Movies like Absentia: 20 to watch next
If you loved Absentia (2011) — a horror and mystery film directed by Mike Flanagan — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Absentia most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like grief, apparition and investigator. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Night House 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. She tries as best she can to keep it together — but then nightmares come. Disturbing visions of a presence in the house calling to her, beckoning her with a ghostly allure. Against the advice of her friends, she begins digging into her husband's belongings, yearning for answers. What she finds are secrets both strange and disturbing — a mystery she's determined to unravel.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Final Destination 2 2003★ 6.3
Shares: Horror, Mystery
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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1408 2007★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Mystery
A man specializing in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Movie Sphere+
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Caddo Lake 2024★ 7.2
Shares: Mystery
When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy 2026★ 7.8
Shares: Horror, Mystery
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Gone 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Mystery
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Cycle 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Horror, Mystery
A daughter unravels her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is found at a horrific crime scene.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lights Out 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Till Death 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Horror
After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Devil 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Mystery
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey 1988★ 6.2
Shares: Mystery
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Legend of Hell House 1973★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Mystery
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Ring 2002★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Prodigy 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Horror
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Descent: Part 2 2009★ 6.0
Shares: Horror
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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No Escape Room 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Mystery
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lake Mungo 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Horror
After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Creep 2004★ 6.0
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Malignant 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Mystery
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now