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10 Best Movies Like ma ma

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

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#1
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#2
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
Notes for My Son

Notes for My Son

2020★ 7.5

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

Battling terminal cancer, a woman writes a one of a kind notebook about life, death and love for her son to remember her by. Based on a true story....

#5
Amateur

Amateur

2018★ 6.4

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

14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school....

#6
Gracie

Gracie

2007★ 6.2

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

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer....

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