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10 Best Movies Like Mao’s Last Dancer

If you loved Mao’s Last Dancer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy ...

#2
Love Me Forever or Never

Love Me Forever or Never

1986★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past relationship....

#3
Homestay

Homestay

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named M...

#4
The Republic Of Love

The Republic Of Love

2004★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his feelings? An exploration of love, adapted from the novel by Pulitzer prize winn...

#5
Resistance

Resistance

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II....

#6
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

1969★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mao’s Last Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and...