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10 Best Movies Like Absent Without Leave

If you loved Absent Without Leave, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
People

People

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

PEOPLE is a new collaboration of riders and filmers from Mack Dawg Productions. Directed by Pierre Minhondo and Justin Eeles. This newly formed collective combines the talents, at...

#2
Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet....

#3
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns....

#4
The Organic Life

The Organic Life

2013★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sweat, sun, rain, tears, and green thumbs are all part of the challenge for a young couple attempting to become full-time organic farmers in this illuminating doc....

#5
Above the Troubled Water

Above the Troubled Water

2020★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three Nigerian men are scattered across the globe after escaping homophobic violence....

#6
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Absent Without Leave for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When '80s B-movie icon Tim Thomerson wakes up one day to realize the acting roles are not coming his way any more, he sets out on a quest to find his former co-star Lance Henriksen...