Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "child-murders-an-adult"

1. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

R | 229 min | Crime, Drama

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams

Votes: 377,647 | Gross: $5.32M

2. Logan (2017)

R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook

Votes: 831,172 | Gross: $226.28M

3. Kick-Ass (2010)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Garrett M. Brown

Votes: 593,233 | Gross: $48.07M

4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston

Votes: 530,422 | Gross: $179.88M

5. Hostel (2005)

R | 94 min | Horror

Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova

Votes: 190,943 | Gross: $47.33M

6. Brightburn (2019)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

Director: David Yarovesky | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Abraham Clinkscales

Votes: 107,787 | Gross: $17.30M

7. Let the Right One In (2008)

R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl

Votes: 226,744 | Gross: $2.12M

8. Halloween (2007)

R | 109 min | Horror

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif

Votes: 130,581 | Gross: $58.27M

9. Children of the Corn (1984)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.

Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin

Votes: 57,323 | Gross: $14.57M

10. The Blackcoat's Daughter (I) (2015)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.

Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar

Votes: 25,983 | Gross: $0.02M

11. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)

Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova

Votes: 2,337

12. Pieces (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom

Votes: 12,820 | Gross: $2.03M

13. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine

Votes: 64,402

14. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.

Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman

Votes: 18,082

15. Automata (I) (2014)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.

Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith

Votes: 59,392

16. The Bad Seed (1956)

Approved | 129 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Gage Clarke, Jesse White

Votes: 15,769

17. Cloak & Dagger (1984)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra

Votes: 8,368 | Gross: $9.72M

18. Pixote (1980)

TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama

The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino

Votes: 9,230

19. Bloody Birthday (1981)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

Director: Ed Hunt | Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny

Votes: 5,666

20. It's Alive (1974)

PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell

Votes: 8,977

21. The Boogey Man (1980)

R | 82 min | Horror

Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder.

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James, Nicholas Love

Votes: 5,105 | Gross: $4.50M

22. The Children (2008)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley

Votes: 19,029

23. Home Movie (II) (2008)

R | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

In the remote woods of Upstate New York, David and Clare Poe are attempting to live an idyllic life. However, their twin children's bizarre behavior might just tear the family apart.

Director: Christopher Denham | Stars: Lucian Maisel, Cady McClain, Adrian Pasdar, Amber Joy Williams

Votes: 4,839

24. Daughters of Eve (1985)

TV-MA | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young woman chooses celibacy, turns to religion, and demonizes men in order to control her intense sexual desire. Her sister suddenly visits her seaside village, which opens many old wounds and leads to tragedies.

Director: Elwood Perez | Stars: Sarsi Emmanuelle, Maria Isabel Lopez, Myra Manibog, Mark Joseph

Votes: 1,330

25. Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)

R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Giancarlo Prete, Fred Williamson, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis

Votes: 3,092

26. The Day (I) (2011)

R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror

A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Brianna Barnes, Ashley Bell, Brayden Edwards

Votes: 13,305 | Gross: $0.02M

27. Escape from the Bronx (1983)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'Obici, Giancarlo Prete

Votes: 3,035 | Gross: $1.41M

28. What We Become (2015)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.

Director: Bo Mikkelsen | Stars: Benjamin Engell, Troels Lyby, Mille Dinesen, Ella Solgaard

Votes: 4,273

29. Peopletoys (1974)

R | 88 min | Horror

After five deranged children are involved in a bus wreck they start killing people at the lodge who insulted them or were rude to them.

Directors: Sean MacGregor, David Sheldon | Stars: Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Taylor Lacher, Joan McCall

Votes: 1,896

30. Celia (1989)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An imaginative and somewhat disturbed young girl fantasizes about evil creatures and other oddities to mask her insecurities while growing up in rural Australia.

Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Victoria Longley, Mary-Anne Fahey

Votes: 1,499

31. Hansel and Gretel (2007)

TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.

Director: Pil-sung Yim | Stars: Cheon Jeong-myeong, Eun Won-jae, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Ji-hee

Votes: 4,945

32. Food of the Gods II (1989)

R | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Horror

A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.

Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Paul Coufos, Lisa Schrage, Réal Andrews, Stuart Hughes

Votes: 1,412

33. Penny Dreadful (2013)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.

Director: Shane Atkinson | Stars: Oona Laurence, David H. Stevens, Marnie Schulenburg, Rick Zahn

Votes: 260

34. The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

R | 103 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In the year 3000, the Earth has been rendered a desert by nuclear war. A group of survivors goes in search of rare and valuable water, but standing in their way are the evil Exterminators, who live only to cause pain and misery.

Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, Luciano Pigozzi, Eduardo Fajardo

Votes: 1,330

35. Preservation (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

An anesthesiologist must awaken her animal instincts when she, her husband and her brother-in-law become the quarry of unseen hunters who want to turn them all into trophies.

Director: Christopher Denham | Stars: Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Cody Saintgnue

Votes: 6,057

36. Let's Be Evil (2016)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A vision of augmented reality.

Director: Martin Owen | Stars: Sophie Willis, Jules Brown, Elizabeth Morris, Chase Bowman

Votes: 5,583

37. The Mad Room (1969)

M | 93 min | Drama, Horror

Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Skip Ward, Carol Cole

Votes: 627

38. Partisan (2015)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

Alexander, a boy who has been raised in a sequestered commune, finds that his increasing unwillingness to fall in line puts him on a collision course with Gregori, the society's charismatic and domineering leader.

Director: Ariel Kleiman | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara, Esther Blaser-Tokarev

Votes: 4,180

39. Deadline (1980)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Stephen Young, Sharon Masters, Marvin Goldhar, Jeannie Elias

Votes: 791

40. Power Kids (2009)

R | 77 min | Action, Comedy

Four children sneak into a terrorist-controlled hospital to steal a heart to transplant for the 5th child who is dying in a different hospital.

Director: Krissanapong Rachata | Stars: Nantawooti Boonrapsap, Nawarat Techarathanaprasert, Sasisa Jindamanee, Phethai Vongkumlao

Votes: 498

41. Princess (I) (2006)

Unrated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest. His beloved sister Christina, who went from greatness to decay as ... See full summary »

Director: Anders Morgenthaler | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Stine Fischer Christensen, Jens Arentzen, Rasmus Bjerg

Votes: 2,843

42. Incident in a Small Town (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 85 min | Drama, War

Walter Matthau and Harry Morgan star in this made-for-television drama, in which a judge in a small town discovers that the skeletons in his family closet are aired for all to see after he's named as a prime suspect in a murder.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Nick Stahl

Votes: 420

43. Jugnu (1973)

Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A wealthy businessman moonlights as a philanthropist, robbin' the hood as it were.

Director: Pramod Chakravorty | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Pran Sikand, Prem Chopra

Votes: 238

44. Bond of Silence (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 98 min | Drama

Starring Kim Raver and Greg Grunberg. A widow must pierce the veil of secrecy uniting a group of teens and their parents in order to find out how her husband died. Based on a true story.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Kim Raver, Greg Grunberg, Charlie McDermott, Haley Ramm

Votes: 1,043

45. Mantis Fist Fighter (1980)

89 min | Action, Comedy

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ... See full summary »

Director: Wing-Cho Yip | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Yi-Lung Huang, Feng Cheng, Fu-Chien Chang

Votes: 295 | Gross: $0.03M

46. Utopía 7 (1995 Video)

115 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic world, a gang of young rebels fights against the high-tech mechanisms of an ultimate computer system that had been commissioned by an elite group to restore order and balance.

Director: Leopoldo Laborde | Stars: Roberto Trujillo, Francisco Rey, Mónica Gómez, Claudio Brook

Votes: 16

47. Femmes Fatales (2011)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

(Japanese with English subtitles) Three tales of jealousy, greed and lust about the most heinous crimes committed in Japan by women.

Votes: 19

48. Stanhope (2015)

TV-MA | 17 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Stanhope, a teenage inner city kid from New York City, gets caught up in a web of violence as a child soldier; a paid assassin.

Director: Solvan Naim | Stars: Malik Lockett, Elijah Richardson, Eric Jordan Bassant, Sean Davis

Votes: 70

49. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Blood Lust (2002)

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

A taxi driver accidentally runs over a teenage boy. He is later brutally beaten by a gang who thinks he is running away. Grissom and Sara works on the case and finds that the boy was dead prior to being hit from a stab wound.

Director: Charles Correll | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 836

50. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Cats in the Cradle... (2002)

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

An old lady is found dead with a stab wound in her chest. There are over 20 cats in her house.

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

Votes: 891