Movies Like Waiting for María

If you liked Waiting for María (2021), a movie directed by Ariana Cooper Bermúdez, 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
Havana Blues (2005)
★ 6.4/10
When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally…
2
Test (2007)
★ 7.7/10
Four women are waiting for the blue circle and a possible change of their lives.
3
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
4
Eternity (2025)
★ 7.1/10
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades…
5
Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
6
Goodbye June (2025)
★ 6.5/10
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
7
Love Me Love Me (2026)
★ 6.1/10
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…
8
Salomé (2013)
★ 6.1/10
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…
9
Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
10
Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
11
Double Pregnant (2019)
★ 7.3/10
A woman gets pregnant with fraternal twins, one from her fiancé and the other from a former lover.
12
Avatar (2006)
★ 6/10
Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him.
13
53 Sundays (2026)
★ 6/10
When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges.
14
Newness (2017)
★ 6.1/10
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
15
Ophelia (2019)
★ 7.1/10
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and…
16
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.
17
Fedora (1978)
★ 6.7/10
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
18
Black Box (2020)
★ 6.4/10
After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
19
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
★ 7/10
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
20
Broke (2025)
★ 7/10
A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams.