Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mali

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

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#1
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
Finsterworld

Finsterworld

2013★ 6.4

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

The film tells different stories in a kind of parallel Germany about love, affection and hatred....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#5
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#6
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mali 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....

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