Searching
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 102 min · ★ 7.6 · 82% critics
When a teenager disappears, a worried parent turns to her laptop for answers after the official search stalls. As messages, social profiles, and digital clues pile up, the search becomes a tense look at how much of a life can be hidden online.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-08-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (4,243 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy twisty, modern mysteries like Knives Out or State of Play; Not for you if screen-based storytelling or anxious missing-person plots feel frustrating.
Pros: gripping mystery; emotional tension; clever digital clues | Cons: busy final stretch; some unlikely turns; slow moments
Themes
- california
- stalker
- disappearance
- internet
- east asian lead
- police detective
- missing person
- missing child
- computer screen
- found footage
- social media
- missing daughter
- +9 more
Cast & crew
John Cho
as David Kim
Michelle La
as Margot
Debra Messing
as Detective Vick
Joseph Lee
as Peter
Sara Sohn
as Pamela Nam Kim
Briana McLean
as Abigail
Erica Jenkins
as Hannah
Connor McRaith
as Isaac
Dominic Hoffman
as Michael Porter
Ric Sarabia
as Randy Cartoff
Directed by Aneesh Chaganty