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10 Best Movies Like Hold Your Man

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

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#1
American Splendor

American Splendor

2003★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hold Your Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar....

#2
Red Dust

Red Dust

1932★ 6.9

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

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis...

#3
The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

1943★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hold Your Man for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty...

#4
Private Detective 62

Private Detective 62

1933★ 5.9

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

A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He...

#5
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#6
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...