Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "searching-for-daughter"

1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy

Votes: 189,464 | Gross: $2.29M

2. Poltergeist (1982)

PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight

Votes: 180,289 | Gross: $76.61M

3. Commando (1985)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells

Votes: 175,575 | Gross: $35.10M

4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

R | 95 min | Comedy

Borat returns to America from Kazakhstan to America, this time to reveal more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

Director: Jason Woliner | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Popescu

Votes: 154,331

5. Project Power (2020)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro

Votes: 98,113

6. Trade (I) (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos

Votes: 17,952 | Gross: $0.21M

7. Babyteeth (2019)

MA-17 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Milla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents' worst nightmare.

Director: Shannon Murphy | Stars: Eliza Scanlen, Michelle Lotters, Toby Wallace, Sora Wakaki

Votes: 19,142

8. Street Girls (1975)

R | 74 min | Drama, Thriller

When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, and thieves.

Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Carol Case, Paul Pumpian, Art Burke, Christine Souder

Votes: 195

9. Sometime Other Than Now (2021)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Seeking redemption, a middle aged man drives cross the country in search of the daughter he abandoned as a child.

Director: Dylan McCormick | Stars: Donal Logue, Kate Walsh, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Alexa Swinton

Votes: 371

10. My Daughter Is Missing (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Action, Thriller

Sara, a former hacker and now an Internet security specialist, has come to Belgrade to attend a conference on cyber crime. While she is there her daughter and a college friend are kidnapped... See full summary »

Director: Tamar Halpern | Stars: Miranda Raison, Emmett J Scanlan, Sophie Robertson, Jovana Stojiljkovic

Votes: 292

11. Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.

Director: Mina Shum | Stars: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Tseng Chang

Votes: 606

12. Stolen Babies (2016 TV Movie)

91 min | Crime, Drama

A devastated mother's desperate search for her daughter.

Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Hélène de Saint-Père, Philippe Lelièvre, Amélie Remacle

Votes: 24

13. Ma fille (2018)

80 min | Drama

Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. ... See full summary »

Director: Naidra Ayadi | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Natacha Krief, Darina Al Joundi, Camille Aguilar

Votes: 142

14. Young Mr. Jazz (1919)

10 min | Comedy, Short

While running away from his girl's father, their car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 664

15. Mabel's Wilful Way (1915)

TV-G | 11 min | Short, Comedy

Mabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors.

Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mack Sennett | Stars: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Alice Davenport

Votes: 266

16. Lola (I) (2014)

17 min | Short, Drama, Horror

An old grandmother attends to her afternoon chores around the house when an unexpected visitor brings with her deadly consequences.

Director: Kevin Ang | Stars: Erlinda Villalobos, Myrtle Sarrosa, Red San Buenaventura, Tony Leyba

Votes: 13

17. Du bist mein Kind (2002 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

Barbara Burckhardt is a very busy businesswoman, in her 8th month of pregnancy she is still working.But this day she feels some contractions and decides to go with her car to the ... See full summary »

Director: Helmut Förnbacher | Stars: Sabine Postel, Rainer Grenkowitz, Wolf Roth, Hansa Czypionka

Votes: 13

18. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: A Simple Investigation (1997)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Odo (Rene Auberjonois) becomes romantically attached to a woman (Dey Young) working with the Orion Syndicate.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell

Votes: 1,929

19. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Herzenssehnsucht (2009)

89 min | Drama, Romance

On his death bed, drug addict Gregory O'Reilly tells his wife Claire Molloy, whom the home front believed dead, that he gave their daughter Theresa up for adoption, actually by his father, ... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Bartmann | Stars: Denise Zich, Jochen Horst, Klaus Wildbolz, Jens Nünemann

Votes: 39

20. The Lost Room (2006)
Episode: The Comb and the Box (2006)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Joe continues his quest to get Anna back, by using the Comb and the Box to identify the Prime Object.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher

Votes: 635

21. The Lost Room (2006)
Episode: The Key and the Clock (2006)

TV-G | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Two men are mysteriously killed over a key that lets the user go anywhere with a door. Detective Joe Miller gets the key, and finds himself trying to solve the mystery of the key and other related Objects to get his missing daughter back.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher

Votes: 727

22. Inga Lindström (2004– )
Episode: Wiedersehen in Eriksberg (2009)

Drama, Romance

Before going to Los Angeles where she will begin a new life with her boyfriend (both are cooks) Nike will spend some days with her parents in Eriksberg.When she was driving her van out off ... See full summary »

Director: John Delbridge | Stars: Inez Bjørg David, Oliver Boysen, Andrea L'Arronge, Michaela Rosen

Votes: 34

23. Liebe am Fjord (2010–2016)
Episode: Das Meer der Frauen (2011)

89 min | Drama, Romance

After 16 years of stay in England where she became fashion designer Marit Gustavsson returns to her home town in Norway.Her parents died in an car accident some years ago and she wants the ... See full summary »

Director: Jörg Grünler | Stars: Floriane Daniel, Muriel Baumeister, Felix Vörtler, Henriette Confurius

Votes: 19

24. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Der gestohlene Sommer (2011)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Edward Rosmore, a millionaire suffering from a fatal disease, uses a pretext to bring George Armstrong - the man his beloved wife adored when she was younger - back into her life; he wants ... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Bartmann | Stars: Mariella Ahrens, Helmut Zierl, Patrik Fichte, Vivien Wulf

Votes: 51

25. Criminal Record (2024– )
Episode: Beehive (2024)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Hegarty compelled to find his daughter after a shocking revelation. June unearths vital evidence.

Director: Shaun James Grant | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Fraser Holmes, Cush Jumbo, Thomas Harper-Jones

Votes: 370

26. The New Look (2024– )
Episode: It All Came True (2024)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

An ambitious designer named Christian defies conventions to launch his fashion label, as Coco exploits Elsa's unique talents for personal advantage.

Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich

Votes: 194

27. The New Look (2024– )
Episode: I Love You Most of All (2024)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

Carmel Snow, a renowned editor sees an opportunity to revive Coco's career. Meanwhile, Christian navigates expectations from his family.

Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 189

28. Tôkyô zenryoku shôjo (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.9 (2012)

54 min | Comedy

Urara is back at home in Shikoku and once again comfortably in her bed in her bedroom in her mother's house - except, she is uncomfortably having a nightmare at first. She believes ... See full summary »

Director: Makoto Naganuma | Stars: Emi Takei, Atsuro Watabe, Shôhei Miura, Takashi Tsukamoto

29. Missing: Dead or Alive? (2023– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime

When 10-year-old Amirah Watson disappears with her mother after a weekend visit, a family history of custody battles has police unsure of whom to trust.

Director: Alexander Irvine-Cox | Stars: Tony Garcia, Vicki Rains, Heidi Jackson, Nina Mauldin

Votes: 121

30. The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode: Normal Is a Lie (2019)

TV-MA | 63 min | Drama

Abby befriends a graffiti artist named Pilar and takes a surprising trip downtown; Candy sets a firm line with Hank when it comes to money; Todd reexamines his priorities and asks for Paul's support; Melissa is forced to face her past.

Director: Tanya Hamilton | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer, Chris Coy

Votes: 601

31. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Das Geheimnis der Blumeninsel (2018)

Drama, Romance

John Harding resumes his job as literature professor in Plymouth to enable his wife Amy the means to attempt revitalizing the ailing family flowers nursery her grandparents started on the ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Serafini | Stars: Eva-Maria Grein von Friedl, Christian Natter, Marie Theres Relin, Urs Remond

Votes: 38