Hardcore (1979)

Drama Crime Thriller Directed by Paul Schrader
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A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.

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  1. The Searchers (1956)
    "Hardcore is Paul Schrader's second Searchers rewrite (after Taxi Driver): George C. Scott's Calvinist father searches for his daughter through the Los Angeles porn underworld, an Ethan Edwards quest where the Comanches are replaced by the sex industry. The kidnapped-female-relative-rescue structure is taken whole-cloth from Ford." source

Hardcore (1979), directed by Paul Schrader, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including The Searchers. Check out the citations below.