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10 Best Movies Like David Holzman's Diary

If you loved David Holzman's Diary, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Wavelength

Wavelength

1967★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this would presumably refer to the thr...

#2
Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1982★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks....

#3
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#5
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

1997★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and vi...

#6
Le Corbeau

Le Corbeau

1943★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to David Holzman's Diary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are maile...