Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mama

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

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#1
The Good Lie

The Good Lie

2014★ 7.4

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

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they ...

#2
Sweetness in the Belly

Sweetness in the Belly

2019★ 6.3

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

Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, ...

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#5
Jimmy P.

Jimmy P.

2013★ 6.1

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

At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect...

#6
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

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