Highest-Rated Movies about 'Dead Parents'

28 Days Later... (2002), As It Is in Heaven (2004), Hugo (2011), Batman (1989), Cold Mountain (2003), Away We Go (2009), Phantasm (1979), Lapse of Memory (1991) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Dead Parents movies.

#16. Superstar (1999)

Storyline: Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies, and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom. Her big chance is a school talent contest; her main competition is Evian, the school beauty, who is dancing with Sky, the object of Mary Katherine's kiss dream. Mary Katherine gets some talent-show help from her fellow special education students, her grandma, and Jesus, and inspiration from secrets in her past. Watching are Sky, Evian, and a silent classmate.

Plot Keywords: high school student, changing room, teenage girl, catholic school, cheerleader, school uniform, high school ...

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#17. Stealing Harvard (2002)

Storyline: A man turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's tuition for her first year at a prestigious university. His girlfriend also wants him to pay $30,000 for the down payment on a house; and his buddy is a bad influence on him.

Plot Keywords: financial problem, father figure, father daughter relationship, falling from height, fair, employer employee relationship, dumpster ...

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#18. Cursed (2005)

Storyline: Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Jimmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf.

Plot Keywords: gay, los angeles california, high school, high school student, bathroom, blood on face, hollywood california ...

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#19. Tarzan (2013)

Storyline: Orphaned and stranded in the heart of the untamed African jungle, little John Jr--the helpless son of the famous industrialist, John Greystoke--finds a new family in the shape of a mighty female silverback gorilla. Now, almost two decades later, Johnny is Tarzan, or the powerful "Ape without Fur", who finds himself up against the rapacious young CEO of Greystoke Energies, William Clayton, and his evil plan to exploit the unharnessed force of a prehistoric meteor. In the search of the extraordinary celestial body, Clayton will stop at nothing to rob the jungle of its invaluable resource; however, not if Tarzan and the daughter of the late explorer James Porter, Jane, can help it. Will the ruthless invaders desecrate Tarzan's virgin realm?

Plot Keywords: explorer, tycoon, energy, power, plan, dinosaur, bare chested male ...

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#20. Labor Pains (2009)

Storyline: Thea Clayhill is the reckless secretary of arrogant publisher Jerry Steinwald. When Jerry fires her having had an accident with his beloved dog, Thea lies and tells him that she is four-months pregnant. Thea lost her parents in a car accident and raises her younger sister Emma alone and can not afford to lose her job. Jerry goes on vacation to be with his dog and his brother Nick Steinwald assumes his position. Thea decides to fake her pregnancy for more time with the support of her friend Lisa.

Plot Keywords: faked pregnancy, assistant, bar, bathroom, date, dead parents, editor ...

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#21. The Pharmacist (2003)

Storyline: Alex Laney, a professional killer, is hired to be the bodyguard of Robert Nile in the City of Cape, in South Africa. Robert Nile is the witness of prosecution of Christ, a powerful gangster and practitioner of voodoo. Alex Laney has a personal drama: when he was a child, he saw his father and mother be killed by a gunman.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: surprise ending, exploding car, father daughter relationship, female nudity, fishing, gas station, goatee ...

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#23. The Elite (2000)

Storyline: Five kids survive a airplane terrorist attack. They are trained from childhood to become an elite team of anti-terrorist fighters. When they are assigned to find out what happened to a batch of chemical-containing land-mines they find themselves facing the same men that brought down the flight which killed their parents. The fight becomes personal and they disobey orders to stop a missile launch against a computer convention crowd in Athens. They board a hijacked war ship and, retaining minimal wounds, prevent the attack.—kwedgwood@hotmail.com

Plot Keywords: exploding truck, final showdown, showdown, knocked out with a gun butt, knocked out, pistol whip, disarming someone ...

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