Some downloads not appearing in finder

The last week or so, many of my downloaded files are not showing up in finder. When I click on the "downloads" button at the screen, it does show the files that I downloaded, and when I click the arrow that says "more in finder", it takes me to finder, and I am not seeing all of the downloads. I want to organize the files that I just downloaded into folders on my desktop, but have no idea how to access them now. Please help!