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10 Best Movies Like Mama

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#6
Scandalous Sex

Scandalous Sex

2004★ 6.9

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

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch ...

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