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The Missing
Ron Howard · Film · 2003
What hooked you in The Missing was the desperate, high-stakes hunt for a lost loved one that forces broken people to reconcile.
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Adaptation
The Missing
Harry Williams · Series · 2014
Adaptation
Baptiste
Harry Williams · Series · 2019
Books on the same thread
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
William P. Young, Wayne Jacobsen, Brad Cummings · Book · 2009
Like the parent in The Missing, you will find the journey of a father searching for his abducted daughter profoundly resonant as he grapples with grief and faith.
The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans · Book · 1995
The Missing captures the frantic urgency of a parent seeking their child, a drive that mirrors the mother's intense, healing quest to save her daughter in this story.
Holly
Stephen King · Book · 2023
If you valued the determined pursuit of a missing girl in The Missing, you will appreciate Holly's reluctant but necessary commitment to uncovering the truth behind a vanished child.
The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave · Book · 2023
The Missing excels at portraying the visceral fear of losing a family member, a feeling that drives this mystery as a wife hunts for the truth about her partner.
Series on the same thread
The Last of Us
Neil Druckmann · Series · 2023
The bond formed during a dangerous mission to transport a girl to safety echoes the complex, reluctant partnership between the father and daughter in The Missing.
The Expanse
Mark Fergus · Series · 2015
The Missing relies on the momentum of a rescue mission, a structure mirrored here as a hardened detective and a captain unite to locate a missing young woman.
El marginal
Sebastián Ortega · Series · 2016
The intense focus on a kidnapping investigation that defines The Missing is central to this story, where an undercover operative must navigate a dangerous world to save a girl.
1883
Taylor Sheridan · Series · 2021
If you loved the rugged, unforgiving frontier setting and family tension of The Missing, you will be pulled into this stark, perilous journey across the untamed American West.
Podcasts on the same thread
Up and Vanished
Tenderfoot TV · Podcast · 2026
The Missing highlights the raw, investigative drive required to find the lost, a persistence that sits at the heart of this deep dive into mysterious, cold case disappearances.
CounterClock
Audiochuck · Podcast · 2025
Just as the search in The Missing unearths buried secrets, this investigative series digs into the past to seek justice for those who have been forgotten by time.
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Common questions
Is the 2003 movie The Missing related to the 2014 TV series The Missing?
No, the 2003 movie The Missing directed by Ron Howard and the 2014 television series titled The Missing are separate projects. They share a title but feature different plots, characters, and creative teams rather than being part of the same franchise or story.
Is the show Baptiste a sequel to the 2014 TV series The Missing?
Yes, the television series Baptiste, which debuted in 2019, is a spin-off of the 2014 TV series The Missing. It follows the character Julien Baptiste, who originated in The Missing, as he continues his work as a private investigator in subsequent mysteries.
What is the plot of the 2003 movie The Missing?
The 2003 movie The Missing follows Maggie Gilkeson, a rancher whose daughter is kidnapped by Apache rebels. She is forced to reconcile with her estranged father, Samuel, to track the kidnappers and rescue her daughter before she is taken over the border.
Are there other versions of The Missing besides the movie and TV show?
Beyond the 2003 movie The Missing and the 2014 television series The Missing, the title is also used for a podcast. Each of these projects is distinct, as the podcast is not an adaptation of the film or the television series.