Hidden gem thriller hailed as 'one of best crime dramas EVER' - with viewers 'binge-watching' every single episode
Eight-episode French drama series, The Disappearance, premiered back in 2016 and is available to stream on Prime Video.
Directed by Charlotte Brändström, it stars Camille Razat, François-Xavier Demaison and Pierre-François Martin-Laval.
The Disappearance is set in Lyon and follows the story of a missing 17-year-old called Leah Morel.
As her family and police officers work to locate the teen, they discover secrets that were never known about her.
The series has received rave reviews from fans and some took to Google to leave their verdicts.
One penned: 'One of the best crime dramas on TV. Just have to read subtitles but well worth it.'
'Absolutely brilliant. Will keep you guessing till the end. Superb acting by each of this tremendous cast.'
'Excellent. Binge watching is a strain on your nerves! Don't think you know what really happened before you get to the very end of the last episode. The Scandinavians can do superb, gritty crime drama. So can the French.'
'Well written and acted!! Hats off to the whole team!!'
'Excellent acting. Really intriguing storyline. Plenty of twists.'
The show has a respectable 7.3/10 rating on IMDb where someone wrote: 'Had me hooked from start to finish! Great cast. Just wish my French was better!'
While another viewer said: 'The show looked promising, and the first episode had me hooked, thinking it was going to be really interesting. It wasn't. It disappointed me.
'The story was weak, they worked too hard to point us in the wrong direction, but to me it was pretty obvious who did it from very early on. They should have hid it better. Shame really, cause the cast was good.'
The series has received raving reviews from fans and some took to Google to leave their verdicts
It comes as a blockbuster spy series with 'one of the biggest TV budgets ever' has been dealt a brutal blow as a spin-off series is cancelled by Amazon Prime Video.
Citadel, first released on Amazon Prime Video in 2023, is a spy action series starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra, Stanley Tucci and Leo Woodall.
Originally, the show was going to see two spin-offs called Honey Bunny, set in India, and Diana, based in Italy, open up the storyline.
Both have seen just one season each so far, released last year.
However, it has now been reported that they will instead be weaved into the second season of Citadel.
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