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10 Best Movies Like Mama Rosa

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

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#1
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#2
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#3
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#4
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#5
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama Rosa 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....

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