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10 Best Movies Like Chinna Mapillai

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

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#1
The Way Back

The Way Back

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinna Mapillai for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hüseyin Al Baldawi arrives in Brussels in August 2015. He has traveled thousands of kilometers until he got there from Iraq. A year after his arrival, he receives his residence per...

#2
The Way Back

The Way Back

2022★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinna Mapillai for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Ember is a 21-year-old photography student, stubborn, confident and independent. Her biggest dream has always been to move out of her hometown - she hated it for as long as she cou...

#3
Strange Darling

Strange Darling

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinna Mapillai for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree....

#4
The Way Back

The Way Back

2024★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chinna Mapillai for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent. This film ...

#5
Sing Sing

Sing Sing

2024★ 7.4

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

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, a...

#6
Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937★ 7.5

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

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house....