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10 Best Movies Like Malena

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

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#1
Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996★ 6.7

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

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier...

#2
The Children's Train

The Children's Train

2024★ 7.4

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

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty....

#3
There's Still Tomorrow

There's Still Tomorrow

2023★ 8.1

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

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter a...

#4
Two Women

Two Women

1960★ 7.8

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

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them....

#5
A Special Day

A Special Day

1977★ 8.0

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

Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome....

#6
My Tennis Maestro

My Tennis Maestro

2025★ 6.2

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

Italy, 1989. After years of hard training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father's expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tournaments. ...

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