Changeling (2008)

10/24/2008 (US) • 2h 21m

Crime, Drama, Mystery

To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

Overview

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Top Billed Cast

Angelina Jolie

Christine Collins

John Malkovich

Rev. Gustav Briegleb

Jeffrey Donovan

Captain J.J. Jones

Michael Kelly

Detective Lester Ybarra

Colm Feore

Chief James E. Davis

Jason Butler Harner

Gordon Northcott

Amy Ryan

Carol Dexter

Geoff Pierson

S.S. Hahn

Denis O'Hare

Dr. Jonathan Steele


Recommendations

Religulous

70%

Autumn Sonata

80%

Girl, Interrupted

76%

K-19: The Widowmaker

65%

Marley & Me

72%

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

59%

Original Sin

61%

Flags of Our Fathers

69%

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

67%

Hereafter

61%

What’s the Big Deal

63%

Local Hero

67%

All of Me

65%

The Tourist

62%

Letters from Iwo Jima

75%

Derailed

64%

Gran Torino

80%

Unforgiven

79%

Absolute Power

66%

A Perfect World

75%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$55,000,000.00

Revenue

$113,400,000.00

Keywords

biography

based on true story

clergyman

child in peril

police corruption

los angeles, california

single mother

street urchin

missing child

mental asylum

mental hospital

shock treatment

1920s

missing son

mother son relationship

desperate woman

disbelieving cop

child abduction

telephone switchboard operator

female hysteria

police coverup

apathetic

© All Rights Reserved 2025