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Movies Like The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

If you liked The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012), a drama movie directed by Luis Mandoki, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Marksman

    The Marksman (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s…

  2. 2Black Snake Moan

    Black Snake Moan (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.

  3. 3Amores Perros

    Amores Perros (2000)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.

  4. 4Ema

    Ema (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get…

  5. 5Death and the Maiden

    Death and the Maiden (1994)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

  6. 6Quills

    Quills (2000)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’…

  7. 7Man on Fire

    Man on Fire (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will…

  8. 8Miss Bala

    Miss Bala (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

  9. 9The Young and the Damned

    The Young and the Damned (1950)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

  10. 10Battle in Heaven

    Battle in Heaven (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who…

  11. 11Gardens of the Night

    Gardens of the Night (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.

  12. 12Rambo: Last Blood

    Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the…

  13. 13The Coming of Sin

    The Coming of Sin (1978)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous…

  14. 14One Year, One Night

    One Year, One Night (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the…

  15. 15The Crying Game

    The Crying Game (1992)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his…

  16. 16Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

  17. 17Straight from the Barrio

    Straight from the Barrio (2008)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.

  18. 18Easy Rider

    Easy Rider (1969)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

  19. 19Girl in the Bunker

    Girl in the Bunker (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true story.

  20. 20Truth or Consequences, N.M.

    Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his…

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