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  1. Aug 6, 2024 · These are the most thrilling movies about missing persons, from Missing to All Good Things.

    • Daniela Gama
  2. The film, set at NASA Langley Research Center in 1961, depicts segregated facilities such as the West Area Computing unit, where an all-Black group of female mathematicians were originally required to use separate dining and bathroom facilities.

    • Taken. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. 424 votes. Liam Neeson stars in this intense thriller about a former CIA agent who must use his unique set of skills to rescue his abducted daughter from a sex trafficking ring in Paris.
    • Misery. James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen. 296 votes. Kathy Bates delivers a memorable performance as Annie Wilkes, a crazed fan who abducts her favorite author, Paul Sheldon (James Caan), after he is injured in a car accident.
    • Man on Fire. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken. 321 votes. In this action-packed thriller, Denzel Washington stars as John Creasy, a former CIA agent who is hired to protect a young girl named Pita (Dakota Fanning) in Mexico City.
    • Prisoners. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis. 221 votes. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this intense thriller about a father who takes matters into his own hands after his daughter and her friend are abducted.
    • 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.
    • Open Water (2003) Open Water (2003) Official Trailer #1 – Thriller Movie. Sometimes a disappearance boils down to just one mistake. In 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan were scuba diving along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
    • Gone Girl (2014) Gone Girl | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX. The popular 2014 thriller Gone Girl takes a look at how relationships are often more complicated than they appear.
    • Lost Girls (2020) LOST GIRLS | Official Trailer | Netflix. In 2010, Shannan Gilbert went missing after making a panicked call to 911, saying that someone was after her.
    • Point Last Seen (1998) Point Last Seen (1998) | Trailer | Linda Hamilton | Kevin Kilner | Sam Hennings. In 1977, just before her high school graduation, Hannah Nyala married a young man she had only recently met.
  3. Missing Women: Directed by Philip Ford. With Penny Edwards, James Millican, John Gallaudet, John Alvin. After newlywed Claudia Rankin's husband is murdered, she sets out to avenge his killing by posing as a criminal and successfully infiltrating the gang of car thieves responsible for his death.

  4. Hidden Figures: Directed by Theodore Melfi. With Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner. Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit.