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10 Best Movies Like Hold Back

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

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#1
Polisse

Polisse

2011★ 7.8

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

Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure...

#2
The Public Woman

The Public Woman

1984★ 6.0

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

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and i...

#3
Love

Love

2015★ 6.4

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

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on the...

#4
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006★ 6.8

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

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different as...

#5
Love Songs

Love Songs

2007★ 7.0

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

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are fo...

#6
The Swimming Pool

The Swimming Pool

1969★ 7.0

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

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual pa...

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