Love Is the Monster vs The Absent One
Love Is the Monster has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Absent One). Love Is the Monster is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 56m. The Absent One is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Is the Monster
The Absent One| Love Is the Monster | The Absent One | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Thriller | Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alex Noyer | Mikkel Nørgaard |
| Main cast | Kristina Tonteri-Young, Leonardo Nam, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Tatu Sinisalo, Sheila McCarthy | Marco Ilsø, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Peter Christoffersen |
Synopsis
Love Is the Monster
A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn...
The Absent One
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
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