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10 Best Movies Like The Mistress of Spices

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

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#1
Loving Leah

Loving Leah

2009★ 6.9

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

When Leah's husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Benjamin's brother Jake is stunned to learn he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on his brother's name. Jake suggests to ...

#2
Souvenir

Souvenir

2021★ 6.3

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

The enigmatic Isabel decides to rent her belly to give birth to the baby of Sara and Joaquin, a possessive couple obsessed with the idea of starting a family....

#3
Phillauri

Phillauri

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mistress of Spices for fans of Drama & Romance & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man is forced to marry a tree to ward off ill-luck that surrounds his love-life which turns into a nightmare when the tree is embodied by a spirit with an unfinished business....

#4
Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words

Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words

2015★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mistress of Spices for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A portrait of Amy Winehouse the artist threaded together from extracts from interviews she gave to the BBC for a variety of documentary projects including the Jazz and Soul Britann...

#5
Shabd

Shabd

2005★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mistress of Spices for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Shaukat, a writer suffering from writer's block, prompts his wife to have an affair with a stranger as he seeks inspiration to write a new story. Will his wife help him write his d...

#6
Playing Dead

Playing Dead

2013★ 5.4

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

Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a r...