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"The Missing" (2003) -- Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Val Kilmer; directed by Ron Howard. When renegade Indians kidnap a girl, her mystical grandfather, himself long missing, appears, aiding her headstrong mother and plucky kid sister in a frantic, deadly rescue. Containing obvious parallels to "The Searchers," this western is not a remake. Instead, it offers new characterizations with adventures and motivations stoked by unflinching family ties and heroism.

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"The Searchers" (1956) -- John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood; directed by John Ford. The stirring, lyrical, and gorgeous telling of two men's lengthy quest to find and return a stolen girl to her rightful home. Wayne, grittier than usual, is the driven anti-hero who finds something better in himself, too. Filmed against the breathtaking backdrops of Monument Valley, Ford's masterpiece is generally hailed as the top western film of all time.

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