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10 Best Movies Like Monster's Ball

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

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#1
CB4

CB4

1993★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monster's Ball for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and...

#2
Permanent Record

Permanent Record

1988★ 6.3

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

David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a r...

#3
Love, Honour and Obey

Love, Honour and Obey

2000★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monster's Ball for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in No...

#4
Uprising

Uprising

2001★ 6.5

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

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis....

#5
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide

Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monster's Ball for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The life of a Northern Italian middle-class family is turned upside down after their 12-year-old son falls overboard during a sea trip, only to be picked up by a boat of illegal im...

#6
Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys

1997★ 6.3

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

The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed....