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10 Best Movies Like Cinderella Baiana

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

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#1
Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Music & Family & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better...

#2
A Dog's Will

A Dog's Will

2000★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be ju...

#3
Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

2003★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Comedy & Family & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool....

#4
Spectacular!

Spectacular!

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Music & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the ...

#5
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

#6
Preacher's Kid

Preacher's Kid

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cinderella Baiana for fans of Drama & Music & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show....

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