Movies Like The Absent
If you liked The Absent (2011), a horror and thriller movie directed by Sage Bannick, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerWhen twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryMaster car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerAs a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerA tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryReclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Trigger Point (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryNicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.
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River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerFollows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horrorA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryAfter civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…
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Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerMartha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
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Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mysteryWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
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Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysterySingle father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
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The Black Book (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and horrorWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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The Engineer (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mysteryAs Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agents and mercenaries to find the man…
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Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horrorLocked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.