Overview
A young woman's quest for her missing mother leads her into a web of international intrigue and danger.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- propulsive
- paranoid
- late night thriller
- teen movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the screenlife sequel inventive, fast-paced, and gripping, praising its technological creativity and escalating twists while noting that its performances and plotting are less compelling than those of its predecessor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
June reconstructs her mother’s disappearance through online accounts, video calls, search tools, app interfaces, and digital records.
June uses internet searches, navigation tools, social platforms, and remote contacts to pursue leads while facing international red tape and official limits.
The search for Grace and Kevin repeatedly forces June to question what she knows about the adults closest to her.
June’s digital sleuthing produces successive questions, reversals, and competing explanations involving kidnapping, betrayal, and the FBI.
Films like Missing, and why
Searching
shared screenlife format, digital investigation, family disappearance mystery, and escalating technological suspense
The Call
shared screen-based storytelling, missing-person investigation, online clues, and twist-driven thriller structure
Unfriended
shared screenlife presentation, internet-age paranoia, teenage perspective, and rapidly escalating danger
Movie Details
- Directors
- Will Merrick, Nicholas D. Johnson
- Release Date
- 2023-01-19
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (1356)
Cast
- Storm Reid
- Joaquim de Almeida
- Ken Leung
- Amy Landecker
- Daniel Henney
- Nia Long
- Megan Suri
- Tim Griffin
- Rick Chambers
- Tracy Vilar
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- 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 Missing about?
- A digitally fluent teenager races through online traces and institutional obstacles to uncover what happened when her mother vanishes abroad.
- What is Missing like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Missing as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Missing violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Missing as mild.
- What did critics think of Missing?
- Critics broadly found the screenlife sequel inventive, fast-paced, and gripping, praising its technological creativity and escalating twists while noting that its performances and plotting are less compelling than those of its predecessor.
- Which films are like Missing?
- Films with a similar feel include Searching, The Call, and Unfriended.
- How long is Missing?
- Missing runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch Missing?
- In United States, Missing streams on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV.
