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10 Best Movies Like Manuelita Rosas

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

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#1
Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

2014★ 6.7

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

A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far...

#2
Zama

Zama

2017★ 6.5

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

In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliat...

#3
Memories of My Father

Memories of My Father

2020★ 7.5

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

In the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favor...

#4
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020★ 6.7

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

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

#5
Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019★ 7.4

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

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, onl...

#6
The Current War

The Current War

2018★ 6.7

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

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people....

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