Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- paranoid
- foreboding
- bleak
- dark thriller night
- crime mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics found an ambitious but uneven backwoods psychological thriller whose mechanics and eventual wrap-up have impact despite credibility problems.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Wendy and Paul take over the search when police lack leads, while the investigation increasingly reveals disturbing complications.
The family camping trip at a remote Alabama lake leaves the couple dependent on limited local authority and surrounded by wilderness.
The central couple will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter and personally assume control of the search.
The plot combines a missing child with accidental killing, drugs, and predatory abuse, shifting the mystery toward moral responsibility.
Films like The Vanished, and why
The Missing
wilderness psychological mystery centered on a missing child and escalating parental desperation
Prisoners
bleak crime thriller using a child's disappearance to expose family trauma and moral compromise
Wind River
remote-location suspense driven by disappearance, suspicion, and emotionally volatile investigation
Movie Details
- Director
- Peter Facinelli
- Release Date
- 2020-08-21
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (373)
Cast
- Anne Heche
- Thomas Jane
- Jason Patric
- John D. Hickman
- Peter Facinelli
- Alex Haydon
- Aleksei Archer
- Kristopher Wente
- Rebecca Lines
- Lily Anne Harrison
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Vanished about?
- A desperate couple conducts its own search for their vanished daughter, turning a remote Alabama camping trip into a corrosive psychological mystery.
- What is The Vanished like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Vanished as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Vanished violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Vanished as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Vanished?
- Critics found an ambitious but uneven backwoods psychological thriller whose mechanics and eventual wrap-up have impact despite credibility problems.
- Which films are like The Vanished?
- Films with a similar feel include The Missing, Prisoners, and Wind River.
- How long is The Vanished?
- The Vanished runs 115 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Vanished?
- In United States, The Vanished is available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
