Movies Like The Kids Are Gone

If you liked The Kids Are Gone (2026), a mystery and adventure movie directed by Santiago Musetti and Ramiro Firme, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Perdida (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.
2
River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and adventure
Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
3
Chupa (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.
4
Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
5
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and adventure
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
6
Cold Weather (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.
7
The Kings of the World (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure
Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano. Five boys who live on the streets of Medellín. Five kings with no kingdom, no law, no family, set out on a journey in search of the promised land. A subversive tale told through a…
8
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
9
The Maze Runner (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to…
10
Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…
11
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also adventure
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
12
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
13
Amelia’s Children (2024)
★ 6/10Also mystery
When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin…
14
Live Is Life (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure
Summer 1985. As every year, Rodri travels from Catalonia to Galicia and is reunited with his four friends. As real-world problems begin to undermine their friendship, the five of them embark on a nighttime adventure in…
15
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and adventure
It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…
16
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
17
Kayara (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure
A courageous and athletic teenager, Kayara dreams that she is destined to be the first female to break into the league of Chasquis - the official messengers of the Incan empire. As she learns what it takes to be a…
18
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
When Juan, a young gasoline smuggler, is forced to work for a mysterious organization in the desert bordering Colombia and Venezuela, his girlfriend Diana embarks on a journey to uncover the secrets that inhabit this…
19
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
20
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.