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The Missing is a 2003 American Western film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. It is based on Thomas Eidson 's 1996 novel The Last Ride. The film is set in 1885 New Mexico Territory and is notable for the authentic use of the Apache language by various actors, some of whom spent long hours studying it. [4] .
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- 'The Vanishing' (1988) George Sluizer's attention-grabbing movie, originally titled Spoorloos, centers on a young couple's vacation gone terribly wrong: After stopping at a bus service station, Saskia (Johanna ter Steege) is abducted.
- 'Missing' (1982) Ed Horman travels to Chile in search of his son and journalist, Charles who disappeared after a military coup. He meets his daughter-in-law, Beth, who has already been searching relentlessly for her missing husband.
- 'Gone Girl' (2014) Based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is a thoroughly entertaining psychological thriller film directed by the gifted David Fincher.
- 'Winter's Bone' (2010) With an unresponsive mother and an outlaw for a father, Ozark teen, Ree must manage the household and care for her younger siblings.
Nov 26, 2003 · The Missing: Directed by Ron Howard. With Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd. In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Ron Howard
- 2003-11-26
- Changeling (2008) Inspired by true events, Changeling follows Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), a mother who loses her son. Her prayers are answered when he's returned home alive, however, the problem is, he isn't her son.
- Winter's Bone (2010) Based on the novel, Winter's Bone features an amazing star-making performance from Jennifer Lawrence that put her at the top of the A-list.
- Breakdown (1997) A taut thriller from director Jonathan Mostow, Breakdown follows Jeff (Kurt Russell), a man who loses his wife after their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere while on a cross-country road trip.
- Flightplan (2005) Jodie Foster gives a commanding performance in Flightplan, the story of a mother's search for her missing daughter. While the plot is nothing new—it is loosely based on an old urban legend—the setting is, as the action takes place aboard a plane midflight.
Films and TV series about disappearances become so popular because they present a scenario more haunting than death. At the core of each story of a disappearance is the question of whether to...
Jul 2, 2021 · Tom Jolliffe looks at 10 essential films about the search for a missing person… There are a number of sub-genres in the thriller and drama genre which I love.
Feb 9, 2018 · From Picnic at Hanging Rock to Gone Girl... as acclaimed Russian drama Loveless arrives in cinemas, we tracked down 10 of the best missing-person mystery movies.
