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Movies Like The Desert Bride

If you liked The Desert Bride (2017), a drama movie directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato, 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. 1I Believe in Unicorns

    I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

  2. 2The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  3. 3Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  4. 4Utama

    Utama (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile…

  5. 5Hot Milk

    Hot Milk (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a…

  6. 6Absent

    Absent (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Martín, a young student, gets injured during a swimming class. Sebastián, the PE teacher, takes him to the hospital. When they leave, he offers to drive him home, but Martín is planning to spend the night at a…

  7. 7Tótem

    Tótem (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to…

  8. 8TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  9. 9Normal

    Normal (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

  10. 10F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T. (1978)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts…

  11. 11Lucca's World

    Lucca's World (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Determined to help her son, who has cerebral palsy, Bárbara takes her family to India for an experimental treatment.

  12. 12Head Full of Honey

    Head Full of Honey (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

  13. 13Flamin' Hot

    Flamin' Hot (2023)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and…

  14. 14Radical

    Radical (2023)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama

    In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and…

  15. 15Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

  16. 16Peaceful Warrior

    Peaceful Warrior (2006)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

  17. 17La Ciénaga

    La Ciénaga (2001)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of…

  18. 18A Fantastic Woman

    A Fantastic Woman (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.

  19. 19Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  20. 20Edie

    Edie (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and embarks on an adventure she never got to…

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