Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "disappeared-person"

1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery

Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin

Votes: 285,853 | Gross: $140.54M

2. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 137,982 | Gross: $8.18M

3. Close Your Eyes (2023)

169 min | Drama

A Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.

Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, Petra Martínez

Votes: 2,772

4. Happy Hour (2015)

Not Rated | 317 min | Drama

A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura

Votes: 2,955

5. The Silence (2010)

Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass

Votes: 8,180 | Gross: $0.10M

6. The Third Murder (2017)

Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Votes: 8,008 | Gross: $0.09M

7. I Met a Girl (II) (2020)

108 min | Drama, Romance

An aspiring musician embarks on an epic, cross-country journey to find the woman of his dreams - who may be all in his head.

Director: Luke Eve | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan, Zahra Newman

Votes: 1,568

8. Lost in Paris (2016)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy

Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing.

Directors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard, Emmy Boissard Paumelle, Céline Laurentie

Votes: 3,634 | Gross: $0.69M

9. Murder in the Badlands (2022)

58 min | Documentary, Crime

Examines the unsolved murders of four women over four decades in Northern Ireland.

Stars: Jason Murphy, Susan McKay

Votes: 115

10. Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

125 min | Drama

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.

Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Itô, Yukiko Shinohara

Votes: 2,471

11. Kôdaike no hitobito (2016)

116 min | Comedy, Romance

Who among us does not spend a portion of the time daydreaming or fantasizing? The difference is that for most when it comes to romantic fantasies the subject of our thoughts is unaware of ... See full summary »

Director: Masato Hijikata | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Mao Daichi, Charlotte Kate Fox, Masachika Ichimura

Votes: 268

12. The Missing Children (2021 TV Movie)

88 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A documentary about the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway, Ireland which closed in 1961.

Director: Tanya Stephan

Votes: 68

13. Crack (2019)

111 min | Mystery, Thriller

Igor, an unemployed university graduate, discovers the psychiatric assessment reports of Walter Fischer. One day seventy years ago, Fischer disappeared under mysterious circumstances while ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: David Hartl, Emanuel Hason, Mary Havranová, Ondrej Hraska

Votes: 491

14. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)

95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 574

15. Murder in Devil's Bridge (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama

André Savignac, mayor of Saint-Guilhem-Le-Désert has been found hanged on the Bridge of the Devil. Marina Fazergues comes back to her home village for the criminal investigation.

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Elodie Frenck, David Kammenos, Patrick d'Assumçao, Myriam Bourguignon

Votes: 91

16. Blue Blue Sky (2010)

128 min | Drama, Family

High school girls decided to participate the Calligraphy Demonstration Event. The importance of calligraphy is 'to learn how to express oneself',which is also the most difficult skill that ... See full summary »

Director: Takafumi Ohta | Stars: Karin Aiba, Michelle Fujisaki, Tomoko Fujita, Yuria Haga

Votes: 26

17. The Disappeared (2013)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

An investigation into the victims killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Director: Alison Millar | Stars: Gerry Adams, Bill Clinton, Seamus Heaney, Darragh MacIntyre

Votes: 92

18. Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)

102 min | Romance

Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. ... See full summary »

Director: Han Sang-hee | Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Aoi Miyazaki, Seon-Yeong Baek, Yeon-hui Gu

Votes: 971

19. Les ondes du souvenir (2018 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime, Drama

Near the town of Longwy two adolescent boys were exploring an old steel factory when they discovered a corpse in a ventilation duct.The victim, was worker of this steel factory, union ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Gaëlle Bona, David Kammenos, Mhamed Arezki, Charlie Paillette

Votes: 51

20. Shattered (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mila is a cop and she's back in Marseille after a few years away. She's a loner, damaged and always on her guard. She's looking for her father, whom she hasn't seen for fifteen years.

Director: Isabelle Czajka | Stars: Nacima Bekhtaoui, Samir Boitard, Olivia Côte, Hedi Zada

Votes: 86

21. The Girl with the Indian Emerald (2013– )

180 min | Adventure, Romance

Annie Krüger, a german woman from Munich decides to travel to Jaipur, India in order to find the whereabouts of her father Dr. Krüger. There she meets a charming man called Arun and a ... See full summary »

Stars: Pankaj Tripathi, Omar El-Saeidi, Anang Desai, Manit Joura

Votes: 95

22. Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela (2011)

99 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1976, a coup d'etat by the Armed Forces replaced the argentine constitutional Government and policies of terror that trampled on human rights were implemented. In a few years, the hidden... See full summary »

Director: Nicolás Gil Lavedra | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Alejandro Awada, Inés Efron, Laura Novoa

Votes: 146

23. The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (2022 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

Investigation into wrongdoing, corruption and whistle-blowing in the United Nations.

Director: Ben Steele | Star: Emma Reilly

Votes: 43

24. L'enfant perdu (1997 TV Movie)

Drama

Pierre Neuville returns home to find his son. He meets André, a boy with some similarities.. But chance suddenly brings him face-to-face with his true son, an overly sensitive youth with a strong attachment to his foster mother.

Director: Christian Faure | Stars: Robin Renucci, Anne Jacquemin, Anny Duperey, Jim Redler

Votes: 31

25. Yu-No: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shoujo (2017 Video Game)

Adventure

Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his ... See full summary »

Directors: Yasuhiko Nomura, Hideo Sudo, Tsuyoshi Tonosaki | Stars: Seiko Anazawa, Mari Doi, Takuya Eguchi, Aya Endô

26. Valóság.exe (2023)

Not Rated | 52 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A middle aged man called Dávid downloads an unknown software one day what can be used to rewrite reality and fate.

Director: Tóth Milán | Stars: Kolonits Ferenc, Szilágyi Ferenc, Gáti Mónika, Kovács József

Votes: 55

27. 100,000 Acres of Pine (2020)

7 min | Animation, Short, Horror

Ranger Megan Patel must uncover the mystery surrounding her brother's death. But following his footsteps, Megan discovers a darkness she might not escape.

Director: Jennifer Alice Wright | Stars: Sarah Airriess, Jericca Cleland, Kirk Johnson, Lawrence Marvit

Votes: 97

28. La Bonne Dame de Nancy (2016 TV Movie)

91 min | Drama, Thriller

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Director: Denis Malleval | Stars: Véronique Genest, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Mathias Mlekuz, Véronique Kapoyan

Votes: 23

29. Until the Break of Dawn (2012)

129 min | Drama

High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.

Director: Yûichirô Hirakawa | Stars: Tôri Matsuzaka, Kirin Kiki, Ryûta Satô, Mirei Kiritani

Votes: 271

30. Eine Liebe in Venedig (2009 TV Movie)

88 min | Drama

Stefan, the husband of Nina has to go to Venice for business(he is shipbuilder).Nina decides to travel to Venice to give a surprise to Stefan for his birthday.She arrives at the hotel (... See full summary »

Director: Klaus Wirbitzky | Stars: Mira Bartuschek, Markus Böker, Oliver Bootz, Michaela May

Votes: 38

31. Amnesty! When They Are All Free (2011)

70 min | Documentary

The documentary examines Amnesty International's successes and failures over the 50 years since it was founded.

Director: James Rogan | Stars: Claudio Cordone, Gerardo Ducos, Patricia Feeney, Said Haddadi

Votes: 13

32. Verschwörung des Schweigens (2003 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary

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Director: Frieder Wagner | Stars: Günter Kemper, Hans-Gerd Kilbinger, Uwe Herzog, Alexander Freund

33. The Mexicans (1983 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

John Pilger reports on political repression in Mexico.

Director: David Munro | Stars: John Pilger, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Larry Hall

34. Maigret (1991–2005)
Episode: Maigret et la grande perche (1991)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maigret learns from a shady acquaintance that a murder has occurred during a burglary at a dentist's home. Tho his wife has disappeared, neither the suspiciously uncooperative dentist nor ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Goretta | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Michael Lonsdale, Renée Faure, Elisabeth Macocco

Votes: 156

35. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode: Schlafender Tiger (1995)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Selina Bruce and Rodney Ackland are organizing their wedding.Rodney give Selina a book of the writer George Dyer.Selina looks at the picture of George and is convinced that he is her disappeared father.

Director: Rolf von Sydow | Stars: Inka Victoria Groetschel, Stephan Schwartz, Andrea L'Arronge, Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Votes: 30

36. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Liebe und Tod in Moskau (2005)

89 min | Crime

In Moscow there was a fire in a home for students and three German students died. Leni Trautzsche will travel to Moscow to investigate this case. She will meet an informer that has good information about the arson of the student home.

Director: Michel Bielawa | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 16

37. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Bis daß der Tod uns scheidet (1981)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Till death do us part.

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Maria Becker

Votes: 39

38. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der Mann, der sich Bob nannte (1998)

58 min | Crime, Drama

The junkie Ingo Behrend has arrived at the office and says that he has committed a murder: he has killed a man called Bob, they were drinking all the day.Ingo will show Leo Kress the place ... See full summary »

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 18

39. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Die Unbekannte (1981)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Dorothea Hormann is tired of her relation with her husband Georg and wants to be free and to live with her lover Richard.One morning Richard was following Georg, they began to fight and Richard kills Georg with two shots.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Jan Hendriks, Wolfgang Zerlett, Krystian Martinek

Votes: 35

40. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Kein gutes Ende (1988)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Gerti Wallner has gone to the supermarket and has bought some food for the family.At home Erna Wallner , the mother of Gerti and grandmother of Peter Wallner is very bad tempered.Peter ... See full summary »

Director: Eberhard Itzenplitz | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Agnes Fink

Votes: 23

41. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Konkurs (1977)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Contest.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, O.E. Hasse

Votes: 45

42. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Lippmann wird vermißt (1979)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Philipp Radtke went to the house of his uncle Walter Lippmann for a hockey ticket: he notices that the garage door was open, the dogs haven't received water and food and nobody is in the house.

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Sonja Sutter

Votes: 31

43. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Mörderisches Inserat (1990)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Mr. Manfred Triberg works in the car showroom of Mr. Wanfrey as used car buyer.This morning he will travel to Stuttgart to buy a Jaguar, but he may stop at Ulm for buying another car.Mr. ... See full summary »

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 20

44. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Sportpalastwalzer (1980)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Erich Neubauer is bar owner and has an affair with Petra Seiffert , who works as waitress in the bar.Liesel, the wife of Erich has disappeared.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Henning Schlüter

Votes: 41

45. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Spuren eines Unsichtbaren (1983)

59 min | Crime, Drama

On a Sunday afternoon, Armin Dobling, floorwalker in a department store run by his friend Theo Kundler, gets a phone call and abruptly leaves his wife Inge to keep a mysterious appointment.... See full summary »

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Henning Schlüter

Votes: 33

46. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Tote reden doch (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Katrin Grollmann , the spouse of Victor Grollmann has been kidnapped.All the family Grollmann is now waiting a phone call from the kidnapper about the the ransom.Then comes the expected ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Deutsch | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 20

47. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Verena und Annabelle (1977)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Vera Moldau,a literature critic has been poisoned while she was taking a glass of liquor,but she manages to call the police for help and she is safe.The Old Fox asks her from where she has ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Krista Keller, Paul Hoffmann

Votes: 50

48. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Das leere Zimmer (1996)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Mr. Karl Luserke was playing billiard with his colleague Albert in a cafe and then he decided to go home.Outside he was raining strongly, he runs to his car and when he enters in the car,a ... See full summary »

Director: Horst Tappert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Ralf Schermuly, Roswitha Schreiner

Votes: 51

49. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Eines Mannes Herz (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Ludwig Dalinger has arrived at a little town near Munich.In the hotel he makes some questions to the receptionist about the the Kirchheimer family, the man answers him that that have a son ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Walter Schmidinger

Votes: 56

50. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Geheimnis im Hochhaus (1986)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Erich, a drug addicted burglar, enters a presumably unoccupied apartment in search for stuff to pawn. There isn't much to be stolen, but he finds a dead young lady in the bedroom.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Ekkehardt Belle

Votes: 63