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10 Best Movies Like Fatou la Malienne

If you loved Fatou la Malienne, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#2
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#3
Heaven

Heaven

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers...

#4
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#5
Girl Fight

Girl Fight

2011★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by a true story, Girl Fight recounts the harrowing story of a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when her former friends conspire to uplo...

#6
L'Emprise

L'Emprise

2015★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fatou la Malienne for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"L'emprise" is the story of a drama, adapted from the moving book-witness "Acquitted", by Alexandra Lange. The story of a mother of four children, which is found in March 2012 in t...

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