The Good Son

1993 film by Joseph Ruben
Movie film Q589713
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Summary

The Good Son is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,051 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Joseph Ruben[3]
  • Screenwriter: Ian McEwan[4]
  • Composer: Elmer Bernstein[5]
  • Genre: thriller film[6], exploitation film[7], horror film[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Macaulay Culkin[10], Elijah Wood[11], Wendy Crewson[12], David Morse[13], Daniel Hugh Kelly[14], Jacqueline Brookes[15], Ashley Crow[16], Rory Culkin[17]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[18]
  • Director of photography: John Lindley[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[20]
  • Commons category: Film locations of The Good Son (1993)[21]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[22]
  • Review score: 4.6/10[23], 25%[24]
  • Color: color[25]
  • Country of origin: United States[26]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1993[27], April 28, 1994[28]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[29], Netflix[30]
  • Narrative location: Arizona[31]
  • Filming location: New Hampshire[32], Maine[33]
  • Film editor: George Bowers[34]
  • Title: The Good Son[35]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[36]
  • Duration: 87[37]
  • Costume designer: Juliet Polcsa[38]
  • Production designer: Bill Groom[39]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category IV[40]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[41]

Why It Matters

The Good Son has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 107034
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  2. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 43611
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eiga.com movie id: 43611, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/258701104|危険な遊び(1993) (#258701104)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7457|Eiga.com movie]] #mix'"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 4211
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 4211, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Bill Groom
    Publication date → +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1994-04-28T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Ian McEwan
    Duration → {'amount': '+87'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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