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10 Best Movies Like Mama Heidi

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

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#1
Many Beautiful Things

Many Beautiful Things

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama Heidi for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In an age when women were incapable of joining the artistic dialogue, Lilias Trotter managed to win the favour of celebrated critics....

#2
The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood

1946★ 4.0

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

Re-enactment of the famous May 31, 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood where the dam broke and flooded out an entire town! In this version, the town is occupied by mice and dogs. Bu...

#3
Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2020★ 4.3

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

Seven years after predicting the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake while she was unwittingly involved in a doomsday cult called Sacred Tide, college student Midori (Miki Handa) cont...

#4
Mine

Mine

2017★ 10.0

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

Devoid of any human presence, Mine depicts a place exploited by man and then abandoned, serving as a testimony of complex historical and political situations....

#5
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

2014★ 8.5

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

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They we...

#6
Cinderella

Cinderella

2018★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mama Heidi for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreogra...