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10 Best Movies Like Absence

If you loved Absence, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

#2
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#3
Love Hurts

Love Hurts

2002★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student....

#4
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#5
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#6
Sound of the Sea

Sound of the Sea

2001★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina. This woman is loved by a rich businessman named Alberto but choo...

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