Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Absences

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

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#1
Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

2015★ 6.4

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

Three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic t...

#2
Gabriel's Inferno

Gabriel's Inferno

2020★ 8.4

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

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own pe...

#3
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absences for fans of Romance & Drama. 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 ...

#4
Wander Darkly

Wander Darkly

2020★ 6.0

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

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in ord...

#5
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

2020★ 8.3

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

The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard....

#6
The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl

2000★ 5.9

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

Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marrie...

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