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Movies like Holguin (2003)

The best movies like Holguin (2003) are Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), Hounddog (2008) and Iron Jawed Angels (2004). If Holguin hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

    A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Lucky Them (2013)

    More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. The Safety of Objects (2002)

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. My Brilliant Career (1979)

    A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Love, Marilyn (2013)

    Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Cameraperson (2016)

    As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Halftime (2022)

    Global superstar Jennifer Lopez reflects on her multifaceted career and the pressure of life in the spotlight in this intimate documentary.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)

    A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

    In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. All About Nina (2018)

    Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own deeply troubled past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  16. Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)

    This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

    In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Petals on the Wind (2014)

    This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

    Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  21. Cherry on Top (2024)

    A girl with a bunny head tries to scape from her hunted reality when she discovers a group of colorful and hungry girls to be a part of...but things are not as sweet as it seems

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  22. My Life Without Me (2003)

    A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  23. Open Hearts (2002)

    Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  24. The Secret Life of Words (2005)

    A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  25. Lost in Translation (2003)

    Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  26. Boys Don't Cry (1999)

    A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  27. Butch Jamie (2008)

    The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman on set. The film's subplots include Jamie's bisexual roommate Lola and her cat actor Howard, Lola's abrasive butch German girlfriend Andi, and Jamie's gay Asian friend David.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  28. Fine (2016)

    A short film about the endless fight of two woman. A Mexican and Bosnian co-production set in Sarajevo.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  29. Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race (2015)

    The first Women’s Air Derby was flown in 1929 with brave women making history by breaking into a competition that was thought to be for men only. They encountered sabotage, death, and all the difficulties of flying at the dawn of aviation. Today the Powder Puff Derby continues as the Air Race Classic. The modern-day racers carry out the legacy of the original racers with their adventurous spirit.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  30. Cargo (2019)

    Aboard a spaceship where souls of the deceased are readied for reincarnation, a lone crew member's rigid existence is disrupted by a spry new assistant.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Holguin?

The closest matches to Holguin are Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), Hounddog (2008) and Iron Jawed Angels (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Holguin?

Start with Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), the closest match to Holguin.

What is the highest-rated movie like Holguin?

Lost in Translation (2003), rated 7.4/10 by 8,427 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Holguin?

Cherry on Top (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Holguin?

Yes: Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), Hounddog (2008) and Iron Jawed Angels (2004).

How are movies similar to Holguin chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Holguin, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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