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10 Best Movies Like Madama Butterfly

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

#1
Sicario

Sicario

2015★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madama Butterfly for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico....

#2
Lean on Pete

Lean on Pete

2018★ 6.9

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

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley ...

#3
Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madama Butterfly for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil....

#4
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madama Butterfly for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-g...

#5
Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madama Butterfly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s....

#6
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Madama Butterfly for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....