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10 Best Movies Like Magma

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

#1
Once Upon My Mother

Once Upon My Mother

2025★ 6.9

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

In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her ...

#2
The Safe House

The Safe House

2025★ 6.0

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

An eccentric family portrait set during the May 1968 protests in Paris. A nine-year-old boy stays with his grandparents and uncles while his parents protest. When an illustrious gu...

#3
The Luckiest Man in America

The Luckiest Man in America

2025★ 6.4

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

1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his wi...

#4
Les Bodin’s partent en vrille

Les Bodin’s partent en vrille

2025★ 6.4

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

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#5
The Islanders

The Islanders

2025★ 6.2

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

The story takes us to an island with no future, given that it’s already partly submerged underwater. A woman is caring for ten or so very elderly individuals, but the arrival of fi...

#6
Zelary

Zelary

2003★ 7.0

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

A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whos...