10 Best Movies Like Absent Friends
If you loved Absent Friends, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Outlaw King
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne....

The Kill Team
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

Queen of Katwe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master....

The Hill
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player....

Babylon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

Behind the Candelabra
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted....