20 movies like American Woman, ordered by similarity : Strangerland(2015), The Return(2003), Mother(2009), The Stolen(2016), Tokyo Sonata(2008), Incendies(2010), Rabbit Hole(2010), Unstoppable(2010), The Orphanage(2007), Sometimes Always Never(2018), Waiting for You(2017), Who Loves the Sun(2006) ...
6.8/10
Drama
UK|USA
2018
111 Minutes
Sienna Miller Aaron Paul Christina Hendricks Will Sasso Amy Madigan Pat Healy Aidan McGraw Aidan Fiske Alex Neustaedter Sky Ferreira
single mother missing person tense somber small town pennsylvania disappearance mystery 2000s
A woman raises her young grandson after her daughter goes missing.
5.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|Australia
2015
111 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joseph Fiennes Hugo Weaving Lisa Flanagan Meyne Wyatt Maddison Brown Nicholas Hamilton Jim Russell Sean Keenan Martin Dingle-Wall
teen girl teen boy parent police officer community member mother tense striking somber raw frightening disturbing desert rural community outback australia small town town storm disappearance
A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.
8.0/10
Drama
Russia
2003
110 Minutes
Ivan Dobronravov Vladimir Garin Konstantin Lavronenko Natalya Vdovina Galina Petrova Aleksey Suknovalov Lazar Dubovik Elizaveta Aleksandrova Lyubov Kazakova
father son teenager mother emotional dark somber uneasy russia small town car boat island abandonment absence reunion father/son relationship discovery growing up mystery
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
7.8/10
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
5.3/10
Adventure, Action, Western, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|United Arab Emirates|New Zealand
2016
95 Minutes
Alice Eve Graham McTavish Jack Davenport Richard O'Brien Cohen Holloway Gillian MacGregor Glen Levy Stan Walker Stig Eldred Lukas Hinch Emily Corcoran
mother son missing person maori englishwoman murderer intense gripping tense new zealand countryside missing persons kidnapping violence rescue revenge gold rush discovery pursuit rescue
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
7.5/10
Drama
Japan|Netherlands|Hong Kong
2008
119 Minutes
Teruyuki Kagawa Kyôko Koizumi Kai Inowaki Haruka Igawa Yû Koyanagi Jason Gray Kanji Tsuda Kazuya Kojima
father mother son friend boss unemployed person bleak tense powerful tokyo house employment office cafeteria loss of job marital problems family guilt deception outsourcing discovery
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
8.3/10
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Aaron Eckhart Dianne Wiest Miles Teller Tammy Blanchard Sandra Oh Giancarlo Esposito Jon Tenney
husband wife teen boy artist son mother emotional somber intense house neighborhood tragic death grief affair bereavement marriage therapy fall love 2000s
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
7.4/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
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.
4.5/10
Drama, Comedy
Spain
2018
91 Minutes
Bill Nighy Sam Riley Alice Lowe Jenny Agutter Tim McInnerny John Westley Oliver Sindcup Louis Healy Ella-Grace Gregoire
grandfather family missing person son touching witty suspenseful amusing charming offbeat melancholy suburb countryside united kingdom family relationships missing persons game mystery grief mystery
The star of SOMETHING HUGE, Berto Romero, after years of success in film & TV wants to explore 'a new shape of comedy': the comedy of the future. In parallel, Carlo Padial, director of ... See full synopsis »
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|France
2017
92 Minutes
Colin Morgan Fanny Ardant Audrey Bastien Clare Holman Abdelkrim Bahloul Norah Lehembre Bellamine Abdelmalek Fergus Craig Vincent Jouan Sam Cox Jacky Nercessian
father son recluse uneasy sultry tense somber engaging disheartening small town mansion south of france truth suspicion secret mystery pursuit 2010s
Paul (Morgan) investigates his late father's increasingly disturbing past and becomes suspicious of the mysterious, melancholic, and possibly dangerous Madeleine (Ardant).
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2006
94 Minutes
Lukas Haas Molly Parker Adam Scott R.H. Thomson Wendy Crewson
young man best friend ex-wife mother father charming witty emotional tense manitoba, canada family home small town lake disappearance infidelity friendship family secret growing up transformation
A troubled young man's sudden return after a mysterious five-year disappearance reunites him with his wife and his best friend.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany|Canada
2008
97 Minutes
Julia Ormond Bill Pullman Pell James Ryan Simpkins Cheri Oteri Michael Ironside French Stewart Kent Harper Caroline Aaron Gill Gayle Hugh Dillon
fbi agent serial killer victim witness young girl drug addict thrilling tense fascinating nebraska desert small town highway motel van law and order surveillance serial murders investigation deception
Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.
6.8/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2018
117 Minutes
Anna Kendrick Blake Lively Henry Golding Ian Ho Joshua Satine Andrew Rannells Kelly McCormack Aparna Nancherla Rupert Friend Bashir Salahuddin Jean Smart
widow son friend husband single mother missing person sultry tense intricate confident dark thrilling suburb house school kitchen river airplane missing persons mysterious past
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
7.1/10
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1983
120 Minutes
Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch David Dukes Stockard Channing Jacqueline Brookes Keith McDermott Kathleen Widdoes Danny Corkill Cheryl Giannini David Simon William Duell
mother son detective ex-husband melodramatic shocking bleak thrilling family home school street police station columbia university brooklyn, n.y. kidnapping sexual abuse investigation missing persons obsession divorce
This movie, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Azura Skye Bryce Pinkham Ashley Bell Zach Rand Taen Phillips Liam Seib Deborah Hedwall Dan Daily Lindsay Jackson Jason Gupton
woman insomniac teacher mother wife husband teen boy bleak uneasy tense somber shocking frightening eerie disturbing brooding house school town united states
A woman with a seemingly ideal life battles insomnia.
7.8/10
Drama
Brazil
2015
112 Minutes
Regina Casé Michel Joelsas Lourenço Mutarelli Karine Teles Camila Márdila Helena Albergaria Luis Miranda Theo Werneck Luci Pereira
housekeeper maid family member mother daughter son charming disheartening heartwarming emotional melodramatic intense brazil são paulo apartment relationships single mothers mother/daughter relationship abandonment love
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
2015
95 Minutes
Olivia Wilde Luke Wilson Giovanni Ribisi Elisabeth Moss Ty Simpkins John Alberto Leguizamo Kevin Corrigan Merritt Wever Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi Mark Feuerstein Juno Temple
couple police officer mother son bleak touching new york disappearance loss healing acceptance mystery 2010s
A year after their son goes missing, a couple handle the loss in varying ways, growing apart from one another and their reality.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
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