15 Movies Like The Lost Children
Loved The Lost Children? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
A Toxic Love Story
A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#2
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Vulgar, taunting texts blow up the phones of a teen and her boyfriend. Who's sending them — and why? This twisty documentary reveals the shocking answer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#3
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
A night of drunken chaos rocks a quiet Dutch town in this shocking documentary about a teen's birthday invite that accidentally went viral on Facebook.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#4
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy
A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside. National panic ensues — but what truly happened? This documentary investigates.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#5
Daughter of the Lake
At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nélida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nélida’s lakes and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#6
Maternal Instinct
Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#7
Argentina
Argentina continues Saura’s lyrical exploration of the essence, talent and patrimony of popular dance and song in both fiction and documentary
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#8
Las cinéphilas
Six elderly retired women, two from Buenos Aires, Argentina; two from Montevideo, Uruguay; and two from Madrid, Spain, have something in common, despite their different interests and lives: they go to the movies almost every day.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#9
Echo of the Mountain
Echo of the Mountain takes a look at the life and work of Santos de la Torre, a great Huichol artist who, like his people, lives in oblivion. Despite having made a great mural for the metro station Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre, Santos lives isolated and ignored in his country. This documentary follows his pilgrimage to Wirikuta, where he asks gods for permission to make a new mural; his journey across 385 miles of the Peyote Route, and Santos's creative process during the making of a new mural which aims to illustrate the history, mythology and religious traditions of the Huichol people.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#10
Messi
His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#11
Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours That Changed Spain
This documentary explores how Miguel Ángel Blanco's 1997 abduction turned fear into collective resistance and shaped Spain's fright Against ETA terrorism.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#12
De Rubén a Rubius: El Viaje de un Virtual Hero
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#13
Orozco the Embalmer
In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.
#14
Money Heist: The Phenomenon
A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Lost Children.
#15
The Pope: Answers
Ten young people from all over the world meet in Rome with Pope Francis with the aim of talking and conveying to him the main concerns of their generation. What awaits them is an unprecedented meeting, a face-to-face conversation, and a unique event.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Lost Children.