THEME EXPLORATION

missing person

29 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
Personal Column
Personal Column
1939 · Robert Siodmak
The Hangover
The Hangover
2009 · Todd Phillips
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
2005 · —
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
2006 · David Lynch
Full Moon
Full Moon
1998 · Fredi M. Murer
Life and Nothing But
Life and Nothing But
1989 · Bertrand Tavernier
Stolen Assignment
Stolen Assignment
1955 · Terence Fisher
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
1979 · Mrinal Sen
The Missing Nail
The Missing Nail
2019 · Peter Greenaway
The Payoff
The Payoff
1978 · Sergio Corbucci
We
We
1969 · Artavazd Pelechian
The Chaser
The Chaser
2008 · Na Hong-jin
Sirāt
Sirāt
2025 · Oliver Laxe
Buen Camino
Buen Camino
2025 · Gennaro Nunziante
The Body
The Body
2012 · Oriol Paulo
The Tall Man
The Tall Man
2012 · Pascal Laugier
Alien from L.A.
Alien from L.A.
1988 · Albert Pyun
City of Tiny Lights
City of Tiny Lights
2016 · Pete Travis
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
2010 · Adrián García Bogliano
Corpse Prison: Part 1
Corpse Prison: Part 1
2017 · Hideo Jojo
Ghost Train
Ghost Train
2013 · Lee Cronin
Devil Beneath
Devil Beneath
2023 · Luke Sparke
Howling Village
Howling Village
2020 · Takashi Shimizu
Mardaani 3
Mardaani 3
2026 · Abhiraj Minawala
Tales from the Dark 2
Tales from the Dark 2
2013 · Gordon Chan
The Flock
The Flock
2007 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The Ugly
The Ugly
2025 · Yeon Sang-ho
Touch
Touch
2024 · Baltasar Kormákur
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like *Gone Girl* and *Zodiac* obsessively explore the psychological and investigative dimensions of missing persons and disappearances.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His masterpiece *L'Avventura* pioneered the cinematic treatment of a woman's disappearance as a catalyst for existential inquiry and emotional alienation.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Films like *Prisoners* and *Enemy* dissect missing person cases and psychological duality with meticulous tension and thematic depth.