The Child in Time (2018)

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

Genres: TV Movie, Drama

What to watch after The Child in Time

• On Chesil Beach (2017) — Ian McEwan wrote the source material both are based on
• Great Expectations (2012) — Two steps away in the credits
• The End We Start From (2023) — Benedict Cumberbatch appears in both
• Ben Is Back (2018)
• The Son (2022) — Same feel: sad, emotional
• We Live in Time (2024) — Same subject: marriage