Highest-Rated Movies about 'Missing Son'

Incendies (2010), The White Ribbon (2009), Changeling (2008), So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian chang) (2019), Loveless (2017), The Impossible (2012), In a Better World (2010), La piel que habito (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Missing Son movies.

#16. The Oath (2016)

Storyline: Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest) directs and stars in this psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her world of drugs and petty crime, only to find that danger can be found in unexpected places.

Plot Keywords: injection, hypodermic needle, shot in the side, sawed off shotgun, shotgun, nail, crying man ...

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#17. The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

Storyline: An Edwardian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.—Jonathon Dabell <barnabyrudge@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: poodle, cloud, storm, voyage, lava, court, sentenced to death ...

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#18. House (1985)

Storyline: Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt's house. Roger's search for Jimmy destroys his marriage and his writing career. The sudden death of his aunt brings Roger back to the house where his nightmares began. The evil zombies in the house force Roger to endure a harrowing journey into his past.

Plot Keywords: writer, haunted house, jungle, soldier, grenade, ghost, father son reunion ...

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#19. A Dark Song (2016)

Storyline: Sophia Howard rents a house in the countryside of Wales and hires the occultist Joseph Solomon to contact her son that was kidnapped and murdered by teenagers practicing black magic. Along the days, Sophia follows the guidance of Solomon in rituals to purify her soul. However Sophia has a hidden agenda that jeopardizes their lives.

Plot Keywords: occult, ritual, black magic, topless female nudity, forgiveness, lake, sleeping on the floor ...

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#20. Guilty Bystander (1950)

Storyline: Not knowing what else to do, Georgia Thursday contacts her estranged ex-husband, alcoholic Max Thursday, after their toddler son, Jeff, goes missing, Max a former NYPD detective now the house detective of the rundown Brooklyn establishment, the Riverview Hotel, run by his streetwise friend, Smitty, who gave him a job and a room when nobody arguably would. Georgia did not go to the police as her now missing brother Fred Mace's disreputable associate Dr. Elder threatened her against doing so in he probably having something to do with the missing pair. As such, Max goes on a quest for Jeff and by association Fred with the only lead they have, namely Dr. Elder, with help from Smitty who knows, through experience, the grittier side of most urban streets in the United States than most. In the process, Max comes to believe that their disappearance most-likely centers on a criminal with the code name St. Paul, with Jeff solely being an innocent bystander in whatever criminal activity is going on. Beyond following the leads, the question becomes whether Max can hold it all together, namely by staying away from the bottle, long enough to save his family.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: gang member, gunfire, anxiety, despair, desperation, deception, damsel in distress ...

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#21. Wish You Well (2013)

Storyline: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?—Production

Plot Keywords: man crying, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, panic attack, pregnancy, pregnant woman ...

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#22. The Shrine (2010)

Storyline: After a young American backpacker goes missing in Europe, a group of journalists link his disappearance to a remote village in Poland. They travel there hoping to get the story, but as they unravel the secrets behind this mysterious village, they are suddenly pursued by hostile locals. Unable to escape, they soon become the next victims of ritualistic human sacrifice. Forced into the gruesome reality of true survival horror, the journalists soon discover that this village hides a much darker secret than they could ever imagine.

Plot Keywords: village, poland, gore, bare chested male, blond man, demonic possession, intern ...

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#23. Strangerland (2015)

Storyline: Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily. Suspicions run riot, rumours spread and public opinion turns savagely against the Parkers. With temperatures rising and the chances of survival plummeting with each passing day, Catherine and Matthew find themselves pushed to the brink as they struggle to survive the mystery of their children's fate.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: public nudity, parent child relationship, outback, bare ass, nudity, sex scene, family dinner ...

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#24. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

Storyline: Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows Farmer (Jason Statham), who was adopted by his village. When Farmer's wife, Solana (Claire Forlani), and his son leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, Farmer's farm is attacked by creatures called Krugs. With the help of his friend and neighbor Norrick (Ron Perlman), he travels to Stonebridge where his wife and son are. Before he arrives, the Krugs, controlled by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta), kill his son and capture his wife. Farmer, with the help of Bastian (Will Sanderson), his brother-in-law, and Norrick sets out to find and rescue his wife. The King's nephew Fallow (Matthew Lillard) is conspiring with the wizard Gallian to take over the kingdom led by King Konreid ('Burt Reynolds').

Plot Keywords: grief, throne, trap, wedding, archer, catapult, cavalry ...

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#25. Cool as Ice (1991)

Storyline: The old teen rebel saga is updated for the rap crowd, unfortunately rapper Vanilla Ice is the teen. Ice shows up on a neon-yellow motorcycle which gets everyone's attention, including the female honor student who has never had a rebellious bone in her body.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

Plot Keywords: bare chested male, rap music, punched in the stomach, punched in the face, knocked unconscious, 1990s, bechdel test failed ...

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