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10 Best Movies Like When the Devil Holds the Candle

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

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#1
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#2
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#3
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#4
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

#5
Black Site

Black Site

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysteri...

#6
The Killer

The Killer

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Devil Holds the Candle for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a det...

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