dangerous and elusive group of street children from Tangier, ... See full summary »

Director: Clément Cogitore | Stars: Karim Leklou, Jawad Outoui, Elyes Dkhissi, Yilin Yang

Votes: 343

27. Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU (2021)

Animation, Drama, Horror

Sequel and answer arcs to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou.

Stars: Yukari Tamura, Mika Kanai, Sôichirô Hoshi, Mai Nakahara

Votes: 441

28. The Bank (2001)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers

Votes: 2,991

29. El niño de barro (2007)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Police try to hunt down a serial killer in 1912 Buenos Aires.

Director: Jorge Algora | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Freire, César Bordón, Chete Lera

Votes: 783

30. Les silencieux (2022)

20 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

At the end of an unsuccessful fishing trip, a small trawler's desperate captain and crew ultimately agree they have to do something risky, but potentially lucrative, to change their fortune.

Director: Basile Vuillemin | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Thierry Barbet, Arnaud Duléry, François Gillerot

Votes: 47

31. Squizzy Taylor (1982)

97 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: David Atkins, Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell, Michael Long

Votes: 127

32. Project Nemesis

Thriller | Announced

When the DNA of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of vengeance, is merged with that of Maigo, a murdered little girl, the resulting trauma-fueled kaiju rampages from the backwoods of Maine to the streets of Boston in search of their killer.

33. Hierro (2009)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After her son goes missing, a broken mother returns months later to the island of El Hierro to identify a body. She finds out her son is not the only one missing.

Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Elena Anaya, Bea Segura, Mar Sodupe, Andrés Herrera

Votes: 3,399

34. A Test of Love (1984)

PG | 96 min | Drama

Due to an ignorant misdiagnosis, a three-year-old disabled girl was institutionalized and subsequently spent her entire childhood in a hospital for the severely retarded. A caring therapist helped her to prove her intellectual capability.

Director: Gil Brealey | Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Drew Forsythe, Liddy Clark, Monica Maughan

Votes: 184

35. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: 4x4 (2005)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a Hummer in the wrong way runs over an old Fiero, Grissom meets Capt. Brass to investigate the scene. He learns that the Hummer's driver has fled and the Fiero's driver is alive in the... See full summary »

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 813

36. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Blood Drops (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team is called to a suburban house where the whole family, except the two daughters, have been murdered with no apparent motive.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 1,347

37. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Compulsion (2005)

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

When the flight attendant Martha Krell is found dead and raped in her hotel room, Grissom, Greg, Sara and Capt. Brass investigate the case. They note that there is no luggage in the room ... See full summary »

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 794

38. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Crate 'n' Burial (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The search is on for a abducted woman while a hit and run death of a little girl is investigated.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox, Gary Dourdan

Votes: 1,138

39. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Forever (2003)

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

When a private jet lands after a party, they find the trainer Lori Hutchins dead apparently stomped by the horse in the cargo bay. Grissom, Catherine, Nick and Capt. Brass investigate the ... See full summary »

Director: David Grossman | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 764

40. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Justice Is Served (2001)

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

Catherine gets emotionally involved while investigating the death of a six-year old girl at a carnival. Grissom, Nick and Warick take on the case of a jogger who was apparently attacked by an animal who knows how to use a scalpel.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 978

41. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Last Laugh (2003)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While performing on the stage, the comedian Dougie Max dies. Grissom, Catherine and Capt. Brass investigate the case and Grissom and his team conclude that he was poisoned by the expensive ... See full summary »

Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 805

42. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Lucky Strike (2003)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man driving with a wooden stake in his head dies in front of a casino.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 780

43. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: No Humans Involved (2004)

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

Grissom, Sofia and Greg investigate a gang shooting with two victims. Out of the blue, Greg finds the body of a young boy dumped in a trash bin. Sara and David Phillips join the ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 768

44. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Random Acts of Violence (2003)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Matt Phelps sends his two kids to bed, and out of the blue, there is a drive-by shooting and his daughter Aimee is shot and killed in her bed. Grissom, Warrick and Capt. Brass investigate ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 802

45. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Broken (2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A mother loses sight of her daughter Ruthie for a few seconds only later to find that her little girl is now dead at the hand of a pedophile. As the investigation continues, the detectives ... See full summary »

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 579

46. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Slaughterhouse (2002)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A bloodied toddler walks down a street. Back at her house, her mother and three brothers are found dead. The only other survivor is her father who has a gunshot wound on his back.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 572

47. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Corporate Warriors (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Three cases. A murder during the Feast of San Gennaro with ties to a financial services company. A body sitting upright on a Central Park bench. An apartment fire where a 10-year-old boy is dead of smoke inhalation.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 337

48. Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode: A Perfect Day (2005)

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

The remains of a small girl are found under a bridge. The story goes back to the 60's and turns out the girl has a twin sister still alive. A sad family story begins to unravel.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford

Votes: 605

49. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Fluency (2005)

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

Sixteen people die from influenza after they received counterfeit flu vaccine shots. New A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia helps Jack McCoy prosecute the responsible party for manslaughter.

Director: Matthew Penn | Stars: Dennis Farina, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 271

50. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Killerz (1999)

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

A 10-year-old girl may be responsible for the murder of a little boy in her neighborhood.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 430