Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dying-child"

1. Elysium (I) (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga

Votes: 471,361 | Gross: $93.05M

2. Flowers in the Attic (1987)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Children are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.

Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams

Votes: 11,283 | Gross: $15.15M

3. Six Weeks (1982)

PG | 107 min | Drama

In this heart-warming drama, a terminally ill young girl strives to bring together her wealthy mother and a California politician, fulfilling her dream of having a family during the last six weeks of her life.

Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox

Votes: 1,037 | Gross: $6.67M

4. Death of a Superhero (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.

Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilly Forgách, Ian Fitzgibbon, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 3,710 | Gross: $0.00M

5. Something for Joey (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport

This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti, Jr. and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a ... See full summary »

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Geraldine Page, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Marc Singer, Jeff Lynas

Votes: 565

6. Hell Bound (1957)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After World War II, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the USA.

Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman, Margo Woode

Votes: 724

7. The Last Leaf (1983)

Unrated | 24 min | Drama, Short

An Easter Parable: As lingering pneumonia takes her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window. Her neighbor, an ... See full summary »

Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Hermione Baddeley, Pat Billingsley, Art Carney, Jane Kaczmarek

Votes: 91

8. Der grosse Kater (2010)

88 min | Drama

A conspiracy in Switzerland. While the President, called 'Kater', expects the visit of the Spanish royal couple, an intrigue is already being prepared behind his back to bring him down.

Director: Wolfgang Panzer | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Ulrich Tukur, Marie Bäumer, Christiane Paul

Votes: 233

9. María y los niños pobres (2010)

80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio

Votes: 23

10. Papa Mama Bye Bye (1984)

75 min | Animation, Drama

Kaori is a dungaree-wearing tomboy who lives next to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day when she participates in a school competition, a US jet crashes near the boys' house.

Director: Hiroshi Shidara | Stars: Yûko Mita, Hideo Nagai, Takeshi Aono, Tomoe Hiiro

11. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Deadbeat (1996)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is accused of killing his deadbeat, abusive ex son-in-law. He claims self defense, and the outcome of the case rides on determining who was in possession of the murder weapon at the time.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 289

12. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Forever and a Day: Part 1 (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Faith healer Nicholai Mosher is taken in by the OSIR to help a dying child of an influential man. He fails and the child dies. Nicholai is soon assassinated as payback. The people behind his death start dying supernaturally.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 18

13. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Frosted Flakes (1994)

Crime, Drama, Family

A boy is dying from leukemia. The matter for Judge Bone is whether he will allow the request of the boy and his parents to cryogenically freeze him before the illness destroys his body in ... See full summary »

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 49

14. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Brothers (1990)

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

After an accident aboard the Enterprise leaves one of its children in grave danger, Data commandeers the Enterprise, driven to take the ship to an unknown origin, where an interesting figure awaits.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,620

15. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: The Fugitive (1962)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Jenny and the other kids don't realize that the kindly yet magical old duffer they play with in the park is really an intergalactic fugitive hiding out till two serious men come looking for him, asking questions that test their friendship.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Susan Gordon, J. Pat O'Malley, Nancy Kulp, Wesley Lau

Votes: 2,456

16. New Amsterdam (2018–2023)
Episode: TBD (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Bloom, Iggy and Reynolds rally around Max as he deals with the fallout from Helen's decision.

Director: Ryan Eggold | Stars: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Sandra Mae Frank

Votes: 502

17. FBI: Most Wanted (2020– )
Episode: Inherited (2021)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team must determine if the kidnapping of a young Chinese-American woman is a random hate crime or if she was specifically targeted, in order to find her. Also, Jess and Sarah struggle with Tali's continued rebellious streak.

Director: Romeo Tirone | Stars: Julian McMahon, Alexa Davalos, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes

Votes: 306

18. The Brave Ones (2022– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2022)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

As her sister resists their eviction, Ntsiki dreams of a better life - unaware that tragedy awaits. Ayanda seeks a magical entity to save her dying son.

Directors: David 'Tosh' Gitonga, Rolie Nikiwe, Akin Omotoso, Stephina Zwane | Stars: Bukho Dakada, S'Thandiwe Kgoroge, Tony Kgoroge, Bonko Khoza

Votes: 40

19. Restaurant: Impossible (2011– )
Episode: An Abundance of Emotions (2014)

TV-G | 43 min | Reality-TV

Robert offers help to the owner of "Abudanza Restaurant" in Wilbraham, Mass., a proud man with years of executive chef experience, but who is burnt out from the demands of the job and caring for a sick child.

Stars: Robert Irvine, Tom Bury, Taniya Nayak

Votes: 13