Overview
A mother's desperate search for her missing daughter spirals into a psychological nightmare.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- anxious
- eerie
- foreboding
- classic thriller night
- rainy evening
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a stylish, fast-paced, and compelling psychological mystery whose atmosphere and performances outweigh an implausible, increasingly contrived plot.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Preminger repeatedly moves through doors, staircases, corridors, and dark interiors as Ann’s search becomes increasingly oppressive.
The investigation questions not only where Bunny is but whether Ann’s daughter ever existed.
Police and family members interpret Ann’s inability to produce evidence as possible mental disturbance, shifting the mystery toward psychological diagnosis.
The preschool, dolls, toys, and child-centered interiors are presented as unsettling evidence within the disappearance mystery.
Films like Bunny Lake Is Missing, and why
The Innocents
black-and-white psychological mystery built around a missing child, escalating suspicion, and an unstable central perspective
Repulsion
stylized 1960s suspense, psychological instability, and a sinister investigation shaped by unreliable appearances
The Vanishing
missing-person mystery, institutional suspicion, and claustrophobic psychological tension in a classic thriller framework
Gaslight
black-and-white mystery thriller with a vulnerable protagonist, shifting explanations, and unsettling domestic menace
Movie Details
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Release Date
- 1965-10-03
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (225)
Cast
- Laurence Olivier
- Carol Lynley
- Keir Dullea
- Martita Hunt
- Anna Massey
- Clive Revill
- Finlay Currie
- Lucie Mannheim
- Noël Coward
- Rod Argent
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Bunny Lake Is Missing about?
- A mother’s frantic search for her apparently nonexistent daughter becomes a chilling inquiry into memory, sanity, and hidden motives.
- What is Bunny Lake Is Missing like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bunny Lake Is Missing as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Bunny Lake Is Missing violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Bunny Lake Is Missing as mild.
- What did critics think of Bunny Lake Is Missing?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a stylish, fast-paced, and compelling psychological mystery whose atmosphere and performances outweigh an implausible, increasingly contrived plot.
- Which films are like Bunny Lake Is Missing?
- Films with a similar feel include The Innocents, Repulsion, The Vanishing, and Gaslight.
- How long is Bunny Lake Is Missing?
- Bunny Lake Is Missing runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bunny Lake Is Missing?
- In United States, Bunny Lake Is Missing streams on fuboTV.
