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10 Best Movies Like Rita

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

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#1
Herself

Herself

2020★ 6.7

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

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws...

#2
The Other End

The Other End

2016★ 6.5

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

Diogo (17) has a little quirk: he likes to call his mother's female therapy patients and masturbate while listening to them on the phone. One of these patients is Angela (43), a wo...

#3
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#4
The Silence of the Sky

The Silence of the Sky

2016★ 6.4

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

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account ...

#5
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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