The Best Missing & Kidnapped Documentaries

True Crime - 68 free documentaries about missing & kidnapped.

Start with Inside the Nepalese Human Trafficking Industry (25 min, VICE), then Vanished: The Missing Surrey Schoolgirl (30 min, Real Stories). All 68 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on missing & kidnapped is Lost Girls by Robert Kolker.

• Inside the Nepalese Human Trafficking Industry (25 min, VICE)
• Vanished: The Missing Surrey Schoolgirl (30 min, Real Stories)
• In the shadow of the World Cup - Mexican families search for their loved ones (27 min, DW Documentary)
• The Families Left Behind: What Happens When A Relative Disappears? | The Missing (47 min, Real Stories)
• Sex Trafficking: Inside The Billion-Dollar Crime Industry (49 min, Real Stories)
• Escaping Abuse: Woman's Harrowing Journey from Love to Kidnapping (43 min, Wonder)
• Kidnapped at the Dollar Store: Exposing Indiana’s Most Violent Predator (46 min, Real Crime)
• Highway Of Tears: The Unsolved Serial Murders Of Aboriginal Women (50 min, Real Crime)
• Scam City: Mexico City - Kidnapping, Pickpockets & Counterfeits (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Vanished: The Strangest Missing Person Case Ever Seen (30 min, Real Crime)
• Operation Jubilee: SAS and US Navy SEALs Race To Save American Hostages In Crisis (49 min, Real Crime)
• Why Did A Young Mother Vanish And Leave Behind Her 10 Year-Old? | Nightmare In Suburbia (46 min, Real Crime)
• Hotel of Horrors: The Tragic Disappearance of Sasha Marsden | Nightmare In Suburbia (45 min, Real Crime)
• The Mysterious Disappearance Of Pamela Bischoff | Dark Waters Of Crime (45 min, Real Crime)
• Lonely Runaway Teen Is Looking For A Family (57 min, Real Stories)
• Stolen Brides (51 min, Real Stories)
• Vanished Without a Trace: Caitlyn's Story Unraveled | Taken (44 min, Real Crime)
• Gone Without Trace: Canada's Missing Indigenous Women (65 min, Real Stories)
• Kidnapping Of A Millionaire: The Million Dollar Daughter | The FBI Files (50 min, Real Crime)
• Teen Mom Vanished: The Disappearance of Cherisse Houle (22 min, Real Stories)
• The Disappearance of Josephine Martin & Laura Lee May Francis | Taken (43 min, Real Crime)
• Traffic Stop Leads to Human Trafficking Gang Exposed | Big Little Crimes (87 min, Real Crime)
• The Mysterious Disappearance Of Jutta Weber (45 min, Real Crime)
• The River Of Tears: Disappearance Of Tanya Pinette | Dark Waters Of Crime (46 min, Real Crime)
• Rich Heiress Kidnapped & LA Heist Goes Wrong | True Crime Double Bill (100 min, Real Stories)
• Special Forces Hostage Rescue: Operation Chavín de Huántar (48 min, Real Crime)
• Vulnerable Woman Suspiciously Vanishes From Foster Family | Murder At My Door (44 min, Real Crime)
• Canada's Missing Women Tragedy (74 min, Real Stories)
• Art thieves and ransoms - The murky world of stolen art (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Most Arrogant Killers in History: The Killer Brothers (46 min, Real Crime)
• Abducted (46 min, Real Stories)
• The Abduction Of Amber Guiboche (22 min, Real Stories)
• Abducted At 14: Aberash's Fight for Justice in a Male-Dominated World (49 min, Real Stories)
• Social Media Activists Demand The Return Of Stolen Statues | Looted (Part 1/2) (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Abductions Through Time (S5, E8) | Ancient Aliens (44 min, HISTORY)
• Snatched: Getting My Daughters Back (49 min, Real Crime)
• Surviving Her Kidnapping (51 min, Real Crime)
• Exposing Egypt’s Stolen Heritage Black Market (48 min, Odyssey)
• Simple Traffic Stop Uncovers Large-Scale Human Trafficking Operation (87 min, Real Crime)
• The Horrors of Sex Trafficking: The Real Sex Traffic (49 min, Real Crime)
• Heartbroken Father's Heroic Quest To Be Reunited With Kidnapped Daughter | Abducted (46 min, Wonder)
• Argentina's stolen children - The crimes of the military dictatorship (54 min, DW Documentary)
• Looting Of The Iraq Museum: How 6,000 Years Of History Were Stolen (48 min, Odyssey)
• Hostage: Ruthless Criminals Take Innocent Victims | Greatest Crimes Of All Time (48 min, Real Crime)
• Stolen Land: Fracking's Tragic Dirty Secrets (73 min, Real Stories)
• Artifact Thieves: The Stolen Antiques Business (51 min, ENDEVR)
• How Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking Works | Wildlife Trade Explained (52 min, ENDEVR)
• Most Intense Hostage Rescue: Inside 10 Days of the Billionaire Kidnapping Case (28 min, Real Crime)
• The End of Truth? (56 min, Real Stories)
• Kidnapped & Kept in a Hole | Missing Presumed Dead (43 min, National Geographic)
• $50,000 Kidnapping Plot: This Mother Staged Her Own Child's Abduction (66 min, Real Crime)
• Diddy's Downfall: Inside the Trafficking Allegations (47 min, Real Crime)
• Her Ex's Family Abducted And Strangled Her With a Zip Tie (43 min, Real Crime)
• My Father Kidnapped A Politician (128 min, Real Stories)
• The FBI’s Toughest Hostage Rescue: Deadly Standoff With Armed Prisoners (149 min, Wonder)
• He Wanted to Be "Somebody": The Truth Behind a Teen's Abduction (99 min, Real Crime)
• This Kidnapping Exposed a Nationwide Crime Ring (99 min, Real Crime)
• Kidnapped Miner Plots His Own Escape (43 min, Wonder)
• When A Japanese Hospital's IT System Was Held For Ransom | Click To Ransom (47 min, CNA Insider)
• The Boy Who Rushed (52 min, Real Stories)
• Kidnapped By My Husband: Surviving Captivity Abroad (43 min, Wonder)
• Ruthless Killers and Hostage-Takers (145 min, Real Stories)
• Operation Jubilee: $11 Million Ransom Triggers a Deadly Rescue (49 min, Wonder)
• My Child Was Kidnapped And Held Hostage In Mexico City (43 min, Wonder)
• Thai Hostages Released In Israel, Reunite With Their Families (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Trapped in Iran: How American Hostages Survived Living Hell (92 min, ENDEVR)
• Soldiers Returns Home To Find His Life Has Been Stolen | Scammed S1 EP2 (21 min, Wonder)
• Man Held Hostage In Kidnapping Capital Of The World (43 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Missing & Kidnapped

1. Lost Girls by Robert Kolker - View on Amazon
2. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard (3.8/5) - View on Amazon