Sons and daughters gone missing in mystery movies
In year of release order. From 2024 going back in time to 1934.
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- A woman's joy at finding her long-lost daughter is threatened when the girl faces a prison sentence after being framed for murder.
- DirectorRichard SearsThe only thing holding a mother's mind together is the search for her missing son, who everyone else thinks is dead - and they might be right. Her faith is tested as she joins a young, wayward photographer on a journey through Texas into the dark heart of America.
- DirectorPaul HarrisonStarsBrandy RowAfter becoming lost in the city at night, a woman discovers a magic house. Inside she discovers a mysterious other world. The following day she finds her way home but bad events start to happen - culminating in the disappearance of her baby. Believing her baby to be at the magic house she is soon lured back inside - where she is seduced by dark spirits.
- DirectorVincent ShadeStarsHarold DennisSteve BoressAdam ShalziIn 1922, Johnathan Ackley is sent on a quest to find his estranged uncle's missing daughter only to discover a twisted web of bizarre characters that are being plagued by an indescribable evil.
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- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsBen AffleckAlice BragaJD PardoA detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.
- DirectorKandice Marie ChesherStarsG. Kent BrownKenny CarterSeth CarterBased on the disappearance of 9-year-old Catherine Winters from the streets of New Castle, IN, on March 20, 1913. The film explores several of the theories about her mysterious disappearance: Kidnapped by Gypsies? Abducted by a stranger? Murdered by her father, stepmother or a boarder in their home?
- DirectorPhilip BrenkeStarsMarius AhrendtKaroline EichhornHanno FriedrichTen years after her son went missing, Lydia is abducted by the same kidnapper.
- DirectorNick McCallumStarsNick McCallumStelio SavanteAnais LilitWhen an ex-cop arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his missing daughter, it slowly becomes clear he has his own personal agenda to finding the truth.
- DirectorAnna FoersterStarsAllison JanneyJurnee SmollettLogan Marshall-GreenA storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
- StarsColby RyanJanis CoxKelsee RyanWhen Lori Vallow's kids vanished, the search for them unearthed a trail of suspicious deaths, a new husband who shared her doomsday views - and murder.
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsJames McAvoyClaire FoyTom CullenEdmond Murray searches for answers deep in the Highlands after receiving a frantic call from his ex-wife that their seven-year-old son went missing from a campsite.
- CreatorFrancesca BrillLuke WatsonStarsJill HalfpennyDeborah FindlayDara DevaneySince losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.
- CreatorFriedemann FrommMette SøStarsJan Josef LiefersKatharina SchüttlerLene Maria ChristensenA German and a Danish family, whose previous idyllic life together goes upside down with the disappearance of one of the children.
- DirectorPeter FacinelliStarsAnne HecheThomas JaneJason PatricA husband and wife will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter, who disappeared on a family camping trip. When the police don't have any leads, the duo takes over.
- DirectorAndrew J.D. RobinsonStarsMaissa HouriMark TemplinWillow McgregorThe scariest nightmares are the ones you can wake up to in "We Are The Missing"; a drama/horror pseudo-documentary following The Madisons' desperate search for their missing daughter.
- DirectorLiz GarbusStarsAmy RyanThomasin McKenzieGabriel ByrneWhen Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsBren FosterDenise RichardsRandy CoutureJohana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.
- DirectorJoseph MazzaferroJoseph ThomasStarsLisa ArcaroMara DarrowMichael Kenneth FahrThree students went missing in October 2018. Sarah McCormick, Kyle Miller, Joseph Moore. Authorities have now come forward with the information that video surveillance was found inside of the abandoned Yost home that shows the crews last few moments documenting the Shadow People before their mysterious disappearance.
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsKate ArringtonTim HopperJames Vincent MeredithA mystical teen noir that follows a young girl's disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.
- DirectorSeung-woo KimStarsLee Yeong-aePark Hae-joonLee Won-geunA dedicated mother in search of her missing son follows a tip that leads her to a fishing village where corrupt police officers might have the answers to her mystery.
- DirectorCurtis EverittStarsJonathan DixonNicole HannerRyan HannerThe game is afoot for Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they investigate Nova Janson, the missing daughter of a textile baron who is tied to the murder of a Scotland Yard constable.
- DirectorFaizal KoonathStarsSoumya SadanandanNeena KurupMaster AslaabithA female activist and her friends are trying to solve the mystery behind the death of a housewife and her missing son. However, during the course of the investigation, they are presented with many facts which make the case more complicated.
- DirectorAnthony de LioncourtStarsWilliam RagsdaleEric RobertsCatherine Mary StewartA desperate father in search of his missing daughter uncovers sinister events that lead him to a horrifying truth.
- DirectorSaycsar FleurimaStarsRuben CervantesMonica FleurimaJosiah FramptonWhen the youngest goes missing after an accident, Eli and his family and friends relationships are put to the test.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsSam WorthingtonLily RabeLucy CapriA couple stops at a gas station, where their 6 y.o. daughter's arm is fractured. They hurry to a hospital. Something strange is going on there. The wife and daughter go missing.
- DirectorBryan GildnerStarsAshley GeorgakopoulosMatthew AtchleyRachel CoolidgeAbout the disappearance of three year old Madeleine McCall in 2007 on the Algarve coast, at Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal. The McCann family were on holiday with seven friends and eight children in all, including the McCanns' three.
- DirectorJohannes FabrickStarsFriederike BechtLilli BiedermannSarah CampThe former police officer and current private detective Seeler, gets the job to track down the missing daughter of Felix Kepler. This suspects a violent crime. Seeler's investigations into Croatia are soon drawing a different picture.
- DirectorThomas MichaelStarsKate DrummondNell VerlaqueStephane PaquetteA mother's worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.
- StarsAnthony SummersMaria João VazGonçalo AmaralThe Disappearance of Madeleine McCann takes a detailed look at the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, who vanished from the seaside resort of Praia de Luz in Portugal, while on holiday with her family.
- CreatorTorleif HoppeStarsAnders W. BerthelsenZofia WichlaczCharlotte RamplingFive years after his daughter's disappearance, Danish police officer Rolf discovers a fatal flaw in the DNA database and might finally be able to find her.
- DirectorAlexander HankoffStarsKelly McAndrewPaul ArthaudAlexander TrierweilerA distraught father is the only person left still searching for his missing son, in a community that has given up on him.
- DirectorOriol PauloStarsAdriana UgarteChino DarínJavier GutiérrezTwo storms separated by 25 years. A woman murdered. A daughter missed. Only 72 hours to discover the truth.
- DirectorDarrell WheatStarsRichard HarmonEmily Bett RickardsLulu WilsonWhen a woman wakes up unexpectedly from a coma after an experimental procedure, she must piece together her past while searching for her missing daughter in a sinister hospital that won't let her go.
- DirectorViko NikciStarsKaren HassanCatherine WalkerUna CarrollThe story follows Aidie, a fighter inside and out, as she searches for her son while in the grip of the Church.
- DirectorLawrence FowlerStarsHelen CrevelPhilip RidoutLayla WattsAfter a series of inexplicable events, Adeline Gray believes a haunted doll possesses the soul of a vengeful Witch. To have any hope of being reunited with her missing daughter, she knows she must defeat the evil curse of The Witch's Doll.
- DirectorSimon FellowsStarsAndrew ScottBronagh WaughDenise GoughWhen a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
- DirectorYue LüStarsChen YaoYili MaWenkang YuanAn aloof lawyer who is also a single mother, found her daughter missing along with their nanny. She desperately tried to find both of them, while unfolding the tragic life of the nanny.
- DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsJohn ChoDebra MessingJoseph LeeAfter his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
- DirectorMukul AbhyankarStarsManoj BajpayeeTabuAnnu KapoorSushant Dubey checks in at a beach resort of Mauritius late night with his lovely wife Aparna and three-year-old daughter, Titli, who has high fever. As Aparna wakes up the next morning, she is horrified to find Titli missing. The distressed couple goes from pillar to post in a vastly spread resort to search for her, but Titli seems to have disappeared. The police is informed and the most reputed police officer Ramkhilawan Buddu of the Mauritian police force enters the scene. Different people, different viewpoints, different versions about the child going missing turns into a cat and mouse game.
- DirectorChristina ChoeStarsAndrea RiseboroughAnn DowdJ. Smith-CameronNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
- DirectorErick ZoncaStarsVincent CasselRomain DurisSandrine KiberlainThe disappearance of a boy sends an alcoholic cop on the track of a suspicious teacher while falling for the grieving mother.
- DirectorJason NotoStarsTammy BlanchardZane HoltzAzhy RobertsonWhen a Marine's son reveals damning information about a local gangster's missing daughter, a war of attrition wreaks havoc on their forgotten coal mining town.
- DirectorCarl HunterStarsBill NighySam RileyAlice LoweA detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son.
- DirectorJake ScottStarsSienna MillerSky FerreiraKentucker AudleyA woman raises her young grandson after her daughter goes missing.
- CreatorHarlan CobenStarsMichael C. HallAmanda AbbingtonMarc WarrenAfter his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon begins uncovering dark secrets of the people closest to him.
- CreatorLennie JamesStarsLennie JamesStephen GrahamSuranne JonesNelly hasn't rested trying to find his missing daughter Jody, he won't give up, and he will do anything to find out what happened. Discovering things about him and those around him, things he never imagined.
- StarsJenna ColemanEwen LeslieAsher KeddieA young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
- DirectorDonato CarrisiStarsToni ServilloAlessio BoniLorenzo RichelmySpecial agent Vogel is sent to an isolated town in a remote mountain valley to investigate the case of a sixteen years old's disappearance.
- DirectorJosué RamosStarsRamiro BlasPedro CasablancIgnacio FernándezSara, the daughter of Oliver and Julia, suddenly disappears. Days pass without any news about the girl. But one morning, the family receives a letter from someone who claims to have Sara and wants to talk with them that night.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMichelle WilliamsChristopher PlummerMark WahlbergThe story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsRichard FloodJasmine HydeDerek HorshamGemma and Will are shattered when their son dies in an accident. Gemma blames herself and starts to have panic attacks that affect her eyesight; her point of view is viscerally shared with the audience. At the same time, Will believes he is hearing his son's voice calling out to him. To escape their grief, Gemma suggests they take up a new acquaintance Paul's offer to stay at his Lake District country getaway. Gemma, helped by ex-pharmacist Paul, tries to stop her panic attacks with medication. Will, believing in the supernatural continued presence of his lost son, returns home to be with him. This leaves Gemma alone with Paul who appears to be developing genuine feelings for her welfare. Love, grief, and the frailty of the human condition are all brought to the fore as Gemma Will, and Paul are caught up in a descent into violence, first psychological and ultimately physical.
- DirectorÓskar Thór AxelssonStarsJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonSara Dögg ÁsgeirsdóttirÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirA story about a young man and two women who move into a small abandoned town in Iceland to renovate an old house. Little do they know the town has a dark history.
- DirectorSerge MeynardStarsSara MartinsThierry GodardAnne SuarezLuisa lives with Mathieu, the man she loves, and Arthur, Mathieu's son by his first wife, who died in an accident. But Arthur, whom Luisa has been raising like her own, suddenly disappears from school and no one claims a kidnapping.
- DirectorTrey HaleyStarsKristy SwansonSamm WiechecRick RavanelloA mother fear that her daughter has been abducted when a phone call is interrupted by something suspicious
- CreatorBaran bo OdarJantje FrieseStarsLouis HofmannKaroline EichhornLisa VicariA family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
- StarsPeter CoyoteAden YoungCamille SullivanDuring a treasure hunt, on his 10th birthday, Anthony Sullivan inexplicably disappears. During the subsequent investigation long-buried familial secrets are uncovered with devastating consequences.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEmma SuárezAdriana UgarteDaniel GraoAfter a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.
- DirectorFrank D'AngeloStarsJames CaanKris KristoffersonMartin LandauA detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.
- DirectorPaul SorianoStarsEnrique GilChristopher De LeonShaina MagdayaoWhen his son is kidnapped, a government official has to find the money to meet the ransom request.
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsNicole de BoerGina HoldenIris QuinnMarissa went into a coma while pregnant and wakes up five years later to find that she delivered her baby, but it is gone. She then notices that her friend has a child the exact same age as her child would be, but that friend was not pregnant when Marissa first went into her coma. The story unfolds.
- CreatorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona RyderWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
- DirectorSophie Jane AustinStarsSaid BeyJake DaviesHouda EchouafniA mother goes in search of her missing son and discovers a terrible secret haunting the hills.
- DirectorKim FarrantStarsNicole KidmanJoseph FiennesHugo WeavingA family's dull life in a rural outback town is rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.
- DirectorBrian PeraStarsSavannah BeardenAngela DeeMichael LannanAs a mother searches for her missing daughter, the troubled past they share comes into sharper focus, revealing a strange and destructive bond.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsNicolas CageSarah Wayne CalliesVeronica FerresA professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.
- DirectorShawn ChouStarsMaria OlsenJack TurnerSarah SchreiberAn unstable mental patient goes on an overnight rampage to terrorize an ex-rock star and his friends, only to discover she is linked to him in mysterious ways.
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
- CreatorHenrik BjörnStarsMoa GammelGöran RagnerstamRichard ForsgrenA detective returns to her hometown seven years after her daughter's disappearance, trying to find a connection to a current case.
- DirectorConor AllynStarsSamantha HanrattyAlexandra HoldenAndrea BowenA detective tries to help a teenager find her kidnapped baby.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsKoji YakushoNana KomatsuSatoshi TsumabukiAs former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.
- DirectorAmy BergStarsDiane LaneBrynne NorquistEva Grace KellnerA detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsRyan ReynoldsScott SpeedmanRosario DawsonEight 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.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsCraig FairbrassJames CaanJason PatricThe plot revolves around British military contractor Lex Walker, who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
- DirectorJohn Hawthorne SmithStarsSkyler PinkertonDana PelevineNicholas BrendonA successful photographer and recovering heroin addict tries to solve a mystery and conquer his demons after his son is kidnapped.
- DirectorDavid BeilinsonMichael GalinskySuki HawleyStarsNoreen GoschNancy AllenPaul BonacciAn examination into the cold case of the Iowa boy, Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on his paper route 30 years earlier.
- DirectorIbrahim El-BatoutStarsAmr WakedFarouk Al-FishawySalah AlhanafyAn Egyptian gangster, El Ott, divorced his wife, Salma, and left the family soon after his daughter, Amina, was mysteriously kidnapped and lost in Cairo. El Ott discovers that Fathi, a human and organ trafficking mobster boss, has recently kidnapped street children from his neighborhood, in order to sell their organs.
- DirectorTerry IngramStarsLarisa OleynikLaura MennellSebastian SpenceA psychotic stalker gives a pregnant woman a labor-inducing drug, then kidnaps her newborn.
- StarsTchéky KaryoAnastasia HilleJames NesbittTony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
- DirectorJohn WynnStarsLana McKissackAva CantrellNathan MooreA mysterious woman, a missing child and an ominous past converge on two detectives in this frightening tale.
- DirectorDaniele TucciStarsBart CambierAmelie Astrid BottinStefaan DegandJohan discovers that his missing daughter works in the prostitution. He decides to rescue her.
- DirectorGregory W. FriedleStarsKevin O'DonnellJames NaughtonMaggie LaceyA man's otherwise perfect life is destroyed when his son is kidnapped and murdered. He finds himself torn between avenging his son's death and moving on with his now hollow existence.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHugh JackmanJake GyllenhaalViola DavisWhen 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.
- DirectorJason SweeneyJulie ByrneStarsMiles BessisMichael CleggettCaroline DaishA woman grieves for her missing son. A deceased young man wants to be found. These lives converge in The Dead Speak Back as we are taken on a surreal and mysterious journey following in the footsteps of the nearly departed. But at what point do we fall into the mystery too far?
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsLena EndreTord PetersonThomas W. GabrielssonJulia has lived with the guilt of her son's disappearance for 21 years. As she returns to her childhood home on Öland, old truths and lies are stirred up. Who can she trust, and what happened to her 5-year old son?
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsJulie BenzAmy BaileyJeffrey MeekAfter her daughter is abducted in Russia, an NYPD detective goes out of her way to find and save her.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsAshley ScottKip PardueMekenna MelvinA woman becomes suspicious of her daughter's nanny, and her paranoia seems justified when the child goes missing.
- DirectorHelen Lyons-CurranStarsLee BoltonLyndsay FieldingAmy LincolnCarla believes her missing daughter is attempting to make contact through mysterious means, her husband Brian pushed aside, Carla is on a path of discovery, but may be one that is best left alone.
- DirectorMarco ChiavarelliStarsMary Beth AlbersLeslie BatisteCamila Campos KatzOblivion tells the story of Thomas, an Alzheimer's disease sufferer, as he slips out from under the watchful eyes of family members and goes on a quest to find his lost daughter and to discover the reason she left -- a secret that his protective family refuses to tell him.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsJessica BielJodelle FerlandWilliam B. DavisWhen her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
- DirectorSteve HicksStarsTodd Robert AndersonDee WallaceTarina PouncyMurphy Dunn, a wannabe James Bond, is relegated to a down and out private detective. Murphy finally gets his big break when he is hired by a sultry woman from his past to find her missing son. Murphy soon finds himself embroiled in a mystery of mayhem, music and murder surrounding an obscure 1970's rock record with a chance to finally "shoot his weapon"! Will the guns, gadgets, gizmos and his good looks be enough to capture the Villain and impress the ladies?
- DirectorMark JeanStarsMoira KellyAmanda TappingKacey RohlUnable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
- DirectorVondie Curtis-HallStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorKeke PalmerSherri ShepherdA baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
- StarsSuranne JonesTom EllisDouglas HenshallA year after their son goes missing, a family moves to Crickley Hall. When supernatural events begin to take place, Eve feels the house is somehow connected to her lost son.
- DirectorAbe Vilchez-MoranStarsKera O'BryonCoby BattyAshley MyersA woman wakes up on a beach with no memory of her past life, except that she is desperately looking for her missing son. After being manipulated and betrayed on her journey toward discovery, the woman suddenly starts to remember not just her old name but also a past life in fragmented pieces, that may or may not lead to her understanding of existence itself.
- DirectorBryan NestStarsAseem TiwariA couple goes to drastic measures to find their missing daughter on Halloween night.
- DirectorMihran KonanyanStarsVivian BraschAnsel FarajMatthew GreeneIn this dark and quirky thriller, Jena Kesey, a failed mother goes looking for her lost son Dylan in a bizarre and mysterious commune known as Konfargre run by a group called 'the High Trio'. There, she meets Abigail and they decide to investigate the weirdness of the island, until strange dark forces begin attacking them.
- DirectorJames RabbittsStarsTabrett BethellFreya StaffordAndy WhitfieldWhile traveling across country with her fiancé, Beth wakes alone in an isolated clinic to find her unborn baby has been removed. Just how far will she go to get her child back?