The Missing

The Missing

How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost?

Directed by Ron Howard

Produced by Imagine Entertainment, Revolution Studios

2003135 min6.3 / 10

A tense frontier thriller about a mother's desperate rescue mission that forces her to reconcile with her estranged father while confronting the brutal realities of the 19th-century American West.

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

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  • Is The Missing violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Is The Missing sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is The Missing scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is The Missing easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does The Missing end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity29

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Surprise14

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Love35

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