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10 Best Movies Like The Hole

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

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#1
Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent

2015★ 7.7

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

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his peop...

#2
Mad Detective

Mad Detective

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hole for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Bun, a schizophrenic, former police inspector comes out of retirement to help a rookie detective solve a complex murder case involving a missing colleague and a suspected policeman...

#3
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

1972★ 7.4

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

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old b...

#4
A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

1946★ 7.3

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

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day....

#5
In Vanda's Room

In Vanda's Room

2001★ 6.9

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

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte....

#6
The Possessed

The Possessed

1965★ 6.8

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

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with....