Absentia

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If you enjoyed Absentia, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. The Following

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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   The FBI estimates there are currently over 300 active serial killers in the United States. What would happen if these killers had a way of communicating and connecting with each other? What if they were able to work together and form alliances across the country? What if one brilliant psychotic serial killer was able to bring them all together and activate a following? Welcome to The Following, a terrifying new thriller.

2. The Alienist

   2018 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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   The Alienist, based on the Anthony Award-winning New York Times bestseller by Caleb Carr, is a fast-paced and atmospheric psychological thriller set in the fascinating and gritty world of Gilded Age New York City. After a series of haunting and gruesome murders, psychiatrist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper reporter John Moore and police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt come together employing emerging disciplines of psychology and early crime investigation techniques to track down one of New York City's first serial killers.

3. The Sinner

   2017 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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   A blend of thrilling murder investigation and raw character drama, anthology series The Sinner follows the investigation of a chilling new homicide each season. Detective Harry Ambrose employs unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases … with a boundless dedication driven by his own dark past. Departing from the traditional "whodunnit," the series delves into the "why" -- exploring the buried traumas, psychological factors and philosophical reasons that might compel a seemingly "normal" person to commit unspeakable acts.

4. Clickbait

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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5. Ripley

   2024 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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   Ripley follows Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, who is hired by a wealthy man to try to convince his vagabond son, Dickie Greenleaf, who is living a comfortable, trust-funded ex-pat life in Italy, to return home. Tom's acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.

6. El inocente

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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   El inocente tells the tale of Mateo who, nine years ago, interceded in a fight and ended up becoming a murderer. Now he's an ex-convict who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and both are about to get the house of their dreams. But a shocking and inexplicable call from Olivia's cell phone again destroys Mateo's life for the second time.

7. Thirteen

   2016 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

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   After thirteen years held captive by her kidnapper, Ivy Moxam escapes. Piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task.

8. Kidnapped

   2006 · Crime, Thriller · ended

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   On a rainy New York morning, the idyllic existence of self-made millionaire Conrad Cain and his well-to-do wife, Ellie,is torn apart when their 15-year-old son, Leopold, is kidnapped on his way to school and his bodyguard, Virgil, is left to die. Desperate to find his son, Cain enlists the services of Knapp a professional investigator who, alongside his partner, Turner works outside the law's strict rulebook to retrieve kidnapping victims. Meanwhile, operating opposite Knapp are Special Agent Latimer King, an experienced FBI agent who postpones his retirement due to a vested interest in this complicated case, as well as King's colleague and antithesis Agent Andy Archer.

9. Devils

   2020 · Drama, Thriller · ended

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   Devils is set in the London office of a big US bank, where the ruthless Head of Trading, Massimo Ruggero from Italy has been welcomed and introduced to the world of finance by Dominic Morgan, CEO of the bank. When he ends up involved in an intercontinental financial war rocking Europe, he will have to choose whether to ally himself with his mentor or fight him.

10. Tin Star

    2017 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

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    A contemporary take on the Western genre, Tin Star tells the story of Jim Worth, an ex-Metropolitan Police detective who starts a new life in Canada's Rocky Mountains.Set in a remote Canadian mountain town, where the opening of a new oil refinery fronted by the mysterious Mrs. Bradshaw introduces the small town to a world of drug-dealers, prostitution and organized crime. Police chief Jim Worth is thirsty for revenge after the murder of a member of his family.