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10 Best Movies Like The Absent One

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

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#1
Bleeder

Bleeder

1999★ 6.7

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

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist....

#2
Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022★ 6.5

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

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life....

#3
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Absent One for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants....

#4
Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Absent One for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpl...

#5
Strange Darling

Strange Darling

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Absent One for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree....

#6
Lords of Chaos

Lords of Chaos

2018★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Absent One for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome....

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