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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
Triage

Triage

2009★ 6.0

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

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague....

#2
Remember

Remember

2015★ 7.4

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

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family....

#3
Nancy

Nancy

2018★ 5.8

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

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belie...

#4
The Engineer

The Engineer

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absence for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agent...

#5
Inheritance

Inheritance

2020★ 6.3

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

The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their li...

#6
The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

2011★ 6.2

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

Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-este...

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