Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut.

It stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously.

The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union and Melanie Lynskey, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance.

Brilliant, senior college student Katie Burke is struggling to deal with the stress of completing her thesis and succeeding in an upcoming rigorous interview process.

To make matters even more complicated, Detective Wade Handler, a recovering alcoholic, is tasked with reopening the two-year-old police investigation into the disappearance of her boyfriend, Embry Larkin.

Handler resigns from the police force, intending to retreat to his cabin in New Hampshire, possibly with Katie, who hints to her friends that she might take a year break from college.

Just as he leaves on his last day, the forensic expert gives him the troubling results of his analysis of Embry Larkin's two notes.

Handler keeps his rendezvous with Katie on campus near the old, abandoned college hall that will shortly be demolished to make room for a new building.

Fast forward to after Katie's graduation: she is employed by the financial firm that interviewed her, presumably facilitated by a romantic relationship with a young, senior employee, who is close to being made a partner.