The Stolen Girl

Mother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect Lucia the next day, the house turns out to be an empty luxury rental and Lucia has been abducted.

The Stolen Girl (2025) is a British psychological thriller miniseries created by Catherine Moulton for Disney+. Across five episodes of roughly 42 minutes each, it follows Elisa (Denise Gough), a mother who allows her daughter Lucia to join an impromptu sleepover with a new friend after meeting the friend's mother, Rebecca (Holliday Grainger), at a beautiful home. When Elisa returns the next day to collect her, the house proves to be an empty luxury rental and Lucia has vanished. The engine of the story is Elisa's frantic, increasingly desperate search, shaped by the police investigation led by DI Shona Sinclair (Bronagh Waugh) and the fraying strains on her family, including her husband Fred (Jim Sturgess). Each episode peels back another layer of deception, with the tension built on who can be trusted and what appearances conceal. The register is tense, anxious and dread-filled, with a grounded domestic realism that keeps the suspense close to home. Viewers who enjoy The Missing, Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects will find resonance in its blend of maternal anguish, polished surfaces and a mystery that hinges on a single deceptive setting. It is a short, self-contained limited series, watched best in one or two sittings.

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers split on the writing and performances, and one reviewer faulting the acting and casting.

• Big Little Liespsychological thriller about a missing child and a mother's desperate search, serialized mystery with moral ambiguity
• The MissingBritish missing child thriller with a police investigation and a family in crisis, tense grounded drama
• Sharp Objectsabduction mystery built around a parent's relentless search and deceptive surfaces, limited-run thriller

Created by

Catherine Moulton

Release Date

2025-04-16

Episode runtime

42 min

Rating

6.4 / 10 (86)

What is The Stolen Girl about?

A mother's frantic search for her daughter begins when a seemingly kind sleepover turns into an abduction at a deceptively luxurious rental house.

What is The Stolen Girl like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Stolen Girl as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is The Stolen Girl violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Stolen Girl as mild.

What did critics think of The Stolen Girl?

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers split on the writing and performances, and one reviewer faulting the acting and casting.

Which shows are like The Stolen Girl?

Shows with a similar feel include Big Little Lies, The Missing, and Sharp Objects.

How long is The Stolen Girl?

The Stolen Girl: 1 season, 5 episodes.

Is The Stolen Girl still running?

No, The Stolen Girl has ended.

Where can I watch The Stolen Girl?

In United States, The Stolen Girl streams on Hulu.