Movies Like Absence

If you liked Absence (2013), a horror and thriller movie directed by Jimmy Loweree, 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.

1
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
2
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thriller
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
4
Orca (1977)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the…
5
Invaders from Mars (1953)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
6
The Shed (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
7
Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
8
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
9
Circle (2015)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two…
10
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young…
11
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
12
Alien Abduction (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
13
Pickup on South Street (1953)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…
14
Dead of Night (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and thriller
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
15
The Medusa Touch (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and thriller
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
16
Gargoyles (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the…
17
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality…
18
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
19
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
20
Deadsight (2018)
★ 6/10Also horror
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.