Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "missing-persons-case"

1. The Expanse (2015–2022)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.

Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo

Votes: 172,079

2. Mare of Easttown (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

Stars: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice

Votes: 187,440

3. Promising Young Woman (2020)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.

Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown

Votes: 211,487

4. Bernie (2011)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman

Votes: 63,410 | Gross: $9.20M

5. A Confession (2019)

TV-PG | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

DSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.

Stars: Martin Freeman, Siobhan Finneran, Imelda Staunton, Peter Wight

Votes: 10,013

6. Spinning Man (2018)

R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A happily married professor, known for having many affairs with students, becomes the prime suspect when a young woman has gone missing.

Director: Simon Kaijser | Stars: Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp

Votes: 12,850

7. The Big Sleep (1978)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark

Votes: 5,431

8. Hap and Leonard (2016–2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in the late 1980s, Hap and Leonard is a darkly comic swamp noir of two best friends, one femme fatale, a crew of washed up revolutionaries, a pair of murderous psycho killers, some lost loot, and the fuzz.

Stars: James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tiffany Mack, Cranston Johnson

Votes: 8,322

9. In Her Skin (2009)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

This is what every parent fears: their child not coming home when they're meant to. When the fifteen-year-old student, Rachel Barber, doesn't climb off the tram to meet her dad, Elizabeth, her mother, and Mike, her dad, bolt into action.

Director: Simone North | Stars: Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto, Ruth Bradley, Sam Neill

Votes: 5,417

10. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt

Votes: 10,218

11. Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection (2022)

93 min | Documentary, Mystery

Dave Paulides investigates cases of elk hunters who've gone missing from specific regions of North America, and explores the theory that there could be a connection between these disappearances and sightings of UFOs.

Director: David Paulides | Stars: Daniela Salmen, John Miles, Adam Palmer, Gail Star

Votes: 713

12. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.

Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher

Votes: 4,327

13. Eden (III) (2021)

Drama

It follows the disappearance of a young woman which triggers a devastating chain of events which lays bare the dark, hidden heart of paradise.

Stars: Sophie Wilde, BeBe Bettencourt, Alexandria Steffensen, Keiynan Lonsdale

Votes: 649

14. The Tracey Fragments (2007)

R | 77 min | Drama

15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he's a dog.

Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Elliot Page, Zie Souwand, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Ari Cohen

Votes: 7,676 | Gross: $0.03M

15. The X-Files Game (1998 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Young FBI field agent Craig Willmore is assigned to find Mulder and Scully as they've gone missing during their latest investigation into the paranormal.

Director: Greg Roach | Stars: David Duchovny, Jordan Lee Williams, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

Votes: 871

16. When Missing Turns to Murder (2019– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.

Stars: Shaun Dooley, David Swindle, Linda Jones, Keith Davies

Votes: 371

17. The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

Survival horror game set during season 7 of The X-Files (1993). Scully and Mulder travel to Red Falls, Colorado to look for two missing teenage girls accused of witchcraft only to find the place infested with black oil zombies.

Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Tom Braidwood

Votes: 701

18. The Salzburg Connection (1972)

PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Karen Jensen

Votes: 555

19. 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: 114

20. The Big Fall (1997 Video)

R | 90 min | Drama

L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.

Director: C. Thomas Howell | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Sophie Ward, Jeff Kober, Sam Seder

Votes: 193

21. Hellmington (2018)

83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A detective investigates her father's dying words; the name of a girl who has been missing for 9 years.

Directors: Justin Hewitt-Drakulic, Alex Lee Williams | Stars: Nicola Correia-Damude, Michael Ironside, Yannick Bisson, Monica Parker

Votes: 441

22. Blair Witch (2019 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Survival horror game set in the haunted forest from The Blair Witch Project (1999), where, in 1996, a man and his dog find themselves lost while helping a search party look for a missing boy.

Stars: Joseph May, Christy Meyer, Kerry Shale, Eric Meyers

Votes: 778

23. Catherine's Grove (1997)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Undercover cop Doyle is working on a serial killer case that's left a trail of dead transvestites. He also moonlights as a private eye, so Doyle and his girlfriend are hired by a rich young... See full summary »

Director: Rick King | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Jeff Fahey, Andrew Fiscella, Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Votes: 194 | Gross: $0.03M

24. Twenty Plus Two (1961)

Passed | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon

Votes: 553

25. Under a Black Cloud (2021)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A disgraced cop turned private detective takes a decades old missing person's case with devastating results.

Director: Michael Fredianelli | Stars: Jack Esformes, Rosanna Wyant, Kevin Karrick, Gretchen Klein

Votes: 37

26. Fear Effect (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this cyberpunk survival horror game, a team of three mercenaries led by former prostitute Hana must locate the missing daughter of a Hong Kong triad boss, a girl supposedly destined to bring about the end of the world.

Director: John Zuur Platten | Stars: Elyse Dinh, Braeden Marcott, Anthony De Longis, Rob Monroe

Votes: 244

27. The Pandora Directive (1996 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.

Director: Adrian Carr | Stars: Chris Jones, Barry Corbin, Kevin McCarthy, Tanya Roberts

Votes: 286

28. Camping Fun (2020)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Crime, Horror

Four friends set out to a remote getaway in Texas, unaware that they are being trailed by a sinister cult.

Directors: Thomas Burke, David Eimer | Stars: Hailey Marmolejo, Bonnie Sturdivant, Thomas Burke, David Eimer

Votes: 56

29. Agatha Christie's England (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography

How legendary British crime author Agatha Christie depicted England in her works based on her privileged childhood in turn of the 20th century Edwardian seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon, England.

Director: Toby Roebuck | Stars: Samantha Bond, Janet Morgan, Laura Thompson, Mark Aldridge

Votes: 68

30. Zork: Nemesis (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

The player, an inhabitant of the underground kingdom of Zork, is sent to the Forbidden Lands to find out what happened to four missing alchemists. During his quest, the player learns of a mysterious force known as the Nemesis.

Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Stephen Macht, Paul Anthony Stewart, Merle Kennedy, Lauren Koslow

Votes: 104

31. Noir (1996 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

This Windows CD-ROM game takes players back to 1940 Los Angeles through computer graphics composed entirely of black and white photographs and video. Players assume the role of a detective ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Blyth | Stars: John Boyle, Lesley Tesh, Karen Teliha, Richard Morrison

Votes: 32

32. Nancy Drew: The Final Scene (2001 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for her kidnapped friend in a theater that is due to be demolished in three days.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, David S. Hogan, Max Holechek, Bob Heath

Votes: 106

33. Maddie: A verdade da mentira (2009 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary, Crime

Former Polícia Judiciária investigator, Gonçalo Amaral, proves that Madeleine McCann was not abducted, but that she died in her holiday apartment in Praia Da Luz, a death that many people want to cover up.

Director: Carlos Coelho da Silva | Stars: Gonçalo Amaral, Guilhermino Da Encarnação, Artur Rego, John Buck

Votes: 12

34. Armchair Detective vs the McCanns (2018– )

Crime

An independent investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Star: Alan Vinnicombe

Votes: 19

35. Gone (II) (2012)

50 min | Drama

Haunted by the disappearance of his fiancé Ashlynn, Ronin partners with crime vigilante Pookie to find missing persons - while simultaneously unraveling clues of their own back stories.

Director: Nicholas Barton | Stars: August Benassi, Gy Odom, Samantha Stearns, Robert Summers

Votes: 11

36. The Dame Was Loaded (1996 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Innocent-looking dame Carol Klein hires down on his luck hardboiled private dick Scott Anger to find her brother, since she hasn't heard from him for some time. Anger learns that his case is connected to some murders and a bank robbery.

Director: Jo Lane | Stars: Matthew King, Randall Berger, Tiffany Lamb, Shanyn Asmar

Votes: 19

37. Mystery Case Files: The 13th Skull (2010 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

The player is a detective, who's asked to investigate the case of a man who went missing after moving into a mansion in Louisiana, that's supposedly haunted by the ghost of en evil pirate captain.

Director: Matt Daniels | Stars: Talena Bennett, Russell Hodgkinson, Linda Jensen, Sophia Mitri Schloss

Votes: 38

38. Martian Memorandum (1991 Video Game)

Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In post-WWIII San Fransisco, gumshoe Tex Murphy is hired by TerraForm Corporation owner, Marshall Alexander, to find his missing daughter. Tex must find a mystical Martian artifact known as the Oracle Stone to solve this case.

Star: Chris Jones

Votes: 49

39. Madeleine McCann: Public Relations & Saving Reputations (2018 Video)

Documentary

Journalist and Broadcaster Sonia Poulton explores the role of public relations and reputation management in the search for Madeleine McCann - the world's most famous missing child.

Star: Sonia Poulton

Votes: 7

40. The Cassandra Galleries (1997 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy

Famous businessman and art collector William Cassandra has gone missing along with his daughter Maya. Search the 7 galleries of his private museum and solve various puzzles to uncover their fate.

Director: Richard Vincent | Stars: Michael Patterson, Cullen Wheeler, Julie Brendt, Robert R. Barry

41. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Black Carrion (1984)

70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two journalists search for a rock band that was popular 20 years ago but just seemed to have vanished and was never heard from again. Their investigation leads them to discover more about the band than they bargained for.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Season Hubley, Leigh Lawson, Norman Bird, Allan Love

Votes: 172

42. F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–2020)
Episode: Spoorloos (1998)

Comedy, Romance, Sport

Xavier guards Boma's villa to avoid spring cleaning. DDT, unable to repay his victims, desperately tries to save his garage. He distorts a contest and wins a solarium. Dimitri De Tremmerie's last stand.

Director: Stef Desmyter | Stars: Danni Heylen, An Swartenbroekx, Herman Verbruggen, Marijn De Valck

Votes: 18

43. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Vote of Confidence (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Miami Vice raids a train of prostitutes and johns and finds one of the candidates for governor on board, with his pants down. When he disappears, Crockett and Tubbs investigate the corrupt world of local politics.

Director: Randy Roberts | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 293

44. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Under the Bed (1995)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Police psychoanalyst Dr. Jon Holland and Detective Caitlin Doyle must solve the case of a missing boy, who according to his younger sister was eaten by the bogeyman, before whatever took him comes back for the sister.

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Timothy Busfield, Barbara Williams, Laura Bruneau, Colleen Rennison

Votes: 442

45. ReBoot (1994–2001)
Episode: Trust No One (1996)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Bob is on the case when a string of abductions claim Al's waiter and Dot. Special CGI agents Fax Modem and Data Nully arrive to investigate.

Director: Steve Ball | Stars: Michael Benyaer, Kathleen Barr, Matthew Sinclair, Tony Jay

Votes: 142

46. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: Dangerous Honeymoon (1958)

30 min | Drama

When a private plane crashes in the Nevada desert, Blake is asked to help identify the victims.

Director: John English | Stars: Rod Cameron, Tom Greenway, Walter Reed, Paul Smith

Votes: 8

47. The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Episode: Feather Christmas/A Fist Full of Lutefisk (1998)

TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Granny looks for a canary that a little girl's parents gave away, and Sylvester tries to do good to get on Santa's good list. / Granny is in Norway on New Year's Eve when a hungry giant steals the entire supply of local delicacy, lutefisk.

Directors: Karl Toerge, Charles Visser | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Frank Welker, Charles Howerton

Votes: 31

48. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: Masked Ball (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mrs. Briggs talks about her husband's disappearance into the woods. Nadine is put on the wrestling team, where she falls for Mike Nelson. James is hired by the mysterious, wealthy Evelyn Marsh. Dick takes on an orphan, Little Nicky.

Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 4,082

49. Torchwood (2006–2011)
Episode: Countrycide (2006)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In the countryside north of Cardiff, the Torchwood team investigates the disappearance of 17 people in the last few months. No bodies have been found and the police haven't a clue as to ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori

Votes: 1,542

50. The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Episode: Curse of De Nile/Hawaii 33 1/3 (1996)

TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Granny, Hector, Tweety, and Sylvester discover the "Curse Of De Nile" when they arrive in Egypt to locate missing archaeologist Colonel Rimfire./In "Hawaii 33 1/3," Granny investigates an unexplained Tiki shortage.

Directors: Karl Toerge, Al Zegler | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett

Votes: 28