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Searching

PG-13
Movie
2018
1h 42m
English
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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7.8
IMDB
Searching (2018) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
82

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John Cho
David Kim
Debra Messing
Detective Vick
Sara Sohn
Pamela Nam Kim
Dominic Hoffman
Michael Porter
Ric Sarabia
Randy Cartoff
Melissa Disney
Isaac's Mom (voice)
Sean OBryan
Radio Jockey
Ben Cain
SVPD Homicide Agent
Alex Jayne Go
Young Margot (5 yrs)
Megan Liu
Young Margot (7 yrs)
Kya Dawn Lau
Young Margot (9 yrs)
Colin Woodell
911 Operator (voice)
Ashley Edner
Margot's Friend #1 (voice)
Courtney Lauren Cummings
Margot's Friend #2 (voice)
Kenneth Mosley
Margot's Friend #7 (voice)
Miss Benny
Margot's Friend #11 (voice)
Franchesca Maia
Sadie (YouCast)
Thomas Barbusca
Cody (YouCast)
Sylvia Minassian
Mrs. Shahinian (voice)
Directed By: Aneesh Chaganty

Featured Comments/Tips

nmahoney416 says...
6 years ago
This is a very entertaining thriller. Having everything shown through a computer screen is not just a gimmick, is it a unique and interesting storytelling method. It feels real because we interact with computers everyday. The story is full of twist and turns that keep you on your toes. Everything is shown for a reason, everything can be interpreted in different ways. John Cho gives a fantastic performance, especially since he is acting against a screen for most of the movie. One of the best movies of the year.
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Movie Pal says...
6 years ago
An exciting thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! _Searching_ makes a big gamble: A big part of the movie is spent looking into a computer screen. The result however is astonishing! Do not miss it.
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deadmice says...
6 years ago
Wow. Never has a movie kept me at the edge of my seat and guessing the whole time. Just wow, the story-telling-through-a-computer concept just makes it a hundred times better. An absolute must for everyone, specially thriller/mystery fans.
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foursmols says...
6 years ago
I wish I could forget ever having watched this just so I could experience it for the first time again.
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Featured User Reviews

jinpirjin
CONTAINS SPOILERS9/10  6 years ago
Searching is the new thriller directed by Aneesh Chaganty. Widowed father David Kim (John Cho) searches for his missing teenage daughter (Michelle La) with the help of multiple laptops and hard-talking detective Rosemary Vick (Debra Messing). All the action takes place on screens; the mystery unfold More
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JonTheMantis
9/10  4 years ago
I was not expecting this to be as intense as it was. Like, it was _Taken_-level intense, and the main character never really gets more involved in the search than browsing his daughter's search history.

If you were to strip away the "all told through a computer screen" aspect, it would just be a More
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Nathan
2 years ago
Searching is a mystery thriller film shot from the perspective of our main characters computer screen. In most movies of this nature, this is done as gimmick and does not feel natural in the story telling. But here, the technology is seamlessly integrated into the story where the two are inseparable More
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Tejas Nair
4 years ago
Searching blew me away even though I saw it after Run, Aneesh Chaganty's later feature, and having heard and read everything about how similar Mahesh Narayan's c u soon is. The intensity of the plot, its unpredictability, and the conviction of the characters are what stood out for me in this unconve More
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