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10 Best Movies Like The Manila Lover

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

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#1
Metro Manila

Metro Manila

2013★ 7.3

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

Looking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines. In the sw...

#2
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#3
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#4
Manila in the Claws of Light

Manila in the Claws of Light

1975★ 7.4

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

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one....

#5
Unrelated

Unrelated

2008★ 5.9

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

A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany....

#6
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

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