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10 Best Movies Like La Esmeralda

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda 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...

#2
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#3
Dance with Me

Dance with Me

1998★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John...

#4
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

1989★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the f...

#5
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense dril...

#6
Sakuran

Sakuran

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to La Esmeralda for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and li...

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