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10 Best Movies Like Maria in Silence

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

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#1
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1948★ 6.8

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

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate....

#2
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998★ 7.2

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

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). ...

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Maria in Silence 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....

#4
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.0

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#5
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004★ 6.5

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

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van ...

#6
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

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