
Movies that feel like The Holdovers (2023)
If you loved The Holdovers, the closest films we have are The Descendants (2011), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Toni Erdmann (2016). All three share The Holdovers' contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
If The Holdovers hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Alexander Payne
The difference: None of the melancholy The Holdovers is built on

Both are built on the same subject: mental illness

The same mix in both: stillness, then wit

The same two preoccupations: boston, massachusetts, and melancholy

Playful where it counts, melancholy underneath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Two things both keep coming back to: 1970s and grief
The difference: Sits closer to family than The Holdovers does

The same preoccupation in both: alcoholism

One thread runs through both: holiday

Both keep coming back to the same thing: teacher student relationship

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Common ground: 1970s
The difference: Leans harder into history than The Holdovers does

Both lean on wit more than on comedy
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