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10 Best Movies Like Mistress Madeleine

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

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#1
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

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

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

#2
Frozen River

Frozen River

2008★ 6.6

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

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who e...

#3
Maudie

Maudie

2016★ 7.7

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

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper....

#4
Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

2002★ 7.3

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

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a po...

#5
The Braid

The Braid

2023★ 7.4

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

India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an acci...

#6
The Robe

The Robe

1953★ 6.8

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

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when ...

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