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10 Best Movies Like Maria

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

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#1
The Trouble with Angels

The Trouble with Angels

1966★ 6.7

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

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pra...

#2
Fist Fight

Fist Fight

2017★ 6.0

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

When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight....

#3
Class Rank

Class Rank

2017★ 6.9

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

Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn ...

#4
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

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

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#5
Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

2005★ 5.8

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

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment....

#6
Adventures in Public School

Adventures in Public School

2018★ 6.3

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

A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

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