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10 Best Movies Like Medea

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

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#1
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

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

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

#2
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#3
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

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Helen

Helen

2009★ 6.5

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

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depressio...

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