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10 Best Movies Like Machuca

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

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#1
Rat Fever

Rat Fever

2012★ 6.2

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

Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publicati...

#2
A Place in the World

A Place in the World

1992★ 7.3

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

Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor...

#3
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2017★ 7.0

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

La Patagonia, southern Argentina. After his mother's death, Nahuel, a violent teenager, meets his biological father, Ernesto, a skillful hunting guide; but their reunion is harsh, ...

#4
The Color Wheel

The Color Wheel

2012★ 6.2

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

JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New Engla...

#5
Brave New World

Brave New World

1998★ 5.4

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

In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their minds are conditioned to follow ...

#6
Violeta Went to Heaven

Violeta Went to Heaven

2011★ 6.7

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

A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes....