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10 Best Movies Like Ay, Carmela!

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

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#1
The Heifer

The Heifer

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ay, Carmela! for fans of Comedy & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby ...

#2
No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ay, Carmela! for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan....

#3
Suncoast

Suncoast

2024★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ay, Carmela! for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark med...

#4
Raza

Raza

1942★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ay, Carmela! for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-Amer...

#5
Yesterday Never Ends

Yesterday Never Ends

2013★ 5.6

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

A couple meets at their son’s grave ten years after his death; his plot is to make way for a casino city. Anger, hatred and bitterness erupt. A nightmarish drama that goes far beyo...

#6
The Sow

The Sow

1992★ 5.8

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

After spending three years in captivity in Tunis, Bartolomé returns home Extremadura with the only hope to eat his favorite dish: the pork. Along the way he meets a deserter who is...