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10 Best Movies Like Empty Handed

If you loved Empty Handed, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Attention

Attention

2024★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A middle-aged man and a teenager with everything to lose. These two strangers in very different situations meet unexpectedly and end up saving each other. Or do they?...

#2
Sapphire Blue

Sapphire Blue

2014★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Gwen has just discovered, that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she has to juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with G...

#3
To Kill the Beast

To Kill the Beast

2021★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of diffe...

#4
Brother or Marriage 2

Brother or Marriage 2

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Gaukhar is pregnant, and Aidar seems to have finally found a common language with his wife's brothers. But everything changes when the main character is faced with an unusual illne...

#5
Aliens vs Avatars

Aliens vs Avatars

2011★ 3.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Six college friends blowing off steam on a camping trip, find themselves caught up in a cat and mouse hunt with an Alien monster. Not knowing what to do or who to trust, they strug...

#6
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empty Handed for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Greg's older brother, Rodrick, i...