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Synopsis
A grieving mother, fueled by her passion for true crime, seeks answers when a teenage girl is found dead in the desert and the police investigation stalls.
Moviegoers are saying
Haifaa al-Mansour's 'Unidentified' starts as a promising Saudi feminist crime thriller featuring Mila Alzahrani as a true-crime-obsessed police clerk investigating a desert murder, but completely derails with a universally reviled twist ending that viewers describe as 'profoundly dumb' and 'unforgivable.' The film sparked such intense negative reactions that one reviewer received 15 calls from people wanting spoilers just to avoid finishing it.
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- Dec 8, 2025
مدري الى متى و الافلام السعودية تعامل المشاهدين كأنهم بزران لازم يلقنونهم كل معلومة SHOW DONT TELL فلم غريب ، غير منطقي ، اجل عقيد يسأل سكرتيرة عن جريمة بس لانها تحب تسمع بودكاستات .. خير ان شاء الله حوارات من شات جبت ،على غير العادة طلعت في نص الفلم .. ذا رقمي لو احد…
MohhaSep 6, 2025A lean crime thriller with enough intrigue to keep you curious until it really kicks into high-gear. That’s where Unidentified started to lose me a little, opening itself up in a way that is as delightfully wicked as it is disorientating. Despite the narrative swings,…
claira curtisJun 18, 2026my 1st proper Saudi Arabian film experience, one that is actually shot and set in Riyadh, and it’s a bomb-- the way it holds itself together on a singular piece of tension and then blasts open into one of the most WTF endings ever (derogatory), invalidating the meat of the…
edil - Dec 7, 2025
Just disrespectful. walked out immediately after that unforgivable twist.
محمدSep 6, 2025A movie I found profoundly boring before it gets profoundly dumb.
Brian TallericoJan 2, 2026نبدا السنه ب اسوا فلم ممكن تابعته في حياتي ياناس احترمو عقولنا والله هذا الشي الوحيد الي طالبه انكم تحترمون قواتنا العقلية فقط وفكونا من العفن الي زي كذا. إلى متى والأفلام الي زي كذا تندعم إلى متى نشوف مستوى أفلام السعودية زي كذا!!!! والله العظيم ان كان ودي اطلع من…
Saud - Sep 6, 2025
Not a lot of regrets but can’t believe I didn’t think of the makeup tip/true crime podcast thing. Might start something where I review double edge shaving razors while simultaneously discussing John Cale records. That could be good.
Daniel DemoisJan 3, 2026أتمنى صندوق التنمية الثقافي ومبادرة ضوء للأفلام يوقفون دعم هيفاء المنصور وزوجها عاجلًا غير آجل.
NeoKhaledismSep 9, 2025There’s a haunting stillness to the opening of Haifaa Al Mansour’s “Unidentified” – a young woman’s lifeless body dumped in the vast Saudi desert, her killer speeding away in a cloud of dust. The wind howls. The score hums with quiet dread. It’s a moment heavy with the fear…
Sara Clements
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Metacritic
Jan 20, 2026
In Unidentified, women are good, women are bad, and women are everything in between. In a society where a woman’s death can easily go unnoticed, this film makes sure the audience pays attention.
Beandrea July
IndieWire
Jan 20, 2026
Unidentified uses the familiar framework of a murder mystery to tell a deeply political story about autonomy, visibility, and the high cost of speaking up. Even when the plot stumbles, the message never does.
Sara Clements
Next Best Picture
Jan 20, 2026
Sleekly if routinely made, this classic whodunit is ultimately more interesting for what it reveals about the filmmaker’s homeland than for the mystery it unfolds.
Jordan Mintzer
The Hollywood Reporter
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Unidentified come out in theaters?
June 19, 2026 is the release date.
Is Unidentified (2026) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is Unidentified (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 39min long.
What's Unidentified (2026) about?
A grieving mother, fueled by her passion for true crime, seeks answers when a teenage girl is found dead in the desert and the police investigation stalls.
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