Changeling

2008-01-30

corruption, mother, minister, public, biography, government, police, reunion, murder, thriller, conspiracy, los angeles, california, church, missing person, mental hospital, mother love, criticism, 1920s, 1930s, mother son relationship, kidnapped child

Madaari

2016-06-10

child kidnapping, government corruption

Strait-Jacket

1964-01-19

parent child relationship, asylum, axe murder, bracelet, mother daughter reunion, proto-slasher, mother daughter relationship, hagsploitation, ax

Kidnap

2017-06-16

mother, single parent, waitress, kidnapping, strong woman, louisiana, chase, police, female protagonist, woman with gun, single mother, park, child kidnapping, determination, abduction, mother son relationship

Mulholland Falls

1996-04-26

prostitute, investigation, special unit, police, celebrity, murder, los angeles, california, 1950s

CHiPS

2017-01-16

police, police corruption, los angeles, california, buddy cop

A Mother's Instinct

2015-11-08

parent child relationship, kidnapping, vigilante, based on a true story, high school student, missing child, missing son

Mother

2013-02-05

prison, mother, confession, child murder

Man Against the Mob

1988-01-10

gangster, los angeles, california

The Atomic City

1952-05-01

spy, baseball, atomic bomb, kidnapping, los angeles, california, scientist, nuclear weapons, kidnapped child

Dad

1989-10-27

based on novel or book, parent child relationship, heart attack, los angeles, california, father son relationship, grandfather grandson relationship

L.A. Vice

1989-10-01

ransom, metropolis, kidnapping, murder, los angeles, california, female corpse, erotic movie

Crime of Crimes

1989-01-01

The Imposter

2012-07-13

kidnapping, investigation, biography, disappearance, investigator, stolen identity, missing child, fake identity, child kidnapping, identity theft, missing son

Vanished

2011-03-31

missing child

Krazzy 4

2008-04-11

kidnapping, teamwork, police corruption, mental institution, doctor, psychiatrist, mental patient, mental illness, mental hospital

The Long Goodbye

1973-03-07

detective, mission of murder, police operation, united states–mexico border, police, murder, los angeles, california, philip marlowe, neo-noir

Sadie and Son

1987-10-21

police, murder, serial killer, mother son relationship

The Tall Man

2012-03-19

kidnapping, children, missing child

Mother

2009-05-28

mother, small town, golf, rice, murder, teenage girl, cell phone, golf course, drunk, needle, drunkenness, acupuncture, mental retardation, mother son relationship

Gone

2011-06-27

Southland Tales

2006-05-15

suicide, sibling relationship, spy, prophecy, middle east, terrorist, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, nevada, amnesia, allegory, mass murder, kidnapping, blackmail, afghanistan, time travel, undercover agent, marxism, smuggling, twin brother, film in film, surrealism, interracial relationship, end of the world, conspiracy, terrorism, split personality, big corporation, doppelgänger, government corruption, southern california, alternate timeline, environmental issue, world war iii, mysterious past, absurdism, fourth dimension

Mord in Eberswalde

2013-01-30

child murder, police, murder

Hit List

1989-03-03

kidnapping, hitman, murder, organized crime, mafia, shootout, mobster, gunfight, los angeles, california

I Am Wrath

2016-04-14

revenge, murder, police corruption, violence, corrupt politician, barber, governer

Chain of Command

2015-08-30

sibling relationship, corruption, revenge, government conspiracy

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders

1989-01-01

police, prostitution, period drama

Accused

1936-12-17

Mother and Son

1997-02-20

countryside, parent child relationship, spiritual, dying mother, mother son relationship

The Outsider

2014-03-11

london, england, detective, helicopter, martial arts, parent child relationship, fight, hacker, mercenary, airplane, iraq war veteran, mixed martial arts, independent film, shootout, los angeles, california, violence, home invasion, missing person, corporate crime, shot, bar brawl

Precognition

2019-04-21

medium, murder, child kidnapping

Urban Justice

2007-01-01

drug crime, revenge, gang, los angeles, california

Los días felices

2016-04-01

missing child

The Captive

2014-08-09

kidnapping, family relationships, missing child, ice skating, cctv, roadside cafe

Gemini

2018-03-30

boss, hollywood, los angeles, california, policeman, personal assistant, starlet

Street Kings

2008-04-10

corruption, captain, ghetto, machinegun, police, alcoholism, murder, shootout, undercover cop, dirty cop, los angeles, california, violence, widower, police funeral, neo-noir

Only in L.A.

2013-11-30

hollywood, los angeles, california

Somewhere in the Night

1946-06-12

amnesia, noir

The Last Boy Scout

1991-12-11

bomb, corruption, assassin, sniper, anti hero, cocaine, senator, strip club, cynicism, puppet, swimming pool, dysfunctional marriage, los angeles, california, police detective, alcoholic, private detective, bribery, frame up, exotic dancer, child kidnapping

Colt 38 Special Squad

1976-07-24

hostage, police corruption, criminal underworld, child kidnapping

The Choirboys

1977-12-23

police, dominatrix, cop, los angeles, california

Angel's Flight

1965-01-01

stripper, noir, los angeles, california

The Wrong Child

2016-06-26

mother, child kidnapping, abductor

The Human Hyena

1995-04-21

corruption, mexico, kidnapping, police, murder, corrupt, narco, ismael rodriguez jr

Overkill

1987-12-16

yakuza, revenge, undercover cop, los angeles, california, police detective

La crime

1983-08-24

suicide, corruption, journalist, minister, investition, burned alive, murder, bathtub, police detective, elevator

Get Outta Town

1960-01-01

b movie, los angeles, california

L.A. Bounty

1989-09-15

bounty hunter, kidnapping, ex-cop, los angeles, california, warehouse

Rapid Fire

1992-08-21

martial arts, undercover cop, police corruption, los angeles, california, drug lord

Ugly

2013-05-17

investigation, police, missing child

Marie

1985-09-27

corruption, biography, tennessee, parole board, political corruption

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003-04-10

street gang, los angeles, california

The Missing

2017-03-31

china, child kidnapping, organ theft

Sleight

2016-04-28

mother, kidnapping, drug dealer, magic, sister, los angeles, california, dead mother, death, young, street

Night Visions

1990-11-30

detective, police, serial killer, los angeles, california, psychic, police investigation

Nick of Time

1995-11-22

assassination, politics, los angeles, california

He Walked by Night

1949-02-05

cop-killer, police, noir, man hunt, los angeles, california, murder investigation, lapd, dragnet, storm drain, police procedural

CONSPIRACY

2014-11-21

Pitfall

1948-08-11

blackmail, noir, los angeles, california, extramarital affair

73'

2016-11-11

Dark World

2008-01-01

Lifeguard

1976-07-23

beach, ladykiller, los angeles, california, old flame, lifeguard, high school reunion

A Mother Betrayed

2015-11-15

hallucination, newlywed, mental hospital

The Offence

1973-01-11

london, england, police brutality, mental breakdown, school, interrogation, child molester, policeman, cult film, missing child, neo-noir

Deadly Dancer

1990-01-01

falsely accused, stripper, los angeles, california

Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

1989-11-12

police, based on a true story, serial killer, los angeles, california, true crime

Raising Cain

1992-08-07

child abuse, detective, kidnapping, attempted murder, swamp, flashback, gift, psychologist, hospital, evil twin, hypnotism, multiple personality

I Am Happy

2009-11-25

parent child relationship

Chain of Evidence

1957-01-06

detective, los angeles, california

Confessions

2010-06-04

child murder

Blood

2012-10-09

sibling relationship, sea, island, investigation, police, murder, flashback, church, rage, coast

Warning Shot

1967-01-18

los angeles, california, private detective

Beyond Justice

1992-12-02

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009-03-01

based on novel or book, police chief, sequel, jesse stone

Gone Baby Gone

2007-06-06

corruption, robbery, detective, based on novel or book, boston, massachusetts, kidnapping, blackmail, police, murder, conspiracy, gang, pedophile, violence, drugs, alcoholic, addict, child kidnapping, neo-noir, kidnapped child

The Night Stalker

1986-09-01

transvestite, murder of prostitute, serial killer, los angeles, california, prostitution, psychiatrist, murder of a police officer, supernatural power

So Sad About Gloria

1975-01-01

Awake

2019-08-01

amnesia, hospital, series of murders

Thursday

2018-06-26

Voice of a Murderer

2007-02-01

kidnapping, child kidnapping

The Late Show

1977-02-10

los angeles, california, private detective, neo-noir

Foul Play

1978-07-14

detective, murder, conspiracy, church, catholic, albino

In the Valley of Elah

2007-08-31

detective, parent child relationship, war crimes, patriotism, homicide, investigation, iraq, military service, police, cover-up, disappearance, murder investigation

Mommy Dead and Dearest

2017-03-11

child abuse, killing, mother daughter relationship

Step by Step

1946-08-23

california, spy, u.s. marine

Missing

2016-11-30

kidnapping, false identity, disappearance, single mother

Peppermint

2018-09-06

coma, handcuffs, bus, cemetery, fbi, grave, widow, vigilante, alcoholism, revenge, murder, flashback, drug cartel, blood, hospital, police corruption, torture, skid row, corrupt official, loss of child, corrupt judge, driveby shooting

The Rose King

1986-03-03

rose, mental instability, mother son relationship

Gridiron Gang

2006-09-15

competition, american football, prisoner, probation assistant , sports, based on a true story, los angeles, california, violence, mother son relationship, juvenile delinquency

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976-02-26

based on a true story, child kidnapping, 1930s

Imprisonment

2020-09-15