If you loved Starman, try Absence of Malice

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Absence of Malice has roughly 4.0× fewer votes than Starman — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Starman

1984 · dir. John Carpenter

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Absence of Malice

1981 · dir. Sydney Pollack

What they share

Theyboth carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Starman, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Absence of Malice is

Here's a film unafraid of newsprint. A reporter prints a story implicating an innocent businessman in a crime, triggering a chain of tragic events. The movie makes sure we understand newspaper ethics, if nothing else.

If you loved Starman, try Absence of Malice

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What they share

What Absence of Malice is

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