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
Lovestruck: The Musical

Lovestruck: The Musical

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Fantasy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harper was one of the best dancers to hit Broadway, but an injury caused her to leave the spotlight, become a choreographer, and raise her daughter Mirabella. When Mirabella decide...

#2
Arlo the Alligator Boy

Arlo the Alligator Boy

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Adventure & Family & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost fa...

#3
Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

1958★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him....

#4
Descendants 2

Descendants 2

2017★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen....

#5
Descendants 3

Descendants 3

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep....

#6
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama for fans of Music. 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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