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10 Best Movies Like The Holding

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

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#1
Too Young to Die

Too Young to Die

1990★ 5.4

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

An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story....

#2
48 Hrs.

48 Hrs.

1982★ 6.7

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

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer....

#3
Come As You Are

Come As You Are

2011★ 6.8

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

Three young guys like wine and women. They tested wine with pleasure, but the second they have never been able to taste. Under the guise of a wine tour, the three plans a trip to S...

#4
Bridegroom

Bridegroom

2013★ 7.3

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

A documentary that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep of...

#5
The Disappeared

The Disappeared

2008★ 5.8

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

Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him....

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...