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10 Best Movies Like Steel Magnolias

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

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#1
Mad Money

Mad Money

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Steel Magnolias for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed....

#2
Crossing Over

Crossing Over

2009★ 6.1

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

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test th...

#3
The Big Country

The Big Country

1958★ 7.6

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

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hanna...

#4
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Steel Magnolias for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight....

#5
Millonario sin amor

Millonario sin amor

2021★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Steel Magnolias for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A successful TV executive changes his identity and moves to a poor neighborhood in search of real human connection. There, he falls for an aspiring actress trying to start her care...

#6
Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play

Tyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play

2014★ 7.2

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

Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice into her own hands. With Aunt Ba...