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10 Best Movies Like Lovely Mary

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

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#1
A California Christmas

A California Christmas

2020★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lovely Mary for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
September

September

1987★ 6.2

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

After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently ar...

#4
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

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