De jonge Mark (Elijah Wood) belooft zijn zwaar zieke moeder dat hij haar niet zal laten sterven. Zijn moeder sterft toch en Mark wordt korte tijd later door zijn vader naar familie gebracht om enkele weken bij hen door te brengen. Hij kan er spelen met zijn neefje Henry (Macaulay Culkin), die van zijn eigen leeftijd is, en het jongere nichtje Connie. Henry sleept Mark mee in spelletjes die soms gevaarlijk maar altijd amusant zijn. Stilaan wordt het Mark duidelijk dat Henry pervers is en dat hij tot monsterlijke dingen in staat is. Voor de buitenwereld houdt Henry echter het masker van de voorbeeldige jongen op.
Nee, helaas is The Good Son nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Ian McEwan | Screenplay |
| Production | Joseph Ruben | Producer |
| Camera | John Lindley | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mary Ann Page | Producer |
| Editing | George Bowers | Editor |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Daniel Rogosin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ezra Swerdlow | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Joseph Ruben | Director |
| Crew | Lisa Shaftel | Special Effects |
| Camera | Van Redin | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jeff Kliment | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Thomas John Kane | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | David Crone | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Sound | Elisha Birnbaum | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Brian Vancho | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Jack Gill | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Bill Groom | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Flynt | Costume Design |
| Camera | Kerry Hayes | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Samantha Timmerman | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Rusty Smith | Art Direction |
| Sound | Stan Bochner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard King | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Jack Gill | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Michael E. Steele | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Barbara M. Ravis | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Peter Norman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Eric Swanek | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andy Harris | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bobby Huber | Key Grip |
| Crew | David Neil Trifunovich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Feldbauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Mazur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Paris | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Veader | Hairdresser |
| Production | Deborah Aquila | Casting |
| Production | Michael E. Steele | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Joni Avery | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Avery | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Kenny Bates | Stunts |
| Crew | Nick Brett | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Cassidy | Stunts |
| Crew | Edward Conna | Stunts |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Harrison | Stunts |
| Crew | Noon Orsatti | Stunts |
| Crew | Spiro Razatos | Stunts |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | Pilot |
| Crew | Debbie Lee Carrington | Stunts |
| Sound | Susumu Tokunow | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Anna R. Delanzo | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Marc Rogers | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Juliet Polcsa | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Holbrook | Set Costumer |
| Editing | Doron Shauly | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Richard P. Cirincione | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Louis Cerborino | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Emanuel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ira Spiegel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stuart Stanley | Sound Editor |
| Sound | James H. Nau | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harry Peck Bolles | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gerald Donlan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Wahnon | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Dennis Zoppe | Best Boy Grip |
| Sound | Kathy Durning | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Emilie A. Bernstein | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Dan Wallin | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Harriet Fidlow | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Marjorie Deutsch | ADR Editor |
| Production | Julie Lichter | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Raquel Osborne | Extras Casting |
| Art | Joe Wood | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Sarah Knowles | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Keith Neely | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Len Morganti | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Gerald DeTitta | Leadman |
| Art | Ray Fisher | Set Dresser |
| Art | Paul Richards | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Brigitte Prochaska | Unit Publicist |
| Lighting | Lon Caracappa | Electrician |
| Lighting | Donna Vega | Electrician |
| Camera | Tony Campenni | Grip |
| Camera | William M. Weberg | Grip |
| Editing | Phil Hetos | Color Timer |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Camera | Kenneth Zunder | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Directing | K.C. Colwell | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Andy Gill | Stunts |
