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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
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#3
Rose Plays Julie

Rose Plays Julie

2021★ 5.8

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

A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that...

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#5
Herself

Herself

2020★ 6.7

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

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws...

#6
Inside I'm Dancing

Inside I'm Dancing

2004★ 7.4

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

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed wh...

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