Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fear-of-abandonment"

1. Good Will Hunting (1997)

R | 126 min | Drama, Romance

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 1,068,744 | Gross: $138.43M

2. Antichrist (2009)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm

Votes: 136,577 | Gross: $0.40M

3. Forever My Girl (2018)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

After being gone for a decade a country star returns home to the love he left behind.

Director: Bethany Ashton Wolf | Stars: Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe, Abby Ryder Fortson, Travis Tritt

Votes: 21,335 | Gross: $16.38M

4. The Birds (1963)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 204,594 | Gross: $11.40M

5. Greta (2018)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry

Votes: 38,090 | Gross: $10.52M

6. Heart and Souls (1993)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 18,945 | Gross: $16.58M

7. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,156

8. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A group of dated appliances embark on a journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in a cabin in the woods.

Director: Jerry Rees | Stars: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day, Thurl Ravenscroft

Votes: 27,747

9. Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After Charlie survives a car crash that kills his younger brother, he is given the gift of seeing the spirits of his brother and others who he has lost, and must use his powers to save the woman he loves from impending disaster.

Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew

Votes: 64,718 | Gross: $31.16M

10. Autumn Leaves (1956)

Approved | 107 min | Drama

A lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened when the man's troubled past reveals itself.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene

Votes: 3,197

11. Girlfriends (1978)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.

Director: Claudia Weill | Stars: Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner

Votes: 3,087

12. Sundays and Cybèle (1962)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama

Story of a lonely young girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.

Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel

Votes: 4,800

13. Double Suicide (1969)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

A doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan.

Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari

Votes: 2,605

14. A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (2008 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief period of time, until an unexpected development forces her to re-examine her feelings.

Director: Leslie Hope | Stars: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Helen Shaver, Kenneth Welsh, Lucas Bryant

Votes: 835

15. Touched by Love (1980)

PG | 95 min | Drama

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos

Votes: 524

16. The Luzhin Defence (2000)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Romance

Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson

Votes: 4,705 | Gross: $1.05M

17. Boyfriends of Christmas Past (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Leading up to Christmas, Lauren is visited by the ghosts of three ex-boyfriends. She must learn to open her heart or risk losing her best friend, Nate.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Catherine Haena Kim, Raymond Ablack, Jenna Katz, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Votes: 1,397

18. Children of Hiroshima (1952)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War

Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.

Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Masao Shimizu, Jûkichi Uno

Votes: 1,372

19. Romance on the Orient Express (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Romance

An American travelling on the Orient Express runs into her former lover. Their romance ended abruptly, but now he tries to make up for lost time while she digs into his past to learn what haunting secrets led to their abrupt break-up.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Stuart Wilson, John Gielgud, Ruby Wax

Votes: 414

20. Mommy's Little Girl (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Growing up under terrible circumstances in a loveless home, a girl who finally finds happiness refuses to let anyone take it from her.

Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Fiona Gubelmann, Emma Hentschel, James Gallanders, Mikael Conde

Votes: 551

21. Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016)

Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son Anderson Cooper discuss their notable family's history.

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Anderson Cooper, Pearson Marx, Stan Stokowski, Alfred Vanderbilt III

Votes: 815

22. Ikaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko (2024)

90 min | Drama

Music gives her life. Music is his life. This is a story that will make our hearts skip a beat this season of love.

Director: Denise O'Hara | Stars: Aga Muhlach, Julia Barretto, Cindy Miranda, Boboy Garrovillo

Votes: 8

23. Too Hard to Handle (2016)

TV-PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

Karo has lots of psychological Problems, 105 minutes of it.

Director: Laura Lackmann | Stars: Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne, Laura Tonke

Votes: 507

24. Zefir (2010)

93 min | Drama

Zephyr, a strong-willed adolescent girl, spends her summer vacation with her grandparents in the mountains, waiting for her mother to come and take her back home. Her mother finally shows ... See full summary »

Director: Belma Bas | Stars: Seyma Uzunlar, Vahide Perçin, Sevinc Bas, O. Rustu Bas

Votes: 536

25. Liberty Lane (2009)

18 min | Short, Action, Drama

A friendship between three adolescent boys is tested when one boy deceives his friends into vandalism and violence.

Director: Timo Becker | Stars: Tristan Price, Malik Kirkwood, Dalton O'Dell, Tyler Chase

Votes: 17

26. Glup, an adventure without waste (2004)

Not Rated | 70 min | Animation

In this whimsical tale for children, a little girl finds herself in a strange land where her only hope of getting home lies in the hands of an eclectic group of newfound friends. After ... See full summary »

Directors: Aitor Arregi, Iñigo Berasategui

Votes: 38

27. F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–2020)
Episode: Carmen rukt op (1991)

29 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Xavier has become sergeant and Carmen became more arrogant. She wants to buy an expensive car, she wants to befriend the colonel's wife and insists that Xavier joins the military football team. Xavier doesn't want to abandon his friends.

Director: Willy Vanduren | Stars: Danni Heylen, Carry Goossens, An Swartenbroekx, Marijn De Valck

Votes: 28

28. F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–2020)
Episode: Crisis (1990)

28 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

On local radio Boma announces he'll fire Oscar if De Kampioenen lose the next match.

Director: Willy Vanduren | Stars: Danni Heylen, Carry Goossens, An Swartenbroekx, Marijn De Valck

Votes: 32

29. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: F.P.S. (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detectives probe the case of a woman thrown from her balcony, and end up immersing themselves in the world of gaming.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 325

30. Stumptown (2019–2020)
Episode: Dex, Drugs and Rock & Roll (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Dex's ex, a famous musician, comes to town for a performance, Dex must protect her from a stalker; Grey continues to receive the cold shoulder from Dex; Tookie and Lt. Cosgrove develop a new friendship.

Director: Marc Buckland | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus

Votes: 646

31. Halston (2021)
Episode: The Sweet Smell of Success (2021)

TV-MA | 44 min | Biography, Drama

Creating a new perfume turns into a fraught and emotional venture for Halston, whose love life grows increasingly entangled with his expanding empire.

Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Bill Pullman, Rebecca Dayan, David Pittu

Votes: 757

32. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Vicki Recap & Nurse Practitioner (2021)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Doug Budin, Shane Douglas, Andrew Freund, Alyssa Heimrich

33. Lucky Hank (2023)
Episode: The Clock (2023)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Drama

Hank and Lily host the annual English department dinner; Lily has a decision to make; Hank's past involving his troubled relationship with his father catches up to him.

Director: Jude Weng | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough, Diedrich Bader

Votes: 453