Afhuggede hoveder og blodige tarme hører til Roger Cobbs hverdag. Han er nemlig en af USA's bedste gyserforfattere. Men nu er han ramt af akut skrivekrampe, som følge af; at hans søn er sporløst forsvundet, hans kone vil skilles og hans faster har begået selvmord. Han beslutter sig for at flytte ind i huset, som han har arvet af fasteren. Nu håber han på endelig at kunne få lidt fred og ro. Men da han åbner garderoben i værelset, hvor fasteren hængte sig, opdager han, at noget er flyttet ind i huset.
Som barn bliver Alexia hårdt kvæstet i en bilulykke og får indopereret en titaniumplade i hjernen. Som ung har hun udviklet sig til en slags seriemorder, men under en flugt fra myndighederne ændrer hun sit udseende og påstår at være den forsvundne søn af en traumatiseret brandmand. Snart eskalerer alting ud af kontrol.
I 1928 er Los Angeles' politi præget af korruption og magtmisbrug. Det opdager Christine Collins, da hendes søn Walter en dag forsvinder sporløst. Fem måneder senere annoncerer politiet, at Walter er fundet i god behold. Desværre er det ikke sandt - for drengen, som Christine får hjem, er ikke hendes søn. Men politiet bryder sig ikke om negativ omtale, og da Christine gør opmærksom på, at drengen ikke er Walter, bliver mareridtet kun værre.
Washington DC 2054: Mord eksisterer ikke længere som forbrydelse. Myndighederne har oprettet en elitær før-drabsafdeling, der er i stand til at forudse forbrydelser med dødelig udgang, gerningssted samt offer og gerningsmand; der er på dette tidspunkt ikke registreret mord i 6 år. Chef for afdelingen – der muligvis skal være landsdækkende – er John Anderton, der er både intelligent og handlekraftig, men har mørke skygger i sit privatliv. En dag får han varsel om et mord, der vil finde sted inden for 36 timer. Han kan ikke genkende gerningssted eller offer, men gerningsmanden… er John Anderton…! Fra det sekund er han landets mest jagede mand!
Den australske farmer Connor rejser til Istanbul for at finde ud af, hvad der er sket med hans tre sønner, som er meldt savnet under slaget, og han indleder et forhold til den smukke tyrkiske kvinde, som ejer det hotel, han bor på.
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Texaneren Nicholas Barclay forsvandt sporløst, efter at han løb hjemmefra som 13-årig. Tre år senere dukker den 23-årige franskmand Frédéric Bourdin op hos det spanske politi og præsenterer sig som Barclays teenagesøn. Nicholas' efterladte får overbevist sig selv om, at svindleren taler sandt. Og dét på trods af, at Frederic slet ikke ligner Nicholas og taler med en uforklarlig europæisk accent.
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...
English professor Susan Selky lives alone in a Brooklyn apartment with her young son, Alex. When Alex fails to return home from school one afternoon, a frantic Selky contacts the police. Detective Al Menetti, a father himself, takes an interest in the case that quickly turns into an obsession. As a devastated Selky struggles to come to terms with Alex's disappearance, Menetti steps out from behind the badge to continue investigating.
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He is found by a cowboy on a cattle drive and the lad must start learning the hard lessons of working in a team if he wants to make it to San Diego.
When a woman’s son goes missing and the prime suspect is released due to lack of evidence, she and her teenage daughter decide to play vigilante.
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians without a single cowboy.
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.
An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's never met.
A sickly Mob Don's obsession that a pizza parlor owner is his missing long lost son.
16-year-old Hamudi has an eating disorder. He is forced by his mother to go with a strange man named Ali to search for his missing son. Ali only speaks Arabic, and his visa is still valid for three days. The only thing he has of his son is a recent photograph. During their joint search, Hamudi begins to admire Ali and, for the first time, to question the image of men modeled for him by his macho father.