
Movies that feel like The Vanishing (1988)
If you loved The Vanishing, the closest films we have are The Sixth Sense (1999), Memento (2000) and Identity (2003). All three share The Vanishing's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Apple TV, Philo and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Vanishing hit the spot, these will too

Grief sits at the heart of each
The difference: Leans drama where The Vanishing does not

Tense and twisty in the same breath
The difference: Not nearly as romantic as The Vanishing

Thriller built on tension, twice over
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same preoccupation in both: grief

Both built around disappearance

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases
The difference: Missing the melancholy of The Vanishing

Both trade on tension more than on being thriller

Twisty mystery in both cases
The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Both are thriller through and through

Mystery approached the same way

Romantic thriller, and it commits to that

Melancholy mystery, and it commits to that
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