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1. The Snowman (2017)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson
Votes: 71,758 | Gross: $6.70M
2. Harper (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cool private investigator Lew Harper is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill
Votes: 10,944
3. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 47,825 | Gross: $100.48M
4. Gadar 2 (2023)
Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Tara Singh goes missing during a skirmish and is believed to be captured in Pakistan, his son Jeetey sets out to rescue him and enters a labyrinth from which they both must escape at all costs.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa
Votes: 22,303
5. Wakefield (2016)
R | 106 min | Drama
A lawyer on the edge of madness decides to disassociate himself from his own life.
Director: Robin Swicord | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Victoria Bruno, Ellery Sprayberry
Votes: 18,074 | Gross: $0.26M
6. Alex & Emma (2003)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
A writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Luke Wilson, Kate Hudson, David Paymer, Sophie Marceau
Votes: 13,910 | Gross: $14.21M
7. Our Mothers (2019)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
Ernesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.
Director: Cesar Diaz | Stars: Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría
Votes: 760
8. Beyond the Gates (2016)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Horror
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store and find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance.
Director: Jackson Stewart | Stars: Graham Skipper, Chase Williamson, Brea Grant, Barbara Crampton
Votes: 6,356
9. Father and Son (2003)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
A father and his son live together in a roof-top apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full of memories and daily rites. Sometimes they seem like brothers. ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Andrei Shchetinin, Aleksei Neymyshev, Aleksandr Razbash, Fyodor Lavrov
Votes: 2,643 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Felix and the Hidden Treasure (2021)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Taking advantage of his mother's absence as she departs on a cruise ship for some rest and relaxation, 12-year-old Félix sets out to find his father, a fisherman who disappeared at sea two years earlier.
Director: Nicola Lemay | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Gabriel Lessard, Guy Nadon, Marc Labrèche
Votes: 411
11. Pistvakt - En vintersaga (1998–2000)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Three middle aged brothers are still living home in a Godforsaken rural skiing resort in the northernmost part of Sweden.
Stars: Lennart Jähkel, Jacob Nordenson, Tomas Norström, Barbro Oborg
Votes: 801
12. Tehilim (2007)
96 min | Drama
A family in Jerusalem is torn apart by the mysterious disappearance of their father after a tragic car accident.
Director: Raphaël Nadjari | Stars: Michael Moshonov, Limor Goldstein, Shmuel Vilozni, Ilan Dar
Votes: 290
13. Yajima Biyôshitsu the movie: Yume o tsukama Nebada (2010)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Shinya Nakajima | Stars: Takaaki Ishibashi, Noritake Kinashi, Shô Ayanokôji, Dante Carver
Votes: 22
14. The Road Home (1988)
97 min | Drama, War
During the Second World War, tens of thousands of blonde, blue-eyed Polish children were snatched from their parents and given to German families. Lebensborn was part of Hitler's plan to ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Kaszubowski | Stars: Rafal Synówka, Jerzy Binczycki, Marzena Trybala, Slawa Kwasniewska
Votes: 22
15. Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Sci-Fi
Truncated feature version of the serial 'Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)', in which Captain Mephisto attempts to take over the world's supply of a valuable ore.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Yakima Canutt, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Richard Bailey, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan
Votes: 19
16.
Pistvakt - En vintersaga (1998–2000)
Episode:
Jakten på en dräpare
(2000)
29 min | Comedy, Drama
The manhunt for Sven-Erik continues. While Yngve and the rest of the staff try to identify the killer and Sven-Erik looks for the truth out in the wilderness, Bengt-Hans comes to think of a... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Apelgren | Stars: Lennart Jähkel, Jacob Nordenson, Tomas Norström, Pierre Lindstedt
Votes: 12
17.
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode:
Flügel der Liebe
(2010)
88 min | Drama, Romance
The ornithologist Mia Campbell has decided to take back the falcon breeding farm of her father who disappeared mysteriously some months ago when he was observing birds. The dream of Mia is ... See full summary »
Director: Dieter Kehler | Stars: Florentine Lahme, Marcus Grüsser, Monika Peitsch, Hartmut Schreier
Votes: 30
18.
Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode:
Misplaced
(2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Earth's 5 most powerful sorcerers make all the adults on the planet disappear, it's up to the Team, Zatanna, and Billy Batson to stop them.
Director: Michael Chang | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Jesse McCartney, Stephanie Lemelin, Danica McKellar
Votes: 3,200