Movies Like Mansanas
If you liked Mansanas (2021), a movie directed by Erin Hembrador, 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.
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Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)
★ 6.2/10A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
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Signs (2002)
★ 6.7/10A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
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Blue Heron (2026)
★ 6.5/10A family of six's fresh start on 1990s Vancouver Island unravels as their youngest child, Sasha, witnesses the increasingly dangerous behavior of her older brother, Jeremy.
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Raging Grace (2023)
★ 6.1/10An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for…
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God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
★ 7.3/10Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Abul Pach and Panther Bior -- as they try to come to terms with the horrors they experienced in their homeland, while…
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Flamin' Hot (2023)
★ 8/10The 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…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.8/10A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Of Mice and Men (1992)
★ 7.2/10Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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The Nest (2020)
★ 6.1/10Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…
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Working Girl (1988)
★ 6.6/10When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
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Saint Judy (2018)
★ 6.9/10The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
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The Terminal (2004)
★ 7.4/10An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
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Holy Lands (2019)
★ 6.1/10When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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Unsung Hero (2024)
★ 7.1/10When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
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Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)
★ 6.4/10A determined Angela makes a wish to reunite her family in time for Christmas, then launches a plan to find her way from Ireland to Australia.
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Boudica (2023)
★ 5.8/10Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a…
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My Family (1995)
★ 7.4/10Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They…