Disappearance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant disappearance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, serious and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with disappearance, investigation, missing person, murder, death, police, police officer, flashback, female nudity and supernatural plots mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as disappearance: The Crossing (2012), The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017), Tell No One (2006), The Kettering Incident (2016), Flightplan (2005), Don't Blink (2014), The Haunting (1963), Eden (2021), The Hidden Face (2011), TRON: Legacy (2010).
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disappearance, island, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, father daughter relationship, little girl, death, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, serious, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
disappearance, unsolved crime, jealous husband, missing wife, domestic violence, murder, schizophrenia, husband wife relationship, family business, missing person, suspicion, true crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, corpse, twists and turns, disappearance, investigation, frame up, serial killer, loss of wife, surveillance, grief, paranoia, whodunit ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing in the forbidden forests outside Kettering when they saw strange lights in the sky. Eight hours ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
abusive husband, disappearance, half sister, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, small town, investigation, missing child, best friend, parent child relationship, police detective, family relations ...
Place:
tasmania, london, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, twists and turns, missing child, conspiracy, airplane accident, female protagonist, kidnapping, disappearance, strong female lead, flight attendant, family relations, little girl ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, persia, newfoundland, new york, germany
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge.
Style:
suspenseful, twist ending, semi serious, exciting, humorous ...
Plot:
missing person, mountain, disappearance, group of friends, danger, resort, pregnancy, road trip, abandoned building, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wilderness, winter ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, disappearance, supernatural horror, insanity, haunted, research, hearing voices, lesbian, poltergeist, obsession, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, 1870s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place:
boston, new england, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
The disappearance of a young woman triggers a devastating chain of events which lays bare the dark, hidden heart of paradise. Long buried secrets are dragged into the open as lives and deeds of local residents intersect over one fractured summer and ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
disappearance, erotica, lesbian, mysterious disappearance, small town life, lesbian relationship, missing person, society, dark secret, secret, hidden truth, investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, disappearance, infidelity, missing person, couples, social isolation, jealousy, police detective, musician, missing woman, plot twist, surveillance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, south america, spain
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India, UK, Mexico, Japan, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real ...
Style:
stylized, visually stunning, cyber, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, computer program, cyberspace, disappearance, chase, virtual reality, dystopic future, dystopia, hacker, distopia, computer genius ...
Time:
future, year 2010, 2010s, near future, 80s ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Style:
creepy, dark, cult horror, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, religion, paganism, occult, disappearance, ritual, human sacrifice, female nudity, temptation, sacrifice, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
scotland, fictional island, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
19-year-old Egor Chudinov lost his parents: they went on an ethnographic expedition to the Perm region and did not return. Together with his uncle Nikolay, Egor goes in search. Philology students Nadya and Tanya join the heroes on their journey. All ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, mystical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
disappearance, legends and myths, magical creature, supernatural, folklore, folk horror, magic, riddles and clues, magical power, search and rescue, wizards and magicians, secret ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A man ends up in hospital after a car accident. He does not remember his name, but it is soon discovered he is a famous attorney. To make things worse, the police start to suspect him of having murdered his missing niece.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
disappearance, amnesia, lawyer, investigation, niece, danger, memory, police, family relations, attorney, uncover truth, memory loss ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier ventures into the Pacific Northwest to uncover the truth behind his fiance's disappearance.
Style:
exciting, tense, bleak, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
sasquatch, bigfoot, disappearance, human monster, creature, wilderness, mysterious disappearance, human versus monster, woods, uncover truth, giant monster, investigation ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, disappearance, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, swimming pool, sect, secret society, secret message, obsession, skinny dipping, male nudity, lake ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Style:
captivating, clever, bleak, spooky, crime drama ...
Plot:
female detective, disappearance, police detective, missing child, policewoman, police investigation, bodies, life is a bitch, self discovery, child rape, hidden truth, child abuse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, dark, sexy, horrifying ...
Plot:
ghost, revenge, orphan, spanish civil war, disappearance, child abuse, gold, boarding school, haunted, coming of age, supernatural, orphanage ...
Time:
1930s, year 2001, year 2000, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
portugal, south america, spain, europe, madrid ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, quarantine, missing person, disappearance, murderer, paranormal activity, investigation, foreknowledge, cure, supernatural power, danger, psychic ...
Time:
2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Architect Fabián Danubio desperately tries to find his daughter, who has inexplicably disappeared leaving no trace.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
disappearance, hidden truth, unsolved crime, mysterious disappearance, cold case, violence, uncover truth, parents and children, crime solving, investigation, secret revealed, daughter ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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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
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
Style:
detective, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
disappearance, mind control, hypnosis, missing daughter, survival, police detective, problem, uncover truth, crime investigation, homicide detective, private investigation, sleuth ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
texas, austin texas, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mother reports her student daughter Lisa missing, but detective Aslak Eira is getting too little information, and she is found in a lake. The more they investigate, the less they seem to understand. Then Lisa's best friend goes missing too.
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
disappearance, investigation, murder, police investigation, missing person, sleuth, father son relationship, crime solving, uncover truth, forensics, police, race against time ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
After missing social media influencer Alicja Stec returns with no memory of the past year, the drug-dealing brother of another missing teen sets out to prove the cases are connected… and unravel the truth behind his sister’s disappearance.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
disappearance, missing person, missing girl, past, teenage girl, secret past, secret, undercover, mysterious disappearance, problem, social problems, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Style:
melancholic, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
disappearance, love, obsession, relationships, coping, couple relations, female masturbation, delusion, tourist, missing person, love and romance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, supernatural, peril, heroic mission, riddles and clues, mistrust, obsessive quest, investigator, imaginary, scheme ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Style:
suspense, captivating, perverse, action thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, forest, manhunt, hunter, small town, sheriff, missing daughter, disappearance, missing girl, dead girl, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't ...
Style:
mind bending, touching, stylized, offbeat, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, haunted by the past, missing person, apocalypse, life turned upside down, society, hopes, post apocalypse, depression, small town, small town sheriff, chief of police ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, syria, new york state, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, teen, independent film, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
missing person, coming of age, teenage girl, recurring dream, sex, mother daughter relationship, mysterious disappearance, disappearance, dysfunctional family, teenage life, gay interest, loss of mother ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, disappearance, vestiges of humanity, group of strangers, supernatural, darkness, survival, hospital, danger, chaos, death ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
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