History MissingEpisode / Film

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209031/combined Humor Risk]]'' (also called ''Humorisk''), the 1921 silent film which was the Creator/MarxBrothers' ''real'' screen debut. Groucho so disliked the result of their first venture on the screen that he bought and destroyed all copies of the film and its negatives. It would take 8 years (and the invention of talkies) before the Brothers returned to the movies.

* There exist reports of a [[{{Bowdlerization}} heavily-edited]] American network television version of ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'', based on the director's cut and the American theatrical cut, that was made and first aired in the early-to-mid 1990s. It ran for almost three hours long (without commercials), and while retaining the non-chronological order of the director's cut, had also removed many key scenes that had violence or graphic content, as well as having all profanity and references to drugs exiled from broadcast. This version was supposedly intended as a one-off showing, and despite apparently being re-aired by local stations (and according to one source, AMC) via syndication, no copies of this cut are known to exist. Considering how said cut -- [[ExecutiveMeddling which sloppily watered down director Sergio Leone's preferred non-linear four-hour cut into a chronological two-hour cut against his wishes]] -- was trashed by reviewers and heavily flopped at the box office, its lack of availability may (understandably) be [[OldShame deliberate]].

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* The [[Film/FlowersInTheAttic 1987 film adaptation of]] ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' originally ended with [[spoiler:Malcolm Foxworth still being alive for Corrine's wedding, and the grandmother attempting to kill the remaining Dollanganger children with a knife only for John the caretaker to perform a HeroicSacrifice and allow the children to be free]]. The studio cut the original ending and filmed a new one without the film's director, which pleased neither critics or fans. For years the only parts of the original ending to have surfaced were photos, but in 2018 it was announced that Arrow Video would be releasing the film on blu-ray with the original ending as a bonus feature. They later released the blu-ray in the U.S. in 2019.

* In 1932, the husband-and-wife team of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsenkhanovskaya embarked on their most ambitious project yet - an animated opera based on the Creator/AlexanderPushkin fairy tale ''The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda'', featuring a score by renowned composer Music/DmitriShostakovich and an art style heavily influenced by contemporary Russian Telegraph Agency posters. Unfortunately, the film suffered from one hell of a TroubledProduction, with Shostakovich bailing on the project after seeing his score publicly denounced in a ''Pravda'' article. Since the film now had no score, it was never completed and placed in storage at the Lenfilm archive in UsefulNotes/SaintPetersburg, then known as Leningrad, where the majority of the footage was then lost when the Germans bombed the archive during the Siege of Leningrad. All that remains of the film is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVSWMWZugis two and a half minute segment]] from the marketplace scene, showing various merchants showcasing their wares.

* ''Series/TheKeepers'', a 1972 Israeli countercultural film ''Film/AnAmericanHippieInIsrael'' was believed to be lost until 2007, when film historian Yaniv Edelstein managed to locate a copy in the possession of one of the film's cast members. Upon its rediscovery it was screened in Tel Aviv and quickly gained a cult following similar to that of ''Film/TheRoom''.
* The 1991 Soviet adaptation of the first part of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was considered lost after a single broadcast, but in March 2021, the studio found a copy and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquKyNdgH3s uploaded it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLevCLNnLmg to YouTube]].

* The 1972 Israeli countercultural film ''Film/AnAmericanHippieInIsrael'' was believed to be lost until 2007, when film historian Yaniv Edelstein managed to locate a copy in the possession of one of the film's cast members. Upon its rediscovery it was screened in Tel Aviv and quickly gained a cult following similar to that of ''Film/TheRoom''.

** By how often "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is used in modern Disney canon (including showing the original clip in sing-a-long videos), it seems like a lot of people inside Disney want to finally just release the film and get it over with. Until it was announced that the ride would be thematically changed to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', it was the source of the ''Ride/SplashMountain'' ride at various Disney parks (which is one of the most popular rides, if the lines are anything to go by), leaving many younger riders confused about what the hell the ride is based on (plus, the Brer Rabbit part of the film is quite good).

* The 1933 [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] comedy ''Convention City'' was taken out of circulation shortly after its release due to its very racy content. The most recent known screening was in a Spanish theater in 1942. The script still exists and there have reportedly been readings of it at film festivals. Also, b-roll footage of Atlantic City that was used for the movie has been found.

* The surprisingly prophetic 1924 film, ''Film/TheCityWithoutJews'', which was ExactlyWhatItSaysonTheTin and predicted the rise of Nazism and antisemitism, was thought lost until a badly damaged copy was found in Austria in 1989 [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43569919 and a more complete copy was found in a Paris flea market in 2015]]. In its time it was surprisingly successful, but was banned due to the highly negative right-wing reaction to it (it helped the the right wing had significant influence in Austria at the time).

* Music/TheBeatles documentary ''Film/LetItBe'' was last legally released in 1991 (laserdisc and VHS). Odds are, it will never be legally released again in its original form. (There is dissonance between what viewers will expect to see and what [[Music/TheBeatles Apple Corps]] wants to show.) Music/PaulMcCartney told ''[[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/paul-mccartney-looks-back-the-rolling-stone-interview-w433437 Rolling Stone]]'' in 2016 that he wants the film to be released, correctly noting that he should be the main objector among the Apple Corps stakeholders because he "doesn't come off well" in it. It wasn't until fifty years after its original release that it received an HD remaster and recut by Creator/PeterJackson in preparation for a November 2021 documentary mini-series intended to dispel the idea that the ''Let It Be'' sessions were purely acrimonious.

* Following a limited theatrical release, the 1974 horror film ''Film/{{Deranged}}'' fell into obscurity for over two decades, with the original negatives believed by many to be lost. The film was eventually rediscovered in Florida some time in the mid-1990s and released on home video by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures' then-parent company Creator/{{MGM}}.

* While Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack and Film/ReturnOfTheJedi have true theatrical cuts available on standard definition home video, the '''original''' theatrical cut for ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' was thought lost until originaltrilogy.com came along. All of the home video releases contain either the 1981 ''Episode IV'' crawl or audio revisionism. It's also claimed due by George Lucas the original negatives being deteriorated and destroyed. This began with some of the original Star Wars re-release in theaters to introduce "Episode IV: A New Hope" which is not original to '77. Part of this is supposedly due to Lucas having OldShame over the fact that there were several elements of the films that weren't as good as he hoped (including effects and specific scenes) - he considers the altered versions his "true" vision. However, actual original prints of Star Wars would be found as the unrestored 16mm print was used for the Puggo Grande fan project then a 35mm print was located for the Silver Screen Edition and 4K77 fan restorations.

* One of Robert Carradine's last films was a movie titled ''The 13th Alley'', a slasher movie set at a bowling alley. It played in a few theaters, leading to a [[https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/7489/13th-alley-the-2008/ particularly scathing review from Dread Central]], and the DVD was available on its website which has since been deleted, though it was on private torrent sites and finally in 2022 a copy was uploaded to the[[https://archive.org/details/vts-01-1_20220505 Internet Archive]]

* In 1932, the husband-and-wife team of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsenkhanovskaya embarked on their most ambitious project yet - an animated opera based on the Creator/AlexanderPushkin fairy tale ''The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda'', featuring a score by renowned composer Music/DmitriShostakovich and an art style heavily influenced by contemporary Russian Telegraph Agency posters. Unfortunately, the film suffered from one hell of a TroubledProduction, with Shostakovich bailing on the project after seeing his score publicly denounced in a ''Pravda'' article. Since the film now had no score, it was never completed and placed in storage at the Lenfilm archive in St. Petersburg, then known as Leningrad, where the majority of the footage was then lost when the Germans bombed the archive during the Siege of Leningrad. All that remains of the film is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVSWMWZugis two and a half minute segment]] from the marketplace scene, showing various merchants showcasing their wares.

* ''Children of Loneliness'' (1937) was an exploitation melodrama film written and directed by Richard C. Kahn. Said to be inspired by the 1928 novel ''Literature/TheWellOfLoneliness'', the picture is also notable for being one of the first exploitation films to explore the subject of homosexuality. The film revolved around Bobby, a vindictive lesbian obsessed with her roommate, Eleanor, who works in a law office. A parallel story revolves around a young woman at the same law firm who falls for a homosexual male artist. The homosexual characters don't fare well in the story. The male artist commits suicide after being told he could never have a normal marriage. The two female characters enter a conflict resulting in Bobby attempting to throw acid on Eleanor, only to have it land on her own face. Blinded, she runs into the street and is hit by a car and killed. Aside from the plot details, the poster is the only proof that the movie ever existed.

* ''Class Opinion'' is one of two films, the other being ''Film/{{Impulse}}'', that brought down ABC's final attempt to break into the motion picture business. As a consequence of this, it's the only ABC Motion Pictures film that hasn't been released on home video, and little else is known about it, not even its release ''year''. Indeed, not even [=IMDb=] nor ''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'' have a page on it.

* One of Robert Carradine's last films was a movie titled ''The 13th Alley'', a slasher movie set at a bowling alley. It played in a few theaters, leading to a [[https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/7489/13th-alley-the-2008/ particularly scathing review from Dread Central]], and the DVD was available on its website which has since been deleted, though it is on torrent sites.

* One of Robert Carradine's last films was a movie titled ''The 13th Alley'', a slasher movie set at a bowling alley. It played in a few theaters, leading to a [[https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/7489/13th-alley-the-2008/ particularly scathing review from Dread Central]], and the DVD was available on its website which has since been deleted. So copies might exist somewhere, but no one made the effort to KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* The '''original''' theatrical cuts for ''Franchise/StarWars'' films ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. None of those cuts appeared on the VHS releases or even the 2006 limited edition [=DVDs=] (which did feature ''versions'' of the original theatrical presentations, not the original cuts themselves), due to (according to George Lucas) the original negatives being deteriorated and destroyed. This began with some of the original Star Wars re-release in theaters to introduce "Episode IV: A New Hope" which is not original to '77. Part of this is supposedly due to Lucas having OldShame over the fact that there were several elements of the films that weren't as good as he hoped (including effects and specific scenes) - he considers the altered versions his "true" vision. However, the American Film Institute and U.S. Library of Congress both purportedly hold prints of the original theatrical versions, so it's anyone's guess whether they will be released a long, long time from now. With the Disney buyout of Lucasfilm, some have taken up hope that the original cuts may be released. Alongside hopes of a release of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.

* The last known copy of Tod Browning's ''London After Midnight'' was destroyed (along with hundreds of other silent films) in 1967 when the vault it was stored in caught fire. A reconstruction using surviving stills and the original script was put together in 2002. Browning remade the film in 1935 as ''Film/MarkOfTheVampire'', which was pared down from 80 minutes to 61 minutes prior to distribution; the cut footage is believed lost.

* In 1985 Brian De Palma was approached by Cannon Films to make a horror film entitled ''The Piece Maker''. However, the project was cancelled due to the studio performing poorly at the box office that year. Only a trailer survives.

* A 1975 movie, ''Never The Twain''(not to confused with an eponymous British show), centering around a man who gets possessed by the ghost of Mark Twain and goes to the Miss World Nude Pageant, supposedly inspired by an incdient that happened to lead actor Ed Trostle.
* A bunch of theatrical horror films that saw limited releases in the 70s and 80s are now lost. These include such titles as ''Alien Flesh Eaters'', ''Ripsaw Rapes'', ''Halls of Exorcism'', ''Face of Darkness'', and ''The Female Beast''. A lot of these movies are theorized to be obscure retitlings of other movies (''Halls of Exorcism'' and ''Face of Darkness'' could easily be retitlings of ''House of Exorcism'' and ''Faces of Death'') while others such as Transformations: A Sandwich of Nightmares are actual lost movies. Alot of these movies have been compiled by u/zmbdog on Reddit
* ''Black Water Transit'' is a 2009 Movie by Tom Kaye that got withheld from release by the producers and studio heads. All that survives is a poster.

* This seems to be the fate of Roberto Busó-Garcìa's ''Paging Emma'' as it only played at two theaters in Santurce, Puerto Rico before vanishing
* An American made Spanish horror film entitled ''Atrapados'' was released in 1981, recieving awesome reviews when it premiered at local festivals in 81. Unforunately it was never able to strike a distribution deal in the States and now, 41 years later remains lost. The plot centered around two strangers who are trapped underground are forced to create a new world when the building collapses around them

* One of Robert Carradine's last films was a movie titled The 13th Alley directed by Bobb Hopkins. It was supposedly released on June 13th 2008 and is about a slasher killing teens at a bowling alley. It has since disappeared. The DVD was available on its website which has since been deleted. A Dread Central article about it was posted around the time of its theatrical release calling it one of the worst movies of all time and the writer can't believe he saw it in a theater. It's likely that its extremely negative reception and its relative obscurity (as well as the previously mentioned ''Gutterballs'' coming out the same year, with a similar premise) led to the movie being lost.
* In an October 1980 edition of Box Office Magazine. It was announced that Boon Collins of Wild Rose Studios was going to produce a movie titled ''The Cellar'' not much is known about it because it vanished without a trace soon after being greenlit, it was either lost or cancelled

* A VERY dark and disturbing scene from ''Film/It2017'' had Pennywise eat a baby, however it was cut and never appeared anywhere [[https://old.reddit.com/r/ItTheMovie/comments/ba8698/heres_the_script_for_the_infamous_baby_eating/ A Redditor found a part of the script with the scene in question and a supposed screenshot]], with Pennywise bearing a BigRedDevil look.

* The full 130 minute cut of ''Film/{{Event Horizon}}''. Test audience reactions to full cut were less then stellar, with some people reportedly fainting at the extreme amounts of gore. Director Paul W.S Anderson acquiesced into cutting the film down to a much more digestible 90 minutes and the result tanked at the box office and was critically eviscerated. The full uncut version, which contained an even longer version of the notorious “Blood orgy” scene, remained lost for years until a highly deteriorated copy surfaced in a Transylvania salt mine. As it turns out, that copy was reportedly so badly damaged, a full uncut release has been deemed impossible. Still, a few deleted scenes managed to appear on the DVD, including a longer, significantly more graphic version of the final Hell Hallucinations.

* The documentary/movie ''Film/GrizzlyMan'' has an ApocalypticLog that depicts an audio recording of Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend's deaths from a bear. In the movie, Creator/WernerHerzog, the director, is shown listening to it, and he tells the owner of the clip to destroy it. However, it's locked away in a safe deposit box, with no intention of being released.

* In addition to ''The Mountain Eagle'', two early Creator/AlfredHitchcock films, ''Number 13'' (1922; unfinished) and ''An Elastic Affair'' (1930) - both shorts - are lost. Considering how said cut -- [[ExecutiveMeddling which sloppily watered down director Sergio Leone's preferred non-linear four-hour cut into a chronological two-hour cut against his wishes]] -- was trashed by reviewers and heavily flopped at the box office, its lack of availability may (understandably) be [[OldShame deliberate]].
* There exist reports of a [[{{Bowdlerization}} heavily-edited]] American network television version of ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'', based on the director's cut and the American theatrical cut, that was made and first aired in the early-to-mid 1990s. It ran for almost three hours long (without commercials), and while retaining the non-chronological order of the director's cut, had also removed many key scenes that had violence or graphic content, as well as having all profanity and references to drugs exiled from broadcast. This version was supposedly intended as a one-off showing, and despite apparently being re-aired by local stations (and according to one source, AMC) via syndication, no copies of this cut are known to exist.

* Spider Man 3 had an Alternate Death for Venom where Eddie's Skeleton is pulled out of the Symbiote, meaning the Symbiote had completely bonded with him and The Symbiote Attacks Spidey attempting to bond back with him before Spider-Man pulls down a barrel with Metal Poles and causes Venom to freak out cause of the vibrations then Spider Man would've Defeated Venom like how he did in the Film, however because of executive meddeling the scene was changed. Some footage can be found in the Comic Con 2006 Teaser while some toys of the Symbiote bonding back with a Battle Damaged Spider man and another toy of Venom holding down Spider man Attempting to bond with him again were released. Some stock footage of Eddie Brock's Skeletal remains has been found on Sony's Official Website and some concept art of the fight being released. fans have stitched a recreation together of what it may've looked like.
* A VERY dark and disturbing scene from Film/It2017 had Pennywise eat a Baby, however it was cut and never appeared on any Home Media Release. [[https://old.reddit.com/r/ItTheMovie/comments/ba8698/heres_the_script_for_the_infamous_baby_eating/ A Redditor found a part of the script with the scene in question and a supposed Screenshot of Pennywise]] in the scene were he looks like a Red Demon from Hell

* One of the first best picture nominees, ''The Racket'', was also missing for years...and when it was found, [[HypeBacklash it sadly turned out to be just a standard gangster film]].

* In 1974 Bruce Cardozo made a Fan Film entitled ''Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter''. It starred Joe Ellison as Peter Parker / Spider man and was a direct adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man #15, well other than having Gwen Stacy in the cast. It was last shown at a convention in 2005. All that survives is screenshots from an Article in Foom Magazine
* A Full Moon Movie called ''The Cutter's Club'' was made in 2005 and was set to be released later that year with Tony Todd starring. It appears to be lost.

* In 1986, Todd Sheets an Explotation Shot on Video Filmmaker made a movie entitled ''The Kansas City Blender Massacre'' the only confirmation that it existed is an IMDB page. In a similar vein, His 1992 Movie ''Chainsaw Tales'' is confirmed lost by Sheets himself however he stated that VHS copies were made
* In the summer of 1987, Carlos Tobalinias was working on a movie titled ''The Kulies'' which was released in 1988. It quitely vanished from theaters after Carlos's death in March of 1989. B-movie distributor Vinegar Syndrome got the rights to Carlos's films in 2017. They found a print of The Kulies that sadly was damaged beyond use making restoration impossible
* A Movie titled ''Carnage Hall'' was released in 1988, About a Man in an Albert Einstein mask killing the Residents of a Male Dormitory it was never released on VHS and appears to be lost to this day
* In 1977 a movie called ''Dr. Shagtez'' was released. In 1987 it was heavily cut into the movie Evil Town leaving the original cut Dr. Shagtez lost.
* In 1985 Gary Coleman of Different Strokes starred in a made for TV movie called ''Playing with Fire'' where he played a Teenage Arsonist. Obviously this was to cash in on the Firestarter Movie that came out the previous year. No prints have Survived
* A Movie based off the Franz Kafka Novel ''The Metamorphosis'' was released in 1976. No Stills or Trailers have Survived but a poster has survived
* A Movie called ''Never The Twain'' was released in 1975 centering around a man who gets possessed by the ghost of Mark Twain and goes to the Miss World Nude Pageant, supposedly inspired by what happened to Ed Trostle in 1974 is now lost with only a poster remaining.

* David Lynch's Daughter Jennifer Lynch was working on a movie titled ''A Fall From Grace''. It had a poster released along with a trailer; it was supposed to come out in 2015 but either got cancelled or went unreleased.

* ''Film'', a musical version of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' starring Richie Havens and directed by Patrick [=McGoohan=] was released in the early 1970s to terrible reviews (not helped by, according to legend, one of the producers "finding God" and adding fifteen minutes of religious imagery much to [=McGoohan's=] chagrin). It was retitled ''Santa Fe Satan'' before disappearing completely. The soundtrack can often be found for sale on Ebay, though.