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The Holding (2011)
955
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Style:
serious, suspense, psychological, rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
farm, murder, danger, haunted by the past, parents and children, psychopath, violence, life is a bitch, love and romance, desire, family relations, confined, countryside, deranged, evil, fear, insanity, sister sister relationship, alone, scared, jeopardy, psycho, fright, overalls, debut ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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Most similar movies to The Holding
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and suspense films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, family relations, parents and children, rivalry and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The Holding: Oscura Seduccion (2010), Harm's Way (2008), Child of Mine (2005), Outrage: Born in Terror (2009), Nexus (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Laura is a successful plastic surgeon who feels her life is somewhat empty. She meets a young nurse and falls in love and experiences sexuality to a extent not known to her. However, In this spiral of desire and seduction both play a dangerous game ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
big breasts, sex scene, jealousy, violence, love affair, couples, woman in danger, love, murder, desire, hospital, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Darlene and her daughter Victoria seek refuge at a remote rural safe house for abused women that's run by the strict and tough, but folksy and supportive Bea. Things turn sour when Bea proves to be a total lunatic with an especially dangerous ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, supernatural, on the run, youth, mental illness, false accusation, woman in danger, rivalry, mind game, life is a bitch, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An Alberta small-town police chief officially finds no suspect in the bloody stabbing to death of 'working girl' Jane McGill. Her daughters are adopted two years later, trough his friend Alvin, by a London couple who don't qualify yet ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
adoption, murder, haunted by the past, uncover truth, domestic disturbance, family relations, family problems, parents and children, family in danger, sister sister relationship, suspicion, world war two ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Christine takes her best friend with another couple for a final vacation when she goes to close up and sell her family's hunting lodge in the remote woods of Northern Georgia...but it's also the scene of her worst childhood trauma. Things ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
psychopath, haunted by the past, danger, sniper, childhood trauma, stalking, woods, confined, survival, murder, manhunt, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
29%
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93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
sex scene, murder, artists and showbiz, writer's life, uncover truth, danger, missing person, writers, disappearance, wife, female nudity, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nico Albert is a very peculiar character teenager, with exceptional intelligence and a single obsession: chess. His parents, concerned about the anomalous attitude of his son, child psychologist hired Julio Beltran. Through therapy and common hobby ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
chess, emotional manipulation, parents and children, murder, family relations, psychologist, teenager, teenage life, family in crisis, mind game, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, survival, danger, isolation, countryside, couples, murder, fear, violence, travel, violent, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
Movie in collections
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A strict father loosens up enough to let his children take a day off school for a trip to the countryside. But things turn darker when the family realize he is planning to make it their last outing ever.
Style:
slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
family relations, unemployment, psychopath, family in danger, confined, rivalry, isolation, countryside, parents and children, profanity, murder, crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
26%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, salvation, murder, mental illness, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, couples, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, who done it, investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, on the run, danger, family problems, woman in danger, family relations, parents and children, bounty hunter, social commentary, female protagonist, cultural conflict, forced marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, unlikely criminals, danger, escapades, daring rescue, confined, chases and races, forces of nature, psychopath, married couple, negotiation, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
732
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Six friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment, will they escape, but most importantly will they live or die?
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
woods, group of friends, dungeon, survival, experiment, danger, murder, anti war, betrayal, anti war protest, interracial couple, cheating boyfriend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kin Suk-hyun is Korea’s youngest appointed criminal court head judge, very famous for his rational rulings. It is before his court that the case of distinguished mathematics professor Sohn Ki-chul’s murder of his wife is presented. While ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deja vu, psychopath, vengeance, danger, law enforcement, haunted by the past, judge, husband wife relationship, murder, lawyer, threat to kill, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, scary ...
Plot:
resort, woman in danger, kidnapping, danger, murder, family relations, isolation, single parent, witnessing a crime, parents and children, weekend, guru ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Movie in collections
338
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On a remote farm in the sweeping hills of Pennsylvania, three lives are torn apart by love, abandonment, deception and murder.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, estate, tragic love, destiny, countryside, family farm, inheritance, danger, sex with sister, sex crime, farm, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community. He meets Rauchine, a young, ...
Style:
erotic, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
brother sister sex, brother sister incest, mother daughter relationship, isolation, sexual content, psychopath, family relations, fall in love, love triangle, twists and turns, murder, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
503
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, rivalry, daring rescue, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
22%
781
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sick Boy stars Skye McCole Bartusiak as Lucy, a young woman who steps in for a friend to take a job babysitting a young boy confined to his room due to a mysterious illness. Lucy begins to suspect the child’s mother, played by horror legend Debbie ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, demonic ...
Plot:
danger, child illness, zombie, parents and children, family problems, virus, violence, murder, feral man, evil child, killer child, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the ...
Style:
bleak, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, rivalry, danger, police, tunnel, secret place, murder, violence, found footage, homeless, imaginary, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, captivity, confined, workplace, workplace situations, conspiracy, corporate crime, isolation, killer, trapped, trap ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The small time criminal Heaton is anxiously waiting for the release of his close friend Spike, after spending a couple of months in prison for being caught with 87g of marijuana. Heaton robs a truck, meets Spike outside the penitentiary and travels ...
Style:
realistic, tense, rough, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
chase, manhunt, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, chases and races, criminal heroes, buddies, survival, countryside, stealing a car, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
22%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
530
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
ghost, vengeance, danger, murder, supernatural, haunted by the past, a vision, death, investigation, childhood trauma, superpower, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
508
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a drifter is struck by a car the driver offers to take him back from the hospital to her home in order to nurse him back to health...which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, danger, woman in danger, violence, male female relationship, police detective, murder, seduction, revenge, drifter, homeless, psychotic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
venice beach california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A woman tries to escape a stalker by moving with her children to her sister's isolated beach house
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, woman in danger, stalking, danger, homecoming, family relations, pursuit, threat, unwanted pregnancy, maniac, social worker, beach ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, amsterdam, europe
Similarity:
21%
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