Dear Child

Dear Child

Created by Isabel Kleefeld, Julian Pörksen

On Netflix

20231 season6 episodes48 min7.3 / 10

A tense, dark mystery miniseries that traces a woman's escape from captivity back through a 13-year-old disappearance, sustained by psychological dread and the accumulation of traumatic revelation.

A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Dear Child sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of series.

  • Is Dear Child easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.

  • Is Dear Child violent? Yes, very. More violent than 92% of series.

  • Is Dear Child scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of series.

  • Does Dear Child leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love44

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Dear Child, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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