Searching vs Smothered
Searching has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.8/10 for Smothered). Smothered is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 42m. Searching is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Searching
Smothered| Searching | Smothered | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aneesh Chaganty | Kevin Rahardjo, Rafki Hidayat |
| Main cast | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La | Banyu Bening, Rio Dewanto, Almanzo Konoralma, Jordan Omar, Sulthan Hamonangan |
Synopsis
Searching
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.
Smothered
After surviving an accident, Alif, a micro-painting artist, is told by his doctor that his memory hasn’t fully recovered. When a woman claiming to be his mother comes to visit, Alif begins to sense something is wrong—he doesn’t recognize her face, and he suspects she might not be his mother.
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