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Audiences latched onto The Holdovers (2023) as a comedy theatrical experience: big enough for a group watch, specific enough to reward a second viewing once you know where it's headed. The comedy and drama blend is the engine: it lets the film shift registers without feeling like two different movies stitched together.
Runtime 2h 13m · ★ 7.6
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★ 8.5 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2h 22m
Why you'll love it
Fans of The Holdovers who respond to its comedy will find Forrest Gump (1994) immediately familiar. Both films share a drama sensibility without ever feeling like carbon copies of each other.
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★ 7.4 · Drama · Comedy · Romance · 1h 37m
Why you'll love it
There's a reason The Holdovers fans keep landing on Stuck in Love (2013) — the comedy is unmistakably related even when the plots diverge. Both films operate on the same emotional frequency, especially in their third acts.
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★ 6.6 · Drama · Romance · Comedy · 1h 42m
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The Diary of a Teenage Girl draws from the same comedy well as The Holdovers, channeling drama in ways that feel unmistakably related. The 2015 film makes a natural companion watch — similar in spirit but distinctly its own.
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★ 7.1 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1h 48m
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Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) captures the comedy appeal of The Holdovers without simply imitating it. The drama streak running through both films is what puts Cha Cha Real Smooth at the top of any "if you liked…" shortlist.
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★ 6.6 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1h 52m
Why you'll love it
The comedy appeal of The Holdovers — that funny edge, the drama — translates cleanly into Beautiful Girls (1996). Different setting, same essential satisfaction.
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★ 7.1 · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1h 37m
Why you'll love it
The filmmakers behind Bed and Board (1970) clearly understood what makes comedy work — the same quality that keeps The Holdovers rewatchable. Expect the same funny rhythm, executed with a fresh angle.
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★ 6.2 · Comedy · Drama · 1h 28m
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On a Magical Night (2019) is the kind of film The Holdovers fans discover and immediately send to their group chat. The comedy overlap is real, but it's the funny emotional pull that seals the recommendation.
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★ 7.7 · Fantasy · Drama · Romance · 1h 45m
Why you'll love it
Edward Scissorhands shares The Holdovers's gift for drama — the 1990 film delivers fantasy without overstaying its welcome. Consider it required viewing once you've finished rewatching your first pick.
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★ 8.1 · Crime · Drama · 1h 54m
Why you'll love it
Much of what makes The Holdovers compelling — the drama, the crime — shows up in Taxi Driver (1976) in a slightly different form. Both films understand that tense storytelling works best when it trusts the audience.
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★ 7.8 · Fantasy · Drama · Mystery · 1h 54m
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The drama energy of The Holdovers is alive in Donnie Darko (2001), filtered through a different story but the same emotional register. It earns its place on this list with a tense payoff that rivals the original pick.
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