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Searching Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Oct. 22, 2018

Searching

Release Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 Limited Friday, August 31, 2018 Expansion

John Cho, Sev Ohanian, Timur Bekmambetov, Debra Messing, Michelle La, Aneesh Chaganty, Joseph Lee

PG-13 Thriller N/A

  • 3.8

69%

31%

Plot

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Plot
After David Kim (John Cho)'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. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.
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The film's director Aneesh Chaganty last directed Searching 2 and Run. The film's writer Aneesh Chaganty last wrote Run.

Producer
Timur Bekmambetov
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Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic content, some drug and sexual references, and for language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
Search

Language
English

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Completed

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Release Dates

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Searching was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 24, 2018. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including A.X.L., The Happytime Murders and Papillon. As a limited release, Searching was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Mon., Oct. 22, 2018

  • Set film release to Expansion

  • Set film release to Limited

  • Set film release to Nationwide

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