Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "father-searches-for-missing-daughter"

1. Prisoners (2013)

R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo

Votes: 809,920 | Gross: $61.00M

2. Taken (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

Votes: 634,651 | Gross: $145.00M

3. Safe (2018)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon begins uncovering dark secrets of the people closest to him.

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington, Marc Warren, Hannah Arterton

Votes: 52,196

4. Super 8 (2011)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney

Votes: 367,606 | Gross: $127.00M

5. Wrong Turn (2021)

R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller

Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont

Votes: 36,501

6. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

R | 95 min | Comedy

Borat returns to America from Kazakhstan to America, this time to reveal more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

Director: Jason Woliner | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Popescu

Votes: 153,783

7. Searching (III) (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.

Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La

Votes: 179,998 | Gross: $26.02M

8. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.

Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis

Votes: 11,378

9. Strangerland (2015)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A family's dull life in a rural outback town is rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.

Director: Kim Farrant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan

Votes: 10,035 | Gross: $0.02M

10. All Nighter (2017)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

A workaholic father who attempts to visit his daughter during a layover in LA, only to discover that she's disappeared, is forced to team up with her awkward ex-boyfriend to find her over the course of one transformative night.

Director: Gavin Wiesen | Stars: Lio Tipton, Emile Hirsch, J.K. Simmons, Meta Golding

Votes: 7,929

11. The Prince (I) (2014)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller

When his daughter is kidnapped, a retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.

Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Jason Patric, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Jessica Lowndes

Votes: 19,209

12. 6 Bullets (2012)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Charlotte Beaumont

Votes: 15,838

13. The Cut (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra

Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $0.03M

14. Baghdad Central (2020)

TV-14 | 280 min | Crime, Drama, History

Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, former police inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost virtually everything. He searches for one of the few things remaining in his life, his missing estranged elder daughter.

Stars: Waleed Zuaiter, July Namir, Youssef Kerkour, Bertie Carvel

Votes: 1,817

15. Mahanadi (1994)

162 min | Crime, Drama

An innocent man is framed in a financial scam and imprisoned. After his release, he learns that his daughter was sold into prostitution and he struggles to free her.

Director: Santhana Bharathi | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya, Poornam Vishwanathan, Mahanadhi Shobana

Votes: 4,454

16. The Road (III) (2011)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.

Director: Yam Laranas | Stars: Carmina Villaroel, Rhian Ramos, TJ Trinidad, Barbie Forteza

Votes: 1,827 | Gross: $0.12M

17. Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Ted Bessell, Bette Davis, Sian Barbara Allen, Charles Drake

Votes: 1,189

18. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

PG | 89 min | Horror

Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.

Director: Dick Randall | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, Gordon Mitchell

Votes: 1,263

19. Pororoca (2017)

152 min | Drama

The story follows Tudor and his family, where his life was destroyed after the disappearance their daughter at the park.

Director: Constantin Popescu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Iulia Lumânare, Constantin Dogioiu, Stefan Raus

Votes: 1,434

20. Man Bait (1952)

Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama

The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds

Votes: 876

21. Les Cowboys (2015)

R | 104 min | Drama

When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The journey takes the men to some far-off and unsettling places in what begins to feel like an endless quest.

Director: Thomas Bidegain | Stars: François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia

Votes: 2,233 | Gross: $0.07M

22. Personal Affair (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a 1950s British village, a teenager, who is in love with her Latin language teacher, disappears, prompting the police to investigate the teacher, amidst public rumors of rape and murder.

Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Pamela Brown, Walter Fitzgerald

Votes: 616

23. A Child of the Prairie (1915)

63 min | Western

In the wild west, Tom's wife, Nell, yearns to return to big city life. Slippery Jim offers her a way--and she takes the couple's young daughter with her. Will Tom ever see his child again?

Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Louella Maxam, Norma Maxam, Ed Brady

Votes: 23

24. Le voyage du père (1966)

90 min | Drama

Quantin lives with his family in a village near the Swiss border. He is increasingly anxious that he has received no news from his eldest daughter, Marie-Louise, who went to Lyon to find work as a hairdresser.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Fernandel, Lilli Palmer, Laurent Terzieff, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 162

25. The Adventures of Dollie (1908)

Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Action

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. A gypsy basket peddler happens along, and is angered when the mother refuses to... See full summary »

Directors: D.W. Griffith, G.W. Bitzer | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Charles Inslee

Votes: 928

26. Three Girls Named Anna (1959)

97 min | Drama

A retired tram driver tries to find his daughter named Ana whom he lost in WWII.

Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Dusan Stefanovic, Svetlana Miskovic, Marija Kohn, Dubravka Gall

Votes: 95

27. The Aerial Submarine (1910)

12 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

Flying pirates torpedo a liner then travel under the sea to salvage bullion.

Director: Walter R. Booth

Votes: 59

28. Die Kolonie (1987 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

During Pinochet's military dictatorship in Chile, a father strives to free his daughter from the German religious sect, Colonia Dignidad.

Director: Orlando Lübbert | Stars: Michael Degen, Grischa Huber, Peter Gavajda, Jörg Gillner

Votes: 12

29. The Fathers of Saint Town

Drama | Announced

When a serial predator begins targeting children in a small town, two fathers decide to take matters in their own hands.

30. KLAN: Woran glaubst du? (2018 Music Video)

4 min | Drama, Music

The story of a father who lost his little daughter more than two decades ago but never stopped looking for her.

Directors: Sascha Kuznia, Vladimir Scheiermann | Stars: Viktor Lishchynskyy, Daria Plakhtii

31. F Troop (1965–1967)
Episode: Yellow Bird (1966)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Western

A white woman raised by Indians starts to take after the Captain.

Director: David Alexander | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Ken Berry, Melody Patterson

Votes: 58

32. Movie Macabre (1981–1993)
Episode: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1984)

TV-14 | 103 min | Comedy, Horror

Join Elvira on a journey to visit a castle where

Director: Larry Thomas | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Bill Cable, Cassandra Peterson

Votes: 37

33. Sen Benimsin (2015)
Episode: 7. Bolum (2015)

Drama, Romance

In the nick of time, Elvan was pulled to safety from the edge of the cliff. Nagme and Ejder are now closer than ever. Elvan is jealous of Nagme because she still wants Ejder for herself. ... See full summary »

Directors: Kudret Sabanci, Ulas Cihan Simsek | Stars: Gökhan Keser, Ruveyda Öksuz, Ruhi Sari, Burak Sergen

34. Decoy (1957–1958)
Episode: Dream Fix (1957)

26 min | Crime, Drama

Casey poses as a nurse in a sanatorium to trace the source of a stream of illegal narcotics.

Director: Teddy Sills | Stars: Beverly Garland, Phyllis Newman, Les Damon, Simon Oakland

Votes: 47

35. The Lost Room (2006)
Episode: The Comb and the Box (2006)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Joe continues his quest to get Anna back, by using the Comb and the Box to identify the Prime Object.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher

Votes: 630

36. The Lost Room (2006)
Episode: The Eye and the Prime Object (2006)

TV-G | 84 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Joe struggles to find the Prime Object and get Anna back.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher

Votes: 611

37. Heirs to the Land (2022)
Episode: Veneno (2022)

TV-MA | Drama

Caterina urges Hugo not to lose hope as he desperately searches for Merce. When Bernat learns the truth about his wife, the church forces his hand.

Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Yon González, Elena Rivera, Rodolfo Sancho, Aria Bedmar

Votes: 50

38. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: She's Not There (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The death of a Ukrainian man helps CSI uncover a sex trafficking ring.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 291

39. Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode: Touch-and-Go (2022)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

While investigating a Calling, Michaela finds a mysterious stowaway. Ben clings tightly to his beliefs. Cal comes out of hiding to pursue a lead.

Director: Romeo Tirone | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise

Votes: 944

40. Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode: All-Call (2022)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Hidden voices on the black box draw Saanvi in. Cal sneaks to see an apprehended Henry. During a podcast appearance, Ben seeks help.

Director: Dean White | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise

Votes: 835

41. Manifest (2018–2023)
Episode: Go-Around (2022)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A shared vision brings Michaela and Kyle together for a heartbreaking reason. Meanwhile, Eagan offers Ben valuable information - but at a price.

Director: SJ Main Muñoz | Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise

Votes: 789

42. Interview with the Vampire (2022– )
Episode: A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart (2022)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Claudia's activities and curiosities present continued challenges for Louis and Lestat. Her actions light an explosive fuse that erupts at episode's end.

Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian

Votes: 1,290

43. Tulsa King (2022– )
Episode: Center of the Universe (2022)

TV-MA | 37 min | Crime, Drama

Dwight, Tyson, and Bodhi go on a road trip to take care of some business; Stacy does some digging into Dwight's past.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will

Votes: 2,966

44. The Resort (2022– )
Episode: La Pubertad del Matrimonio (2022)

TV-MA | 36 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

After Emma disappears into the jungle, Luna, Baltasar and Violet's father Murray go on a frantic search to find her. Once the group is reunited, they locate the entrance to Pasaje and prepare to enter its realm.

Director: Ariel Kleiman | Stars: Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Skyler Gisondo

Votes: 332

45. Crime Scene (2021– )
Episode: Nobody Sees Anything (2022)

51 min

Skeletons are found in a field - an area where women have disappeared since the 1970s - and a Texas community fears there's a serial killer at work.

Director: Jessica Dimmock | Stars: Skip Hollandsworth, Lise Olsen, Richard Rennison, Kathryn Casey

Votes: 249

46. Tatort (1970– )
Episode: Tschiller: Off Duty (2016)

TV-14 | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

German police officer tries to save his daughter from an influence of a vicious crime organization.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Til Schweiger, Fahri Yardim, Luna Schweiger, Özgür Emre Yildirim

Votes: 1,773

47. The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode: Normal Is a Lie (2019)

TV-MA | 63 min | Drama

Abby befriends a graffiti artist named Pilar and takes a surprising trip downtown; Candy sets a firm line with Hank when it comes to money; Todd reexamines his priorities and asks for Paul's support; Melissa is forced to face her past.

Director: Tanya Hamilton | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer, Chris Coy

Votes: 597