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10 Best Movies Like Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy

If you loved Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

1965★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new lo...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#5
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#6
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...