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10 Best Movies Like Mamma Roma

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

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#1
Accattone

Accattone

1961★ 7.7

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

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison....

#2
Paprika

Paprika

1991★ 7.1

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

In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle...

#3
Boys on the Outside

Boys on the Outside

1990★ 6.8

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

Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets ...

#4
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

1972★ 6.1

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

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories....

#5
Mary Forever

Mary Forever

1989★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mamma Roma 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...

#6
Roma

Roma

1972★ 7.2

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

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens....

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