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FilmPG-132018
Searching
Directed by Aneesh Chaganty
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. From TMDB
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Searching is a 2018 drama mystery thriller film, directed by Aneesh Chaganty, starring John Cho, Michelle La and Debra Messing.
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- posts span Oct 27, 2018 to Nov 5, 2026
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56 of 56 · most liked firstAny fun weekend plans? Dining out? Catching a movie? Searching the catacombs beneath an ancient city for a powerful talisman whose discovery sets right what once went wrong
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for new dinosaur content for my very soon to be 5yo, I am watching a bad movie, what we used to call direct to video, now I guess direct to streaming? It turns out, making a minimally decent movie is really hard! Most people can’t do it! Including some who, apparently, try anyway!
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching my hard drives for what to select for #portfolioday I found this Carrie illustration I did for a special screening at my favorite movie theater that I think I never posted here? I still like it a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rodriguez - Cold Fact (1970) One of those great ‘lost’ albums. Some absolute gems on here - Crucify Your Mind youtu.be/3DCnlrTy1eg If you’ve still somehow never seen the film ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ then make sure you do… and don’t read up on it before hand! 👍🎶 #nowspinning #5albums70s1
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching this list in vain for the greatest film of all time:
neutral · AI labelView post →SEARCHING (1974): Directed by legendary documentary filmmaker (and director of the classic 'The Avengers' title sequence) John Krish, this award-winning fire safety film is one of the most chilling PIFs ever made...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching Searching for Bobby Fischer and Max Pomeranc is just so damn good as the child chess protege. I was surprised to find out that in real life he graduated from McGill and left acting in 2008. Wonderful cast; what a great movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2006, Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul met Segerman in Cape Town. Bedjelloul was spellbound by the story of his hunt for Rodriguez. The result was the documentary Searching for Sugarman, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2013 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. /9
neutral · AI labelView post →hello I'm a famous hollywood screenwriter and I would like to adapt this thread into a feature length film Searching for Pickle Man
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for hope, we chose to become hope for millions! #NoSleepTilKyiv. A film about ordinary people doing the extraordinary to defend democracy and freedom. Driving a convoy with much needed aid to Ukraine. In theatres this spring. #StandWithUkraine #NAFO
neutral · AI labelView post →And ‘Searching for the Asgards’ the movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmE...
neutral · AI labelView post →“When there is peace, people are not being killed.” Searching for Amani, a documentary film about two Kenyan teenagers brought together in friendship by a murder, opens a window into complex tensions and conflict among conservationists, crop-growing farmers and pastoralists in Kenya. Read:
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for that final look - having fun exploring along the way Movie Anniversary project in full swing! #characterdesign #animation #redranger #powerrangers
neutral · AI labelView post →Love dogs? Come see this amazing Ukrainian film with us! Searching for Nika Film Screening & Q&A w/director Stas Kapralov Fri., June 27 @ 7:00pm SIFF Film Center, 167 Republican St., Seattle Proceeds will provide critical aid to🇺🇦. www.tickettailor.com/events/ukrai... #seattlefilm #dogs
neutral · AI labelView post →#LitMusic24 #MusicChallenge Day 23 The Quest Sugar Man by Sixto Rodriguez from the film Searching for Sugar Man youtu.be/E90_aL870ao?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching Usenet groups………….. this movie is very technology
neutral · AI labelView post →Disney Anthology recap time-70 years ago today Walt took us on a journey "Searching For Nature's Mysteries". Turning the show over to Winston Hibler, Winston shows us how the Disney photographers captured all the fascinating shots in the upcoming True-Life Adventure film "Secrets Of Life".
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice review of the 'Searching For Drug Peace' documentary film about Vancouver's 'drug peace' activists and my mushroom shop. povmagazine.com/searching-fo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Really bummed by the seemingly sudden closure (after 62 years!) of Cinema 1, 2, 3 on Manhattan's East Side. I was interested in seeing a movie there ever since watching on Criterion the documentary "Searching for Mr. Rugoff." Now, I'll never get the chance. www.6sqft.com/upper-east-s... #movies #NYC
neutral · AI labelView post →I much prefer Budokai 3 with the big map you could fly around on and run into what if scenarios and random movie characters Searching for the dragon balls was a lot of fun too
neutral · AI labelView post →There is nothing irrational about my hatred of Searching for Paradise when the director Myra Paci herself stood in front of the theater exit, preventing anyone from leaving the showing of her her ratshit movie. I was in a film class with mandatory attendance & I was foolish enough to believe that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. Searching For Bobby Fisher Between My Legs
neutral · AI labelView post →I have so many movie threads going lol -Searching was because it was an autoplay trailer on one of my previous DVD rentals -Dazed and Confused was after I finished the Before triology (Linklater) -Reservoir Dogs was after I finally saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (and in a theater) last weekend
neutral · AI labelView post →Indeed Mind you our pal Jim White’s Arena film’ Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus seems to be a permanent fixture on the iplayer A ‘searchin’ success with Slim 👍🏿
neutral · AI labelView post →A little bit of a process video of this bit of animation I did for my short film "Searching for Blossoms"! The film is still in the works so please stay tuned for it! #animation #shortfilm #🧡💛🤍🩵💙
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie "Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus" is where I got into Jim White. Full of great music.
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for independent and underground projects for our festival. Submit today filmfreeway.com/LedaInTheBal... #filmfestival #submityourfilm #submityourprjoject
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching around I have found that apparently the French enjoy naming every movie or show involving cops Deux flics à <location>
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for my pitchfork as we speak 😆 but seriously, I have to agree. Its an incredible film on so many levels...
neutral · AI labelView post →I fell asleep while watching Searching and when I woke up the next movie in my queue was playing. I never went back to finish Searching, so if this movie is anything like that I think I'll pass.
negative · AI labelView post →Searching “羊たちの沈黙” in Yomidas reveals that: - Jodie Foster traveled to Japan to promote the film. - Kinema Junpo ranked it as the 2nd best foreign film of 1991 - The Osaka Film Festival ranks it at as the #1 foreign film - The Japan Film Pen Club (日本映画ペンクラブ) ranks it at #2
neutral · AI labelView post →#music #skyhooks Searching 'horror movie' on youtube returns a ton of ai crap, seems fitting really For some reason this song came to mind while grocery shopping, no idea why... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtOv...
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Movie Lovers Unite! Searching for your next favorite movie or TV series? Discover entertainment trends, movie updates and viewing guides. 🌐 stream.streamszone.com #MovieNight #CinemaFans
neutral · AI labelView post →Magical Realist Tale ‘6TM’ and ‘Searching for SmarterChild,’ About One of the Earliest Chatbots, Win Top Industry Awards at Ji.hlava Festival “6TM,” directed by Karim Akalay and produced by Walid Bekhti, won the New Visions Award for the most promising European project at the Ji.hlava… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →Wonderful thread. And there’s an excellent doc film you can watch on Tubi (for free! Tubi is always free!) about the history of Cinema 1 and 2, SEARCHING FOR MR. RUGOFF (2021). If you care about cinema history you will love this doc.
neutral · AI labelView post →#426 Searching Not the scariest computer screen film, but the most popular. A number of good reasons for that. reconrank.com/movies/searching/ #HorrorMovies #Horror #Movies #Halloween
positive · AI labelView post →The Witch(VVitch), Sinister, Searching, Obsession, Impetigore, and Sister Death (plus the movie it’s a prequel to Veronica) are some good ones!
positive · AI labelView post →Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Searching for Bobby Fisher for Tax Purposes
neutral · AI labelView post →To See ‘MUSK’ … Search by State & this will show Cities where the documentary is showing! Searching those cities closest to you, depends on Which Theaters there are in that city! TheMoreYouKnow TheLessBS You’llSwallow! #DV1 (😏 FYI👉🏼C’ville’s my hometown) www.showtimes.com/movie-times/...
neutral · AI labelView post →SEARCHING FOR GOSHAWKS: 2024, 17 mins DIRECTOR Matthew Langley www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/film/2026/ca...
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothing is more thrilling in film than a character digging into a microfiche archive. The motion, the texture, the narrative reveals as connections are made. Searching an online archive in a movie is like experiencing a wet fart. Technological advancements have neutered the physicality of film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Y'all when I tell you I've searched for a DECADE LOOKING FOR THIS MOVIE bc I was SEARCHING FOR THIS SCENE and I couldn't find it because SO MANY MOVIES COPY THIS SCENE
neutral · AI labelView post →95 years ago: Five Star Final (US) Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner f... 1931-09-26 #Movies #MervynLeRoy #EdwardGRobinson #HBWarner #GeorgeEStone #Pre-code https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42669
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching for new movies this week? Find the latest movie releases, upcoming films, and weekend premieres in one convenient guide. 🎬 streamszone.com/new-movies-t... #NewMoviesThisWeek #MovieReleases #UpcomingMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →The film I was thinking of is Aneesh Chaganty's debut feature Searching (2018). It achieves that using online video elements, recordings of video chats, and stuff filmed from the perspective of the device's camera. As well as some news footage (presumably watched on-device in a browser or streaming app). #Searching #mystery #screenlife #movies #film @lydiaconwell
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Thriller #Searching #TheInvitation 10 Forgotten 2010s Thrillers That Have Aged Like Fine Wine http://dlvr.it/TT2YKb
neutral · AI labelView post →80/100 A man tries to find his missing daughter by searching through her computer realizing he knows very little about her life. A excellently portrayed story presented vicariously through computer screens depicting an extremely realistic view of what a father may do with a computer as his only resource. Being a computer geek myself, I found no logic gaps in the way things played out and the emotions of the characters were genuine and heart wrenching. Throw in a double surprise twist ending and…
positive · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Searching #JohnCho #AneeshChaganty Time Is Running Out To Watch One of the Smartest Mystery Thrillers of the 2010s http://dlvr.it/TSh4yb
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Searching #BlackMirror #GoneGirl ‘Black Mirror’ Meets ‘Gone Girl’ in This Brilliant Cyber-Crime Thriller Coming to Paramount+ http://dlvr.it/TSDzrn
neutral · AI labelView post →searching| After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. 💻 https://pradt.co/searching A film by Aneesh Chaganty, starring John Cho and Debra Messing. #searching #SearchingMovie
neutral · AI labelView post →Searching is one of those movies that grabs your attention from the very start with its unique storytelling style. The entire film unfolds through digital screens, which adds an intriguing layer to the narrative and feels surprisingly natural. The story builds a solid foundation, with good pacing and character development that makes you genuinely invested in what’s happening. John Cho delivers a strong and emotional performance as a father searching for his daughter, and the way the movie…
positive · AI labelView post →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. John Cho does an excellent job of being the lead here. His emotional connection with his daughter is a driving force of the plot and the turmoil he goes through in discovering that the connection…
positive · AI labelView post →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 unconventional thriller that is also so relatable and real. Watch it right now if you haven't. 8 stars.
positive · AI labelView post →Terrible plot, but aesthetically well-crafted >As of January 2019, total worldwide population is 7.7 billion. The internet has 4.2 billion users. There are 3.397 billion active social media users. The average daily time spent on social is 116 minutes a day. Social media users grew by 320 million between Sep 2017 and Oct 2018. That works out at a new social media user every 10 seconds. Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp handle 60 billion messages a day. >[...] >Google processes 100 billion searches…
positive · AI labelView post →Definitely the best use of this format I've ever seen. I also picked a lot of the mystery ahead of its reveal, but not everything! And I like it when I can't pick everything. John Cho is an absolute champion, and Searching genuinely met my expectations. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
positive · AI labelView post →Impressive that viewers are able to relate to the characters despite the entire film taking place across the various tech screens of our lives.
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