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10 Best Movies Like A Hole in the Head

If you loved A Hole in the Head, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
40 Seconds

40 Seconds

2025★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

It explores the tragic events leading up to the murder of 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, highlighting the intertwining of chance encounters, rivalries, and latent tensions....

#2
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#3
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#4
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#5
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hole in the Head for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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