Movies like Holiday Heart (2000)
The best movies like Holiday Heart (2000) are Saving God (2008), Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) and Losing Isaiah (1995). If Holiday Heart hooked you with its drama and tv movie, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)7.3/10 from 1,844 votes
- NewestWendy Williams: The Movie (2021)Released 2021
Saving God (2008)
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
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Losing Isaiah (1995)
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlways Outnumbered (1998)
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hustle & Flow (2005)
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisMadea's Family Reunion (2006)
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout several decades. Recently, their lives have become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices, and a dark secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShaft (2000)
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTalk to Me (2007)
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor Colored Girls (2010)
A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDisappearing Acts (2000)
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmpire (2002)
Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSoul Food (1997)
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSunset Park (1996)
A white teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined Black high school basketball team and turns them into winners.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Beauty Shop (2005)
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife Support (2007)
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Barbershop (2002)
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDawn Anna (2005)
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
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Come Dance at My Wedding (2009)
Just a few weeks before her wedding, dance teacher Cyd Merriman comes face-to-face with the father she never knew. As they deal with the emotional repercussions of his return, they must decide together whether to sell the dance studio that has been in the family for generations to a real estate developer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Book of Love (2004)
Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher and his wife.
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Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited... touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStraight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn, decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWendy Williams: The Movie (2021)
Talk show host Wendy Williams executive produces the biopic on her life, revealing the highs and lows she has experienced throughout the years. Wendy has made herself the go-to source for great celebrity dish on her hit talk show, The Wendy Williams Show, but recently the spotlight has turned towards her. The authorized project provides a revealing look at Wendy’s journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Harvard Man (2001)
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Client List (2010)
After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she unknowingly accepts a position at a massage parlor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Holiday Heart?
The closest matches to Holiday Heart are Saving God (2008), Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) and Losing Isaiah (1995). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Holiday Heart?
People who watched Holiday Heart most often go on to Saving God (2008), Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) and Losing Isaiah (1995).
What is the highest-rated movie like Holiday Heart?
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009), rated 7.3/10 by 1,844 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Holiday Heart?
Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Holiday Heart?
Yes: Saving God (2008), Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) and Losing Isaiah (1995).
How are movies similar to Holiday Heart chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Holiday Heart, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.