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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
Baaria

Baaria

2009★ 7.2

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

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, t...

#2
Mary Forever

Mary Forever

1989★ 7.4

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

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand...

#3
A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality

1994★ 7.4

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

Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, ...

#4
Malicious

Malicious

1973★ 7.3

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

A widower and two of his sons become infatuated by their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods....

#5
The Best Offer

The Best Offer

2013★ 7.8

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

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of...

#6
Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

1988★ 8.4

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

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist....