
Movies that feel likeAbsentia (2011)
If you loved Absentia, the closest films we have are The Lodge (2020), A Dark Song (2016) and The Ritual (2017). All three share Absentia's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Borderlands (2014).
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If Absentia hit the spot, these will too

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The same mix in both: twists, then melancholy
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Absentia does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: grief

Dread-soaked horror in both cases
The difference: Trades the twists of Absentia for an angle of its own

Mystery built on unease, twice over

Both lean on twists more than on horror

Melancholy mystery, and it commits to that
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Absentia does

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Unsettling mystery, and it commits to that

Both sit in the same twisty register


Horror of the same temperament
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