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10 Best Movies Like Placeholder

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
Edie

Edie

2018★ 6.3

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

To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and em...

#3
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#4
Make It Happen

Make It Happen

2008★ 6.0

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

Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery....

#5
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022★ 6.5

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

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an indepen...

#6
Ice Castles

Ice Castles

2010★ 6.3

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

Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, an...

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