Movies Like Repeated Absences

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Rome, Open City

1945·1h 44m·★ 8.0·Roberto Rossellini

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The Celebration

1998·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Thomas Vinterberg

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958·1h 48m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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Harold and Maude

1971·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Hal Ashby

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Ed Wood

1994·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

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Almost Famous

2000·2h 4m·★ 7.9·Cameron Crowe

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Synecdoche, New York

2008·2h 4m·★ 7.5·Charlie Kaufman

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957·1h 49m·★ 6.6·Ernst Marischka

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Drugstore Cowboy

1989·1h 42m·★ 7.2·Gus Van Sant

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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

2006·1h 30m·★ 7.2·Jasmila Žbanić

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Requiem

2006·1h 32m·★ 6.8·Hans-Christian Schmid

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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

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Policewoman

2000·1h 37m·★ 7.5·Andreas Dresen

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On the Count of Three

2022·1h 26m·★ 7.0·Jerrod Carmichael

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Ma Belle, My Beauty

2021·1h 36m·★ 5.4·Marion Hill

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Wall Engravings

1968·1h 11m·★ 7.1·Guy Gilles

Starring Patrick JouanéDir. Guy Gilles

Earth Light

1970·1h 38m·★ 7.3·Guy Gilles

Starring Patrick JouanéDir. Guy Gilles

The Garden That Tilts

1975·1h 30m·★ 6.5·Guy Gilles

Starring Patrick JouanéDir. Guy Gilles

How Good Is Repeated Absences?

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