Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "returning-to-childhood-home"

1. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,447 | Gross: $14.38M

2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller

Votes: 313,393 | Gross: $52.36M

3. The Voices (2014)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A likable guy pursues his office crush with help from his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.

Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver

Votes: 62,653

4. Halloween Kills (2021)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 98,390 | Gross: $92.00M

5. The Last Movie Star (I) (2017)

R | 94 min | Drama

An aging former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him. On its surface, the film is a tale about faded fame. At its core, it's a universal story about growing old.

Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase

Votes: 4,907 | Gross: $0.01M

6. Montana Story (2021)

R | 114 min | Drama

Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague, Gilbert Owuor, Kimberly Guerrero

Votes: 3,390

7. Rambling Rose (1991)

R | 112 min | Drama

A young woman who exudes sexuality battles temptation.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas

Votes: 5,462 | Gross: $6.27M

8. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1961, BJ Blazkowicz and his ragtag team of allies arrive in Nazi-controlled America on a mission to recruit the boldest resistance leaders left and restart the American Revolution.

Directors: Fredrik Ljungdahl, Jens Matthies, Tom Keegan | Stars: Brian Bloom, Alicja Bachleda, Gideon Emery, A.J. Trauth

Votes: 5,386

9. Child Bride (1938)

62 min | Drama

A schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying underage girls.

Director: Harry Revier | Stars: Shirley Mills, Bob Bollinger, Warner Richmond, Diana Durrell

Votes: 1,096

10. Dragonwyck (1946)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan

Votes: 5,404

11. Le Beau Serge (1958)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont

Votes: 3,769

12. Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Passed | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Western

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, Jerry Austin

Votes: 1,578

13. Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (2018 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance

Emma returns home to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the house they grew up in. After their parents' recent passing, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home on Honeysuckle Lane.

Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Alicia Witt, Colin Ferguson, Laura Leighton, Jill Larson

Votes: 1,383

14. Portrait of Beauty (2019)

127 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Receiving important news about her father, whom she has not met for years, Nisan returns to her father's house with her husband and daughter. There are strange things happening in this ... See full summary »

Director: Umur Turagay | Stars: Burçin Terzioglu, Birkan Sokullu, Melisa Senolsun, Serkan Keskin

Votes: 3,184

15. The Clone Returns Home (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Clone Returns Home is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death, and the meaning of love and family. Set in an imaginary - yet utterly imaginable - future, this quietly ... See full summary »

Director: Kanji Nakajima | Stars: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyûsaku Shimada

Votes: 667

16. On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After they are caught in the act, a by-the-book department store security guard is assigned as the custodian of a pickpocketing duo.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Pratt, David Hewlett

Votes: 909

17. Killer Contractor (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 84 min | Thriller

Kerry and her daughter Ella try to settle the estate of her late father, however the contractor they hire brings with him a series of lethal mishaps.

Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Alyshia Ochse, Zac Titus, Mark Lawson, Kendra Andrews

Votes: 299

18. A Golden Christmas (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A woman visits her parents for Christmas. Hearing that they've "sold" the house, she wants to buy it. At 9 she had a BFF in the woods nearby named Han Solo. She and the buyer are single, divorced and have a child each. Is he her Han?

Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Andrea Roth, Nicholas Brendon, Elisa Donovan, Bruce Davison

Votes: 1,383

19. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart

Votes: 1,311

20. Undercover Christmas (2003 TV Movie)

87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An FBI agent is assigned as the protective custodian of a straight-talking cocktail waitress after she agrees to testify against her tax cheat boyfriend.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert

Votes: 1,003

21. Christmas Everlasting (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Romance

A hotshot lawyer returns to her childhood home following a death in the family.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Tatyana Ali, Dondré T. Whitfield, Dennis Haysbert, Patti LaBelle

Votes: 1,154

22. Residue (2020)

90 min | Drama

A young filmmaker returns home after many years away, to write a script about his childhood, only to find his neighborhood unrecognizable and his childhood friends being scattered to the wind.

Director: Merawi Gerima | Stars: Obinna Nwachukwu, Dennis Lindsey, Taline Stewart, Derron Scott

Votes: 649

23. Daddy's Girl (2002 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Mystery

Ten years after her mother's disappearance, a 17-year old girl starts to have disturbing thoughts about the event.

Director: Bill Eagles | Stars: Martin Kemp, Stephanie Leonidas, William Ash, Mickey Hughes

Votes: 104

24. Katie (2018)

89 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Behind-the-scenes documentary on Irish boxing champion, Katie Taylor, as she attempts to rekindle her career by turning pro.

Director: Ross Whitaker | Stars: Eddie Hearn, Peter Taylor, Pete Taylor, Bridget Taylor

Votes: 317

25. Cut Her Out (2014)

88 min | Horror, Thriller

Plagued by nightmares and sleepwalking, Darcy can't purge her mind of the abuse her mother inflicted. When her therapist learns that her family home is abandoned, he takes back to face her past, finding a feral boy living there.

Director: Tiffany Heath | Stars: Denton Blane Everett, Tiffany Heath, Jake Heath, Natali Jones

Votes: 136

26. To a Safer Place (1987)

58 min | Documentary

A victim of child abuse visits her family to heal the trauma she and her siblings experienced at the hands of their abusive father.

Directors: Beverly Shaffer, Shirley Turcotte | Stars: Shirley Turcotte, Gloria Demers

Votes: 10

27. En el balcón vacío (1962)

48 min | Drama

A woman who was a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War is now living as an adult in Mexico City. She tries to remember the traumatic events of her childhood.

Director: Jomí García Ascot | Stars: Alicia Bergua, Martín Bergua, María Luisa Elio, Belina García

Votes: 118

28. Mother's House (2011)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Horror

While emptying his late mother's rural home, Thomas and his wife, Catherine, discover increasingly disturbing secrets until the choice between memory and truth threatens to destroy them both.

Director: Davis Hall | Stars: Tim Guinee, Kathryn Erbe, Miles Cohoe, Denny Dillon

Votes: 51

29. The Silver Key (2010)

10 min | Short, Fantasy

Having regained the key to the gate of dreams, a lonely Randolph Carter leaves behind the prosiness of the waking world forever and crosses into the realm of dreams.

Directors: Gary Fierro, Conor Timmis | Stars: Conor Timmis, Kris Keyes, Ian MacDonald, Linda Luong

Votes: 52

30. The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978)
Episode: Bob's Change of Life (1977)

TV-G | Comedy

The Hartleys decide to move to a new apartment. Bob has finally finished writing his book and he begins to worry about all the changes in his life.

Director: Peter Bonerz | Stars: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Peter Bonerz, Bill Daily

Votes: 92

31. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: The Philadelphia Story (1994)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Will is excited to visit Philadelphia with everyone from California. When Will returns home, he finds that his old friends consider him a chicken for running off to California.

Director: Shelley Jensen | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Daphne Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 635

32. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Call Back Yesterday (1970)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

Pete visits his Beverly Hills home to try to help his old girlfriend, who believes her father is being kept in a mental ward against his will and manipulated by her uncle and cousin. While there, Pete also reunites with his mother.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 39

33. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Principal and the Pauper (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

At his 20th anniversary celebration as school principal, Principal Skinner is discovered to be an imposter of the real Seymour Skinner.

Director: Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,617

34. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Love & Monsters (2006)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Elton Pope is an ordinary man intrigued by the world of the Doctor. When he and fellow enthusiasts - L.I.N.D.A. - meet the mysterious Victor Kennedy, their lives will never be the same again.

Director: Dan Zeff | Stars: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Peter Kay

Votes: 8,867

35. Trigonometry (2020)
Episode: Wunder (2020)

44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The triad have never been happier, but then a family tragedy throws everything up in the air. Gemma faces a possibility that she never dreamed of, Kieran's future as a paramedic is called into question and Ray makes a decision.

Director: Stella Corradi | Stars: David Dube, Gary Carr, Thalissa Teixeira, Ariane Labed

Votes: 51

36. Ant & Dec's DNA Journey (2019– )
Episode: John Bishop and Hugh Bonneville (2023)

57 min | Documentary

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville and top UK comedian John Bishop cement an unlikely friendship on a road trip to discover their family histories.

Director: Sam Webb | Stars: Rory McCann, John Bishop, Hugh Bonneville, Spencer Wisdom

37. Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode: What Happens in Jersey...: Part 1 (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Joe hatches a plan to disguise Mel as his ex-wife Tiffany.

Director: David Kendall | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson

Votes: 134

38. Melissa & Joey (2010–2015)
Episode: What Happens in Jersey...: Part 2 (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Mel and Joe find themselves in a compromising situation.

Director: Phill Lewis | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson

Votes: 144

39. Wolf Creek (2016–2017)
Episode: Wolf Creek (2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Eve finds the location of Taylor and tries to rescue Hill.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Fletcher Humphrys, Lucy Fry, Isaac May, Jasper Darwent

Votes: 297

40. Portlandia (2011–2018)
Episode: Riot Spray (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy

Spyke gets the band back together. Podcasters investigate a police station. Candace introduces Toni to her childhood home. Brendan and Michelle consider van life.

Director: Carrie Brownstein | Stars: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Ed Begley Jr., Brendan Canty

Votes: 127

41. This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode: Songbird Road: Part Two (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kevin attempts to help Nicky; Randall and Kate reflect on differing memories of their childhood.

Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 1,444

42. The Flatey Enigma (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2018)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jóhanna arrives to Iceland along with her 9-year-old son after a few year stay in Paris. She travels to Flatey island to bury her father that had dedicated his life to solve the Flatey enigma.

Director: Björn Br. Björnsson | Stars: Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Hilmir Jensson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson

Votes: 34

43. The Daily Show (1996– )
Episode: Jay Rosen (2018)

TV-14 | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

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Director: Paul Pennolino | Stars: Trevor Noah, Michael Kosta, Mikko Leinonen, Desi Lydic

Votes: 26