
Movies that feel likeThe Vanishing (1988)
If you loved The Vanishing, the closest films we have are Tell No One (2006), Lantana (2001) and The Hidden Face (2011). All three share The Vanishing's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kahaani (2012).
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If The Vanishing hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: grief, disappearance
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Vanishing does

Both are built on the same subject: grief
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Vanishing does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: disappearance
The difference: Easier on the melancholy than The Vanishing

The same mix in both: tension, then twists
The difference: Leans harder into action than The Vanishing does

Melancholy thriller, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Mystery with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both lean on twists more than on thriller
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Melancholy mystery in both cases

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The shared currency is melancholy

The same thriller instincts
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