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Film · 10 connectionsWhen a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. [To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.]
Directed byChristian Carion
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2026 · 111 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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2025 · 92 min · Crime · Thriller
When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – a bitter, retired security guard – to help him find the missing woman.
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2017 · 84 min · Drama · Mystery · Thriller
The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East. His passion for his job has distanced him from his loved ones. He’s been divorced for three years and has since seen his son very little. When the latter disappears, he is forced to stand still, and soon discovers things about his ex-wife and, above all, his son. A terrible feeling of guilt overwhelms him and he decides to find his son at all costs...
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2013 · 153 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
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2018 · 101 min · Drama · Thriller
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.
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2014 · 112 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
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2014 · 92 min · Drama · Thriller
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
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2017 · 81 min · Horror · Thriller
As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?
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2020 · 120 min · Crime · Drama
A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
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2021 · 104 min · Crime · Drama
A teenage runaway and a widowed father each fight to take matters into their own hands to redeem their dark past.
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