The Missing (2003)

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How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost?

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

• Released: 2003-11-26
• Genres: Thriller, Western, Adventure
• Runtime: 2h 15m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 724 votes

Directed by Ron Howard.

Top cast

• Cate Blanchett as Maggie Gilkeson
• Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Jones
• Evan Rachel Wood as Lilly Gilkeson
• Jenna Boyd as Dot Gilkeson
• Aaron Eckhart as Brake Baldwin
• Val Kilmer as Lt. Jim Ducharme
• Eric Schweig as Pesh-Chidin / El Brujo
• Steve Reevis as Two Stone
• Jay Tavare as Kayitah
• Simon Baker as Honesco, Kayitah's son

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Missing

• United States: stream on Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; watch free on Hoopla; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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