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10 Best Movies Like Cautiva

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

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#1
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022★ 6.5

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

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an indepen...

#2
The Miracle of Marcelino

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955★ 7.3

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

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend ...

#3
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015★ 6.3

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

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another...

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#6
Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997★ 7.5

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

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

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