[6][7][8] The original film starring John Cho was met with critical and financial success, with praise for its integration of found footage sub-genre "screen life", and its realism.

[9][10][11] The 2020 standalone installment starring Sarah Paulson was likewise met with a positive critical reaction, while acknowledging its campy elements praise was directed at the cast and the film's premise.

Frantically searching her personal laptop for any clues to where she has gone, David sorts through videos and photos, contacts all of her peers, and tries to retrace her digital footprint to assist in locating his daughter.

When she leaves, she races against time before Diane realizes she is missing, and to find the truth to the questions that she can't be answer from the confines of her home.

[36] In Run., references are made to David and Margot Kim from Searching in the form of in-universe news coverage to the characters, as well as the appearance of Hannah who is a model in the overarching story.

[37] The story continued in as a secondary plot of the standalone sequel Missing, where they revealed that following the aftermath of the invasion, someone with abilities that they inherited as a result of the attack from the extraterrestrials, defended communities from the ill intentions of the otherworldly creatures.