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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
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#2
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#3
Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter

1987★ 6.0

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

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot....

#4
Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

2022★ 6.3

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

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice....

#5
Not Without Hope

Not Without Hope

2025★ 6.1

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

A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival....

#6
The Calling

The Calling

2014★ 5.9

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

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face ...

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