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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.

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#1
10 Years

10 Years

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation....

#2
About Alex

About Alex

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately ...

#3
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

2005★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer....

#4
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and write...

#5
Career Girls

Career Girls

1997★ 6.6

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

A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the ...

#6
The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Friends for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them....

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