Missing in action movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant missing in action movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, touching, independent film and suspense films and TV shows about / with soldier, death, missing person, bare chested male, cigarette smoking, war, military, husband wife relationship, friendship and vietnam war plots mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as missing in action: Missing in Action (1984), Pearl Harbor (2001), Brothers (2009), Borderline Murder (2011), Neverknock (2017), Siberia (2018), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), The Veteran (2006), Life and Nothing But (1989), Night of the Zombies (1981).

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Missing in Action (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vietnam war, jungle, one man army, martial arts, military, heroes, justice, fight scenes, military life, heroic mission, rescue, tough heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
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 6.2
 350K
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot: world war two, war, love, military, combat, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, america ...
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 7.1
 145K
Brothers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style: touching, tense, melancholic, suspense, heartbreaking ...
Plot: family drama, war, adultery, american soldier, marital infidelity, presumed dead, marine, family problems, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
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Borderline Murder (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: uncover truth, amateur detective, doctors and patients, dishonesty, society, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, kidnapping, theft, against the rules ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.7
 1K
Neverknock (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In 1986, three teens were brutally murdered after knocking on the door of 59 Oakwood Lane. The killer was never found. Over the next forty years, rumors turned to legend, and while few will admit to believing the stories, kids are still warned never ...
Style: suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
Plot: halloween, fear, legend, evil power, missing person, porn, paranormal, murder, monster, lesbian, haunted house, cockroach ...
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 4.3
 17K
Siberia (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A diamond trader travels to Russia to arrange a sale. When his partner goes missing (along with the gems), the diamond trader winds up disappearing to Siberia. There, he begins a relationship with a local cafe owner, only to have his past soon catch ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, captivating, romantic, tense ...
Plot: cold weather, gem, forgery, missing person, love story, deal, uncover truth, love at first sight, american abroad, puppet, criminal underworld, infidelity ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: russia, siberia, st. petersburg russia
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Style: inspirational, romantic, sentimental, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: desert, fishing, fish, muslim, love and romance, doubts and hesitations, midlife crisis, friendship, businessman, culture clash, greed, love story ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, scotland, london, afghanistan
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 3.9
 657
The Veteran (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sidney J. Furie's The Veteran is a respectable straight-to-DVD movie that was headed for the "pleasant surprise" category before self-destructing with a terrible, out-of-the-blue ending.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, soldier, confined, vengeance, war, friendship, politics, haunted by the past, military, state affairs, innocence lost ...
Place: asia, vietnam
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Life and Nothing But (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into ...
Style: anthology, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot: world war one, war, great war, post war, interwar period, time travel, anti war, research, missing person, obsessive quest, military, soldier ...
Time: 1920s, year 1989, 1910s, post world war one
Place: france, europe
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Night of the Zombies (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are ...
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Plot: zombie, nazi zombie, world war two, undead, living dead, soldier, nazi germany, deserter, cia agent, conspiracy, cia, army ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, 80s
Place: west germany, europe, bavaria, germany, alps ...
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 5.1
 195
Mia's Father (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Mia Williams, raised on the family Bed & Breakfast by Sara, a loving single mom grows up believing her father was lost, M.I.A., in the Gulf War. A tragic accident results in the sudden death of Sara and Mia finds herself alone to care for ...
Plot: love, businessman, death of mother, loss of mother, bartender, grief, college student, district attorney, attempted rape, traffic accident, sheriff, funeral ...
Place: texas
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 6.3
 12K
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style: intense, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, prison, jungle, survival, military, rescue, soldier, captivity, danger, missing person, against the odds, military life ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1977, year 1982, year 1972 ...
Place: vietnam, texas, laos, bangkok thailand, asia ...
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The Water Diviner (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style: touching, reflective, emotional, dramatic, compassionate ...
Plot: world war one, war, redemption, missing person, courage, family drama, great war, parents and children, family relations, escapades, military, wartime ...
Time: 1910s, year 1919, year 2014, 2010s, 1920s ...
Place: australia, gallipoli, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, France, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.
Style: satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot: fashion, haute couture, widow, cleaning lady, fashion model, fashion show, fashion designer, dream, bigger dreams, female protagonist, culture, dreaming ...
Time: 20th century, year 1957, 1950s
Place: paris france, london, france
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 7.3
 10K
In Harm's Way (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Style: realistic, tense, factual, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity, navy ...
Time: year 1941, year 1965, 1940s, year 1942
Place: pearl harbor, hawaii, pacific ocean, san francisco, polynesia
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 6.1
 542
Ceasefire (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great ...
Style: sincere, rough, disturbing, melancholic
Plot: male objectification, brother brother relationship, self discovery, life, wartime, getting home, african, traumatized man, trauma, ptsd, female nudity, nudity ...
Time: 1920s, year 2016, year 1916, post world war one
Place: africa, france, west africa
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The Lost Valentine (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot ...
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, romantic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: true love, love and romance, uncover truth, lovers apart, aging, elderly, navy, anniversary, valentine's day, hopes, adaptation, love story ...
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 4.4
 29
Rescue Team (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Richard Harrison stars as a super tough CIA agent in this over-the-top action-packed Filipino jungle action flick. Bloody violence, a jungle full of bamboo death traps and some double crossing keeps things more than interesting and a definite must ...
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, jungle adventure, hunting, elite, female nudity, revenge, commando, blood, showgirl, rescue team, jungle, suicide ...
Place: thailand, vietnam
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M.I.A. A Greater Evil (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Thailand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: American college students head to the jungles of Vietnam to search for lost gold. They become hopelessly lost, and they may not be alone.
Style: suspense, disturbing, slasher, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, war veteran, conspiracy theory, pow, missing person, serial murder, brutality, fear, threat, disguise, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vietnam
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, prison, jungle, military, one man army, martial arts, explosions, survival, cannon, war, vietcong, betrayal ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place: vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
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Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: The continuing adventures of Anne Shirley in New York and in France during World War I.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: world war one, rich and poor, battles, missing person, rise to the top, love and romance, couples, couple relations, writer's life, true love, anne of green gables, orphan ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1918, year 1915, year 1919
Place: canada, new york, france, usa, europe ...
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The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing ...
Style: touching, semi serious, captivating, humorous, patriotic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, against the odds, ambition, parents and children, eccentric family, family life, fighting the system, nothing goes right, obsession, factory, fish out of water, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s, pre world war one
Place: washington d.c.
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Missing Brendan (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: George takes a trip to Vietnam to find his missing son. George's son Bob and Bob's son Patrick accompany George on the trip. George's son, Brendan, has been Missing in Action since the Vietnam War. Julie, an archeologist, joined the ...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: missing person, family relations, vietnam war, haunted by the past, parents and children, human nature, family life, village, culture clash, expedition, love, missing son ...
Place: vietnam, chicago, asia, usa, honolulu hawaii
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 7.8
 797
Housewife, 49 (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her ...
Style: captivating, touching, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, parent grown child relationship, female protagonist, heroes, voice over narration, family home, unhappy marriage, christmas ...
Time: year 1941, year 1939, 1940s
Place: england, northern england
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 4.7
 472
White Ghost (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.
Style: retro, independent film, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, jungle, rescue, jungle adventure, daring rescue, heroes, master warrior, escapades, military, chase, danger, soldier ...
Time: 80s
Place: vietnam, asia
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 7.1
 6K
My Boy Jack (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, costume drama, tense ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, british army, family relations, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, parents and children, missing person, great war, father son relationship ...
Time: 1910s, year 1915
Place: france, dublin ireland, england, germany
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 6.6
 15K
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Style: sentimental, emotional, realistic, clever, art film ...
Plot: murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, fall in love, haunted by the past, death in the family, family problems, grief, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2002, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, usa
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Captain America (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Yugoslavia, Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, touching, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, world war two, hand to hand combat, martial arts, super villain, captain, heroes, fistfight, terrorist, comic book, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: year 1936, 20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1943 ...
Place: washington d.c., ohio, rome italy, california, italy ...
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 7.2
 25K
Birdy (1984)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style: depressing, emotional, psychological, realistic, touching ...
Plot: vietnam war, mental illness, bird, obsession, psychology, best friend, military, psychiatry, friendship, illness, mental institution, coming of age ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 60s
Place: vietnam, philadelphia, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey
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 5.7
 4K
1969 (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual ...
Style: realistic, independent film, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vietnam war, prejudice, anti war, unfaithfulness, death of father, drug use, hippie, small town, drug, male nudity, coming of age, college ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: vietnam, usa, maine, canada, texas ...
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