Missing

June, a young woman in Los Angeles, watches helplessly as her mother vanishes while vacationing in Colombia with her new partner. Facing bureaucratic red tape and a slow response from authorities, she refuses to wait for help and leans on every digital tool at her disposal. She sifts through video calls, emails, flight itineraries, and social posts, building a web of clues that keeps shifting as new information surfaces. The search spans continents, forcing June to stay ahead of danger and time. What begins as a mission to find a missing mother becomes a test of patience, resolve, and the limits of what technology can reveal.

Released in 2023, Missing is directed by Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick with Sev Ohanian as co-writer. It presents an original thriller not based on prior material. Storm Reid stars as June, with Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker and Daniel Henney supporting, and the chase flows from Los Angeles to Colombia through smartphones, laptops, and online records.

Box Office numbers are not always the whole story, but Missing grossed about 45.1 million worldwide on a 7 million budget, marking solid returns for a lean thriller built around a digital premise rather than big budget action. Its appeal crossed borders with audiences drawn to fast-paced, clue-driven storytelling.

The film sparked conversations about privacy and the ethics of online sleuthing, showing how a phone-based investigation can drive a high tension thriller. It also drew attention to Storm Reid's lead performance and contributed to a broader trend of intimate tech-driven narratives.

Reception and themes center on the pace and craft of using familiar devices to push the mystery forward. The movie investigates privacy versus connection in a global age, the cost of pursuing truth far from home, and how grief reshapes family memory when secrets surface.