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, suspense, serious, captivating, sentimental and tense films and TV shows about / with missing person, betrayal, violence, death, soldier, revenge, storytelling, vietnam war, grief and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, France 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), An Avonlea Christmas Movie (1998), Phantom Soldiers (1987), The Mourning (2015), Loving Memories (2022).
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List of missing in action movies
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, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
one man army, vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, jungle warfare, heroes, justice, fight scenes, war, rescue, military life ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
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367K
Genre: Action, Drama, 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, military, combat, love, airplane, love triangle, navy, aerial combats, fighter pilot, u.s. air force, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, hawaii, japan, asia, cuba ...
Is relevant?
170K
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, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
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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:
amateur detective, uncover truth, doctors and patients, society, dishonesty, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, theft, kidnapping, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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, disturbing, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
halloween, fear, legend, evil power, supernatural, urban legend, missing person, haunted house, creature, teenager, superstition, small town ...
Time:
80s
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
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, tense, romantic ...
Plot:
gem, missing person, cold weather, forgery, uncover truth, love story, deal, love at first sight, american abroad, criminal underworld, puppet, infidelity ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
russia, siberia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to the indomitable and sometimes intolerable matriarch of the King family, Hetty King. When she suddenly collapses during the holidays, Hetty is hospitalized. Feeling homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate ...
Style:
sentimental, reflective, melancholic, uplifting
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, world war one, family reunited, matriarchy, family bonds, christmas dinner, domestic drama, loneliness, resilience, small town, bittersweet ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: War
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Daniel Custer leaves for Vietnam to find his brother Michael, a Green Beret Lieutenant who has been reported missing in action. Michael's squad was searching for a mysterious group of 'phantom soldiers' that had been ...
Style:
tense, action packed, action thriller, suspenseful, heroic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, rescue mission, soldier, violence, combat, brotherhood, guerilla warfare, survival, revenge, massacre, ranger ...
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
20 years after going MIA in Desert Storm, Aaron returns home under mysterious conditions, not having aged since his disappearance, and must reestablish relationships with loved ones before an imminent return to an ambiguous other-worldly existence.
Style:
suspense, mystical, tense, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot:
mourning, presumed dead, conspiracy theory, secret, mysticism, conspiracy, soldier, paranormal, veteran, homecoming, supernatural, alienation ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
1916. Julien Delaunay is reported missing in action during the Great War. His wife, Julie, refuses to believe he is dead. 1919. When a photo of an amnesic drifter appears in the press, Julie immediately recognizes him as her beloved husband. They ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, period piece, emotional, historical drama ...
Plot:
amnesia, world war one, memory, male female relationship, vanished man, relationships, repressed memory, amnesiac, memory lapse, memory loss, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1919
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pilot (Egglesfield) gets shot down and gets amnesia, later on his stricken-with-grief wife (Langton) finds him in a small town and she is shocked that he doesn't remember her.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, dramatic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, amnesia, pilot, false identity, memory loss, happy ending, male female relationship, romantic reunion, bittersweet, identity crisis, female protagonist ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 50s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines, USA, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The plot concerns a small group of people who are forced to flee from their base (which happens to be a Mission) in an old school bus when the VC launch a vicious assault upon it. Along the way they are joined by a group of three battle hardened ...
Style:
tense, realistic, road movie, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam war, special forces, combat, escape, survival, jungle warfare, armed conflict, rescue mission, violence, evacuation, sacrifice, survivor ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
vietnam
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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, undead, living dead, world war two, soldier, cia, nazi, army, toxic, cannibal, u.s. army ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 80s
Place:
west germany, germany, europe, bavaria, alps ...
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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:
woman riding a horse, burial, hit and run, cemetery, mistrust, car crash, attempted rape, traffic accident, loss of mother, district attorney, businessman, guest ...
Place:
texas, usa
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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, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, jungle, rescue, soldier, military, captivity, danger, military life, against the odds, missing person, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1973, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, bangkok thailand, laos, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Morocco
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:
sentimental, inspirational, entertaining, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
desert, love and romance, fishing, fish, muslim, businessman, politics, doubts and hesitations, friendship, midlife crisis, passion, culture clash ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, scotland, london, afghanistan, england ...
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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, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, gay soldier, soldier, confined, vengeance, politics, haunted by the past, friendship, cold war era, innocence lost, state affairs ...
Place:
asia, vietnam
Is relevant?
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, research, missing person, interwar period, post war, time travel, anti war, destructive relationship, military, love and romance ...
Time:
1920s, year 1989, 1910s, post world war one
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, Turkey
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:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, compassionate, sentimental ...
Plot:
world war one, redemption, war, missing person, courage, greco turkish war, family drama, parents and children, family relations, escapades, turkish history, wartime ...
Time:
year 1919, 1910s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1915 ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, australia, gallipoli, ottoman empire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own ...
Style:
entertaining, fairy tale, sweet, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
magic, children, nanny, countryside, mischievous children, kids and family, fantasy world, destiny, witch, objects come to life, world war two, farm ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Hungary
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:
period piece, disturbing, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
fashion, haute couture, cleaning lady, widow, fashion model, fashion designer, fashion show, dream, bigger dreams, female protagonist, culture, direction and purpose ...
Time:
20th century, year 1957, 1950s, 50s
Place:
paris france, london, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, backwoods, swamp, lost in the woods, ambush, poacher, murder, american south, dog attack, pursuit, on the run ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1973, 70s
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa, vietnam, texas ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
Andrei Potyomkin, frontier guard cadet, learns that his MIA father who fought in the Soviet-Afghan war is accused of treason. He is trying to find out the truth about his father's death, and together with a young promising journalist Alyona ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
army, female journalist, betrayal, soldier, father son relationship, military, war crime, investigative journalism, expose, investigative reporter, anti war, organized crime ...
Place:
afghanistan
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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, lovers apart, valentine's day, power of love, navy, love and romance, uncover truth, elderly, aging, anniversary, passionate love, passion ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist ...
Style:
christian film, touching, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mysticism, catholic, faith, children, church, miraculous event, father daughter relationship, priest, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, flash forward, nun ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1989, year 1948, edwardian era, year 1918 ...
Place:
portugal
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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:
tropical, thrilling, retro, fast paced, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, violence, exploitation, rescue mission, cia agent, revenge, survival, betrayal, guerilla warfare, trick, exotic locale ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, vietnam
Is relevant?
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:
slasher, disturbing, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vietnam war, pow, vietnam veteran, conspiracy theory, war veteran, characters killed one by one, society, violent, killing spree, fear, maniac, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vietnam
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 100 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, absurd, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, revenge, jungle, military, one man army, escape, martial arts, prison escape, explosions, survival, cannon ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A Marine officer reported as killed in Vietnam but was actually a POW returns home. Instead of being welcomed home, however, he discovers that his father has died, his wife has remarried, his daughter has been adopted, his business has been sold and ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, period piece, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vietnam war, ptsd, post traumatic stress, alienation, homecoming, loss, identity crisis, frustration, social isolation, betrayal, grief, hometown ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam
Is relevant?
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:
clever, sentimental, emotional, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, haunted by the past, death in the family, family problems, grief, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
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