Movies about Losing a Child
Explore films and series about losing a child — The grief with no acceptable shape. Watchin ranks titles by how strongly they explore this theme, so you can find something that fits how you feel tonight.
Watchin ranks 205 films and series about losing a child by how strongly each one explores the theme, using a taste model built on viewer ratings rather than genre labels.
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- Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
- Mommy (2014)
- Close (2022)
- Still Walking (2008)
- Mother (2009)
- If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)
- Fatherhood (2021)
- Custody (2018)
- Happiness (1998)
- Waves (2019)
- First They Killed My Father (2017)
- Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Mass (2021)
- Hereditary (2018)
- The Orphanage (2007)
- The Missing (2014)
- Fathers and Daughters (2015)
- Babel (2006)
- A Ghost Story (2017)
- Little Children (2006)
- The Child (2005)
- The Son's Room (2001)
- Sex/Life (2021)
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Common questions
What are the best movies about losing a child?
Watchin's highest-ranked films and series about losing a child include Remarkably Bright Creatures, Mommy and Close. Ranking reflects how strongly each title explores the theme, not how recent or popular it is.
How does Watchin decide which titles are about losing a child?
Each title is scored against losing a child as a life topic from its story, themes and emotional tone, then ranked by audience rating among titles with enough ratings to be reliable. Titles below 250 ratings are excluded so the list is not dominated by obscure entries with a handful of perfect scores.
How many films and series about losing a child are there?
Watchin's catalogue contains 205 titles about losing a child that meet the ratings threshold. The full ranked list is free to browse.