Best Family Abandonment Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 12 top-rated family abandonment movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Better Man 2024 ★ 7.6

The Inbetweeners 2008 ★ 7.7

Floating Weeds 1959 ★ 7.5

Bones and All 2022 ★ 7.0

A Story of Floating Weeds 1934 ★ 7.2

The Goodbye Girl 1977 ★ 6.9

Gracie's Choice 2004 ★ 7.1

The Phoenician Scheme 2025 ★ 6.5

Cop 1988 ★ 6.3

Mrs. Soffel 1984 ★ 6.0

Is God Is 2026 ★ 6.0

Return to the Blue Lagoon 1991 ★ 6.2