Movies Like Belén (2025)

Belén is a 2025 drama film from Dolores Fonzi with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Disappearance of Willie Bingham.

Drama

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

8.1

MagicScore

The Disappearance of Willie Bingham

2015

Progressive Amputation is introduced as a new form of punishment for particularly heinous crimes, in this pitch-black social satire by Matt Richards.

6.9

MagicScore

O.J.: Made in America

2016

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

8.4

MagicScore

Mercy

2026

In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.

7.0

MagicScore

Time

2020

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.

6.8

MagicScore

Sacco & Vanzetti

1971

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

7.6

MagicScore

An Officer and a Spy

2019

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

7.1

MagicScore

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

6.7

MagicScore

Crown Heights

2017

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

The Star Chamber

1983

As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Etharkkum Thunindhavan

2022

A lawyer turns judge jury and executioner and goes after a gang, led by a minister's son, that threatens women with videos of them.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

The Fifth Day of Peace

1970

Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war is over. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two men face the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".

5.2

MagicScore

#13

The Thin Blue Line

1988

Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.

7.6

MagicScore

#14

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

7.6

MagicScore

#15

West of Memphis

2012

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...

6.1

MagicScore

#17

Two in the Shadow

1967

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

Le Corbeau

1943

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2007

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

Lifemark

2022

David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Belén?

The top films similar to Belén by MovieMagicScore are Portrait of a Lady on Fire (8.1), The Disappearance of Willie Bingham (6.9), O.J.: Made in America (8.4). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Belén worth watching?

Belén holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 15 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Belén?

Belén (2025) is a drama film directed by Dolores Fonzi, starring Dolores Fonzi, Camila Plaate, Laura Paredes.

Where can I find more recommendations like Belén?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Belén

This ranked list pairs Belén (2025), a drama film from Dolores Fonzi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dolores Fonzi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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