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10 Best Movies Like Nubia

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

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#1
I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba

1964★ 7.8

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

Four vignettes on the lives of pre-revolutionary era Cuban people; in Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discover...

#2
Memories of Underdevelopment

Memories of Underdevelopment

1968★ 7.2

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

In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observ...

#3
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#4
The Perez Family

The Perez Family

1995★ 6.0

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

In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dor...

#5
The Lost City

The Lost City

2005★ 6.1

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

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to...

#6
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

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

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

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