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10 Best Movies Like Mardi Gras

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

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#1
Purple Hearts

Purple Hearts

2022★ 8.0

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

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real....

#2
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982★ 7.0

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

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense dril...

#3
Annapolis

Annapolis

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mardi Gras for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubiou...

#4
Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

1995★ 7.0

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

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, ...

#5
All for Love

All for Love

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mardi Gras for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a romance novelist is teamed with a Navy SEAL as research for her book, by a mandate from her publisher, she is less than thrilled and he is more than honest. However, as she ...

#6
G.I. Blues

G.I. Blues

1960★ 6.5

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

Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open up a nightclub when he gets out of the army. Tulsa may lack the capital for such a venture, but a chance to raise the ...

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