
Signs(2002)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.


“Everything you've experienced, everything you've known... never happened.”
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories about a son she never had. But when she remembers a man who had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.

Julianne Moore
Telly Paretta

Dominic West
Ash Correll

Gary Sinise
Dr. Munce

Anthony Edwards
Jim Paretta

Alfre Woodard
Det. Anne Pope

Linus Roache
A Friendly Man

Robert Wisdom
Carl Dayton

Jessica Hecht
Eliot

Christopher Kovaleski
Sam
Matthew Pleszewicz
Sam at 5
The Forgotten is a thriller, mystery, science fiction film released in 2004 exploring themes of loss of sense of reality, loss of loved one, grief, memory loss, airplane crash, psychiatrist. Directed by Joseph Ruben, it stars Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise. Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories about a son she never had. But when she remembers a man who had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
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