Movies and TV shows like The Missing
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The Missing (2014)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating, gloomy, psychological thriller, atmospheric, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist, parents and children, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, grief, british police, spy, police officer, murder mystery, reporter, aspiration, police investigation, storytelling, police procedural ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2009, year 2006, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france
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Most similar movies to The Missing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, tense, suspenseful and serious films and TV series with plots about investigation, police investigation, police, murder mystery, murder, police detective and police officer mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Missing: Unforgotten (2015), The Forest (2017), The Guilty (2013), Safe (2018), Baptiste (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, investigation, cold case, missing person, female police detective, who done it, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
In a small quiet village in the Ardennes, a sixteen-year-old girl disappears into the forest after calling her teacher in the middle of the night. Captain Gaspard Deker, a former soldier and newly arrived single father is conducting the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, twist ending, dark ...
Plot:
forest, police, lost child, police investigation, mind game, sex scene, investigation, missing child, twists and turns, secrets, partner, police detective ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Lives are torn apart and relationships fractured forever when a young child goes missing. Five years later, DCI Maggie Brand leads a new investigation and puts at risk her own happy family life.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Plot:
missing child, police investigation, dead child, law enforcement, life turned upside down, investigation, police procedural, cold case, family drama, secrets, grief, guilt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Style:
suspense, captivating, crime drama, witty, thrilling ...
Plot:
missing person, twists and turns, investigation, private investigation, parents and children, female detective, neighbor, father daughter relationship, father, missing daughter, mysterious disappearance, suspect ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Julien Baptiste delves into the criminal underworld of the red light district and uncovers a complex web of deceit and lies.
Style:
detective, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, investigation, gangster, niece, missing girl, retired cop, hitman, british police, dutch mafia, danger, private detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, amsterdam
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, twists and turns, police, murderer, legal, grief, multiple suspects, small town, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
70%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Style:
crime drama, serious, tense, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
police, policewoman, missing person, courtroom drama, investigation, police investigation, social relations, uncover truth, family relations, who done it, under the surface, small town life ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Lyon, the show traces the increasing trauma of the Morel family who fall apart when their 17-year-old daughter fails to return home from a night out. As the hours pass and the police investigation builds, The Disappearance explores every ...
Style:
detective, psychological, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police, family relations, betrayal, jealousy, partner, nordic, twists and turns, abduction, danger, confined ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
920K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, serial killer, torture, twists and turns, vigilantism, police investigation, plot twist, brutality, vigilante, cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
274K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, sentimental, tense, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, fighting the system, serial killer, trial, missing child, disorder, missing person, police corruption, uncover truth, society, corruption ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2008, year 1935 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, canada, seattle
Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, surprise ending, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, twists and turns, police investigation, hallucination, haunted by the past, police, murder investigation, murder mystery, british police, police procedural, able to see the dead, partner ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
Similarity:
100%
994
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
The disappearance of 14 year old Amber Bailey sets off a two-year search during which her family will go through unimaginable pressures. As the days, months and years progress the mystery deepens, and strange and terrifying clues come to light, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
missing person, family relations, parents and children, missing child, family problems, suburbs, missing daughter, teenage girl, reporter, investigation, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, anthology, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, investigation, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, female nudity, troubled ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 2000s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, investigation, mind game, police detective, life is a bitch, law enforcement, missing child, murder mystery, mysterious character, family problems, sergeant ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police, lawyer, police detective, judge, uncover truth, murder, suspicion, ethics, double life, legal, snitch, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
serious, psychological, crime drama, gloomy, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, female detective, murder, female protagonist, multiple suspects, who done it, police investigation, crime investigation, strong female lead, street kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
police investigation, kidnapping, missing child, winter, kidnapped, danger, snow, hostage, little girl, investigation, missing person, missing girl ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, family relations, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, child killer, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have ...
Style:
detective, tense, atmospheric, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police, police detective, murder investigation, who done it, multiple suspects, police investigation, british police, murder, murder mystery, investigation, island, social relations ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
21%
242
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
DSI Iain Barclay (Bonneville) heads up a team of police that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of an old colleague DS Amy Foster (McTeer) to help in the investigation. The perpetrators turn out to be radical ...
Style:
serious, detective, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, murder mystery, kidnapped boy, investigation, police procedural, kidnapped child, police investigation, police officer, police, child kidnapping, abduction, mysterious disappearance ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
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Story:
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, rough, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, police procedural, british police, courtroom, serial killer, legal, investigation, exodus, murder mystery, crime investigation, murder, missing person ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
19%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, disappearance, cold case, police detective, childhood friend, sleuth, murder, missing person, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
19%
740
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Identity is a British police procedural drama television series starring Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes, airing in the UK during July–August 2010. Concerning identity theft, the series was created and written by Ed Whitmore, a writer most noted for ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, identity theft, fighting crime, law enforcement, police detective, police, hidden identity, danger, murder, police protagonist, murder mystery, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, police detective, child abduction, missing person, disappearance, secrets, rescue, justice, danger, parents and children, race against time, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, galicia
Similarity:
19%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling ...
Style:
bleak, crime drama, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police, loneliness, whodunit, life is a bitch, drinking problem, depression, small town, british police, nordic ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
In an era of violence and corruption, Park Yeong-han, a humble detective, joins forces with Sang-sun, Gyeong-hwan and Ho-jeong to uphold justice.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, exciting, thrilling ...
Plot:
police inspector, investigation, police, police station, crime investigation, police officer, murder investigation, police partner, police detective, police investigation, buddy cop, police corruption ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
What's the worst that can happen to a police officer? Definitely an unresolved investigation. This is what happens on Boxing Day 1999. Charlotte Meyer, an 11-year-old girl, disappears without a trace. Captain Pierre Castaing, in charge of the ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, cold case, disappearance, missing person, missing child, police procedural, crime investigation, crime solving, police investigation, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance, haunting ...
Similarity:
18%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Cevdet, a retired commissioner, and his wife spend their pensions in peace on a farm away from the city. Suddenly the life of the family is destroyed by the sudden arrival of a terrible news from the little son.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, family relations, friendship, police, betrayal, husband wife relationship, secret, infidelity, murder, murder trial, nordic ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
18%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, coma, police, police investigation, murder, female partner, policewoman, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, organized crime, who done it, crime solving, police officer, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, criminal, police, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
18%
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